San Andreas independent., 1856-10-11

AN ED1TOR DhEANllHG ON MANN UE
"A Bachelor editor out West, who had
received from the fair hand Of bride, a
piece of elegant wedding cake to dream
on, thus gave the result of his experience:
We put it under our pillow, shut our
eyes sweetly as an infant, and blessed with
an easy conscience, soon snored prodigi-
ously. The god of dreams touched us,
and 10 in fancy we were married. Never
was little editor so happy. 1t was my
love, dearest, sweetest, ringing In our ears
constantly Oh! that the dream had bro
ken off here. But no, some evil genius
put it into the head of our ducky to have
pudding for dinner, just to please her lord
In hungry dream we sat down to din
ner. Well, the pudding moment arrived,
and huge slice almost obscured from sight
the plate before us.
My DEAR said we, fondly, did you
make this?
Yes, love, aint it nice p
'Glorious-the best bread pudding I
ever tasted in my life
Plum pudding, ducky,' suggested my
wife.
sOh no, dearest, bread pudding. 1 al
ways was fond of EN-
Call that bread pudding?' exclaimed
my wife, while her lips curled slightly
with contempt.
Certainly, my dear; recon I've had
enough at the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding, my love, by all means
Husband, this is really too bad plum
pudding is twice as hard to make as bread
pudding, and is more expensive, and is &
great deal better. l say this is plum pud
ding sir 7 and my pretty wife's brow
flushed with excitement.
My love, my sweet, my dear love- ex-
claimed we, soothingly, do notget angry
Pm sure it is very good, if it's bread pud-
ding
You mean, low wretch 2 fercely re-
piled my wife, in higher tone, you know
it is plum pudding
'Then, ma m it Isl meanly put together
and so badly burned, that the devil him
self couldn't know it. tell you, madam,
most distinctly and emphatically, and will
not be contradicted, that it is bread pud-
ding, and the meanest kind at that
1t is plum pudding, shrieked my wife,
IS she hurled glass of claret in my face,
the glass itself tapping the claret from my
nose.
Bread pudding!' gasped we, pluck to
the last, and grasping aroasted chicken by
the left leg.
Plum puddingp rose above the din, as
| had distinct perception of feeling two
plates smashed across my head
Bread pudding ? we groaned in a rage
as the chicken LETT our hands, and, flying
with swift wings across the table, landed
in madams bosom.
plum pudding! resounded the war cry
from the enemy, as the gravy dish took us
where we had been depositing the first
part of our dinner, and a plate of beets
landed upon our white vest.
Bread pudding forever.' shouted we in
defiance, lodging the soup tureen, and fall
ing beneath Its contents.
Plum puddingp yelled the amiable
spouse, as noticing our misfortune, she de-
termined to keep us down by piling upon
our head, the dishes with no gentle hand.
Then, in rapid succession followed the war.
cries. Plum pudding she shrieked with
every dish.
Bread pudding!' in smothered tones
came up from the pile in reply.
Then was plum pudding in rapid sue
cession, the last cry growing feebler, till
just as l can distinctly recollect, it hac
grown to a whisper. Plum pudding re
sounded like thunder, followed by tire
mendous crash, as my wife leaped upor
the pile with her delicate feet, and com
menced jumping up and down-when
thank heaven, we awoke, and thus savec
our life
We shall never dream on wedding cake
again-thats the moral.
16r Shun a man who doesn't paw his