The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-05-12
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Doeters Tarr and Professor Fether.
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.s4tthiss Instant three sturdy walters Shad
lust succeeded in, dcpositing safely upon
fhe table All enormous dish, or trencher,
eohtaining what I supposed to be the
..uonstruna, horren9ym, ,informe, in7e,as,
l,S iu,;se,i dae,a tim "'s "A closer scrutiny
assured me, however, TINT it was only a
small calf roasted, whole, and set upon its
knees, with an apple in its month, as is
the English fasion Of dressing bare
I.nTlapk you, gno.''I replied; "to say
hc Truth, i am not particularly partial 10
Seeaf Ia q 81 What Is it!--for do not
find that it altogether agrees with me. ]
will change my plate. however, and try
some of the rabbit"
''aThere we're. several side. dishes on the
table, Containing what appeared to be the
ordinary Frehch rabbit--a very delicious
,mao11fsda, m1sr1sda Which can recommend os'f -
'saPierre, - cried the host, '.chapge this
centlemah's plate, and give him Il side.
piece 81. this rabbit AT chat" ~
A1his. .whst?" said I: a]d
y aThis rabbit ds-ctat" af
.Why, thank you, upon second thoughts
no: : ] will Just help myself to some Of the
ham,"
There is no knowing what one eats,
thought i TO myself, at tile tables Of these
.reople Of the province. viii have none
of their rabbit az chat and, for the mat
Ter q that, none of their cat an rabbit
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either. 9se - y
aAnd then" said cadavereus-lo looking
persenage, near the foot of the table,
tzking d D the thread OF the conversation
Nwhem Il had been broken off--"and then,
7aniong other oddities, we had patient,
once upon time, who very pertinaciously
'rfaintaincd himself to be Cordova cheese,
.aud went about with q knife in his hand,
soliciting his friends to try small slice
from the middle Of his leg"
eHsafIe was q great fool, beyond doubt
-interposeI some one, ..but not to be com
pared with certain individual whom we
all know, with the exception of thi:
strange gentleman. / mean the man who
took himself for bottle of champagne
aand always went off with q pop and a fzz
inIthis fashion.'s
TsiHere the speaker very rudely as
lthought, PUT his right thumb in his left
cheek, withdrewit with q sound resembling
the popping of cork, and then, by a
dexterous movement of the tongue upon
the teeth. created a sharp kissing and fz-
,zinQ, which lasted for several minutes, in
Imitation of the frothiug Of champagne
This behavior, i saw plainly, was not very
pleasing. to Monsieur Maillard; but that
,aentleman said nothing, and the conyer.
.sation was resumed by a very lean little
man in o blg wig 4. a5a8 fh
ss,,ssAnd then there was an ignoramns, :
sid be, eKho mistook himself for a frog;
which, by the way, he resembled inlno
little degree. wish you could have seen
him, ,sir,p-7here the speaker addressed
myself--"i would have done your heart
good to, see the natural airs that he put
on. Sir, if, that man was not o frog,
can only. observe that it is pity he
.wss,not, = His eroak thus-o 600 gh-
.e.o-o-o- -ghl was the finest note in, the
worid--B fiat; and when he pat his Ell
bows upon the table thus after taking &
glass or two of wine rand distended hi:
smouth, thns. and rolledup his eyes, thus
and winked them with excessive rapidly
Sthus, why then, sir, lake it upon mysel
80 say, positively, tiptt you Woald hav,
ei5cen lost in admiration of the genius o
sthe man." aw
ssa"I have no doubt Of it," said
si inAnd then." said somebody else, "thei
SfI,ere was Petit Gailari, who thought him
self a pinch of snuff, and was truly dis
tressed because he coild MOI take himse.
between his wn6nger and thumb
asaAnd then there was jules Desoufieres
ewho was very ssingnar genius, indeed
and went mad with he idea that ne was
spumpkin. He prosecuted the COOK t.
make him up into pics-athlng which th
cook Indignantly refused 10 do.A For m.
part, / am by no means sure that pump