The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-22

Eloer oolliles. we should always take
1ue proportion of acid with our food, in
order to preserve the equilibrium of the
internal economy and produce that degree
which is necessary to
healthy secretion"
Exactly. Your view of the subject is
one which never struck me before; it
seems very just one. l will partake of
the picked tongue in consideration of
your remarks"
''Take slice ont sister Bedott. You
seem to need something to-day-you're
uncommon still"
What musical man you be, Brother
Mcguire! but it strikes me when an in
dividual has an opportunity of hearing
intelectible conversation they'd better
keep still and improve it. Amt it so,
Elder Snif1les?"
"a very just remark, Mrs Bedott; and
one which has often occurred to my own
mind"
"Take some more of this chicken pie.
Elder Snifles."
excuse me, my young friend; I wi l
take nothing more"
"What! you don't mean to give it up
yet, | hope, Eder?''
''Indeed, Mr.. Mcguire, | assure you l
would rather not take anything more, for
as ! before remarked, | am decidedly or
posed to excessive eating upon this day
THE ELDER ovERsTEPs HIS USUAL BoUN-
DAIRY.
"Well, then, We'll have the pies and
puddings. jeff, my son, fly round and
help your mar change the plates. I'll
take the puddin. Melssy you may tend
to the pies. Jeff, set on the cider. So
here'sa plum puddin'-it looks nice; l
guess you've had good luck to-day, wife.
Sister Bedott. you'll have some ont ?"
"No, I'm obleeged to ye; I've got ruth
er Of headache to-day, and plum-pud-
ding's rich. guess I'll take small
piece o the pumpkin pie"
Glider Snifles, you'll be helped to
some ont, of course %
"Indeed, Mr.. Mcguire, the practice of
indulging in articles of this description
after eating meat is highly pernicious,
and I inwardly protest against it: fur
thermore, as Mrs. Bedott has very Justly
remarked, plum-pudding is rich-how-
ever, considering the p liar circumstan-
ces of the occasion, I will, for once, over
step the boundaries which have pre-
scribed for myself"
cam to understand that you'll have
some, or not
Il will partake in consideration of time
and place"
"Jemmcni. wife, this is good puddin'
as | ever eat.
TIE ELDER PARTAKEs OF PUMPKIN AND
MINCE PIE.
Glider Sniffles will you take some O
the pie? Here is mince pie and pump
kin pie"
81 will take small portion of the
pumpkin pic, if you please Miss Mcguire
as consider it highly nutritious; but as
regards mince pie, it is an article of food
which | deem excessively delectrious to
the constitution, inasmuch as it is COM
posed Of great a variety ofingredients |
esteem it exceedingly difficult of digestion.
Is it not so, my young friend ?"
"By no means, E1der-quite the con-
trary, and the reason is obvious. Observe
Elder, it is cut into the most minute par
ticles; hence it naturally follows that be-
ing, as it were, completely calciend before
tenters the system, it leaves so to speak
no labor to be performed by the digestive
organs, and it is disposed of without any
difficulty"
"Ah, inteed Your reasoning is quite
new to me yet | confess it to be most sa-
tlsfactory and lucid. In consideration of
its facility of digestion, I will partake also
of the mince pie
THE ELDER THINKS CIDER NUTRITIOUS.
"Wife, fill the Elder a glass of cider"
"Desist, Mrs Mcguire, desist, l entreat
you. Invariably set my face like flint
against the use of all Intoxicating liquors
as beverage"
"Jimmeni, you don't mean to call new
cider an intoxicating liquor, l hope
Why, man alive, it's jest made-hain't be-
gun to work"
NeFeIvIlcieSS; pciieNo III 10 De eACeeU-
ingly insalubrious, and detrimental to the
system. Is not that its nature, my young
friend ?"
"Far from it Elder-far from it. Re-
fleet moment, and you will readily per-
ceive that, being the pure juice Of the APP
ple-wholly free from all alcoholic mix
ture-it possesses all the nutritive pro-
perties of the fruit, with the advantage of
being in more condensed form, which
ut once renders it much more agreeable,
and facilitates assimilation.
every reasonable-reasonable, indeed,
Mrs. Mcguire, you may fill my glass"
"Take another slice Of the pudding, Ell
der Sniffles"
mo more, I'm obliged to you, Mr..
Mcguire"
well, won't you be helped to some
more of the pie ?"
mo more, I thank you, Mr.. Mcguire"
"But You'll take another glass O. cider.