Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-01-23

but being in no particular hurry to transact
1t, determined to take passage in one OF the
packet ships that run between that city and
New York. She was called the Rover and
was commanded by shatp little fellow, a
part owner and who was therefore intprested
IN making the trips as profitable as possible
| The passengers were not long in making
this discovery, for as general thing, a menner
table was never provided in the mennest OF
third class hotels, or even in u cheap New
| York boarding house.
1t happened that during the passage we
were becalmed one day upon part Of the
coast which was known to be excellent fish
| ing ground aud the captain with Il view, Of
course, OF saving dollar or two, ordered the
men to bring out their fishing tackle and try
their luck. This was soon done; and sure
enough, large quantity Of the fnny tribe
were soon transferred from their aqueous
abode to the deck OF the ship, to the infinite
satisfaction OF the passengers, who participated.
| Tor that Gay at least, pleasant change Of
diet.
In the course Of the morning the captain
took occasion to enlarge upon the dplicucv of
the fish caught in that locality. and closed by
asklng-"Nhat say you to fish dinner to.
day, ladies and gentlemen" ?" Everybody said,
On, by all means and so it was arranged
that the bill Of fare that day was TO comprise
fish only
Now, attached to the ship was negro
cook, sleek, oily, and rather good looking
negro, who was called Centaur-a name
which he obtained in consequence Of curious
fancy he had OF sitting astrIde OF the bow.
sprit whenever it blew hard. and iearlessly
retaining his position, no matter how madly
the vessel pitched and tossed amidst the
turbulent waves. AS this was somewhat
approXmate6 to Il daring act Of horsemanship,
the name OF Centaur was considered to be
very appropriate one, and with which the
negro was Iy no means diSpl, as,d. After
the passengers had agreed to the fish dinner,
CHANGED 10 be on the lorecastle, not far
from the galley, when the captain came for.
ward, ana looking in, sang out-"Ceutlur -
Aye, aye, sa.' replied the parsonage
Cook a large mess Of fish to-day for the
cabin passengers dinner; aud dye hear,
postpone that goose !"
Such were the captains directions, to which
the cook replied-"AIl right sa -
Alter the captains departure, poor Ceutaur
seemed to be greatly troubled, aud scratched
his wool IN the most vigorous aud determined
manner. | overheard him asking himself
What de debbiI he mean by cookin' de fish
and postponin' the goose? ben on sebbernl
voyages. il not more--l BIN in big hotels and
little hotels, man and boy, for cher so long. if
not longer dan dat, and 10y goly dis de fust
time ebcr hearn ob postponn' goose.-
l'eres pckln' goose, know an drawn
goose, an stuti!n u goose, an roaSt!n'
goose, an bahin goose--ycs, hy golly an
bolIIn goose, too; but t"postpuulu' goose
don't lIcye dat ebeu Mrs. Glass, de great
cook dry talk bout, ebcr hearn Of 1t must
l., Il
sure. Wouder il Jimmy Ducks eber heard
oO II lie knows most ebery ting"
jimmy Ducks was ore Of the crew-a real
curkuey, and like every one born within the
sound Of Bow bells, considered himself to be
sort Of walking encyclopedia. If be didn't
know, he at least pretended TO do so-and
too often, am sorry to say, pretcuce is per-
mittud To pass current.
just as Ccutaur concluded his rumnutions,
Jimmy and one or two others OF the crew
passed the galley door, and the beHildcred
cook rushed out and anXiuuSly inquired OF
the oracle if he knew how to postpone a
gousc?' Now, Jimmy was somewhat sensi-
tive, aud probably thought for the moment
tina, tue term goose might apply to himself,
aud that there was covert joke in the re-
mark, for he was evidently taken-aback, and
his face began to flush. Ceutaur, however,
explained;
DE case is dis, you see. Cup'n says to
me is now, says, he, Cook large mess ob
fish lUI the cabin passengers Gihurr to-day,
an postpone de goose Now, dat is jus whu,
dis n!ggrr can't git through lS wool, no
how, what pOstpOuIu goose is :"
"Oh" " said Jimmy, seeing through the
affair, and wlukiug ut his companions, that's
easy enough. l thought every fool knew
that
Il fought so, too said Centaur, innocent
ly; IAN - | says to myself Jimmy DucksIl
hnuw.'
"N r.l you sce,' said Jimmy, looking very
serious, 1T isn't common or very usual
way ot cooking your goose; bat ven it Is
served up halter fish aud nothing to tollow,
at the nuDlIty's dinners, or ut the Lord
Mayors bAuQuets, then they 'rostpuue' it.
SOW this is the mode Of doing it: First pies
tue goose as clean as possible then with
piece Of Lighted paper, burn the stumpS OF
the feathers After drawing the bird, you
Will stutI II with mixture composed Of ard
boiled eggs, cuupppd very fine; onions ditto;
apples duto; b!scait pounded INTO small
bis, and portion of fish previously browneo
on the lire. You viii then put the goose
Iuto Il pot, boil it tor ALI an hour then put
II on your spit, roast 1t until done, and YOU
will serve ii with prepar, d gravy"
Cen,aur listened with profound attention,