Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1859-03-17

A bachelor editor out West, who had
received from the fair hand of a bride u
piece of elegant wedding cake to dream on,
thus gives the result of his experience. i1j,
1--WE put it under the head of our pillow,
shut our eyes sweetly as an infant blessed
with an easy conscience, and soon snored
prodigiously. The god of dream gently
touched us, and presently in fancy we were
married. Never was little editor so hap
py. s'It was. my love-" dearest" .ssweet-
est, ringing in our ears every moment
Oh. that the dream had broken off here!-
But no some evil genius put it into ths
head of our ducky to have pudding for din
ner, just to please her lord.
''In hungry dream we sat down to din
ner. Well, the pudding moment arrived.
and huge slice obscured from sight the
plate before us. @ 14e
"'My dear said we, fondly, did you
make this !? -.
"'Yes. love amt it nice?
"'Glorious-the best bread pudding I
ever tasted in my life' Hs
"'Plum pudding, ducky, suggested my
wife. .... 9.s; ~
"'Oh, no, dearest, bread pudding. l.
was always fond of EN-
"'Call that bread pudding?' said my wife
while her lips slightly curled with contempt.
Certainly my dear-reckon I've had
enough at the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding, my love by all means g5r
Husband! this is really too bad-plum.
pudding is twice as hard to make as bread
pudding, and is more expensive, and great
deal better. I say this is plum pudding,
sir" and my pretty wife's brow flushed with.
excitement. ...u,st
"'My love, my sweet, my dear love- ex-
claimed we, soothingly, do not get angry,
[ am sure it's very good. but it is bread
pudding
"'You mean, low wretch fercely re-
piled my wife, in a higher tone, you know
it's plum pudding
Then ma'am. it is so meanly put to-.
gether and so badly burned that the devil
himself wouldn't know it. I tell you,
madam, most distinctly and emphatically,
and I will not be contradicted. that it is
bread pudding-and the very meanest kind,
at that .s--H
:''It is plum puddingp shrieked my wife.
as she hurled glass of claret in my face,
the glass itself tapping the claret from my
nose.
"Bread pudding!'' grasped we, pluck to
the last, and grasped roasted chicken by
the left leg.
''Plum puddingv' rose above the din, as
we had distinct perception of two plates
smashed across our head. - 81. teil
Bread pudding we groaned in rage,
as the chicken left our hand, and flying with
swift wings across the table, landed in ma
dams bosom. .,a.s.-. 80 a,.,.....r,
Opium pudding resounded the war cry
from the enemy, as the gravy dish took me
where we had been depositing the first part
of our dinner and 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.
opium puddingp' yelled the amiable
spouse, as noticing our misfortune, she de-
termined to keep us down by piling on our
head the dishes with no gentle hand Then
in rapid succession, followed the war cries.
e'Plum pudding p she shrieked with every
dish.
''Bread puddingv' in smothering tones,
came up from the pile. Then it was ''plum
pudding" }" in rapid succession, the last cries
growing feebler and feebler-till, just as 1
can recollect, it had grown to Whisper
'tPlum pudding resounded like thunder,
followed by a tremendous crash, as our wife
}eaped upon the pile with her delicate feet,
and commenced jumping up and down
when, thank Heaven, we awoke-and thus
saved our life. We shall never dream on
wedding cake again."
EEThe result of all travelling-s.W