The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-01-31
s [From Gody's Lady's Book.
How Five Bachelors Kept House.
BY NJ AIRY KE i.
TcoNCLUpED FROM LAST WEEK.

selves. 1hat II was rather dusty there
was not noticed. Jennie had made the
beds before she left, but dusting the par
lors was Susy's work, and her early start
had prevented her from doing it.
'George'-Minnie's voice was rather
doleful
what q 1a
The fires out I
Out =
4 wonder If anything's cooked =
The asparagus in burned fast to the
Ipan.' 6si3 ats4 sa
SO is the meat 81 r..-
The potatoes ?
Broken all to pieces, and floating about
in the water.'
These peas are all musy, Minnie
'Punctuality is the soul of dinner,
cired Joe from the parlor its ten min
utes past three
go, set the table, growled George.
1t was antique in its arrangement, that
table, as the gentlemen sat down to din
ner. the meat figured on an enormous
dish. with an ocean of white china sur
rounding its shrnnken proportions. The
potatoes, in little Jumps, unskimmed,
were piled in fruit dish the green
mass, which Minnie had with great diff
Guilty fshed from the big meat pot. was
served up on red earthen plate, and the
stalks of asparagus were in the salad
bowl. The table-cloth was awry, and the
napkins were omitted altogether.
Where's the gravy p was Joe's first
question.
There wasn't any
The meats burned cried one voice.
It's stone cold, said another.
What's this q said third, digging
into the pile of peas.
'Faugh + followed the daring attempt
to eat some asparagus.
Never mind said Joe, Rome was not
built in day. Give us some bread and
butter, and pickles George
No, not pickles, preserves, said Char
ley.
'Susy locked both up cried Harry,
laughing. She declared woman put
them up, and that if we wanted them we
must prepare them for ourselves
Minnie produced the strawberries and
some sugar, and the gentlemen declared
they had dined superbly.
You fellows clear away. said Minnie
we're tired
You wash up, don't you !? queried
Joe.
Yes
Where's the water .
In the hydrant.'
What do you wash 'em in p
Pan, | guess.
Away went Joe on voyage Of investi-
cation, and returned soon with tin dish
full of cold water. The 'leavings,' as
Harry termed the remains of the sumptu-
GUS dinner, were thrown from the window
into Susy's flower beds, and armed with
a bar of soap and a fine damask table
napkin, Joe began to wash up
How the grease sticks ~ '-'i
Preparation streaming from every pore,
He rubbed manfully at the greasy pla tes
and dishes, and if the water was cold he
certainly was not.
I've wet my shirt front r Splash No
l. ass
Good for white pants = Splash No
2.
That went in my eyes somebody wipe
them my hands are wet. Don't rub
them out, Hal J.
Come, some of you, wipe up ?
The table was cleaned at last. Five
damp, greasy napkins, throwned into F;
corner of the room, testified that tn,
dishes were washed and wiped. The wa
ter followed the 'leavings.' and the quin
tet sat down to cool off, Do cigars as
sist that operation.
| Spite of the superb dinner FIVE hun
CRY men, called, like Oliver Twist, fo
more, at about seven O'Clock ~
Whats for tea 2 Somebody starte,
the question.
+ What's for tea q Four voices echoe
it. si
Let's have coffee l can make coffee
said George.
And steak 1 can cook it, said joe
; There's bread and butter said Harry
, George went after the steak Mimi
undertook to make the fire Harry Gu
the bread Joe set the table while Char
ley cleared the Kitchen by sweepin
the pots and pans used at dinner into
closet, washing being omitted in the OF
Grafton.
Minnie blowing and putting making tn
fire, WAS sauted Win
How it smokes y ag.et5.ts ans .i. q
What ails the fire, Min .