The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-28


could we find in the well cleaned castor We |
looked into the store closet, behind all the bot
ties tore q little hole in every paper package,
found sage, summer-savory. catnip, empty spice
boxes, salt bags used for corks, and nests of
boxes of all szps some with y smell of allspiee
some Wi h an odor OF cinnamon, and others fra
grant OF nntmegs, ginger aud cloves but no
sAlt.-peppet likewise. After wasting time 10
order to save 1t, we 60 a third time to the gro
Ger for sail and pepper, A few crat kers also,
and teW herrngs.
Next We reflected Gpon the proper elements
of a solitary genClemans dioner. Soup was out
Of the question roast, boiled, and frcassee
were rejected ; fowls and fish were marked out
and only porter house steak and muttonchOp
remain. The quantity staggered US little
But, to err on tine side opposite famine, we Or
dered two beefsteaks a3d five pounds OF mutton
chop. Let the sequel be noted.) AS there was
nObody III the house To receive them we raced
home To tend The door We waited full hour,
and when at length the things came In, our pa
tlence had gone out
! Next, we fouod that coffee must be bought,
then tea (EngliSh breakfast tea, ot course, real
SJuchoug the only ca o. thorough refresh
! ment, green teas being for unlearned d. mixers
| These We brought holae IN our own nands. AT
length our labJrs OF preparation seemed over
and, We began t. contemplate results,-When
1t fl tshed apon us that there was neither milk
nor sugar 10 the house These caused another
journey. We hunted up u k.chen-knte anC
fork, for every available instrument had b Ell
carried away, and the silver was all locked "
IN sOmebJdi' & safe. Thus nothing was Lett tor
burg lars and-n0thlng for Us ln this round
of investigation wegai ed an acquaintance will
our own house which forty years OF common
!I!e would not bestow. We found out all abOu
the slde00 trd, its spOon-drawer, its napSiG
drawer its closet, and that secret drawer OF
each side, SO ounn ngly arranged that no THE
would ever suspect its presence until he tOun
1t out. Then the chna-cioset was perfec
novelty, end held as in long investigation w
climb to the top snelves OF the store-ClOeet
Saw frag nents Of ee,-vtriOus old scQuain
taNces Cnat disappeared long time ago. w
searched the hall closet, and the kuchen-clOset
The closets between tho TWO rooms, full of draw
ers we got down ON our knees to look int
lower ell Jsets tucked In under suites of drawers
and We m0untet up on barrels 70 p or into higl
hooks and shelves, and, IN one case, the barre
playing as II mean trick, We came down boil
sooner and faster than we had intended.
But how shall We describe our experience
when all these preparations resulted i'll an act
ual mealt A long f-xbe tube was brough
from the central gas-hxCure, and conReced Will
the pet stove. To boil The water for tea or cot
fee was easy. We had often done that. Blu
we LAD forSot,n just how much tea should b
put IN for drawing. And the quantity wa
certainly enough. WedItuted ana diluted, AM
were prodIgal of milk aud sugar, without beln
able to cover the prod gions bitterness Of th
Jraught. We note that the two principal fault
Of ia making were too much tea and TOO lon
stepping. lt TO * US yet logger to drink il, an
er YET get over it, and into sleep
! Bus this WIS all common place compare
. with our meat history. The hrolIer was YER
muca like Two lroa pot lids soldeted together
VITA Il hollow handle attached. The gas can
z through the handle into the space between, an
size lower sec ION being perforated with muI
D JiJude Of gas holes, when gas was let on th
lower surface WAS covered with Ilue Jets. tn
meat being placed on tin dish, this blazn
a cover was placed on proper ppOrts jIst owe
it, and shot It's heat dJwnwAtds lG IS capita
Z cvntrvance. The juice the odor, and the fra
Z grant tu nes, attempting to escape were drive
back INTO tie meat. and IN my own case, sue
E WAS the force Of repression that they were drIv
Z en- out of the plate and over on to the dining
{ room c1rpe' Cor all my exploits took plic
= there) just as the meat began to s2zt an
a sputter, and oile We vera delighted by gain
at thu process, the tube slipped off the handle
{ the Fl me went out very suddenly over the meat
bus not till the escanng ga from the liberate
d tube had clrght 6res md shot a fame aero ou
u hands, that Caused US t" drop oroIer, knite, an
everything else. with ceIerty. We had no de
e how spry we could be- Toe evil soon re
/ paired but only to play OFF again the sam
/ trick. till we held the tube on TO tbs brole
with one hand, and manipulated the meat wit
| the other We sllted 1T, we pepp"ret it, W
tnrnad IL iwica The first time ON IN The & ,nr tn