Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-01-14
Dreaming on wedding Cake.

4 bachelor editor, out West, who had re.
ceived from the fair hand Of Il bride piece
of excellent wedding cake to dream on thus
gives the result of his experience
We put it under our pillow. shut our eyes
as sweetly as an infant blessed with an easy
conscience, and snored prodigiously. The
god of dreams gently touched US, and 10 in
fancy We were married Never was a little
editor so happy. 1t was ''my love- my
dearest, sweetest" ringing in my cars
every moment. Oh, that the dream had
broken off here. But mol some evil genius
put it into the head Of our ducky to have a
pudding for dinner to please ourlord
In an hungry dream we sat down to din
ner. Well the pudding moment arrived,
and huge slice almost obscured from our
sight on tho plate before us.
MY, dear, said we, fondly, "did you
make this?"
Yes my love, ain't it nice?'
Glorious? the best bread pudding ever
tasted in my life.
Plum pudding, ducky," suggested my
wife
"Oh no, dearest bread pudding. was
always fond of en-.
Call that bread pudding exclaimed my
wife, while her lips slightly curled with con
tempt.
Certainly, my dear reckon I've had
enough at the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding, my love, by all means"
Husband, this is really too bad Plum
pudding is twice rs hard to make as bread
pudding, and Is more expensive, and is Il
great deal better say this is plum pud'
ding, sir! and my pretty wife S brow flush
ed with excitement.
My love, my sweet, my dear love-" ex-
claimed we, soothingly, do not get angry.
! am sure It is very good it is bread pud-
ding,
You mean, low wretch" fercey re-
piled my wife, you know ii is plum pud-
ding!"
''Then, madam it is so meanly put to-
gother, and so badly burned, that the dcy-
il himself would aot know IT, | tell YOU.
madam, most distinctly and cmphatically,
that is bread pudding, aud the meanest kind
at that"
It's plum pudding" shriekcd my wife,
a. she hurled u glass of clarct in my face
the glass itself tapping the clarct from my
nose.
" Brcad-nuddingl" gaspcd we pluck to
the last, and grasped roasted chicken by
the leg,
Z" plum-pudding !" rose above the din,
NJ We had distinct perception of feeling
two plates smashed across our head
Bread pudding, we groaned, in rage
as the chicken left our hand, and flying
with swift wings across the table, alghted
in madam bosom.
Plum pudding I resoundcd the war
cry from the enemy, as the gravy dish took
Us where we had been depositing our din
ner, and n plate Of beans landed on our
white vest
Bread pudding forcyerl shouted we
in defiance, dodging the soup turcen, ant
falling beneath its contents.
"Plum-puddinc!' vociferatod the omia
bic spouse ; noticing our misfortune, sh
determined to keep US down by piling upol
our head tho dishes with no gentle hand, 20
Then, in rapid succession, followed tn
war-cries-" Plum pudding she shrickc,
with every dish
Bread pudding" in smothercd tones
came up from the pile in reply, Then
was plum pudding" the last cry growing
ieebler, till, just MS We can distinctly recol
lect II had grown TO whisper
Bread pudding! resoundcd we, lik
thunder, followed by n tremendous crash
as my wife loaped upon the pile with he
delicate feet, and commenced Jumping u
and down, thank heaven we awoke an
thus saved our life We shall never dreai
on wedding cake again-that's the moral,