The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-04
ToWsoNToWN, MD, sATU1D 4ls65: :. e.a

pumpkin, and on Their way Home came
across some sumach, aud filled their haver-
\ sacks. When New years 8 came around
dvtayi thing was realty aTlfey were to- sur
briS3 ieisi fell ow sppison ersg and succeeded
| welh epeHgh. ogThe description of the,i dim
periSwqrth9 Of otation9 :snoiIs9ogs lYis9aq
ksAss the hour, Of, six, approached, our
guests were adroitly Intercepted at the door,
ana carried ih(o5 4 neighbofing cabin, whefe
tlfeyo were entertained till wanted AS
tresei misguided men ,awio for half year
MISUNDERSTANDING rationsoTofIin plates,
! and hadsHot so much AS heard, the word ,tao
ble,clQth, spoken, descended into, the she,
bang, hey seemed to. be fairly dazed with
the splehdors ofs the apartment. They,
sahhKF iRto theft ld6si ighated seats, too much
appalled, toispeAaEk99 and only talked in subj
dued tod eep after thtee or bfouri courses. -,
1'he first coH0senwas|o ION the itable. 1T con-
Sisted of soup and wheaton bread-hour
bread, as it w.saaiE9a E9anfyschlted in camp
tcebseryedo4at leastlI ihadaisortt,of fosuspi-
tienrthat one,GE two ofdthe guests, had "a
Fhabtual idea that soup, was all the dinner; :,
fof' they looked neryousiY over their shoul-
dG9fTs Wien III adf0t Waiter with an eye
t64fes n7otTow1 Wfisked the rs6dpt6ff the tae
bic immediately eifterleverybody had been
helped o9eeoaid jgi 10 iaoiiOd JdJ Us s9i doid1
".The soup plates were removed by one
waiter; he disappeared with them behind
thEGuttaiN, ahdore!app ppeared- with the din
nel4set I'M ab out theast imei the sother waiter
hadoplaced the ersae oRdoc0arse upon the tan
ble! We lpewef hat il, Was a wise man nGulyqrfeI
TO- sAoW gIeat inclusion at The beginning, {. Of
n dinner. The guests then have their anx-
ietry$ }aildytbd, aifd carly With them an over
p0Wefing itFesaf Of plenty, which Of itself al
lays The appetite!1i Accordingly doubles
shotted this gun. At the head of the tables
appeared diShnot generally known or ap-
'preciated Swee6 Epotat6esA aid beef enter
edfiafgeIB into its coaapos sitioar. p "A hungry
Observation-Disclosures itsinto the mess.
aitd1 lhe called itSeoifseJ Ok et it, served a.
certain ppgpose well; and was )skilfully Slip
ped ip al this, point to attract the attention
of gentlemen with vigorous appetites.,I AT
the other end 'aRrpeared al ibroiled spare rib,
hiidi the hines of acothmuriicatio between
these right andileft wings we're kept open
by detachmentss Of squash, tufBips, boiled,
potatoes, ,iandlacrah6egrgr grsaueeaoiWith Sc
cret pleasureiwer saw our friends lay in.
heaviiy,of the. ..sconse, and, deceive them
selves into the foolish belief that we had
was tie d7fifier3 'h" 70 el'+i '49l 1n"'- E''a
o'' Bdtiii4S n4xtHoufse came on, withfclean
plates, iditkeIimpdsingdoFm andcsabstancel
of chickeaapee.; gAiqmagnifcent chicken
pierit wasg filing an immpnse pannandf rich
~ crownsd1 1Yit th ,brQwIni crust heayipS mp,
above the brlm. ! / had no accompanllments5
save bSkeeidf Potatoes, and Constituted of 1t
self, f,an entire, army corps, No one assocl-
ated withNi It the idea of any thing little, o.,
niggardlyi i'or te6noihical.i On "the" contra
ryH all sapplauded9ft enthusiastically and
declared that it alone would have made a
dinNerla ,n9912lnal oi7ip loo 10 yb73 sAF
bYFromotheig gfaRity,of til sheavy idishIwe
passed to, the gayetyof mince5and pumpkin
pies,r These were the only commonplace,
things in the, dinner, They were followed
BY i cohfse of tartS-small, refined looking
tdiftss,H ldgantIy covered With curraht jelly
anaibeaatifGPp pear preserves This course
wasl Surprising yoish9wy and genteel, i'm
pressing beAoldersl withthe idea thatthere
musrbq. aopastry cook shop concealed some-,
where ip tIbl{e, ccamp, t0ne. grand climax WAS
ppenofF th&o4SEe9 eifogtS of genius sometimes
called tjellX cake sometimes Lafayette
chke. ssdnefhnes Washington pie It was
some eigfteeifqhches 10 Diameter and four
orafiEe siticbes thic4Si the exact sizeof our
dodger lpot, AIalbeantifuli brownqon the outs
side; ;Apd,a rich goldeA.y yellow swit hin. and
when cut Was seen to be divided by strata
of tempting jelly. Finally, we closed with
coffee (not corn, but4Jaxa) and tea, mot
Thea Chnensis, batiFheal96Xana,) and to-
baeeo inhaled through pipes instead OF
through iths. original ,leaf. n Ne broke up,
after the usual four hours sitting of re-
spectacle party, with, the usual courtesies
and ceremonies 4
daiBefhaps,N greatest aehlevementIOf
our art swnsim the currant and cranberry
llne!nsIW els made, after many experiments,
a-sefehg dec6etioni of 7sufnacb ihiIhto this
meuStfw6d iFlo III, slightly Drowned, t0iredqce.
ifg 6r' 'iHd take Of the raw taste, When
this nixture was properly sweetensd and aalnlidt
coQIed ,,ei eitJmqdeq, a dark ,,rpasty substance,
ioosipgsGnd tastinglpreelsely like poor cur
rslat sj6Ry siThe- -eHaDberrydsaace,' was more
difficult sand iiinvolyed repeated !sexperi4t
lnedts. 1bFidany, al ahandful ofsdried1peaches
wascHbppaa iap; SO that when cooked the
pigeesl @6nld. appear bout the Size Of cram
berFiese.s hfao get rid Of their peach favor,
wHs5 soaaked them and Boiled, them and drain
led, tie, water 4ff, and then cooked them
Slightly in decectlQp of ,sumach, and add
ed sugar riinstbesusaaliWay. Although every,
one must5llav6 kn0wnfhato there were no
crauberrie sin Texas, yet no one dared to
o'uesefoni the realnyiof this dish. 1T was
not jeranberft bit. it was so like cranberry
that fheyIe6dld not imagine what else it
could BE- and l1 feared Sf 70 betFay their ignor
aneei 5di tadj iJi591q tHk 81 Icy ayad ysd
.Theo1ss 6i ganbic ,cakeJ beautifully brown
without andiriehly yellow within, = theiau-
tborisa7s. 9sRaS a,failaFe.' It's golden richs
ness was notndhe TO eggs, but to eorn.meaE..
We mixed II dodgef With some -four; to
giFS- eonsi$tehce and some ,sug to give
sweet We baked II, at the right 9tEmel
andyind he ri gbt Jnanli9r.id We sliced HauP.n
and fdsubed the sleesl Oyebilwtlh ARTIFICIAL
cnrrantsi siellybdWerM Htsaostep fanthery and
calledoit geak6la We eweH varied tlieellame
of,the' cake, toimeet the prejaaicea or fancy
OFT he paPtfc aIar gnesy abontfo be helped..
But. vulgarly speaking IT was not q go.'
We c.6hld Cheat odf CUES thro rolgh the nlee7
dim of theiy eyes and ears in many things
bnt,Wea scoAlapl cheat, them on .dodger. "a
Wbens theN tasted qodgerl they Recognized
dotlgepgdDedgeEfo break fast, dodger for
dinner andsdodgenforsuppe thecourse
ofihalf alyQaEi in akesa deepnimpressioh on
the hdhhfngdiPaa.nu Aliitteisuga fand jelly
were Wholly inadequate to so6theit away
Here, then, in the. very Hush of victory, we
were in dangsEo eH sglefing sAlameful de-
feat. Earlier ip The dinner we could have
bIdhgbE III up fresh forces, bqt now. The
hope AZ makipg. .fhe f Affairs oYefWhe lining We
had,thFQYn onyslast reserve into action. Ia
retraattlwas fuin; anlian1instants ofshesita-
aionl go ilaleEapa lacAS1oWledg edgedaqdefeat. Inl
lessathAn1am instant VIE turned the retreat
intoda Caank evehentowCdpt Dhiingui
ham, iTftJi9 z7ataF eiffontery,, gave lie cake.
To- Re w99hathe, ,-ald catlefit i''9s'l'sl1
s,Aftar that dinner manufactures spraugo
upland trade,begangs -Asnew,ilife had been
stirred up among the meua.Ao7 aid oai2ami o.