Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-28

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Then 60 and whisper to the old man
that wish him TO came down into the
Kitchen s eans dyns b hiroa ),
| The ,errand was done accordingly,
and the Judge, in low tone of voice,
said to the girl: ''' i'.','i'" Pug - q
d" Tell your mistress I have d little
business to do with some of these law
yers, and when done, I'll Fbe off in the
course of three or four days. sa,s.
| The girl returned and. faithfully re-.
hearsed the message, and added that
she believed the old man was drunk, or
he would not have said, as soon as
my business is done, I'll be off in two
, or three days" s...;...n,l .sf
Well, Betsy" said the mistress,
"go back, and when the gentlemen be.
gin to sit down, do you stand at the
head of the table and whisper TO some
gentleman that I want o vacant place
left at the head Of the table for Judge
Crane, and then do you hasten back
and see that John has the cider and
other liquors in good order. And
Mary, do you get twolmore tureens with
gravy and put one on each end of the
the table. And Martha, do you, see that
all the clean plates for a change are
ready, and the tarts, pies, etc., are all
in good order. ~ nJi'1o4 a N,ls or q
Betty again repaired {, to her post at
the head Of the. table, and softly in
formed q gentleman the request Of her
mistress. -s3i 1ai a'- gag e''1''io y
Certainly" said the gentleman /;
and Betty hastened back to assist John.
i. The gentlemen now sat down to an
excellent repast, and after short eiao-
ulatory address to the throne of grace,
delivered by judge Crane, in which he
adored the Father Of all mercies, for
feeding all his creatures throughout the
immensity of space-inyoked o blessing
upon that portion OF earthly bounty
then before them, and supp.icated di-,
vine mercy through the mercy Of our
Redeemer, the gentlemen began to
carve and serve round ] in the usual
form. ...-.,. t....5..... s...t iii .
But the Judge was of singular turn
in almost everything, and had taken o
fancy that If q person eats light food
at tile same meal and that which is
more solid and harder of digestion,
that the light food should be eaten
first; he therefore filed his plate with,
some pudding, mads 81 rice, milk and
eggs, and placing himself in rather an
awkward position, with his left elbow
oh the table, and his head near the
plate, he began to eat according to his
custom, which was very fast, although
he was no great eater. And some Of
the gentlemen near the Judge, follow
ing his example as to partakiDg of pud-
ding before the meat, of course large
deep vessel, which had contained the
article, was nearly emptied when Mary
approached with her two additional tur-
Gems Of gravy, according to the, COM
mand of her mistress, and as she set
down the last near the judge, he said
to her in an austere manner, q Girl,
bring me clean plate to eat salad on. I"
The abrupt manner in which he ad-
bessad he, and her disgust at seeing
him there in that position, so discon-.
certed the poor girl that she did not
observe that any one except the Judge
had partaken of the pudding, nor did
she know what he meant by salad. but
she observed that the large pudding
pan was nearly empty and hastened
back with her utmost speed to her mis-
tfess and addressed her with ;sisdsnd
=" Why, madam, that old fellow is
there yet, and he is certainly crazy or
drunk, for he is down at the table, and
he has eaten more than d askippie* Of
the rice pudding already, and his nose
is right down into plateful now. SHOW,
cling itiin like hog, and he told me,
as II he was lord 11of the manor to
bring him alclean plate to eat salad son.a
Bless me, where can we, get salad at this
time Of the year 2 And the gentlemen
have not done carving, and not one
have begun to- eat meat, much less q
tub full Of puddin,,'. .ssfssa booH
- "Aye he'll get "a clean plate," said
Martha, "before gentlemen zen want l clean
| plates. i. ....s-,......,4,-. .
: "Tll clean him out 'says The mis-
tress, and starts for the dining room,
burning with indignationaro 90 Ell >
d. The Judge was remarkable, for not
giving unnecessary trouble to any body
where be had put up, and generally
ate whatever was set before him without
making any remarks;i and seldom made
use Of more than one plate, ct q meal,
but this time he.had observed near him
dish of beautiful white cabbags, cut
up and put into vinegar (which the Ger
mans OF Ponghkeepsie called cold slaw
and he called salad and he wished for
a separate plate to prepare some Of II
for his own fancy. The carving and
serving were not yet finished when he
expected q clean plate, and when the
landlady arrived at the door OF the din
| ing room, determined to drive him ont,
She advanced with q firm step to the
door and fixed her keen eyes firmly on
the Judge, when he turned his eye that
way and observing her, mildly said,
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