Connecticut western news., 1881-07-06

tone of voice said to the girl:. ''t1Te1l your mistress have little business to do with some of these lawyers, and when done, I'll be of in the course of two or three days" The girl returned and faithfully rehearsed the message, and added that she believed the old fellow was drunk, ot he. would not Have said, ''As soon as my business is done, I'll be off in two or threeldays." 7st--.' :. .- |s We'll, Betty said the mistress, ''go back, and when the gentlemen begin to sitidown, do you stand bya the head of the table, and whisper to some gentle man that I wish vacant place left at the head of the table for Judge Crane, and then do you hasten back and see that John has the older. and other liquors in good order. And Mary, do you fill two more tureens with gravy, and put one at each end of the long table. .. And Martha, do you see that all the clean plates for a change is ready, and that the tarts and pies, etc., are in good order. ? Betty again repaired to her post at the head of the table, and softly informed a gentleman of the re- quest of her mistress, Certainly" says the gentleman and Betty hastened back to assist John. The gentlemen now sat down to an excellent repast, and after short ejaculatory address to the throne of grace delivered by Judge Crane, in which he adored the Father of all mercies for feeding all the creatures throughout the immensity of space, in- voked blessing upon that portion of earthly bounty then before them, and supplicated divine mercy, through the merits of our Redeemer, the gentlemen began to carve and serve round in usual form. -'
 But as the Judge was of 8 singular turn in almost everything, and had talk en fancy that if a person eats light food at the same meal and that which is more solid and harder of digestion, that the light food should be eaten first <; he therefore filled his plate with some pud- ding, made of m1lk, rice and eggs, and placing himself ID rather an awkward situation, with his left elbow on the ta- ble and his head near the plate, began to eat according to his common custom, which was very fast, although he was not a great eater. And some of the gen. tlemen near the. Judge, following his example as to partating of the pudding before the meat, of course large deep vessel which had contained that article was nearly emptied when Mary ap- preached with her two additional tureens of gravy, according to the command of her mistress, and as she set the last down near the Judge, he says to her in an austele manner, "Girl, bring me a clean plate to eat some salad on." The abrubt manner ill which he addressed her, and her disgust at seeing him there in that position, so disconcerted 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 i; but she observed that the large pudding pan was nearly empty, and then hastened back with her utmost speed to her mistress, and addressed her with, "Lord, madam, that old fellows there yet, and he's cer- tainly crazy or drunk, for he's down at the table, and has eaten more than a skipple full of the rice pudding already, and has his nose down in plate full now, shoveling it like hog and told me as if he was lord of the manor to bring him clean plate to eat salad on. Bless me, where can we get salad this time-ot the year And the gentlemen have not done carving, and not one has begun, to eat meat, much less to eat a tub full of pudding" Aye, he'll get a clean plate" says Martha, ''before gen. tlemen want clean plates D
 "I'll clear him out," says the mis, tress and she starts for the dining. room, burning with indignation.
 The, Judge was remarkable for moi giving unnecessary trouble to anybody where he put up, and generally ate whatever was set before him, withou
 making any remarks and seldom mads use of more than one plate to 8 meal
 but at this time he observed near him
 dish of beautiful raw white cabbage
 cut up and put into vinegar (which thu
 Low Dutch at Poughkeepsie call colo shaw, and which he called salad), and h.
 wished for 8 separate plate to prepar ] some of it for his own fancy. Tn
 carving and serving were not yet fin
 ished when he expected the clean plate
 and when the landlady arrived at tn
 door of the dining room, determined t
 drive him out. She advanced with
 firm step to the door and fixed her keel
 eye sternly on the Judge, when he
 turning his eye that way and observing
 her, mildly said, Landlady, can
 have clean plate to eat some sala
 on?" "A clean plate aud salad" re
 torted the landlady indignantly.
 wish you would come into the kitche
 until gentlemen have dined; I hs
 reserved that seat for Judge Crane
 The company were struck with asto1
 ishment, and fixed their eyes alternatel
 on the landlady and the Judge; and s or stood in mute suspense when u , Judge gracefully raised himself up
 his chair, carelessly folded his arn . across his breast, then putting his hes 7 awkwardly on one side, said: "Ye : reserved this seat for Judge Crane, d . you, landlady?" 'Indeed did," sa , she. "It was very kind" says he, . an ironical tone "but if you will st to the door aud see if he is coming, a send one of the servants to call for hil t with your permission and the approh