St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-19
A LIVE PIE.

young will remember the Mother
Guose leg-ni of flour and -twent,
bi,.ckbir.ls b .k.,i in a pie" winch
tells That wn. u the pie was opened
the birds began t" sing. ami con-
cludes 10y asking. WAS not this
II DAINTY dish to set before II kin. q
Our heruiau had evidently good
recollection of this remarkable piece
IT pastry, and when sLe ami h-l
husband were .Enkipg their arrange
lnents Tor - grand dinner party f,I
an evening, she determined that she
would ni.ye "a pie tina. should far
keel the dainty dish above men.
,i1n.d. aud should, SO to speak, dis
count that royal pru.ilet of til.
Ulrus cuntaIue,.
Tue. lady d residence is in the
viei"iiy vi Reservoir Square. AID,
us every one KNOWS, thai pleasure
GROUND is abs .lu;rly swarn,ing with
little ,twitterIns, p;,snacior,s an
very iapacions Eu..i slarrows.
Though une of her serYuhts she.
ehsaSe'I tie. Sc: VICES of two IL ,thre,,
sinaii boys. md set tn. IN to work
sharing spalrows, .lving them Il
price Tor every dozen live So .rrcws
:. sered III the Kitchen OF her r -
a.nct, wn:cn WAS. t. them, SINAI.
oohaiz:t. and which CAUSED then
To HOT o that this cccrnlrlcity nigh
spread ami become u fishiunab.,
.raZe.
In this way about a hundred
sparroSs Were speedily collected.
and then the pie MAS prepared. Th.
little y>c:iin- we not backed il,
tile Pie. rs IN the old ,ciir. fnI
fear that such a proc, ..d.ng might
seriously iut-ifere with th..r hveii
ne,s. blIr a nioi.e hp,nane plan was
adopt-i. Two Immrn us;s
Were baked, and after the birds had
been imprisoned between them, thu
edges We're fastened together by the
process known as crinping, and the
top was covered with sugar frostin.
III raised figures, between wl.ir;; /,
were holes to f3Inish AIR to the i'll
prisoned s ,ngsterS.
The eyentful evening came, the
guests We're all seated ut the dinner
table. and at an appropriate time !,
huge pie which had ti.ured anon.
the entrees pate de n,oineou. wa>
brought i'll AMI set i'll the middle
of the table. The unheuretl-uf name
pf the pastry ami its huge dlm-n-
s.u,,s had caused all eyes to he turI-
ed towards it. but when the big TOP
crust was lifted off, the curiosity OF
the guests was fully s"tisfcd.
Out If t carrern us interio..
of the pie flew the hundred spa
rows. t"itteripg, picking and fight
ing among themselves and with
everything and everybody that came
IN their way the wtole ntmus
phere of the dining room seem-,!
lnll of tiuttering wings and sharp
little br..ks, and presently all the
host of frnther-d intrudtrs came
swouping upon the table and
Lhe guests Ii ke new Balaklavn
charge Ut II hundred. F, r .num. mt
there Was coniusion, not tn sa,
and the ladies' Mi
screamed rs the bids flew in their
|.c's and got emtangiel in their
hair, while the gentlemen fou hit
he pugn.. c;ous little creatures with
.neir handk-rcliefs and napkins.
However the Servants were OH Inc
.Irrt for just such an occurrence. .
md, ths wlu,inws b ing thrown
pen. The birds were soon f.ishtneu ,
mt If the room. and peace was
'estnred.
TIE hostess explained that her ,
hrf de cuisine must have forgotten :
. 9 ok the birds. apul"gizeL to the !
nests Tor her pate dr. m0inrau hnv- 1
NJ flown AMY. Tie guests by ,
iifs time were oyer tleir frig It
nd hnghed heartily with their
ostess At her ingenious Jest. whil' )
sne of them declared that .hey
'rre guing 10 Lave snrh dish q, g
IieIr next ,iinprr parties, ANA ST.
I.e sma Buys of Il ,s,rvJ.r SqI vt /,
lay have Their wlsi, reallZ a AMI {
ave future jobs If Catching the c
.greslielts for live sparrow pies.