The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-11
Pie.
BY A SMALL BOY.

pie as a part Of speech is a pronoun,
rs it stands in place Of a noun, not very
objective, most always neuter, unless
too old, and agrees with any person who
is not sick.
They are generally round one way
and very flat the other, When they are
cut they assume triangular shape, un-
til they are eaten, and then we don't
know what shape they have They are
about the only three cornered articles Of
food that we have except beechnuts.
A three cornerod piece of Pic is about
as convenient thing to eat as one ever
closed teeth on, and licked ones lips af-
forwards. That is sharp end foremost.
The only trouble is you don't know
when to bite it of; for the mouth natur-
ally widens as the wedge goes in. The
composition of pie is dough and some
thing else-what that something else is
or should be has never been definitely
settled
You can make them out Of most any
thing that grows in the garden, except
thistles and burdocks a boy told me
that his aunty made a thistle pie, but
the boy said lie one day before and |
cannot trust him since.
'Punkin' pies had greatrun. Prob
ably at one time they were the most
popular pie ailoat 1t is said-and we
can't doubt the ycracity of the state
ment-that Robinson Crusoe made the
first punkin pies Don't know what he
made them of, but will write and ask
him. II is taken for granted that Fri
day made them out Of cocoanuts and eel
grass, as that was quite a fayorite dish
with his forcfathers; but they have given
il up since they took to eating the mis-
sionaries.
have seen punkin pies made out Of
apples that liked very much. | re-
member one saw once; it was not q
very large pie, but it was got up in
great style 1t was made on White
plate with a blue edge. The under
crust was made of dough and was very
thin; the inwards were Just lovely. They
were made of what they call mincemeat
and little sugar sprnkled over it. The
top or upper crust was made out of
dough rope yarn, laid across like the
stats Of a bed Oh, it looked lovely
Around the edge was hoop Of dough
laid partly ovor tho edgo of the plate
and about an inch on the fragmentary
meat 1t was ornamented on the outer
part Of the hoop with an impression
made by pressing all over with set Of
false teeth before it was baked. II was
great appetizer, you better believe!
They sacrificed it at a tea shine, and it
sold readily at four cents a triangle,
cash on delivery.
There are great many people who
like pies, but seldom eat them, unless
lis because they can't get them. don't
think the common apple pie is very hard
TO make; for made one once out of
cranberries, and all who tasted il said
it was very nice. tasted the most Of it
myself. ! knew one boy who was very
fond of pies, in fact rather than do with
out them he would hook them from his
mother-in-law, if he had one, but lie
hadn't. Anyway he was awful fond Of
them; he was very apt to take bite out
Of one if it was in his way. One day
there was pie made on purpose for him
and put in his way, and he put if out of
his own way and everybody else's.
never liked cayenne pepper since; its
too warm.
Tarts are pies children, and I'm fond
of children, that is tart children. can
eat tarts with my eyes shut, and never
wink half an eye full. 1t is said that
mince pies made out of rhubarb will
give you the night mare, but if anybody
will prove the minces, l will willingly
risk the mares.
Once | read of pie that had two
dozen dark colored birds in it, and after
it was baked and opened the birds were
not dead hardly little bit, for they be-
gan to sing melodiously. 1t was set
before the king. History does not say
whether he ate the pie or not, after the
birds flew away into the next yard; but
/ suppose he did, if he was hungry. !
would have eaten it,