The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-25
The Old. I,imIIse Meal.

In the good old times Of which we
read and which" are not so old but q
good many of us can very we'll recall
them, says a writer in the Detroit Post,
the stDeesffick' k'il3 seho6l1teaeherl in
country places boarded :, around,. and
lived on the fat of the land. In ex-
pectation of his coming a host of good
things was prepared, but there is record
of one family who, by an oversight,
gave the poor man d fright that nearly
cured him of over, eating again, He
came at night and was consigned to the
best bedroom, and was sleeping the
sleep of the Just when he was awakened
by the stealthy creaking of his door
and the admission of a ray of light.
He felt his, heart beating like a trip
hammer, and with the instinct of self
preservation lay perfectly still and
feigned sleep. The door continued to
open and admitted d grotesque figure
in cap and speetaclesI and ether dis
habille, carrying in its skinny hand
fearful looking Knife, Which it held
aloft. in Raa hreatening attitude. The
poor schoolmaster thought his time. had
come, and closed his eyes to saw at
prayer .whenI the eapparition disap-r
peared in the closet and proceeded to.
cut saFofy slices tofY ham and links Of
sausage from the provision there, and
then as stealthily retraced his steps and
vanished sson ilospitable thoughts in
tent, for the morrowIs breakfast. ,.fi.a,
But supper's ready, come. sir, set right
We don't stand much on ceremony here;
just help yourselfTymy htlsbaRd's 8 gone to
town;
But nsaP ,i9Pg bout nine o'clock guess hen APP
The good woman makes prof1sei
apologies about not expecting compa-
ny, It being washing day, and nothing
fit to eat, which h,rrin ltheooyerHowing
hospitality of her heart, she literally
believes: ls9R Stl bslaA --issAa3 oisf9'
Like bakedl petatoes2 that's. a hard one
Come, have another that is better fione;.E .f,i
guess them biscuits are about all dough,
But some Look brownish7Trtalk that corner
Every wise woman 5zno~sch how much
better the corner biscuit is than any
other, as it has g. crust all around; and
one of the fraternity has invented 4. tin
to bake even numageTy feur, so that ev-
eryIone win beaI corner biscuit With
a ''better done,' baked potato and cor,
ner biscuit the teacher IS again tempt
/ ed:.G3 II n9d4 3i8a4 IreIElaf slv.
| "Now try a little sausage-we don't make
Pretensions = we're plain folks, just as we
seem,
And is your tea eaagreeable--won't you take y
More sugar, or another drop of creamY'
The modern habit of passing the Astl-
gar and cream with the tea obYiates
the necessity of using that quaint for
Inufa,pssI is your tea agreeable?a BUTT
is doubtful if the quality and quantity of
the new system surpass the old, or if
the guest suits himself any better than
lin the days when more sugar was
forthcoming and pitchers Of cream held
o quart or more Of the thick, yellow
fluid. q 4.t..
This 1njun puddm'I Wal, twas most too
Totake it out-I see it amt quite prime;
allus put 'eEn in a Monday nDon4R s., iri5ta
And fet EN- stay till Tuesday dinner time"
+ One of the old canons of the house,
hold was a sort, of self-inficted rule to
fdepreciate everything, thus placing the
lsguest infinitely higher than the food,
which ut its best is to be considered UNI
worthy: t,,.,ar ad -, -e.it ..,.f.:ra .sf
ta'gane, pass them nut-cakes; now my hus-
COnc5iSts Se that 1 make ndt-cdakes hard dltte to
q Sometimes they're fight and crisp-yool' We no
didn't have luck enough, somehow, with
this batch. ~ Six -r..r Z,
"These cookies have got awful hard and dry,
The, ,caraway seed's like little bits of wood:
l,5 But mebbe you can eat one, now do try,
The ehilaGsn allns thinks they're proper
f 1t would have broken the good
| woman S heart to have seen her cookies
| go untouched, or to have had anyone
else say they were hard or dryeAa little
fiction of her own to give then the sharp
est zest Of surprise. And now, having
eaten all these good thingsoshe asks Of
her guest: 1919. t.....
oaf you make room for for fap3aeks III your
they ve Stood soiong guess they re rather
This ioy @ doft dR, 1hghd 9ieseens as IL be ate ergS
| As though he could never get half enough.
! "Chfldren are master hupgry at this age.
i Now don't you think 50? declare this pie
| Is dreifIl hot. the pumpkins best i II wage,
| Wen cool the mince and have it by and by
How many white 1iesp the good
woman tells in. the course of that.slpper
| will never be recorded against her..
SdlI tIAttA USEhslOnss dSy "k0k@ lIAststHCO,
.whenshe SAYS Of foarnY Light cake:rs
| 'aIhs sweet-cake, now it riZ up nice and light,
And|ts1epat fell III M sorry, for my man gs 4
| Sets great store by 1t when he comes at night;
| Now doInalSe ont supper fgou eansfna {
Il In this pleasant, simple verse, read at
an annual banquet Of fhe sons Of Ver-
mont, when there was probably not =
| single dish as sayorY as those here de-
scribed, the poet concludes by saying;
4 $50 Speaking in Apologize strain,
! X This wemanv plapPd before the teachers eye,
| IA supper that Repeated once again
Might tempt the very saints to gluttony.,'s IN
If the teacher 's'boarded round, as
/ the custom asedgte be, he probably felt
that his lines were, cast in, pleasant
places, and returned an audible thanks
! giving foe the mercies 'Voachsafed him
1 in finding s.his, board so well spread
with the daily sacraments of life
4 Prairie Eas4Y1eTs 10 3inssG s8 s}ii to
- There is infiAtlanta a young man
bwho may be.said to have in a measure
n m aY-fied himself His bride is a Swede.