The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28
Ludement ON n hot Mexicnn Dish.

Some time g Col. Milhank visited
Mexico, and, upon returning, de-
clareL that the MeXicans are the
only people in the world who
know how to cook. 'N'hy," said
he to his wife, "thcir dish of 'cheely' is
excellent. You take II handful of bird
peppers, mix in n little meal, aud stew
lem up. or course is hot, aId cspo-
Cialiy with . stranger, seem 20 loo COM
posed of tirco parts fire and one part
torment; but alter Il man gets used TO II
there's nothing that has such II tendency
to promote digestion. il undoubtedly
prolOngS life, keeps the mind active n
tends towards Il general promotion of
good feeling. | have brought home a
sack Of those peppers, and at every meal
alter this | shall expect my faYori.e
dIsh.'
Bird-peppers entered intot the Colonel's
daily diet. No one thought of sharing
tho dish with HIM until several days
ago, when old Uncle Sam ~BlackamOro,
of lied Fork township, came to the city
and called at the Coioncl's house The
old man, while at dinner, noticed the
host dipping into what appeared to be
cooked tomatoes, and during an anlnla-
led discussion, into which the subject
Oh II llltItl Dlitt VI WI lil'ilJ III lIlt u
to come entered strongly, he reached
oven and helped himselfto Il spoonful Of
stewed pepper. ,.u.
good-sized blaze on the point of his
Knife, and holding it mean his mouth I'M
til he should reach IA semicolon, 81 am a
little quar- in my belief, and don't hest
tate to say that the wicked will be roast
cd like n 'possum-"
IIa lrnnpnl tho EniEn yyinnI his
tongue on his coat-sleeve, and, without
speaking, he "haulcd orr with D sauce
bottle and knocked the colonel down.
The colonel, being r%esentful and impet-
uDus, arose and discouraged old Black
amore's familiarity by hurting his IA
vorite dish into his visitors frank and
open ~countenance. \ hand-to-hand en-
of the colonel and the subsequent
arrest of the old man. The case
VAS taken to court and tried by an emil
nent justice OF the peace, Il juriSt whose
idea of justice rarely meets with re-
versal, except when it chances to fall
under the severe gaze OF a judge who
knows the law.
When the lawyers had closed their
arguments, the old Justice killed Il
horse-Hy with a paper-cutter and said:
"This court is ready to deliver its
opinion. The court holds that defendant
had a right to visit the lands of the
Montezumas and Cortezes, and while
tncre had a perfect right to form a taste
for the dishes prepared by the inhab-
itants of that country. This court
furthermore holds that the defendant
had a perfect right to prepare the dish
and cat it under the American flag; in
other words, he had a right to put it on
his table"
"Then, / understand" said the lawyer
for the plaintiff, "that you have decided
il our favor?"
"Just wait, if you please, until this
court has concluded the decision. In
order to be thoroughly prepared to judge
the case wisely, this court ordered and
tasted q sample of the stuff br0ughtfrom
the depraved land of the Montezuma,
and this court is prepared to say That a
man who wouldn't knock a fellow down
for placing such a hidden mine of eXplo-
sive compounds within his reach ought
to break out with the nettle-rash and be
deprived of the right of suffrage. This
court would advise the plaintiff to keep
out of the defendants way, but will say
that, ifthe defendant don't catch him and
maui the eternal pizen out of his dispo-
sition, he will lay himself liable to a fine
and the odium of being considered Il
blamed fool by this court Arkansaw
Traveller.