Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
.,.srSANCY's CHRISTMAS TREE
,.d the Judges Extraordinary Christmas
Present.

After had repeated over and over the
,,,,-stsrions letters ID. v, wondering
ny Them. l finally rose right up and said
to myself
II # has come to this that you can ac-
..,,so vour best friend of blasphemy, you
bs5 better hide your head under the bed
-i,tbss and keep it there. For anything
IN, lpow Mary may be a member of
.,1,s secret society; you know that she is
,rasident and secretary of more than one
rsIief institution in New York; and these
ietters NAV be a badge of her office, and
ber. are YOU with turkeys and chickens,
nia. and cranberry sauce, and spare ribs
Ind angel food on your hands, - to say
notbing of four kinds of pie, and English
nInm-pudding- about 20 people more
M les. to cook all this for-to say nothing
If presents all around sitting up nights
no1dering the meaning of letters in an
1pLnowp tongue, and which don't concern
vo~ in the least. " Said l. This ought
IN he a solemn warning to you not to
+roubleyourself with things that are too
L,ob and mysterious for YOU and after
HAT was able to lie down calmly and say
my prayers, and go to sleep.
When Amarillo Ann knew that Mary
i
6agan To be in perfect fidget because we
were not going to be genteei enough. She
bergn to pore over all her old books Of ETH
quet, and to go through all manner Of ex-
nprirpnts about the way she should sit at
fine table, and how she would carry. her
food 10 her mouth One morning, when
vascomposing two recipes forfg pudding
she sad.-
The great thing nowadays is to carry
your food to your mouth genteelly.
81 am glad to hear You say so, said !,
for believe there have been times when
The great thing was to get anything to
y0ur mouth
know it s means to twit on facts, but
then salt is good for seasoning The
great trouble with Amarillo Ann is that
She will not stay seasoned
The next day gave Tom Jones 50 cents
TO clean my seven solid pieces Of silver
that were handed down from former
generation When he came to the caster,
Amarillo, who had been doing over her
Five hundred rules for eating and sleep
ing genteelly, and Etiquet exemplifed
or, How to Wink Politely, screamed out,
BE you crazy
I'll bean vet. said, extracting my
gingham apron from her grip, but
cam say how long before | shall be- Amar-
lila
What will what 's-her-name think Of
YOU said she if you have caster on
your table, said she, referring to her
book Casters are all out of fashion, and
are never seen welI-regulated tables.
What has Happened to the caster all at
once: said l. giving Tom the wink to go
0u.
They take up too much room" (read-
mel
Stuff and nonsense, said |. They
do not take up half as much room as a
dozen little salt and pepper and oils and
Vnegars, all playing k.tty-corner, and all
10 danger Of having their heads knocked
off
Flowers in their place would be bet
ter
Stuff and nonsense again! All the
tl'k against casters is only silly freak of
Mrs tirundy If any one knows who she Isl,
because they are s0eommon. What every
body cam have, Mrs Grundy win not.
The next day her fancy took another
turn You know, Nancy, she began,
that You are called the best cook in Bay
Lodge
De- doubt it, said, but if am it is
1' credit. since have always everything to
go with, all left to ME, and never a hus-
band to-'
0h, said she, interrupting me for
sine is dreadful sensitive about husbands),
looking Is one TIM. and serving Is
another. When ] lived with Mrs. Fitz
Noodle, she used to say that she'd rather
04r food wouldn To well cooked than well
tervel
Indeed, said |. and went on with my
GlUn-meat.
,, les said she, when | lived with
mrs tltz Noodle | was used to a great
ae3. Of serving.
How was YOU used to it?' said |, as
steamed my chopping knife
was used to the standing part. J got
~ tlal J could 90 through dinner three
hours long. from the oysters on half shell
7" tu coffee, and not make single mis-
.'a- t"epng to the left every time.
4on doubt, said | dryly, that you
earned to keep to the left, and am afraid
a'.Is, that you will have to keep there
=" 'ae rest OF your life, but what has that
4" ao wIJh my Christmas? -
WE'LL said she, Il have been talking
70 over with Lib, and | made her sit down
az fable as Mrs Fitz Noodle used to me,
''' 'at her see for herself how to do it. ~
ION dld. Lib. taught and trained by a.
10y Ike Mrs. 6rey, must have been much
Fa.ea What did Lib say?'
Wy. ! couldn't make out what allied
Pr She laughed and laughed, and said l
'H told her a thing She didn't know
.ea She was born. A deliberate false
..l If there ever was one taking a
vigorous pinch Of snuff, and all after
Annd enough to tell her that | would
..a her and give her a wink once in a
'a.r as Mrs. T. n used to me.
amarillo Peters said /. almost cap
wing my chopping- bowl, I've set my
t3 mahogany table ian heirloom) three
-e- g day. more or less. for nigh on to
ears under my own vine and fig tree
s1re', and do you suppose now l am
.aI Y throw away my self-respect and
myself wrong side out because Mary
TYRE Is coming from New York to eat
smas dinner with me?" Said l.
you think would be mean enough to
icy ne nypocrite or pretend to do any
LE : haven't been accustomed To all nv