Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-05-09
DINNER DISCUSSION.
mo Duck Question Practically Worried
Out.


Out.
4 few days. ago Mr.. Gruublc,lorf
came home promptly tn his six o'clock
dinner with the laudablc desire upper
most in lh breast To he pleasant with
bis wife. They had a little tilt u. break.
last about the proper way tn serve buck
wheat cakes. and both were little
ashamed of iussing over sucl, II triiiing
matter.
Grumblcdnrf earnestly resolved TO
make amends for Iii, EMBELLISHMENTS. if
he possibly could lie thought he
would begin 10y not alludir Z in the least
10 thcir unpltasantness AZ breakfast.
and TO he very genial ut dinuer and not
touch on any subject upon which dis
pute could possibly arise.
AS Grumhlcdorf seated himself nj
the table his wife said: willie. dear.
will you carve the duck? 1t looks SO
uice and tender. am sure son would
rattle: serve i in that way than have
I e girl cut i UP in the Kitchen"
Grumbl dort go ildn't help hut think
This little covert ling on hi wifcs
Hlrt II. their mornings trouble but he
put on his blandeit smile and lc lied:
"Certai ily. pet: | would rather carve it
t han not: but Nou mistake the name of
the bird. This is not inck bat
cauvas-ha:h."
Well said hi wife, color i"ga lit
lie. "isnl caHvna-back duck dnck:"
No replied Grumhlcdo.f, quite
blandly; ii canvas-hack duel, is IL can
vas-bac. duck bnt Il duck Is quite u
different thing. \ duck rams around
iii The back yards and i, killed with
an aX."
"Oh, you're talking about tame
ducks, said his wife, with II least hit of
sarcasm. Il would like To know. if Il
canvas back is not II duck, why tnmc
duck Is duck. either? II You weren't
rs stubborn as male YOU would see
it, too
No, my dear" said Grumblodori,
struggling TO appear calm; Il have in
vcStiSatcd this subject very thoroughly.
and know what am talking about If
you have any conception OF reason,
please listen to me. y tame duck is
simply called Il duck whereas hi,
here" stabbing The bird with this fork.
lis called II canvasback duck 10 dis:in-
guish ii from the other kind of ducks.
the same-"
There" cried Mrs. Grumblc,lorf. in
terupting, you admit that il is n duck
yourself. You say the prefix canvas
back distinguishes il from the other kind
OF ducks. Doesn't the word other provo
| am right, Mr.. Grumblcdorf? If can
vas-back distinguishes This from tho
other kind OF duck doesn't that prove
this is one kind of duck? And if il is II
kind of duck, haven't right to call it
duck Just rs much as YOU lave To call n
tame duck II duck? You know Won are
wrong. like you always are and il Won
weren't II great big, obtusc. hcadstron;t
man, talking 10 Il pour, weak woman,
you'd nim:t it, And Mr.. GrumbIo.
dorf bcgan Ia get really To cry.
Listen. my love said Gruinlilrtlorr.
trying t" talk as lllandly rs possible,
You have II fnlse conception OF this
matter. am sure if yon would only
listen to reason you would agree with
me. For instance, II dog is Il dog. isn't
1t? Yet. if you had aprniric dog here on
the table would You ask me Ia carve
the dog? But If you shut M / will
carve this canvasback or die in the nj
tempt. There, I've met You half WAY.
any how"
But you might have called it duck
while you were about it,"
Mrs. Grnmblcdorr. yon are the ost
unreasonable woman | ever had any
dealings with. What in the jnb with tho
fork world do ycu expect (slash with the
knife OF n man, anyway. What hum
uling slash.siashJ concessions do
you want iab-slnsh -slasl) me to mako
and still Gab-slash slnsh) preserve my
self-rcspcct? tJnb-slnslety-slash.J If
ever get enough off this duclS-do Won
hear that pluck to jabcty -iab-slnsh)
Stave off starvation, suppose ought
to he thnnk-Gabety- slnshety -slash).
Confound it. What are You standing
there grinning for like weathcr-bcaten
IDIOT? Call in The girl There's Your
canvas-baclS on the hoor!"
The WHAT" asked Mrs. Grumble-
dorf.
"'Hhe duck" replied Mr.. Grnmblc-
dorf, sheepishly, rs he went to look for
the benZne to clean out the grease
splashes all over his cont and vest.
But Mrs. Grumblcdorf was smiling.
She had carried her point