The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-06-25
MR. METk's DIsNIH

/ ~uudet james, ssid Mrs. Mets font
falr. ta hoi busbss o0' uottifg II 'o
cagi1 act ,agf 81 elsu1t 60 Uis-it 10
sss. lre bsd 10 BET tbe servant % CO be
/, touisy. iats dsy or tun. sud they wsn
me desperately at the womsus All sn'
Relief Ssz,r. to help them si,u ibu
LIlb tes from 80 to s 30. II you though
you could msusss Tor yoursfIi----
I'll uy to survive it, observed Mr.. Mre'
sooI nstureJiy dobt i.bey It all
prove fatal
III set roast aud cork u tits mort
ios then, weu. oa Mts Meek cbeer
fully, AID you Gao baye It cold for dlr
Ger
Thank you replied Mr Meek, you'il do
nottas Of the Kind, iaueJ haven
goue camping pretty much every yosr Of
my Me ior rothl0s. suspect can mao
age hot dinner sboui q, well .s most
somen.
Mrs. Meek bad her doubts snd unlike
most wives expressed them
Mr. Meek viewed bis wite's doubts With
sup enc coutsmpt snd, uuhse most hos
bands, expressed 1t.
Thus II finally resulted that Mrs Meek
abandoned all ides OF preparing Mr.
Moek's dinner for bun. and betook herself
TO the bsz,sr So 1t resulted Furthermore
that Mr.. Meek left hl, cilice about four
o clock that afternoon, sud proceeded 10
collect On his way home, the necessary sup
plies Tor a dainty little dinner,
An all arlag display OF chickens was the
first thug TO catch bis eye, and be was
Inst on the point OF securing one Of them,
when, by good luck, or more probably !
through the natural ssesoity OF the man,
be recolleoted thst we'll, that rs rule |
you don't cook chickens s4 th y are. In
the momentsry reaction that followed tbls
'est Of memory, be bought couple OF
uuttou chops aud three tomatoes
III have g good, plain. old fashioned
Euglsb dinner, thong he. as be hurried
past the deceitful chickens with some
thing akin to repIoIch None OF your flo
ky, poEltry diuners for me-
by Jovel he exclaimed q moment later,
I'll have 40 apple pudding aud some oys
ter soup to begin on.
Ha was so tickled with this idea that
be promptly rushed into grocery shop
end purchased slf peck OF their best
eating spples and then hurried home
u ithout q thought Of the cab be was to or ,
der for his wife at $50 sharp.
BY five O'Clock be had the 6re going ,
and everything ready for q /
start.
By SIX O'Clock be was just beginning to
anlOy the thing; the tomatoes was teuiDg
1ivinely; the potatoes were boiling to .
heir hearts content and the milk for the .
oyster soup was slmmeripg conten edly on :,
he back OF the stove The oysters. by
he by bad not yet arrived. h
Dear me. thought the ambitions gentle ~
nan, wish had thought OF it 10 time,
md I'd have had some oyster patties for 3,
sort of final desert Hello. what's this2 ;.
By thunder, il that everlasting pigheaded h
woman hasn't left me some cold ham and
custard pie! BY the Lord Harry, for two
ents Id throw the whole thing out into -,
be back yard n
The natural docillty OF his nature. how n
yer, prevailed, and be left the obnoxious ~
lands, and proceeded with bis dinner ~
Il 6 80 he put the chops on to broiI, las h,
D the good old days OF ycre"-this poetic
Illusion to the style OF cooking occssloued a,
y one OF them accidentally dropping into
be fire, whence be rescued it with great D,
resence OF miod by the Joint assistance A,
I the stove lifler and one OF the best Ia
lie napkins. BY the time the chop was Al
bus rescued both it and t be table nap -,
IN were fairly well done to say nothing .,
rooper This ,tifing difficulty by put i.
ng the errIog chop Il the window sill %
: cool, aud the napkin into the tre-to A,
o the other thing. m
This accomplished, aud with one chop "A
eutly cooking on the erdiron and the
ther Que cooling on the window sill, he
stted TO construct the paste for his sp
lie pudding THIS pioyed most fsscnat
lg. lie placed large qusnlity OF hjur 'l'
u small bowl, emptied Il Iugs water 90 VI
~ OF 1t. adding butter to taste. and pro "a
-eded 10 mJld 1t deitly into shape, as ga
t had often seen lis vile do. The flour &C
ID water promptly iorsooE the bowl and 'p
stook themselves to bis hands Then va
le milk for the soup begsI TO buru, en
lst rs the potatoes boiled dry He rush d.
TO he rescue aud left the msJlr por OF
90 Of the paste falrly evenly divided be 10
cen The handles of The two saucepsns u
I'd the stove litter. At tGi- Iuncture the ws
mstUes started 10 TO see Il they couldn't ua
irpsss the milk in burning. They sue
.eded. The cat which was accustomed 30
h $50 dinner, walked { fl With the chop
b tue window sill, while the chop On
Ie Gre grew besn itully black on the
down eide" So many things were now
1ruipg all at the ssme time that Mr. 90
eek gave up ell hope OF trying TO die
,ver last winch one wss burning most rue
t the dssued things barn TIL they're
ck Of III vas tue extremely broad mind
] way 10 which be summed up the stus
on With the sstuteuess thal ohsfs5ter ST.
ID Lim IS distins nisbed from bic ieIlox cit
eu. be 81 onee gave up ell ,hurts TO