Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-05-26
MIR. MEEK'S DINNER.

81 vou could got your own dinner To-
,,i,h,s VDu ~. I've hld O. let the s-fN-
AMI ,-n On a holiday for day oT two, anu
they want me desperately a. 'l'v woman
Ali and Relief haEslar this cyc.sing- u -
IN, Last day. II you Thought you oo"i'
manage ~ yourself - -,
an fTy q survive 9, uhsc-NCh siI,
No.- good ugtupcllv. Il dont iail'! T"
will prove fatal
80 il r.saltcd Furthermore That ar.
Nr,.L left his Office about O'clock t,st
afternoon and prDccodUd TO collect on h's
yyEy home the neocss@ry supplies Tor
dainty littln dinner.
An alluring display of geese was 'ho
arst fling 10 catch his eye, and ho was
lust On I'Ie point 81 securing ono al them
,yh.n he rrcollv,t,d that - a rule You
don't cook GEESE just as they aro. In the
nraction that followed this feat Of memory
bc sought a couple Of mutton chops and
thINc tomatoes.
I'm have "a good, plain. old fashioned
ENGLISH dinner" lie thought. by .Iove, "
Ln "yrlninod a moment later, I'm have
some oyster .oup tn begin with and apple
pudding to flnish!'
By 3 o'clock no had the fire going beau
tifully.
By q O'Clock he was just beginning to
enjoy the thing. The tomatoes werr stew
ing divincly the potatoes were boiling to
their heart, content and the milk for the
oyster soup was simmering contcntcdly on
the hack Of the stove. The oysters had
not yet arrived
"Dcur me, " thought the ambitious gen
tlcman, Il wish ! had thought of ii in
time, and I'd have had some oyster pattics
for II sort Of grand finale. Hello! What S
this? BY thunder IL that woman ] asn't
. left me some cold Linn and IA custnrd picI
At G:3O he put the chops on to broil,
las In the good old days of yore this
poetic allusion to the style Of cooking be
ing occasioned by one of them accidentally
dropping into the fire, whence he rescued
1t with great presence of mind by the joint
assistance Of the poker and one of the best
table napkins.
BY the time the chop was thus rescued
both it and the table napkin wcrc fairly
well dnnc-to put it mildly. This diff
Guilty he got over by putting the crring
chuu un the window sill to cool and tho
napkin into the fire.
This accomplished and with one chop
gently cooking in the gridiron and the
Other ono cooling on the window sill he
started to construct the paste for his apple
pudding He placed q large quantity OF
-four in "A small bowl, emptied II jug OF
water on top of it and proceeded to mold
1t deity into shape, as he hal often seen
his wife do The -four and water prompt.
ly forsook the bowl and betook themselves
10 his hands.
IL l. flw h. 81
burn just rs the potatoes boiled dry. He
rushed to the rescue and left the greater
portion of the paste fairly evenly divided
| between the handles of the two sauccpans
and the poker.
At this juncture the tomatoes started to
see If they couldn't surpass the milk in
| burning They succeeded.
| The cat, which was accustomed TO O
| $50 dinner, walked off with the chop on
/ the window sill, while the chop on the fir
/ grew beautifully black on the down
side 50 many things were now burning
/ all at the same time that MIR Meek gave
/ up all hope of trying to discover just
which one was burning most
/ With the astutcncss that characterized
! him AS distinguished from his fellow mcr
/ he gave mp all effort to track the truant
( paste, and simply popped his apples int
( the oven to bake
/ 1t was now about : 80. and the fire wa,
getting hotter than anything else III
/ earth, except perhaps Mr.. Meek. He turncc
! all the hampers, opened all the doNrs anC
took off all the lids This resulted musr
! satisfactorily. The fire began to cool. Il
/ got II anything n little low. Then it wen
out.
! The gcntlcst OF natures when arousct
/ arr often the most terrible. Mr. Mvcl
became very terrible He used up enough
fire lighters and parafiin to have ignitcG
the pyramids of Egypt. He departed t,
the outer kitchen to try the oysters, which
the dilatory iishmOngcr had just deposited
on the table without waiting to parlcy
with Mr.. Meek.
When, about five minutes later. Mr.
Meek discovered that tho cat had fount
the oysters TO its taste, he became ever
less calm.
At this stage. to console the unfortunate
man, the fire began to go again. In abou
! five minutes the chop that the cat hadn
eaten was especially well done. 1t coult
BE- quite safely left ON the window sill
with n whole legion Of starving cat
around it.
Then there came over Mr.. Meek = face
terrible expression. lie brought in u pal
and poured H. soup carefully into it, mex
he scraped the potatoes into the same pail
then he poured the tomatoes on top of tn,
potatoes, then he took the whole thing
and tossed it into the back yard dust bin
This accomplished, he proceeded tn max,
meal OH the cold ham and some breat
and huttcr--thc cooking butter, of course
just us he was ilnihing Mrs. Mcci, 70
turned.
Hello, dear" cried Mr.. Meek calmly
1--WE been terribly busy. Detained ut tht
Office. Onl. just got home. This is ,
very good hama shade o> urlonc, though
ism t it,
Perhaps shade less wouldn't have
hurt it. Let me get you II piece of pie. "
mo. thank you. No cold pie for M,
when there hot apples In the oven. You
might get them if you re not too tired. "
Mrs Meek in Il few moments rCappcar
ed, and without moving u muSllI place.
the plato of baked apples before her lore
and master. They We're about the size O
walnuts and the color Of ebony
III ever catch tina. cat remarked
Mr.. Meek rs that sleek feline purrcd pas
him with a playful frisk of its tail, II
break every bone in its body. "-Londol
A nswCrs.
Two Rolls.
"While cbullicnt youth, said tn" corr
tod ,hilosOnhrr has glittpring no ; Oi