Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24

taught by the hypocritical person mon
tloned. There was a long and cola
urlVe anead OF Mr.. Pinch on the rat,,na
Trip, ana he accordingly ate .innan
calculated to fortify him agaiu.r Tho
chilly ride, for we read: '"o
so he had his little table drav., ,,,.
close before the fire and fell to I,,ori.
upon well cooked steak and snnl,inn
hot potatoes with strong appra iation
| OF their excellence and q ,o,,,
keen sense of enjoyment. Besid, bin.
too, stood mug of most trer.,doms,
wiltshire beer and the effect of thio
was so transcendent that no wnS
obliged, every now and then IN Io,'
down his knife and fork. rub his hand,
and think about it." Mr.. Pinch bod
also some cheese and celery arter hia
steak, potatoes and beer, but as if this
were not sufficient, the author made
further provision for his comfort ho,
cause he relates that when vorno
Chuzzlewit arrived each had glass
of punch, as hot as it could no madon
what wonder then that Mr.. Pinch was
willing to let his legs hang ont Of tho
gig IN order that the luggage of his
new-found friend might have room?
No man, after eating and drinking as
had Mr.. Pinch, need stand in dread of
a ten-mile drive
When the spirit of the Christmas
Past took Ebeneezer ScroOge across
country to number of the scenes of
the latters boyhood, it landed the hard.
listed and hard-hearted old man in the
warehouse of jolly old Fezzwig. where
he was at one time an apprentice It
was evening and a Christmas evening
at that. The place was cleared for a
frolic, participated in by the Fezziwig
family, Scrooge and his fellow appren-
tice and number of the neighbors
They had fiddler and they danced,
and danced vigorously. That they
might refresh themselves there was
something to eat. There was cake. and
there was negus, and there was great
piece of cold roast and there was
great piece of cold boiled and there
were mince pies, and plenty of beer"
No wonder the fiddler-artful dog that
he was-struck up "Sir Roger de Gov
erly'' after lunch like that. What
Nightmares might have followed had
. not some such vigorous exercise been
furnished to aid the digestion of the
, assembled company! But as is invari-
ably the custom in Dickens books,
having created condition, he is equal
, ly facile in supplying an antidote.
: Readers of Oliver Twist will recall
) the visit of Fagin, Charlie Bates and
Lummy Jack, (The Artful Dodger) to
, Bill Skies the burglar, when the latter
2 was ill. Let Charlie Bates describe the
eatables in his own language:
"Sitch a rabbit pie, Bill; stitch
/ delicate creatures, with stitch ten
e der limbs, Bill, that the very
q bones melt in your mouth and
/ the wry bones melt in your mouth and
e there's no occasion to pick 'em; half
e a pound of seven-and-siX-penny green,
: so precious strong that if you mix II
f with boiling water it will go nigh to
l. blowing the lid of the teapot OFF; a
l. pound and a half of moist sugar that
- the niggers didn't work at all afore
l. they got it up to stitch pitch OF good
r ness-oh no! Two half quartern brans,
S pound of best fresh, piece of double
e Gloster, and to wind up all, some OF
S the best sort you ever lushed."
# Those who dine at high-class cares
II may feel inclined to turn their noses
n up at a meal beginning with a SUN
drink of whiskey and comprising
d rabbit pie, fresh bread and butter
/, cheese and tea, but If there be any SUCH