Year: 1872

and good fare, all except Judge Crane, VINO
walked to store and purchased q valuable
shawl, and put it in his pocket, in the inside
of his coat, and walked quietly to the tavern.
While he was thus detained, the landlady en-
tered the dining-room, and earnestly inquired
if Judge Crane had come in. The answer
was, "not yet, and perhaps he may not come. "
The landlady, who was anxious to pay the
highest respect to the supreme Judge, retired
to the kitchen, not little chagrined and dis
appointed.


In the meantime the judge arrived, and
being at proper times very sociable, and at all
times fond of cheering the minds of those
present, began by making some pertinent re-
marks, and to tell some lively anecdotes, in
tended to convey good morals, which set the
whole company in roar of laughter. At
this instant one of the waiting maids entered
the room to inform them that they might sit
down to dinner. She did her errand and
fastened to her mistress with the tidings that
the old fusty fellow with his broad-brimmed
hat on was right in amongst the bare-headed
gentlemen, talking as hard as he could, and
all the Judges and lawyers were laughing at
him. "Then, co." said she, "and whisper to
the old man, that wish him to come into the
Kitchen"


The errand was done accordingly, and the
Judge, in low voice, said to the girl, "Iell
your mistress that have little business with
some of these lawyers and when done will
leave in the course of q few days"


The girl returned and faithfully rehearsed
the message, and added that she believed the
old fellow was drunk or he would not have
said, cas- soon as business is done I'll be of in
few days."


"Well, Betty" said the mistress, "go back,
and when they sit down, do you stand near
the head of the table and say I wish vacant
seat left, at the head of the table, for Judge
Crane, then do you hasten back and see that
John has the cider and other liquors in good
order And Mary, you fill two more tureens
with gravy and put one at each end OF the
table. And Martha, do you see that all the
clean plates are ready for change, and that
the tarts and pies, &C., are in good order"


Betty again repaired to her post, and softly
informed the gentlemen Of her order. Scr
tainly," said the gentlemen, and Betty hast
ened back to assist John. :,


The gentlemen now sat down to an excel
lent repast. A short ejaculatory address to
the throne of grace was delivered by Judge
Crane, in which he adored the Father OF all
mercies for feeding all His creatures through
out the immens;ty of space, invoked blessing
on that portion of earthly bounty then before
them, and supplicated divine mercy through
the merits of our Redeemer. The gentlemen
carved and served round in the usual form.
But, as the judge was of singular turn In
almost everything, he had taken fancy that
if person eats light food and that which IS
more solid and harder Of digestion at the same
meal, the light food should be eaten first.
He therefore filled his plate with some pud.
ding made of milk, rice and eggs, and placed
himself in rather an awkward position, with
his left elbow on the table, and his head near
the place to eat, according to his custom, which
was very fast although he was not very great
eater; and as some of the gentlemen near the
Judge followed his example as to partaking of
the pudding before the meat, of course large
deep vessel containing that article was nearly
emptied, when Mary approached with two
additional tureens of gravy according to the
commands of her mistress and as she sat
down the last near the Judge, he said to her
in an austere manner, "Girl, bring me clean
plate to eat some salad on


The abrupt manner in which he addressed
her, and her disgust at seeing him in that po.
sition, so disconnected the poor girl she did
not observe that any one but the Judge had
partaken of the pudding, nor did she know
what he meant by salad; but she observed
that the large pudding pan was nearly empty
and hastened back with the utmost speed to
her mistress, and addressed her with, "Dear
madam, that old fellows there yet, and he is
certainly crazy or drunk, for he is down at the
table, and he has eaten more than skipple of
the rice pudding already, and has his nose
right down into plateful now, shovellng 1T
like hog; and told me, as if he were lord
of the manor, to bring him clean plate to
eat salad on. Bless me! where can we get
salad at this time of the year? The gentle
men are not done carving yet, and not one
has begun to eat meat, much less tub full OF
pudding"


cave, he'll get a clean plate" says Martha,
"before the gentlemen want clean plates"


"I'll clean him out" says the mistress, and
she started for the dining room burning with
Indignation.


The Judge was remarkable for not giving
unnecessary trouble to anybody where he put
up, and generally ate what was put before
him, without any remarks, and seldom made
use of more than one plate at meal. But
at this time he observed near him dish of
beautiful white cabbage cut up in vinegar,
which the Low Dutch at Poughkeepsie called
"cold slaw," and which he called "salad," and
he wished for separate plate to prepare some
of it for his own fancy. The carving and
serving were not yet finished, when the land
lady arrived at the door Of the dining-room,
determined to drive him out. She advanced
with firm step to the door and fixed her keen
ewes sternly on the judge, when he turned his
eve that way, and observing her, mildly said,
"Landlady, can have a clean plate to eat
some salad on ?"


"A clean plate and salad!' retorted the
landlady, Indignantly. 81 wish you would
come into the kitchen until the gentlemen
have dined. 1 reserved that seat for Judge
Crane"


After the tumult had subsidized little, the
Judge mildly said, "Didn't l chop wood for
nv breakfast?" "Indeed you did" said she,
"and said you had no money" 81 told you
the whole TRUTH" replied the judge, "but |
have a beautiful shawl, worth more than ten
dollars, which I just now bought, and will
leave it now with you in pawn, If you will
only let me eat dinner with these gentlemen.
Here the gentlemen were biting their lips to
keep from laughter.


elbow did you buy the shawl worth more
than ten dollars, without money!?


81 bought it on credit" said he


"And where did you find credit to that
amount ?" said she.