CARVING OF FOWLS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 46, 14 June 1903, Page 7

CARVING OF FOWLS.

i ninatration of the Scriptural method ' -^ |>y a Monk for His £. Hostess. 4 ' A scriptural method of carving fowls when in secular company was claimed by a/witty monk, w'.:o, having been asked to carve one day, slid: "Inasmuch as you demand it, I will carve the fowl ac- ( cording to biblical principles." "Yes," j exclaimed the hostess, "act according to S the scriptures." j The theologian therefore began the ' carving, relates the Chicago Daily News. ! The baron was tendered the head of the fowl, the baroness the neck, the two daughters a wing -.piece, and the two sons a first joint, the monk retaining the remainder. "According to what interpretation do you make such a division?" inquired t v -■ host cf bis confessor, as he regardec h? monk's heaping plate and the scam portions doled out to the family. "Froa an interpretation of my own," replied 'he monk. "As the master of your house the' head belongs to you by right; the baroness, being most near to you should receive the neck, which is the nearest to the head; in the wings the young girls will recog- J nize a symbol of their mobile thoughts, that fly from one desire to another; as to the young barons, the drumsticks tliey have received will remind them that they are responsible for supporting your house, as the legs of the capon support the bird itself."