HOW A WOMAN SELECTS A POUND OF MEAT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 261, 22 February 1877, Page 3

HOW A WOMAN SELECTS A POUND OF MEAT.

When n woman enters a I>t» teller's shop to select a pice* of iwrat ff.r dinner, she ! has made tip her mind ?•• mutton i roast. Therefore, when tin* ha'cher rnhs ! his hand* and aafcs what she will have, she promptly r. ptit-a : " I'll take a"iue of that mnt—" She stops there. Her eye ha* caught sight of a ham, and she sc.tfh'enly tit-chits to take ham, " Is that iu-ju ham f site inKpUFeS. " Best ham I ever saw, madam. How much f " Welt, ymt may gtv? me ttrrae p . Well, f fl<>:Vfc know, eif.'-er. My hushawl waa say in',' ht;*d tike ?i>uty satunge. Have yo-n muy rt-'at nice aauaag r 1" " rtenty, madam. Now, then, how 1 much sausage wtEt you have T' *' It's, pork sausage, is it i' r " Yea, ma'am."' " Wtlt, I suppose a pound would he enough fur our sennit family, hut hut—' T '" Suad £ weigh, a pound, ma tarn !"' '* [ tvaa junt w*md; ring it" a veal pofpie wouldn't art t lift !>«-fct.", T 'she answered. " You have vea!. I art-*, xi.ij «" " Uh, vis. mad im. llt;r,: ? a a splendid hit of wal—aa good a pisje.,* as I ev«.r saw." "Yes. that due:; h>»k Klvj nice veal/' *he says, tiff-til.; it tip. " And you'll take it t" " Let'a a •»: '." she mrts""*. "Y—no, gutsa n»>t. I IM beCier take pork chop*.'" " Nice ttiopv-r—how uutfh f he asks. '-One of tliedeslicrf wilt w<Jgh a pound. '• About a pound, madam." *' And it v.fva n Vourtg hog?" '" Quite yontsg. madam." " And you'll tut the rind o.Tl" " Yi'a. madam." " Well." ahe says, heaving a sigh. " I gtt ess yon may give me some beefsteak j —some that"* nice, and Ire attre to cut ail | the hone out . r " And ahi/a 'tidy hatf art hour coining to tUe p.due.