GETTING AT THE PITH OF IT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 293, 2 April 1877, Page 4

GETTING AT THE PITH OF IT.

Our friend C T» —, of " the Swamp," tells a eapi-f-'d 3t.te.-y of the witty and renoiiiird Blossom. of Bltiasums Hotel, Canctvt tgua, at one time, while he kept it when he was airve the |»riiia» of hosts and the delight of ids gn» sts —the first hot I of alt the Wes tern towns. T'-ere was an old fellow, a goo- 1 deal of a bore, who «»■•«! to frequent his house, and occasionally worm himself into dinner, wher.r his conversation was not always timely and not seldom obfnsive. One day Blossom had received from New York some very large, line lobsters, and had s. rv,.-d them np to one or two friends sitting at his favorite end of the table. Anionc them came in also our obtrusionis!;. He had the misfortune? to lose his teeth. except a long i>ye-fco»>tti that stood sentinel at tfie corner of his cavernous month. "'What is them red things, Blossom i" he asked.. " Lobsters," replied the l:«sE. "Did. you never «en lobster before i They are the finest eating in the world. Try that teg." Here fie gave him a huge claw, and told him to to work upon that." He put one end of it in his month and began to tnmuMe it over without making any great progress. " How do y,»u like it {" said Blossom, who. with his friends, were readv to split their sides* with 1,-itighm-.;. Tiiey had helped themselves to soma other dish, and were waiting for their portion of the lobster. "■ Can't tell yet." said the other. " How do yon eat the enssril thing, anyhow ?" Oh, eat it right down, said Blossom ; *' never mend the honest." By this time, the (nan, with one sharp tooth, had drilled a hole through to the meat. Having established a suction as Blossom saw. he asked htm again. '* Well, ho.v do yoct like it now V' " Wat," lie replied, "* it's pretty hard eattn'. but E kinder like the path on't." It didn't need the roar that followed this to satisfy the victim that the pith of the vv hole matter was that he had been badly '*soht."