A Barroom Dinner

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 11, 1877

The following incident is said to have occurred at Cape Girardeau, Mo. A character noted for frequenting bar-rooms, was sitting in his usual place of resort, with several companions about a card table. Suddenly his wife entered the room, bearing a large covered dish which she deposited on the table with the remark: “Presuming, husband, that you were too busy to come home to dinner, I have brought yours,” departed. The husband invited his friends to share his meal, but, removing the lid from the dish, found only a slip of paper, on which was written: “I hope you will enjoy your dinner; it is the kind your family have at home.”