Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — Dangerous When Me Ate Cheese. [ARTICLE]

Dangerous When Me Ate Cheese.

Sam Pemberton, who had been in his younger days captain of a whaling vessel, was invited, with his wife, to take tea at a neighbor’s, and during the meal some one passed the Captain a plate of cheese, whereupon his wife became much agitated and exclaimed: “Sam Pemberton, you be very careful how you eat cheeks; .you know how I have to suffer whenever you do!” All who were seated about the table were curious to know how it was that Mrs. Pemberton should suffer when Mr. Pemberton ate cheese, and so the Captain explained after this manner: “I’ll tell yer what Mariar means. Ye see, about a week after I’d leftth’ ship we were visitin’ our daughter Jane down in th’ city, an’ one night we hed for supper some cheese er good deal like this, and, as I like cheese, I ate quite er lot on it. Wall, after I’d gone ter bed I hed th’ greatest dream you ever heerd tell of. I dreamed that I was aboard th’ ol’ ship, an’ ther cum up such er storm as ye never see. I see there wasn't but one thing ter do, so I yelled ter th’ furst mate: ‘Heave over th’ bow anchor.’ Wall, he tried, but somehow he couldn’t doi t, whereupon I sprung up and yelled: ‘Stand aside, ye landlubber, an’ see me heave it,’ and after tugging a good deal over it went. But would you believe me, thet ol’ bow anchor begun ter holler: ‘Sam Pember.oo! Sam Pemberton! what be yew er doin’ of?’ Thet waked me up, and what dew ye s’pose I’d did? Instid of throwing over the bow anchor, I’d pitched Mariar out of bed.”—The Voice. .