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Rh his plate a second time. In two minutes up comes a roasted breast of veal and the landlord going to take off the beef, (for there was not much of it left) Joe catches fast hold of the dish, and swore a great oath that he had not half dined, and in a moment whipped off the remainder of the boiled beef upon his own plate.—Seeing of that, the master runs down again to his wife, with a very dejected countenance, and shewing her the empty dish that the buttock of beef went up on, he swore a great oath there would not be a morsel of victuals left for the family to dine on; so up he went again to be a woful spectator of Joe's wonderful performance; but now Joe, being pretty well cloyed of the beef, began to lie by a little, and called for something to drink. By and-by, one of the company demanded of the landlord, what there was else for dinner? He replied, with a faint voice, gentlemen, I have nothing else but a boiled plumb pudding; I did not expect so much good company to day, continued he with a sigh, (and looking at the same time very hard upon Joe) or