Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-22
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The First Ice Cream.


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The First Ice Cream.
II we knew to whom or to what, TO give
credit for the following hit. We would GER
tainly do it. 1t comes TO US without any
intima.ion Of its origin, and we give 1t
place as ludicrously characteristic llpur-
ports TO be IAN account Of Ethan Spikes
First and Last Visit TO Portland":-
s.Portland is the all-firdest place ] ever
seed. was down there in '33, to see
little about my goin' to the Legislator,
and such time as had, you never heer'd
tell on. Did ever tell you about the ice
cream scrape had!"
We answered in the negative, and he re-
sumed-
"Wall, I'd bin down thar two or three
days, pokin' in every hole, an tho't Id
seed every thing thar was 10 be seen.-
But one day towars' sun down | was gon'
by a shop in Middle street that looked won.
derfully slick-thsre was all manner OF
candy an peppermnts an what nots at the
windows. An then thar war signs with
goold letters on 10 them, hangin' round the
door, tellin' how they sold Soda, Mead. an
Ice Cream thar. | says 10 myself. have
heern good deal about this ERE ice cream,
nm now if don't see what lhey's made of.
So puts my hands into my pockets, an
walked in kinder carless, an saysto chap
standin' behind the counter
''Do you keep any ice creams here?"
'.Yes. sir" says lie, show much III
have?"
/ considered a mint, says la pint,
SIR"
The young feller's face swelled out, an
he liked to have laughed right out. but ar
ter while he asked
''Did you Say pint, sir?"
''Sartin." says |, "but p'raps you don't
retail, so don't mind takin' quart"
Wall, don't you think the feller snorted
right out. Tell-yer what, it made me feel
sort pison. an gave him look that
made him look sober for bout mint; an
when clinch'd my fist and looked SO at
him. there Mr. Spike favored US with q
most diabolical expression), be hauled in
his horns about the quickest, an handed me
n pint O. the stuff Us perllte as could be-
Wall. tasted a mouihful of it, an found
~ COOi uS tiIc AOflH S'd6 A'cthCl iiiit III
January. Id half mind to spit ii out,
bu, Jest then seed the confectioner chap
GRIMM behind the door, which riz my
spunk. Gall smash it all, thinks |, III not
le, that white liver'd monkey think Pm
afeard-lM eat the plaguey stuff if it free
zes my Inards. tell yer what. I'd rather
skinn'd bear or whipp'da a wild cat, but |
went il. leai the whole in about mint.
..WalL in about a quarter Of an hour
began 10 feel kinder grpy about here"
continued Ethan. pointing to the lower
paris Of his stomach. ''an' kept on feeIin'
no better vary fast, till ct last it seemed as
though I'd got a steam ingen sawin' shin
giles in me. sot down on a cheer, and
bent myself up like nut cracker. thinkin'
I'd grin an bear it; but couldn't set still
II twisted and squirmed about like an an
gle worm OIL a hook, till nt last the chap as
gin me the cream, who had been lookin
On snickerin', says he TO me,
..Miser," says he, ''what ails yer?"
."Ails me!' says l., ",hat ere stuff o
your'n is freezin' up my daylighls," says
ou eat too much" says he.
=; tell yer didn't" screamed l.; :"
know what's n1f an what's too mucl
without aslin you, an if you dom, leav'
off snickerin' III spile your face"
He cottened right down, an said he did
MT mean any hurt, an asked me If hadn'
better take some gin. | told him would
Sc tooka pariy good horn, an left til
shop.
carter got OUT" continued Ethan, g
felt better for mint or SO, but hadn
gone fur afore the glires took me again
SO went into another shop. am look som
more gin; then sot down on the Stat
House steps, an there sot an sol, but die
il'l feel mite better. begun 10 think
was goin TO kick the bucket, and. then
/ thought of father and mother and Of oil
Spanker-thai's fathers hoss-and whe
Thought that should never see lem agui
fairly .biubbered. But then happene
10 look up. an see dozen boys GRIMM
md larfin ut me, tell yer what, it riz M
dander.-that had got down below nero
rite up again. sprung al 'em like vii
cat hollerin' out I'd shake their tarnal gia
yards out. an the way the little dew,
scampered was q caution to nobody. Bl
after the 'citemeni Of the race was oveI
| felt wus again, and Icou,da't help groar
in and screechin' as went along.
At last thought I'd go TO the theatre
but afore got there, the .gripes got s
strong that had TO go behind meetl,
house and lay down and holler. AFTER
while | got up an went into shop an e'
half dollars wu,h of billed lslers wit
four piekeled concumburs, and wound u
with glass of brandy. Then went ii
to the theatre an seed the plays, bu! / le
so, that couldn't see any fun in 'em, fo
don't think the listers and the cowcumbel
done me any good. sot down, laid dowr
and stood up. but still it went on, gslpe
grpe. l groan'd all the time. an once
while ! was obliged to screech kinder e;
BY. Every body started at me, and some
body called out, '.turn him oul'' once G
twice. But at last Just as the niger o.
thello was going 10 put the piller on h
wife's face to smother her, there cum sue
q twinge through me. that really though
/ wns burstin' an yelled QUITO
dear! Oh scissors!" so loud that the old the
ARE rung again. Such row you neve
seed: the Niger dropped the piller, an