Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-03-26
YANKEE INGENUITY.

We saw at the Store of Messrs. K. Tucker Il Sons,
a day or two ago, number of little conrenienees-
wooden. brass, and iron-which most strikingly at
test the ingenuity of the universal Yankee race. :"
We saw. for instance, such as egg-whiPpers, cake
turner's vegetable sers, and variety of other things
on similar scale " too tedious TO mention" The
eggwhipper is intended to tighten labor in making
cakes, and in fact in making every thing into which
a welI-whipped egg enters as component part the
caksturner is used in turning pancakes, buck" heat
cakes, and ftters; and the vegetable sitter is used
in taking up ''greens." Did you ever hear the
eye for the useful as we'll for what is rare and beau
tiful-has hand wooden spoons, butter ladies' and
prints steak k-pounders, keeers, &c. &c. &c.-made
of wood, and done up in the best style. Many Yam
kee makes living and ultimately acquires wealth,
by turning out these contrivances, for the conve-
nience and the cash of his Southern customers.
By the way, Col. Tucker has presented US with
handsome Summer hat, for which, of course, We
made him our best bow. We have doubt he has
many =" more of the same sort - on hand, from the
homely straw to the fine silk, Panama, and beaver.
Talking of Yankees, here is one of the best things
we have seen lately. The genuine Yankee is as
P'~SS
as he is in manufacturing wooden nutmegs, egg
whpPers, and the like.
SCENE IN FASHIONABLE HOTEL.
a iny-rOOm-Yankee at q tabk cutting Soup.
Yankee-I sa-ay, waiter! This ere soup amt SO
clean as lhev seen
Waiter-Sr don't know wot you means by
such an Instrumentation. l must speak to MI. Carvin
knife about that!
Waiter runs to head waiter and brings that off,
clat 10 Yankees chair.
Head Waiter-Beg pardon, sir! Did you have
the honor of making remark respecting the soup!
Ydnkee-Well did. There amt deny vim that
Head Waiter Hooking red in the face l-Slr, shall
have the pleasure of saying to the superintendent
that You remarked that the soup is dirty!
Yankee throwing himself back in the chair =
Look here-you report TO the superintendent,
ct you've got such an officer over yer-l sposed they
had sewperntendants in Sunday schools, but never
heard Of in a tavern betore-yew can jest say tew
him wIla; said to that linen jacket feller there-and
mind, now, ye pervart the truth, I'll teech yew
that the gods Of the heathlng area vain thing In jest
no time at all! Tell the sewp what, said, but DON'T
yer lie
Superintendent looming forward ]-Anything the
matter, Thomas! Anything wrong, Sir!
Wa,er-He says the soup amt clean, please Sir.
Yankee-That's teetotaI lie. ddn'tsay twas
dir:y-l didn't say 'twant clean-l shouldn't have
said anything ABOUT yer sooP at all, ct that jacket
feller hadn't poked bill for the dinner In my face
afore begun ,ew eat, shan't pay in advance. lie
had more'n forty things charged Oh l,-'noren Good
eat in tew fortnights. Had lot of wine charged,
when l belong to the Sons. What hev, Ill pay
for, when the works dun-this here Was reco'nmen-
ded to me for frst-rate tavern.
Superntendant-My dear sir, that was only our
bill of fare, designed simply to indicate what dishes
may be called for. Ourprices for d"ner are uniform.
Yankee-rhe duce it is-weil. the fact is didn't
mean anything aginyour soop. What was agoin' tew
say this, that the soop want as cleanas had
seen for, We see, when was ,raven in Pennsy Iva
MIA, they had some soop taven clean that IF
yew should dip white cambric hankercher into't
'twoadn't grease it!
lExit superintendent and linen jacket fellers "
amid great laughter from the company.]