The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
"DEDN'T LIKE BEANS"

Probably no branch Of business
affords such Il field to the ludi,
crous side Of nature as that of the
! theatrical profession, and ! short
anecdote related to us 4 day or
two since by 4 friend who is con-
uccted with the above profession
is too good TO be lost, and the fact
Of its being IN actual occurrence
will give it Il kccncr relish.
About L year ago. i troupe was
started from Boston, TO make 4
short season through the principal
towns in the East. In The COM
pany was the leader Of the orches-
tra Jake Tanncrbaum,) = family
of fine musical abilities, Of decided
ly Tcutonic extraction, who liked
his beer and cheese, but had i
mortal horror Of our Yankee dish,
pork and beans. Among the
places they visited was the famous
"brick and herring" town of Taun-
ton where our fayorite dish is to be
found on Sunday The boys Of
the troupe, aware Of Jakc's pecu-
liar aversion, resolved to have q
little fun at his expense, and ac.
cordingly "put up JOB" on him.
The landlord was let into the Sc
cret, The waiter fed, and the fun
commenced ut the breakfast table,
where he was politely asked by
the waiter:
"Will you have a few beans for
breakfast ?"
"No," was the emphatic reply !:
Il dond want no peans."
"Oh," said the waiter, "you
must eat beans, everybody eats
beans on Sunday"
With a look of extreme disgust,
Jake replied: Il tole you l Won't
eat peans; watts the madder are
you crazy? Gif me some sdeak
and fried perdaders."
"Vcry wcH," said the waiter,
"but you will have to wait till it
is cooked;' and wait he did for
about fifteen minutes, when his
temper getting the best Of him,
left the table to see the landlord,
and state his grievances. No soon
er was he out Of the dining-room
than the door was locked, and
Jake, not finding the landlord.
was compelled to 60 without his
breakfast. Resolved not to be
cheated out Of his meal, he put on
his hat, and went in search Of a
lager beer saloon, where be could
get.his favorite Bologna and beer;
bat, alas for poor Jake, the Sun
day law was in force, and nothing
was to be had so he had to wait
till noon to satisfy his appetite,
which was never poor. Well, the
dinner bell sounded, and up went
our hero, who, as before, was met
by our faithful waiter, who again
approached him, a d smiling
said:
swell, Mr.. T., will you have .
few beans to commence with ?'
This was too much, aud the an.
swer, not couched in :he most ami.
able tones, came forth:
mo, py cheescs, I tolc you two
dimes | wont eat peans."
"But you must have g few
beans," persisted the waiter.
"Mine got in himmel, who der
Il is going to eat dis dinner, you
or me; dat's. vat I'm drying to
find oud."
20, very WE'LL" responded the
waiter, eff You can't speak civilly,
| shall not wait upon you"
Up jumped the irate Dutchman
to again find the landlord, which
he did, and related his grievances,
but was partially paci6ed on be-
ing told that the waiter should be
promptly discharged, and told
him to 90 up stairs and get his
dinner, while he in the meantime,
was going to take a short ride.
Back went Jake only to find that
the boys had again locked the
door, and he was wild. Selling
bis hat, he again rushed out, to
make a more thorough search for
something to eat, but with no bet
ter result than before. Ashamed
to come back too soon, poor Jake
waited until near supper time,
when he again returned to the ho-
tel, and seated himself in a corner,
not a civil word could anybody
get out of him. Shortly, supper was
announced, and Jake was one Of
the first at the table.
Prompt to his cue, the waiter
again went for him but before he
could ask him his order, Jake
broke out:
"Yass, you pripg me some
peans" and, for the first and pro
bably the last time in his life. Jake
did eat beans; but how the lager
and Bologna did suffer when the
company struck the next town.