Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-18
DAILY GAZETTE.
From the Reading Eagle.
The RePks Couuav pr.,v.V

AMe heRKS county RFetzOI.
WItMsINGroN EDITcRs You have beheld, aud
ptooa0iy eaten Berks county pretzels OUT babes
~ ~stn ~stn on them; Our chlldrep devote dc least
nAlI tneir yearly income Of pennies to the pnr.
chase thereof; lads aud leases from the rural
country put them first on tho list Of shipping
items, " the slight of candies, and lager beer
even our city folks walk forth unterriHed In day.
hght with baskets full in hand. / mytelf am
not ashamed to confess that have tasted the "a
llne crusts frequently, and still respect them
Two years ago We paid flying visit to Whining
Son, our satohels on our arms, not Ruiltless OF
pretzels, guarded with jealous care. Now will
return good for evil. said to Wilmington City,
amer brief yet careinl survey:
viewed you with a critics eye,
~ AUD passed your imperfectiOns by"
rear me away from century old fruit cake, os-
slned ginger crackers, pound cake compounded
principally of rancid butter and stale e0pa and I
can still 1--we; but banlsh me to even tie sunny,
chlvalric South, yet If the pretzel be unknown
or despised, my death Is a certain event, sooner
Enllghtened foreign readers, Reading, the pret.
Lel headquarters, Is actually place located on
the map Of Pennsylvania; the people are mostly
white Ia color, and generally civilized. We have
more than enough OF every good thing, excepting
street cars, and store window shades Tor the
conccalment Of weekday goods OH Sunday
blush to record the fact that some persons have
seven business days, here as everywhere The
hest things arrive late In the metropolis, as indi
vldual life. Now that we are almost grathaired
with hope long deferred, we behold the phbstan
ual dawn OF the new depot, and know moi
whether 10 be tragic or comic over those fuunda
don stones, but suppress romaptic Outburpts un
tl the palatal structure be crowned with the cap
stone.
And now, unknown sirs, in the hereafter pro
nounce the word prstzel in polite speech, will
reVeFent tones, courteous address, in cholc0St Ian
guage, with respectful visages pallid cheeks, un-
smiling eyes, 50 that the wounds In our GermaI
or PennsylvanlA Dutch hearts may be healed; VI
much fear that the scars win remain forever, q
least through all time.
BERKs COUNTY GIRL.
We never knew Of girl that INDUCED Il
pretEeis. We once tried to eat link OF them il
Reading, but they would not go past our palate
Even while we were trying, there was such
terrible rebellion under the belt that If We ha
succeeded in satisfying that fastidous organ ther
would have been an upheavel that would hav
astonished our friends. So We gave up our ln
and last effsrtto masticate Reading pretztI tn
idea Of comparing such thing with even "csr
tury old fruit cake, ossiAed ginger crakers, poun
cake" Is absurd. But where that "Berks Count
Girl" could have got such cakes in Wilmington
'"cOmpOunded Of rancid butter aud stale eggs
bamystery. She must have called on SON
secondhand store, or a friend from her native il
land village that had only recently made our ell
~ abiding place, who, 10 making the cake afer
utia bad supposed the same ingredients that we
use r Reading ''pretEels' would do as well.