The Osceola times., 1875-08-07
About Ice Cream.

loon very softly, ana Wneh the
glrl asked HIM what he wanted he
replied:
Corn beat, friod potatoes, pick
les and mince pIe.' ,. .-.
This is not a restaurant, this is
an ice cream parlor, she said. H
Then why did you ask me wha,
wanted fory Why didn't you
bring on y our ice cream 2
She went after it, and as she re.
turned he continued:
You see, my dear girl, you must
not iofcr-you must reason. 1t isn't
likely that | would come into an
ice-cream saloon to buy a grind
stone, is it? You didn', think
came in here TO ask If you had any
baled hay, did you?
She looked at him in great SUI
prise, he went on:
If | owned q hardware store and
you came, | would infer that you
came for something IN my line. |
wouldn't step out and ask you il
you wanted to buy mule, would
I|
She went away highly indignant.
An old lady was devouring dish
OF ice cream at the next table, and
the stranger, after watching her tor
a moment, called out: ....
"My dear woman, have you
found any hairs or buttons in your
dish p ...
"Mercy no !" she exclaimed, as
she wheeled around and dropped
her spoon.
Well, I'm glad of it = he con-
tinued.
If you find any just let me
know
She looked at HIM for half min.
ute, picked up the spoon, laid it
down again, and then rose up and
left the room. She must have said
something to the proprietor, tor ho
came running in ana exclaimed:
did you tell that woman that
there were hairs and buttons IN my
ice-cream ?
mo, sir ? . ". .....
You didn't"
NO, sir, | didn't; merely re-
quested her, in case she found any
such ingredients, to inform me-
well, sir, that was a mean trick.
My dear sir SAID the stranger,
smiling softly, did you expect me
to ask tho woman If she had found
u crow-bar or sledge-hammer in
her cream 7 1t is impossible, sir, for
such articles to be hidden away in
such small dishes !! .....- ....t
The proprietor went away, growl-
ing, and as the stranger quietly sup
ped away at his cream two young
ladies came in and sat down near
him and ordered cream and cakes.
He waited until they had eaten a
little, and then no remarked:
Beg pardon, ladies, but do you
observe any thing peculiar IN the
taste of thus cream |! ... l...t..
They tasted. smacked their lips,
and were not certain. .ri,.. ','. '''
'Does it taste to you as if a plug
of tobacco had fallen into tho treez-
er p he asked. o a..r v..-,s. . -
'Ah lkahl' they exclaimed droop-
ing their spoons and trying TO spit
out what they had eaten. Both
rushed out, and 1t wasn't long before
the proprietor rushed IN. -,s,-..'
See here, what in blazes are you
talking about! Is demanded.
'What do you mean BY plug tobac-
CO in the freezer?' -., ..''S', ''.N
MY kind friend, l asked the la
dies if this cream tasted Of plug to,
bacco, / don't taste any such taste,
and | don't believe you used bit
Of tobacco in il = ,,s...l ~ a., d o''
well, you don't want /. to, talk
that way around here T continued
the proprietor. MY ice-cream is
pure, and the man who says it isn't
tells bold lilo. ,t....
He went away again, and a wo-
man wltha long neck, and a sad
face sat down and said to the girl
that she would take a small dish Of
lemon ice. llus. e4t sssa.'.- p p 81
1t wns nsbrought and she had taken
about two9 amouthiuls Wien the
stranger inquired --..- 'ti
'Excuse me, ma,am, but do you
know how this cream was made
have you all idea that they grated
turnip nahd bachalk with E Tho
cream z 70 yuam .bns ai .,,.., ~. sl'
She didnI reply. She slowly
rose up, whoelsd around, and mad,
for the door. The stranger follow
ed after, and by great good lucl
his coat-tails cleared the door al
instant too soon to be struck by ;
five pound box Of figs, hurled Will
great force by the indignant pro
prietor. AS he REACHED the curb
stone he halted, looked at tie dool
OF the parlor and soloquized :: '"