St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-06
About Ice Cream.

About Ice Cream.
He slipped into an ice cream saloon
very softly. and when the girl asked
him what he wanted he replied:
Corn beef. fried p"tatoes. pickles
and mincc pie"
''Thi> is not Il restaurant, this is an
ice cream parIor." she said.
Then why did y"u ask me what
wanted for ! Why didn't l"u bring on
Nour ice cream
She went after il. and a. she returned
he continued:
..lon see. my dca, gilI. You must in
fer ynu mii>r reason. 1t isn't likel,
that would come into an ice cream
pIrlur t. buy i grindStnrIe. Is ii You
didn't think ! came in here 1" ask if ! l"u
had ANY balrd hay. diu lnu
Sh, looked at him in great surprise.
and lc went on:
.'if owned Il hardware store auh
N"u cdnr in. | would infer that lo,.
came for something in my line. !
w"uldn't step ont and ash l"n if l"ri
Wanted To buy Il mule. would >"
She went away highly indignant.
An old Lady WAS d,.N"uIing Il dish o.!
81 NJ
ger. after Watching her for Il moment.
called out
"Nl> dear Woman. have \uu found
any hairs "r buttons III N"ur dish p
"Mrry mo-" she exclaimed. ;> she
wheeled about and dropped her spoon.
We'll. I'm glad of it,. lac exclaimed.
If l"u find amy just let me know.
She locked At linn Tor halt Il minute
pIrkrd IN th, spoon. laid il down aulin.
md rLru rus,. nm and left th,. ,n,m
She. mu>t have, said .nm.thiuu 10 lin,
m,uIi,tor. fur hr came. running in and
exclaimed
Ibid \uu tell that woman that there
were hairs and buttons in NV ir,
cream >"
NO. sin"
..Nou didn't >"
NO. sir. did NOT ul,lrk Ic,ucst- =
,.d her. in ease she found ANY such in
u, ,liruts. tn inform me.
"WrlI. sir. that wa, 4 mean nirk."
..N> dear ,ir." said tb, s,r;,r,",r.
smilinn .ntrk did Won ,>p,rt m, f..
ask th, woman if ,h,. had tnuud :, crow
| bar or = ,lr,l.c-hamnrr in her cream
/ II !, iu,uns>ib;,. sil. for such lrIirlr, f..
| l.. hidden ov,\ in ,u,.h small di,b,s.''
TN. rroprirt,r went AWAY rrnvlinp,
and =, th, ,tr;,u",r uuirtk summed
away at his cream. tu" >"lm. Ialr>
came in. sat down near him and ordered
cream and cakes. He waited until the,
had eaten a little. and then he re
marked.
..E,., u,,,Iuu I.,di,.. hut IL, ,nu ola.
s,.,,, ,,,,tI1u,, ,,,.uIi,r in tL, fast. ,i
,his cream, -
They tasted. smarkrd their Hps. and
were. NOT certain.
..D,,. if t.,,t,.to ,,u - if :, nluu ot
tobacco had fallen into the freezer > h,
asked
"Ah, knh '" the> exclaimed. drou
uiur thcir .r,uu, and tr, inc tu ,uit n,Ir
what the, bad eaten. Both rushed oul
and If v.,sr't L,,,u h,.tn,, ,h,. nr,u,i,.t,,
rush.L in.
..s.... I..,,.. uI,,t i, IJ.,,... ara. go,
t.ll ;,u .,hnnt =, L,. J,m.u,J,d ..Wh,t
Ln ,nI7 mean II, uIu,r tnI.,rru in III,
Freezer -
,Ny Kind friend. asked the ladir
if This cream tasted of plug tnl,ar.o.
don't fast. any such t.,st,.. and don
h.li,>r >ou u,.d =, lit of tobacco in if .
..W,li >ou don't want 1o talk tha
v.y rnuud here. '" ,outiuu,d I'm, uro
u,;,tor. ..Ny ice cream i puIr. am,
th. man vhn SAYS if ISM teIls , hoI,
H.. ,,,.,,, .,y..,, .,,,.,i, and :, ,,n,.u
v.;,L =. I,n, r,.,.L md :, .,I r,c. -,
dawn and S.,id +, th,. uirI that sh,
,,uIL t.,k,. , small dish nf l.nuu ir,
|, v.,. L,r,uuht and sh,. had take,
.I,nu1 tvn nuuthfuIs when th, str,uu.
;,,u;r.d
.Excus,. me. madam. but do yo
know how thi, cream WAS made h.y
yoI an idea that they grated trrrnip AN,
rhalk with the cream ~
She didn't r,ui\. She slowly roS
up. wheeled around. and made for tin
door. The stranger followed after. an,
H., r,r,t ,rood Iurk his .oit tails clclrr,
the door an instant too soon To H.
struck hv a tivc-pound box of lig>