Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-15
A Farmer Who Couldn't Get the
Hang Of q Restaurants Sugar
Bowl Business.
Cincinnati En9uirer.l

lCincinnat Enquirer.
Upon each of the tables ranging
along the walls in Hunts dining
room there sits sugar-bowl. 1t is
placed upon the end Of the table
remOtest from the wall, and when
q waiter takes an order he shOves
the bowl across the table to the
other end. This signifies that a
customer occupying a seat at that
particular table has given his or.
der, aud by this simple plan the
other walters are kept informed as
to who is waited upon and who is
not. One day an honest farmer,
who was innocent of the tricks of
city restaurants, entered the place,
took seat, and, pulling the sugar
bowl on his table back toward the
wall, proceeded to help himself to a
pinch. He was not noticed BY
any of the busy walters who were
hurrying back and forth filing or.
ders and clearing away dishes.
The old fellow remained in his seat
for fifteen minutes, patiently ex-
pecting some one to offer to take
his order; but no one appearing to
see him, he got mad at the appar.
ent neglect and tried to hail three or
four passing walters, who failed to
grasp the situation. After halt
dozen sights, as he thought, the
honest farmer stretched forth his
mighty paw and gathered a waiter
by the nape of the neck. Squarely
imprisoning the startled hash col.
lector, the yeOmaa addressed him
thus:
"See hyar, young Teller, you
needn't think cos l don't put on
style aud wear store clothes when l
come to town, that amt just as
able to pay for what chuck eat as
any dressed.up gallOot in this couu.
try. Why, III buy yer burned old
shop and burn it down. Now l
want you to fetch me'a great big
four-cornered meal-the best in the
place, and lots of it, dye hear mei7
The young man, as soon as re.
leased started to fill the commission
of the muscular granger, and the
customer took his seat once more,
but this time further away from the
wall. Reaching back he pulled
the sugar bowl to the outer end Of
the table and dug out another hand
fnl to stay his hunger until the big
meal should arrive. The sugar.
bowl was now on the end of the
table which signified that the old
farmer was not waited upon, and in
an instant a young fellow stepped
up to him and asked what he would
have.
81 sent fellow after my grub,'
replied the man from the country.
The waiter pushed the sugar.
bowl 10 the rear and walked of.
The farmer again pulled the bowl
out and went exploring it. Anoth-
er waiter, spying the bowl on the
outer end of the table, tackled the
rural rooster, who impatiently an.
swered that he had no use for him.
This waiter gently propelled the
sugar bowl TO the wall, and bounced
away abOnt his business. BY this
time the countryman was thorough
" aroused. Taking hold OF the
offending bowl he savagely drew it
10 the front, but had no sooner
done so than he was approached by
= youth wearing an apron, who of.
fered him a bill of fare, and stood
waiting for instructions. "Go to
the devilr blurted the farmer.
"You're almighty, alfred willin' 10
get me something to eat since
you've found out that | amt beg
gar. One teller is enough to git
what | want, and he's done gone
for it.'
The waiter took hold of the
sugar,bowl to place it where it be-
loDged once more but the farmer
wouldn't have it.
Fetching the young man a stroke
across the jaw, he sang ont:
"Let that ere thing alone, dog
gone you! Yer fearful 'fraid that
III eat a half a cents worth of yer
blasted old sugar. III pay for all
the stuff l swaller 10 this shebang,
and l don't want nobody comiu'
around me showing dishes outen
my reach. Now 20 just clare out
O. hyar.'
By this time the boys tumbled to
the old man's innocence, and allow
ed him to MUNICH his sugar in peace
until his dinner arrived.
The twocent postal card is com
ing, and will soon be in general cir.