The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-04
Discovery of Ice Cream.
A Pretty Story in Which There is No Poll
tics.

James &. Marshall in October Wide Awake.
1t was in Lactia, a1d the king of the country
was such grand king that he wore his gold
crown even at night, though it made tbc worst
kind of a nigbt-cap. The wise men of Lactia
said the crown must never come off, and it was
these wise men and the prince who formed a
conspiracy against the king, ending in the dis
covery of ice cream. But the king lived we'll
growing fat and jolly, until his son. the prince
became unruly. Then the king grew so thin,
that he had to use piece of paper doubled up
inside of his or own to prevent it from slipping
down over his nose.
The wise men said, "We'll make plan to
reform this prince;" bat during the next three
years they did nothing but talk, talk, talk.
One day the Very Royal Candle Snuffer
brought them this note;-
.your plan or your heads. King John,'
Til ev sent back word to the king to please
make the prince chief high director of the
weather. The change that followed was mar
yellous. The prince suited every one. He
made ii clear and suLly. for picnic party.
windy in the right direction for the sailors,
inst right or tie farmers, cold for the FUR
dealers. and hot for the bathng-resort men.
The people of Lactia went almost wild with
iov. and the king laughed and grew fat again.
The wise mel. claimed all the credit, but they
soon regretted doing so. Thousands of Lac
tians came TO than them in long dry speeches
and brass bands brayed before their houses all
day. while nightly professions marched and
hurrabed every wink of sleep from their pill
lows The wise men prayed the king to send
his people home, and when he refused fifty OF
the wsest ran gaway TO sea, out the others
formed q conspiracy.
nalace and the royal milk house, and it was
double high treason for anyone Dut the king
TO nick them. One morning, before the wealth
er office was open, the wise men persuaded the
prince to 90 with them and eat berries with'su-
Jar and cream in the royal milk house. While
sugaring the berries they heard the King come
into the garden.
..I'm afraid those robins have been eating
my berries again" they presently heard him
remark. 50 m,
The prince paused, pale with fright. The
wise men rushed up and down, shaking with
terror ,,.,oS
.'Ipto-the-cream-w with-them! chatlefeo
the prince; and into can OF cream ,ne 5 oerlies
were dropped, sugar and all, the tau osaPSsH:o
on the can and the prince on top Oh tnas' olA
of the strongest of the wise men piaceu tnelr
backs to the royal milk house aooI, anu we @
others soon appeared to DE so"hu "S'eop III 'he
The. The king strolled IN the garden long after
the princes office hour 1t appears s,hsr inat dne the
Pad accumulated such IL store OF i'll winds,
cold snaps and great storms as was never
known before The chief high director not
appearing the commotion that began maee
all the old people hunt for their aimanacs IN
hurry The wind blew over chimneys ana
bent high steeples out of shape. Ana now IL
showed and hailed and rained and made tne
neonle wish there hadn't been any chiei high
director. The wind twitched the king's crown
over the high fence and IN Two ISs tsn niles i
before batSa ~ he caught it. The roof Of the royal
Iii. bnnse lew over the palace and the badly
frightened prince and wise men en- tnmSied out,
them spinning through the air like silver