San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-10

a Asax Bul sfFare.
One Of tho psSdliasiueso Of tho latest
United States style Of feeding the mo-
bio rcd man Il tho faot that he il given
government ration. and u the came
time appropriations are made which are
supposed 10 maintain him. ef>
Sometimes Q Wild Indian who don't
know much about groceries and how TO
prepare them for food comes in and
draws his regular soldier ration in this
way. For jnstAnce. up in the Sitting
Bull country awhile ego, an Indian came
in from the warpat|a who had never
seen any OF the paleface style Of food,
and drew his rations. aI,.".s
He made light meal Of green un-
grounded coffee the first day, and as he
over-ate, and the coffee swelled on him,
he had difficulty in buttoning his pants
around the pain that he had on hand. 3
He felt very unhappy for day or two,
but laid it to the fact that be hadn't
exercised much. and the consequent
ennui and Indigestion resulting there,
from. ~ ssfg .sN.' s'a' ff,a.es i
As soon % ,he had. succeeded in get
ting the interior department quieted
down q little, he tackled his ration Of
candles. These he decided to pasboil,
in order-to avoid trouble from indiges-
ton. The dish was not so much of Q
glitterihg success as he had'anticipated,
and as he remorsefully picked the can
die wicking out Of his teeth,witl . tent
pin, he made some remarks that grated
harshly on the aesthetic ears Of those
who stood near. Sge'is ~ I ~ .N,hsl 3
He then tried smeal Of yeastpowder
with vinegar He ate, the yeast powder
and then took pint Of extremely potent
vinegar to wash Il down. Ty r.
At first there Was a feeling Of glad
surprise in his stomach which rapidly
gave place to unavailing remorse.
A can of yeast powder in AN Indians
midst don't seem to be prepared for a
pint of vinegar, and the result of such
an unfortunate combination is not graf
flying.
Every little while q look Of pain would
come over the features of the noble
child Of the forest, and then he would
jump about seventeen feet and try to
kick q cloud out of the sky. Then he
would sit down and think over his past
life. y o. 49,
Tt took about week for him to get
back to where he dared to get up an,
other meal for himself. Then he fried o
couple Of pounds Of laundry soap and
ate that. ~
Soap is all right for external pur-
poses, or for treating pair of soiled
socks, but it does not assimilate with
the gastric juices readily, and those
who have tried fried laundry soap as a
relish do not seem to think that it will
ever arrive at any degree of prominence
as an article of diet
When gallon or SO of agitated bak-
ing powder and vinegar is singing its
little song in the innermost recesses Of
an Indian, and this has been followed
by treatment of laundry soap, the stu
dent of human nature can find o wide
field for observation in that locality.
The earnest and occupied look, the
troubled expression Of the countenance,
followed By the quick, nervous witch
ing of the muscles of the face and then
the swelling up of the body, the burst
ing of the suspender button, the deep
drawn sigh and the smothered cuss
words, all betoken the gastric agitation
going on within. t9
That is why an Indian prefers link
of balogna sausage and two-year.old
dog to the high-priced groceries SO
common to our modern civilization
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