The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-08-25
Vol OIUME XXI.


! While the proprietor 81 Maisoa Darre
! New York. was standing behind tho cuup
tei the other day catching dies for eursan
, cake. aud wishing that little oi Of N,
business wave that the eastern papers "a,
so much about. would slop over into BIZ
restaurant. as II were, young man with ,
bcamlng smile on his face and bir 80,
under his arm entered,
Il Don't want any sleeve buttons. MOI
nothin. eowled the dyspepsia dis,ribu
ter, elaneing at the box.
''No, nor |, said the stranger. aiiahly.
depositing the box ON the counter and re-.
moving the lid, "Bul what You do want
is the greatest invention Of recorded time
tho boarding house. keepers salyationY'
Roach poison?" said the steak slretclrr.
contemptuously.
mo, SIR, rotortod the young man, tail &.
ing handful of singularly shaped objeris
out OF the box. Something TINT beats
the phonogrsph and the telephone all hol.
lcr. l refer to the Skidmore Chopr"
What's that?'
why, its the most economical device
oi modem .i'"es. and I'll prove II right
here Supposing your are serylu. a aia
ner to say "a half a dozen persons' Now,
how many chops do you usually put on
the table?"
well about two piece, say twelve.
"And how many are eaten2'
Hum about four"
Exactly; that is about the average, as
our restaurant statistics show. As matter
Of course. however, you are compelled to
cook three times as much as you need TO
make show. Now, il you could save six
chops every dinner for your it would
amount to"
"A fortune" said tho maa Of outlets,
eagerly. "All we can do with EN- now is
to work them over into hashes.
Peace to your hashes," said the agent;
"all this ruinous waste is now prevented
by the introduction Of dish OF the patent
Skidmore lndestructible Rubber Chop,
put up in packages OF one dozen and war.
ranted for five years, and the food econo-
mizer exhibited some life.like limitations
of cooked mutton chops"
Looks like good scheme" said the
conductor Of stews, thoughtiully; but
don't the customer ever"
Tumble? Not in the least He only
notices that one chop in tougher than the
other, and finally gets his fork in and
chews ahead. The smaller ones come
higher, as they are made Of little more
timber article OF rubber for lamb chops.
Cant be told from the genuine by the max.
cd eye. All you have to do is to grease
em on both sides, warm 'em up little,
and serve them mixed with the genuine as
usual.
Seems like they are about as tender as
The regulation kind /" oeij the rostaurstanr.
abbing one with fork. "Don't they
ever get eaten by mistaken"
"No-no-that is, not now. We did
lose few that way when introduced, but
now that wo make the material tougher. it
lon't happen any more unless they will
swallow them whole. Why, here'sa speci-
men that's been In use In Chicago res
.aurant there for years, night and day,
md you cant see the hrst tooth mark in il
ret"
THAT settles it," said the restaurteur,
I'll take gross
Il thought You would, said the chop
gent, as he took down the order and en-
declined m invitation for some
unch. II will drop around in few days
md show you samples Of some soft white
'ubber Holsters we are getting up especi-
lily for the country trade-make the best
rticle of indestrnctible salad ever KNOWN
nd he shoulderod his box and walked of
n the direction OF Baldwn's hotel.