Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-07-05
Jimmy Brown and the Ice
Cream Party.

Th,re was pretty nearly whole
week that kept out OF trouble. but 1t
didn't last. i}Oys are born to iS up
ward ike the sparks ;hat Trouble, and
yesterday Vas up to mischief again,
as Size sad. tholgi [ never had the
least idea of doing any mischief. How
should an innocent boy, who might
easily have been an orphan hld things
happened II that way. know all about
cooking and chemistry and such. |
should like to know. IL was really
Sues fault. Nothing would do but she
must have a party, and of course she
must have ice.cream. Now the ice-
cream that our cake-shop man makes
isn'l good enough for her, so she got
faiher to buy an ice-:rean freezer, an d
she said she would make tie i:c-c,ea
herself. l was to help her, and she
sent me 10 the store TO order some salt.
l asked her what she wanted of salt,
and she SAID YOU couldn't freeze ice
cream without plenty of salt, and that
it was almost as necessary as ice. /
went to the store and ordered the salt,
and then had a game or two of ball with
the boys, and didn't get home till late
in the afternoon. There was Sue freez-
ing the ce.cream. and suffering dread
fully, 80 she said. She had 10 go aud
dress right away, and she told me TO
keep turning the ice-cream freezer until
il froze, 'and don't run off and leave
me to 10 everything again, you good.
fOr-nothing boy; L wonder how you can
do IT, l turned that freezer for ever
80 long, but nothing would freeze; so l
made up my mind that it wanted more
salt. l didn't want 10 disturb anybody,
so quietly went into the kitchen and
got the salt-cellar and emptied it into
the l3e-cream. II began to freeze hight
away but [ tasted 1t and it was awful
salt, so l got the jug of golden syrup
aud poured about a plat into the ice
cream, and when it was done it was a
beautiful straw color. But there was
an awful scene when tue party tried to
eat that ice-cream. Sue handed it
round and said to everybody: This is
my ice.cream, and you must be sure to
like it, The first one that she gave it
to was DR.. Porter. He Is dreadfully
fond Of fice-cream, and he smiled such
big smile, and said be was sure it was
delightful, and took whole spoonful.
Then he jumped up as if something had
bit him, aud went out Of the door in
two jumps, and we didn't see him again.
Then three more men tasted their Ice
cream, and jumped up and ran after
the doctor, and two girls said, 'Oh,
my!' and held their handkerchiefs over
their faces, and turned just rs pale.
And then everybody else put their ice
cream down on the table, and said
thank you, they guessed they wouldn'
take any. The party was regularly
spoiled, and when l tasted the ice'
cream | didn't wonder. 1t was worse
than The best kind Of strong medicine.
Sue was in dreadful state Of mind
and when the party had gone home
all but one man, who lay under the
apple tree all night and ggoaned like be
was dying, only we thought it was the
cats-she made me tell her all abou
the salt and golden syrup. Sht
wouldn't believe that had tried 10 de
my best and didn't mean any harm
Father took her part, and said ough
to eat some of the ice-cream since
made It; but | said I'd rather 60 Hl
stairs with him. So | went.
some of these days people will begiI
TO understand that they are just waist
ing and throwing away a boy VIII
always tries 10 do his best, and per
haps they'll be sorry wnen it is 10,
late.