New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-22
On Ice,

''Why, bless me, my friend" said the
proprietor of an ice cream restaurant,
II don't know which to he the most
thankful for-the cold weather, which
makes ice, or the warm weather, which
makes people eat it. In the uncomfort-
able feeling days Of winter button up
my ovcrcoat with the philosophical
thought that this atm sphere is laying
up my summer stock in trade. And to-
day cast aside my collar and vest with
the grateful feeling that nature again is
working in my behalf, so that the hotter
it is the better like it, and the colder
it is, in the proper season, why, then,
the better like that.
Say, mister. gimme me cents
worth of ice, will ycr?' and barefoot
ed, coatless urchin pccrcd anxiously
into the face of the stalwart iceman.
what do you want of cents worth
Of ice, my little man?'
swell, donchcr see, mister, nanny
she's gone away, an me an Tim an
another girl, we're left to home. an we
want ter make some ice cream an frozen
pudden, yer know; but yer don't want
ter give it away, now.'
| "CIs "ClI, SstIu VIC lCCIlIu, ltluyu'
ing; I'm afraid one cents worth of ice
wouldn't be enough for all that, would
it?"
II dunno, sir; but we hain't got no
more'n one cent-'nlcss you trust us fer
'nuthcr.''
"Ill see to that There, how will
that do you?' said the iccnlan, as he
Clipped off several small pieces and put
them into the eager hands of the young
customer and his interested compan.
ions.
The most curious use has been in.
vented by Il Frcnchman who publishes
receipt for cooking lee. No one has
ever declared how nice IN article of food
it makes, but certain it is that the feat
of frying it in flour batter can be done
successfully, the operation being per-
formed 50 quickly t!.at the ice has no
time to melt
'.Oil tell We phat it is, me jewel, gid
the bartender, 'oicc is an Indispensable
luxury to y sufferin' humanity. 1t is
luxury phat mankoind cant get along
widout it. Mo;nd vcz, its not the
whisky the paplc wants in summertime,
but joost 4 slmcll at the dice, bcdad.
The dice comboined wild de beautiful hot
wither indooces the public at large to
come to my illigant quarters for refrish-
mint, an therefore, says OF, OF bliss that
man that first invinlcu oicc."
''Icc!' exclaimed the man who draws
soda for the thirsty multitude which
trayerses an important thoroughfare of
our city; II don't know what you fell
lows would do if it wasn't for the trick
water has Of getting solid in cold wealth
err. This living in y hot city in summer
would sort of lose its point if it wasn't
for ice. It's queer to think of it. Here
at noon time there is such crowd
about this counter that you can't see
across the place, and the higher the the.
nometer runs the lower runs the soda
tank; and it's all owing to the simple
fact that nature allows us to bottle up a
little of her cold weather and save il
over to bring down the temperature q
little in the hot months That may
sound little philosophical for soda.
water man, but that's what I've been
thinking of as I've stood here, washing
out glasses for the next lot. How much
of 4 business do the firm do? Oh. there
one soda fountain in town which it takes
$50 pounds of ice every day to feed
during the hottest weather. ''-B0st0n
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