The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-16
A Mouthful OF PeppPrs.

-Four young gentlemen were preparing
to enjoy first class dinner recently, in
one OF the best known and most popu
lar uptown restaurants of New York.
One OF tho party was q regular frequent
or OF the dining-saloon, man of the
world, and connoisseur III the good
things OF the table. Two were olty
men. The fourth was stranger from
the East, but man of the world, so far
as knowledge Of the world can be OBJ
tanned in New England cities. When
the party was seated tho waiter brought
to the table, among other things,
an lnnocent-lookiDg oetagonal shaped
bottle filled with bright red sauce.
Its very appearance was appetizing. 1t
| appeared to be small bottle of tomato
oatsnp. Oysters on the half-shell con-
stituted the first course of the dinner,
| The Irregular diuer"' of tho party
picked up the imnocent-looklng bottle,
trltied affeotionately with 1T moment, :,
unscrewod little cap which served as
stopper, and sprinkled just dash of
the tempting-looking condiment on the
the edge of the shells of his oysters.
Theu he ate one OF the Blue Points
with relish that would seem to indi-
cate supreme satisfaction with himself
and the world ut large. The young
gentleman from New England witnessed
the operation from tho corners of his
eyes, and thought it would be an emil
nently proper thing for him to initiate
the example Of his friend. His impress
sion was that lie was dealing with
tomato catsup. SO tho sauce was
sprinkled with a lavish hand, until tho
oysters assumed the color of a boiled
lobster The New Yorker, who was an
enthusiast on the subject of condiments,
watched the proceedings with astonish-
ment. and finally remarked:
ooh, yes; of course do" was the
answer Of the representative of Boston
culture, who assumed such u look and
tone OF injured innocence that further
inter ference or any,explanation on the
part Of the New Yorker would have been
wholly out of the place. The New
Yorker simply turned to the waiter and
said;
"Bring me glass of milk as quickly
as possible" and waited further devei-
opments.
The New Englander moved one of his
oysters gently about in Its bath of sauce
until it was thoroughly coated, and
with graceful movement of his fork
transferred it to his mouth. Ho took
q thoroughly energetic bite, and that
bite was the last no took for some min.
utcs. le didn't say anything. He
didn't have time. He swallowed his
oyster like hero. Then he reached
for his water goblet, and drained from
1t every drop. Tears gathered in his
Ia al l.
pictej in every lineament OF his facs,
and he looked toward his friend rs
though he would murder him, The
New Yorker quietly remarked:
"Drlnk this glass OF milk that [ or
derod; it will relieve you at once. |
had it brought because L thought you
had mistaken the character of that saueo,
though some people can eat it in that
way. It's splendid condiment, n
good appetizer, and n fine hid to tiges
tion."
"Stuce! condiment,l Aid to diges-
tion! exclaimed the New Englander,
after he had obtained 30 much relief
from his draught OF milk as enabled him
to speak. ''Does Bocoher ever dine
here? Has he ever tasted that 'sauco,'
and does he still believe thcro is no hell3
hOly MOScSl "1lltC lS lC!. Anu lG tho
close OF his series of ordinations and
interrogations he wiped tho tears from
his eyes and cheeks, drank another
goblet of wator, and gave other evi-
donccs of having obtained a fresh hold
on life, The theological questions
were not answered, but the verdant
young New Englander was informed
that the "appetizing condiment" with
which he had rashly mado so intimate
an acquaintance was Tabasco sauce, a
highly rclished by epicures, and said to
be ono of the finest ever made.
'fSauoe! why, it's nothing but liquid
red pepper, done up so seduotively rs
to make man think its ton ato catsup."
You're mistaken, my friend, it's
better than capsicum. It's SIMPLY the
pulp of the ripe. pepper extracted by
pressure, and contains the flavor,
strength, color, and aroma of the fruit.
After you've used it n time, ani, iii mod
Grafton, you'll like it,