The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-21
FROZEN SWEETS.
An Argus Reporter Boards the Lion In
His Den and Applies the Repor-
tOrial Pump.


tOrial Pump.
1t was dreadfully warm day yesterday,
and the average citizen hardly knew what
to do to keep cool. The reporter was one
of the individuals whose blood, though
cold by nature, as well as by practice,
felt the excessiveness of the heat caused
by the effulgent rays from red hot sun.
Glancing heavenward the reportorial
eye caught the familiar sign lice cream
(the girls pronounce it Il scream') over
the door of an up town ice cream parlor.
We walked in and took seat The pro,
prietor of the place came back and en-
quired what was wanted, and upon being
told, went away, but soon returned with
dish of cream.
Have seat" said the. reporter. 81
want to ask you few questions about the
ice cream trade"
"Oh, you do eh-well that's all right,
provided you don't want to know the
secrets of the trade, replied the ice cream
man. as he sank into the bottom of a
chair. Fire away, now. and let me
know what you are after"
How much profit is there on cream,
and how has your custom been since the
warm weather appearedY"
ooh, it wouldn't be fair to tell you how
much profit we make on cream-that
would be giving the trade away you
know, but if you will promise not to tell
anyone anything about it will tell you
My freeZers-I have two of them-will
hold three gallons each. get six gallons
of milk for which I pay twenty cents a
gallon. In the six gallons of milk put
twenty cents worth of tiavoring. Vanilla
aud lemon are the fayorite extracts. The
sugar to sweeten it costs but a trifle and
twenty-five pounds of good ice is sufficient
to freeze the cream Now then, YOU see
| have the cream frozen at cost of about
So. Cream sells at ten cents dish the
world over, and in the six gallons of cream
there are at least one hundred and fifty
dishes of cream which amounts to SIS.
Sometimes | sell as much as twelve gal
Ions of cream day"
You see some curious people in your
line of business, don't your was the next
question asked by the reporter.
Right you are, my boy, We do. Why
have been in the business so long that
can almost tell the disposition of people
who come in here and call for cream We
have all kinds of customers. But it is q
picnic to see some of the young couples
that come in here for cream They act
in very ridiculous manner The country
couples, when they are eating cream are
picnic to see The other day-sh0w
day, it was-a young fellow brought hi:
girl in here and ordered two dishes OF
cream. He soon finished his cream
but his girl ate slower and hel
dish was not half gone when h,
finished his. He took her spoon from
her and actually fed her just as il
she was baby, There is another thing
that | always get onto, and that is this
| Can always tell whether the yount
people are in love by watching them ea
cream. | have noticed this for the las
two years, and have never made mis-
take. There is one young couple tha
comes here regularly about four times
week. They always occupy the sam,
seats, and always take the same flavor il
their cream. One will call for vanill
and the other will call for lemon. The
are in love with each other, and mark m,
words before the next two months rol
around they viii be married Mind yol
didn't say they were engaged now, buI
from their actions know they are il
love with each other, and will be marie,
shortly. You would be surprised if
would tell you the names of the youn,
people (here the ice cream fiend stare,
hard at the reporter) but if you can
guess won't give you pointer, for yo1
will find it out soon enough.
Leaving the ice cream man to com
mune with himself the reporter took hi
departure and went out scouting 70
news.