The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-13

pans every Saturday as two, can't you?
and I'll buy the beans for youat whole
sale prices, and you'll make almost a
clear profit of twenty-five cents on each
pan. That is, not counting your time and
labor"
"And the pork suggested Hattie.
"That costs more than the beans. But
/ fear you will not find six or eight
families who want my beans enough to
buy them. No, must be the good, pa
tient housemaid, who keeps the house
in order and the larder well supplied,
and mother and Edith must be the
money-makers. / have no talents L
can use. / never liked music. | can't
paint. / can't sew, and Pm not thor
oughly enough educated to teach school.
But / can cook meal and save the ex-
pense of servant"
Yet, greatly to Hattie's amazement,
and to the amusement of the family, a
little note was received on the follow
ing Wednesday, saying:
Dear Miss Atison:-I hope you will ex-
cuse us for making this request, but we have
heard of your delicious beans through your
cousin, Mr.. Will Patton, and he thought
you would be willing to furnish our church
society picnic with six quarts for next Satur-
day afternoon. Also two-quart pan for
our Sunday dinner at home.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs JASON TOWER"
Everybody was talking about your
beans at the picnic, Hat" said Will,
the next time he saw his cousin, "and
l have been thinking you might do
we'll to advertise. Really now, and
seriously, you can make this thing
profitable, if you care to try. Scores of
housekeepers will be glad to pay you
quarter of dollar and get rid of the
Saturday trouble of baking their own
beans. And you can live at home, at
tend to all your duties here, and yet
realize enough from your venture to
pay your laundress and keep yourself in
pin money. But you must advertise"
So the next day there appeared in
the Recorder the following advertise
ment:
"The famous Washington street beans
will be delivered every Saturday promptly
upon order. Orders received up to five
o'clock p. NJ. Fridays. Address Washington
Street Bean Co., Box 1885,
"That saves our using any name,"
Hattie said, "and doesn't the Co.
look like business?"
The following Saturday Mrs. Jason
Tower sent standing order for every
week, and four new customers were
heard from. The next week eight, and
the next fourteen orders came in.
''Three dollars and fifty cents in cash!''
cried Hattie, triumphantly. And l
have stayed at home and saved three
dollars beside, which we used to pay a
servant, besides her board and waste,
so in reality / have netted more than
$3.50 this week Have you done as
well as that, Edith?"
"No," sighed Edith, with droop of
her blonde head. {" have walked a
thousand miles, and only secured two
pupils so far. You see people prefer
to employ teachers who have reputa-
tion-but then l am bound to persevere
and obtain class of six, at least. My
musical education cost small fortune,
and it ought to bring in as much as
your ability to cook beans, which never
cost you cent!'
Edith did obtain her six pupils ere
another month elapsed, but in the
meantime the Washington Street Bean
Company was growing to be more
and more widely known and patronized.
1t is such fun to read the orders!"
Hattie said to Cousin Will, who came
to obtain weekly reports of the COM
pany. "Here is one from perfect
stranger, addressed to the Bean Com
pany:' Having heard of your famous
beans, 1 desire four quarts delivered at
No. $40 Blank street, at 6:30 p. NJ.
Saturday."
Picnics, church festivals and public
suppers were considered incomplete
without pan of the Washington street
beans: and some days Hattie was
obliged to begin her baking before day.
light, and to continue it until late in
the evening. However, she finally Sc
cured an oil-stove, and so increased the
capacity of her workshop at small eX
pense.
Ruby had slowly but surely been
brought to realize the necessity of lend
ing a hand at the cooking and at the
needle. For Mrs. Allison's patrons
were increasing, and she was not
strong enough to sew constantly.
One day Ruby was about to fry dough
nuts.
" I remember hearing my mother say
that she used to set her doughnuts in
the oven little while before frying
them" said Mrs. Allison, and every
body praised her doughnuts. Suppose
you try it, Ruby?
Ruby tried it. She rolled out hel
doughnuts, put them in pan, and sci
them in hot oven. Then she filled a
second pan and put those in, while she
dropped the first ones rolled out in the
hot lard. The result was the mos
delicious, delicately Drowned friet
cakes" ever placed on the Allison table
Suppose we send dozen of these
down with Mrs. Jason Towers beans
to-day ?n suggested Hattie. She ha
been such a good friend to u.s."
The next day Mrs. Jason Tower ap
peared in person at the Allison door.
"Such doughnuts | never tasted! ,
she exclaimed. "My husband made
his entire breakfast of them. | wan
you to send them every week.
twenty-five cents dozen, if you will.
Another branch of industry ha;
opened!" laughed Hattie. 4" We mus
change the name of the firm to The
Washington Street Bean and Doughnut
Company"
Sure enough, very soon the fame o
Ruby's doughnuts began to equal that
Of Hattie,s hpans and the llisOn house