Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-25
THE BOY WAS THERE TOO.
He Took No Part In tho Discussion, bu
Took About Everything Else.

He Took No Part In tho Discussion, but
Took About S.verything else.
The people who gathered thrco times a
day at Mrs Skinncr's table represented q
wide range of territo-.s, etr Mrs. SINNERS
establishment, like most Now York board
Ing houses, was very cosmopolitan.
Tho house also enjoyed the just reputa-
ton Of being "a "homelikc placc, ropu-
SntiOn due in part to tho frequent appear.
ancc on the table Of dishes whose social
position might DO doubted, but which al
ways awakened pleasant memories in tho
minds of the boarders.
On this evening plato henpcd with
russell circles leclled with white occupied
tho center of the table. Mr.. Unison, who
is a native of Now York, and who sits at
tho head of the ,ablc, smiled and remarked:
"You may say what you please about
dessert, there's nothing goes so well with
coffee as good, old fashioned crullcr."
at amlIscs mo to hear you call thom
crullcrs," said Mr.. Hasliins. Now IN
Boston wo never think Of calling thom
anything but doughnuts, but / suppose
the influence OF tho early Dutch settlers of
Now Amsterdam
'Why don't You give them namo that
means something's They're fried cakes
nothing moro nor less. Anybody In Con
nocticnt will tell you that" interrupted
Mr. Chesterfield, tho tloorwalEor.
"I'm afraid you gcntlemon nro not given
to nice determinations, remarked Mr..
Collamoro, tho young lawyer at tho right
Of tho landlady. "Ihere's great differ
ence between a crullcr and n doughnut. A
cruller Is sort Of twisted and Is solid, but
"a doughnut is round and has q hole in It,
Now these nro'-
"Italways makes mo laugh to hear men
discuss any question of cookery" clrpcd
up Miss Riggs, tho stenographer "Thoy
SEQ only tho outside and never notice tho
essential things. Now Let mo toll you tho
difference between crullers and doughnuts
A orullcr is much richer and shorter than
doughnut, 1t is made with eggs, while n
doughnut isn't. The shape has nothing to
do with it. A doughnut is made of plain
dough-
"Why, that's what we used to call 'pov-
erty cakes up in Vormontr' exclaimed
Mr.. Plunkett, the drug clerk on Mrs
Skinnor's left.
~ was about to say" resumed Miss
Riggs severely, THAT doughnuts are made
of plain dough, raised as broad is raised,
whilo crullers arc not raised"-
"But down in the state of Maine we
have what wo call plain doughnuts and
what wo call raised doughnuts, both, " said
the medical student.
And out In Chicago wo call those things
sinkers, said the tall, long haired man ut
the foot Of the table as he pointed to the
plate.
The debate lasted long and grow olo.
quent In tho midst of it there was tho
sound of a ohnir pushed back and satis-
fed sigh. The new boardor, boy-just n
plain boy-who was learning the hardware
business, got up and remarked as no slid
out OF the door:
"Them ethings may be doughnuts or
orullers or fried cakes or poverty cakos,
but they're awful good. Amt had any
before since left home. That's why cat
SO many. We used to call 'em fried holes. 4"
The eyes Of the boarders turned toward
the plate In tho center of tho table. 1t con-
tainod only little powdered sugar. The
boy had listened to the discussion, but he
had not allowed 1t to divert him from more
momentous matters.
~ believe that boy will do real we'll In
the hardware business, " said Mrs. Skinner
after painful pause. -Youth's Compan-
ion.'