The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
Tommy's ,Tafy.

T0mmy's TaHy.
Once upon a time I knew little
boy who was so fond of candy that ne
could never get enough. He was al
ways asking for sugar and sweets, and
always teasing his ''auntie" to let him
make taffy." So one day she thought
she would try to please him for once,
and she gave him the molasses jug and
a big pot, and told him just to go off
and make all the candy he wanted to-
The longer the boy looked at the pot
and looked at the jug, the more ne
felt quite sure that he could eat all
the taffy the pot could hold, and
therefore needed all the molasses the
jug contained. So he just emptied the
jug into the pot, and set the whole
thing ~a-boiling. By and by the molas-
ses began to thicken and get all bub-
bly,; and by and by, after that, it be-
gan to get stringy and tough, and the
boy knew that very soon it would
drop brittle and hard into the cup OF
cold water in which he was trying
it, and then it would be "done." 1t
took two hours or more before the
candy dropped brittle and crackly"
into the cold water; but at last it was
done, and the boy took his pot of taffy
off the fire and began pouring it out
into the buttered pans to cool. He
first filled the biscuit pans and then
the dripping pans and next the pie
pans; and, after that, all the old sau-
GERS and cracked plates, and still there
was taffy left In the>pot. So he had to
use all sorts of old odds and ends of
pals and cups and plates to pour his
candy into; and, at last, it was all
poured out and set to cool outdoors.
When the taffy was hard enough to
break, the little boy began to eat it;
and, oh! how good that taffy did taste!
I think he ate a whole painful at first,
and part of a saucer full afterward,
and my! that wasn't very much! He
had still all the big pans and all the
biscuit tins and most of the pie plates
that he hadn't even touched; and al
ready he began to feel as if he didn't
care so very much for taffy, after all.
When his father and grandfather came
home in the evening they exclaimed
with surprise at the quantity of taffy
candy that was lying about on the
kitchen shelves, in the pantry, and
everywhere; and the auntie told the
boy that he must try to eat up the
taffy that he had been so anxious to
make. But by this time the boy was
<'tired to death" of taffy, and felt sick
and queer, and didn't even want to
look at piece of candy. Nevertheless,
the candy had to be gotten out of the
way: So the boy put it all together
and rolled it into l'g ball. and put it
out on the back porch. Out on the
back porch it was sunny and warm,
however; and soon the taffy began to
melt, and the flies began to swarm
about it, and all sorts OF things got
stuck about it, and the auntie said the
taffy ball must be taken away. BY this
time the boy was very much ashamed
of that ball of candy; and he deter
mined to put it out of sight, hiding it
away where no one could see it and
ask him chow he liked taffy." He
thought of digging hole and hiding
it in the ground, and he thought of
tying a stone to- it and sinking it in
the brook; but he was afraid that in
either of these places it might be
found, and cause more remarks about
his fondness for. taffy. So he thought
for a long time, and finally he gave
it to the pig. AS for the little boy, he
kept away from piggie, I can tell you.
while there was any taffy left He did
not want any one to see him with pig
gle, while the candy was in sight; and
no wonder, for they might have made
comparisons, and asked which was the
biggest one, you know The Exam
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