Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-12
NOT RIEDgURRANIs

not DRIED CURRANTs
AlEARRED GROCER COMMENTS Up
ON A COMMON MISTAKE.
d Tiny Fruit Used In Cake, Pud-
dinsss Buns md the Like Are Rat
sims Made From Little Grapes That
Are Grown IN Greece. .S%x
Mother wants a pound Of dried cur
rants" said q little girl who came into
the learned grocer's store in Eighth
9
S$@s hain.t got a dried currant in the
store and there hain't hone in the city,
replied the learned grocer. But 1
know what you want, sissy, and I've
got ''e en- ~
The learned grocer brought forth 8
sshoss ct Eli !I:sst ! st! E IL; VS., .ga ~ gritty!
currants dased in fruit cake, plum pud-
dings, mince pies, buns and the: like.
why, then's 'em!n exclaimed the
little girl. Ss
Yes them's ''em,''. assented the gro
Ger, "and II the Grecian maiden who
trod this particular lot Of 'em into ship
shape had used a little water or evenEa
feather duster on her feet before she
began there wouldn't be so much grit
in a'ema as there is. She mustEhaye been
having a regular hoedown on the elias
Sic sands before she began to dance on
this box OF fruit. There, sissy; tell
your mother she must battle lem In sew
eral waters before she uses ''em, or she
Ugh just as well put a lot of sandpa-
per IN her fruit cake. And tell her that
/ they amt dried currants either"
Whats the reason they amt dried
curraptsY demanded a disputative
customer when the girl had gone.
They amt dried currants any more
than they are dried pumpkins" replied
che grocer. 'eThe reason they amt
dried currants is that they weren't cur
rants before they were dried. Good
reason enough, amt 1T"
#.Ye said the customer, less dispuri
tative than he was. a="'tBut what does.
everybody call them dried currants for
then?" 5
Cause they don't know any better,
said the, learned grocer. They'll go.
rightson coming in here and asking for
dried currants Just the same after 7 tell.
EN- why they amt dried currants as
they did before"
What should they ask for, then?' In
quired the customer.
I'll any mar should come in here and
ask for dried corinths, & replied the
learned grocer, ssle would not necessa-;
rily be a gentleman, but I'dsbet on him
being a scholar. Dried corinths5 is
what you should ask for when you
want this little sugar coated, gritty
raisin. for It's araisin pure and sim
pie
"HHoW,s that Z the customer wanted
to know.
HUGE BecauseSit was a grape before It
was dried e said the grocer, .'and if raj
sins amt grapes what are they n
tfBut you said these were dried cor
$fnths. persisted t~hecnstomer Whats
q corinth, anyhow
eorinth is the smallest grape that
grows, 4 replied the learned grocer,
s.and it lost@its name years and years
ago becauseit was gradually corrupted
Into scurrantt. which became also the
lame of the acidnlafed little berry of
our garden which you might dry from
now until Gabriel sounds his horn
without getting it nearer the condition.
OF q raisin than a pea Isl
SsThis little grape grows all overSthe0
Islands OF the Grecian archipelago and
was first exported from Corinth. and
that's what gave 1t its proper name.
8The&bunches don'tsgroWRmuch bigger
than a stem of red ~eurrants, and they
are SO full of sugar that when they are
picked and dried Id the sun they aetu-s
ally Seem % melt and run together like
gumdrops. and fl takes Lot OF care
and work to separate them again
After they are sseparated Is the time
when the Greeian maiden gets her
WORK ID on 'em. for It iii one OF her
pleasant duties + jump on a heap Of
tha sticky stuff with her bare ~feetsuntiI
q she has compressed enough of little
raisins8to squeeze three boxes ofsthem
into u No hydraulic pump eouldd d
it better. IL IL could. we wouldn't have
the sand and grit the maiden's feet
ss:Smingle with the fruit.$and without that
no dried corintls are genuine. II
still. ! shall expect folks to come in
here right along and ask for dried cur
rants just the same said the learned
grocer as5he Wentto wait on new Gus
tomer.--NeW York Press
WORDS.
4 Words are great forces III the realm Of life. s$S
Be careful of4their use. Who talks Of hate,
poverty Of sickness, but sets rife
These very elements to mar his fate.
When love, health, happiness and plenty hear
Their names repeated over day BY day,
They wing their way like answering fairies near;
Then nestle down within our homes to stay.