The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-10-12
Tale Of a {
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AT any rate. I've learned one thing"
declared Mrs. Avery to the assembled
class in Irish crochet.
Pass 1t on" said the girl who was
struggling over some tiny crocheted
roses.
Never buy more than one pound of
coffee at a time" And the hostess
rolled down the sun screen with a
furry and settled her flmy skirts into
the west end of the hammock swing.
Talking of Irish crochet" began
the girl in pink linen, while a smile
scattered throughout the group.
Buying in quantities is always
cheaper" declared the girl in the big
wicker chair. I'VE use three pounds
every month and that is never too
long to keep coffee on hand"
I'VE were taught at the school of
domestic science to buy In quantities
and grind 1t ourselves" said the en-.
gaged girl. tlmidly. For economy.
purity and convenience"
did. they tell you to get a coffee
mill?"' asked the hostess. They told
me; so after two years of married life
decided to look into the matter"
What kind did you get?' asked the
engaged girl.
Il got the best-'Grinder's Glory
or some such name. I went to the
root OF things and consulted everybody
I could find. Ned almost stopped eat
ing meals at home because l insisted
on telling him all that l found out
about coffee mills. Why don't you get
one and forget it?' he finally asked.
So I told him that we had two pounds
OF cofee-ground-and l had to wait
till it vas used up. Why do you get
80 much at once?' he asked. And
then I told him that 1t was the only
way to buy-that mother always got
q lot at time.
But at last all that coffee was used
up, SO l went downtown and ordered
!. q coffee mill. And, Of course, I told
my coffee man to deliver my coffee
whole.
"The mill has a cylinder that holds
one pound. 1t screws into the wall
and grinds the coffee into a glass that
sits on a tiny shelf underneath. 1t is
very unobtrusive and l was excited till
1t came. 1t was two days late and
since we had whole coffee we had be-
01,n No}ro the rpoof or{rSor f1r ~ %ovr-
porarily. Did you ever try a meat
grinder for coffee? 1t Is as hard to
grind as nails.
Finally the coffee mill came. We
didn't unpack it until Ned had passed a
harassing hour trying to f1nd his screw
driver. Then we found that the cylin'
der had been broken. I almost cried,
and a call for the broken one. The
boy came for it, but didn't bring the
other. And every morning Ned would
say: Why don't you get a pound OF
ground coffee and stop this laborer's
job?' I would reply that l didn't buy
coffee that way, for 1t wasn't the way
to buy coffee.
Then went downtown to see about
that coffee mill and found they were
~ out of Grinders Glory but ex.
pected them hourly, and they prom
Used that I should receive mine when
they came. That was two weeks ago.
Yesterday Ned came home early
and ground up all that coffee. He said
he couldn't sleep nights thinking of
what he had to do before breakfast
Next time remember we are running
no hotel he said. Three pounds OF
coffee in a family of two lasts a life.
time
80, Of course, the coffee mill came
out today, and as my coffee man came,
too, / told him to SEND three pounds
Of coffee-whole. He thought it over
and decided that l had made a mis-.
take, / suppose. The coffee came five
minutes before you arrived. There are
three pounds of 1t and it is ground.
And the stuff that Ned ground in the
meat grinder last night added to the
other make four pounds of ground
coffee in the house! And my pretty
little mill is just aching to show off,"
But you can send back the ground
Coffee" said the girl in the blue linen
my coffee man calls but once a
week. Next week l shall send 1t back
had called Ned up when the mill
came and he seemed relieved, but he
said again something about not get
ting SO much coffee. So, after due
consideration, l have phoned the cor
ner grocery to send yer one pound
Of coffee-unground, whole berries
adding, I have my own mill. l want
to grind 1t myself So the grocer un
aerstood.
Med will be pleased by my capltula
lion and he needn't know the real why
nor about the three pounds of grount
coffee. Mother always bought three
pounds at a time, but that is really