The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-08-10

Did you ever stop to think, while
enjoying delicious, refreshing sun
dae. how ice cream first came into
existence?
The first ice cream made in Ameri-
ca was sold by Mr.. Hall, in what
is now Park Row, New York City
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton discovered
it in New York so she introduced 1t
to President Washington at dinner
given in his honor.
The first advertisement of ice cream
in this country appeared in the issue
of the Post Boy on June s, 1856, thus:
Ladies and gentlemen may be sup
piled with ice cream every day at the
CITY Tavern by their humble servant,
Joseph Crane
A negro named Jackson who had
worked at the White House during
Mrs. Hamilton's residence there
learned the recipe for making ice
cream and started a confectionery,
selling cream at s1.OO a quart. He
always made excellent cream and con-
sequently amassed a fortune before
he died
Jacob FusseIl Started Business.
The wholesale ice cream business
was started by Jacob Fussell, who
owned a dairy in Baltimore, Mary
land. He tried to supply his GUS
toners with cream whenever they
wanted it. and consequently he usual
ly had a supply left on his hands. FL
nally he conceived the idea of using
the surplus for making ice cream
which proved so profitable that he
abandoned the dairy business entire
ly, devoting all his time to the manu-
facture of ice cream, instead. 1t then
sold at s1.25 a quart.
The business built up by Mr.. Fus-
sell has prospered for three genera
tions: there are now three plants, one
at Washington, d. c., one at Boston,
and the original still at New York
City, where the first factory was To-
Gated
A friend Of Mr. Fussell, Mr.. Perry
Brazelton of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in
1857 visited him at Washington. and
learned the recipe. He later opened
a factory at st. Louis, and later two
more, one at Cincinnati and the other
at Chicago. bringing the industry
West
Within the last fifteen years the
of ice cream has made
phenomenal strides. In the year 1910 /
about 1O0,00O,0OO gallons were sold
in the United States and approximate !
ly s15O,OOO. 10000 were spent on ice
cream. 1t is today used on all steam
ship lines, which carry enough to sup
ply their passengers who always de- !
mand the American product Every
express steamer of the North German
Lloyd Line also carries enough ice
cream to furnish the Japanese, Chi
nese and Australian service of the
lee Cream Cone Is Modern.
The ice cream cone was first in
troduced into this country at the St.
Louis Exposition and Fried Ice Cream
or Alaska Fritters. as they are some
times called. were first served at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago. in 1893.
Ice cream is today really a luxury.
although it is also a nourishing hot
weather food. 4
The discovery of the refreshing
luality of cooled drinks and food,
S an interesting study. Even in
Biblical days the people Of Palestine
appreciated snow at harvest time. and
he idea Of cooling drinks by means
Of snow first occurred to the Ancient
Creeks. Jews and Romans. When
snow was not available they put the
rink INTO a porous earthen jar or
lrn and cooled the contents by
swinging it vigorously in the air In {
some parts of Spain and Turkey (
Hhere snow can be obtained from the 1
nearby mountains it still takes the .