The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02
D0UGHNUT HOLE.
invented BY
SEAMAN

"Old Sait' Tells How Discovery
Was. Made and Stomach
of Earth Saved.
BOSTON. April 1.-The man who
invented the hole in the doughnut
has been found. He is Captain Ham
son Gregory, at present an inmate
in Sailors Snug Harbor at Quincy,
Mass. Doughnut cutters have made
fortunes for men; millions eat dough-
nuts for breakfast and feel satisfied.
Doctors do not assail the doughnut.
And all of this owes Its being to Cap
tain Gregory, who made the dough-
nut safe, sane and hygienic food.
It's a long story, mates; but as the
S5-year-old chap relates It, its only
too short. Outside the fact that Cap
tain Gregory is bit hard Of hear
ing, he's as sound as new timber. He's
a product Of Maine; and SO Maine
can lay claim to the discoverer of the
hole in the doughnut, along with the
discoverer of new ways to evade the
prohibition laws. But Captain Greg
ory's discovery is of real use in the
world; millions have risen, and more
shall rise up, >and call him blessed.
Bout AZ Was the Date.
ut was way back-oh, I don't
know just what year-let me see
born in 81, shipped when was 13-
we'll, guess 1t was about AZ, when
was is, that was aboard ship and
discovered the hole which was later
to revolutionize the doughnut indus
try.
az first shipped aboard the Isaac
Achorn, three-masted schooner. Capt.
Rhodes, in the lime trade. Later I
joined other crews and other cap
tains, and it was on one Of these
cruises that was making doughnuts.
Now in them days we used to
cut the doughnuts into diamond
shapes and also into long strips bent
in half and then twisted. don't
think we called them doughnuts then
they was just fried cakes and
twisters.'
well, sir, they used to fry all
right around the edges, but when you
had the edges done the insides was
all raw dough. And the twisters used
to sop up all the grease Just where
they bent and they were tough on
digestion, too.
Pretty id tough, tool" pro-
fanely agreed one Of the dozen Of
pipe smokers who were all eyes and
ears, taking in their comrades re-
view.
With glance at the perfervid In
terrupter, the discoverer continued:
"Well, says to myself, why
wouldn't u space inside solve the diff
ficulty? l thought at first I'd take
one Of the strips and roll 1t around.
then I got an inspiration, great in
spiration.
81 took the cover off the ships tin
pepper box, and-I cut into the middle
of that doughnut the first hole ever
seen by mortal eyes!"
Were you pleased?"
"Was Columbus pleased? Well, sir,
them doughnuts was the finest ever
tasted. No more indigestion-no more
greasy sinkers-but just well-done,
fried-through doughnuts.
"That cruise over, went home to
my old mother and father in Camden,
Me-, where was born My father,
Hanson Gregory, ST., lived to be SO,
and my mother lived to be 70. She was
a pretty old lady then. i saw her max
ing doughnuts in the Kitchen can
see her now, and as fine a woman as
ever lived, was my mother.
Taught Trick to Mother.
II says to her: Iet me make some
doughnuts for YOU She says all right.
SO / made her one or two and then
showed her how.
She then made several panfuls and
sent them down to Rockland, Just OUT
side Camden. Everybody was delight
ed and they never made doughnuts any
other way except the way showed my
mother.
well, l never took out a patent on
it; don't suppose any one can patent
anything he discovers; don't suppose
Peary could patent the north pole or
Columbus patent the North Pole or
Columbus patent America. But I
thought I'd get out doughnut cutter
but somebody got in ahead of me.
Hole "Cut Out" His Joke.
"Of course hole amt so much; but
it's the best part Of the doughnut-
you'd think so II you had ever tasted
the doughnuts we used to eat in 81.
OF course. lots Of people Joke about the
hole in the doughnut. I've got Joke
myself: Whenever anybody says to
me: Where's the hole in the dough-
mutt? l always answer: It's been cut
out!'" and the old chap laughed loud
and long at his little sally, while the
rest Joined in.
So there he sits-in the Snug Har-
Dor by the sea. And whenever there's
doughnuts on the days fare, Capt.
Gregory takes a personal pride in try
ing to do what nobody's succeeded in
doing yet-in trying to find the hole
in the doughnut. And whenever the
old salts rally about it, he always
springs his little joke:
1.-THE holes been cut out, guess?"
to the delight Of the whole shipful.
AppENnlY