Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — Provisions for a Long Trip. [ARTICLE]

Provisions for a Long Trip.

“Have you any mince pie?” he said, bustling up to the proprietor of a Nassau street restaurant and letting his autumntinted nose harmonize with the cranberry tarts. “Certainly, sir.” * “Little early, isn’t it, for mince?” “Oh, no.” “Aren’t remnants or mark-downs from last year are they?” “Of course not,” answered the proprietor, indignantly. “Well, you do me up a whole pie. I’m going to start for Omaha at 5 o’clock and I want a stayer for the trip. You see.” he added, leaning confidentially on the cake rack, “when I went West last year, I eat half a mince pie before I started. Well, I never seen anything stand by yer like it. Couldn’t eat a mouthful of anything till I got to St Louis. This year I’m buyin’ a whole pie, and I reckon she'll see me clean into the State of Nebraska. ” — New York Tribune.