Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — MOLASSES TASTERS. [ARTICLE]

MOLASSES TASTERS.

A Business That Is Not One es ffmlteyse Pleasure. The professional molasses teeter is g martyr. Imagine a man having til sample twenty-five or thirty grades si that syrup, and then try to eat a square meal. Ob, yes, he can, to the reply. To be sure he tastes of thirty kinds of molasses in ono day, but he doee not swallow a particle, at least not more than a particle. This requires much practice, this abstinence from •wallowing, and to the great difficulty in the beginner’s path. He must pro tect his teeth, too, and therefore hto masticators require careful cleansing, . not alone to prevent decay, but in ow i der to keep hto gustatory sense perfectly neutral. "I have beos a molasses taster sos several years,” said a Boston msa, “and I assure you mine is no eaßy Job. There is a strain that the occupation imposes, and one that many succumb to, and therefore quit tho business. The tongue being very sensitive, re quires great care, and therefore I feel it best not to use tobacco, sweetmeats, >ar highly seasoned food. Doctors tel! me that sugar Itself does not injure tbe teeth, but that after remaining on them for some time It undergoes a ohemi cal change from the saliva and food, and that the ohemteal result is cow rosive.

"Whether this to so or no I know that my teeth have suffered from this business, although I take oxtraordla nary care. The difference in taste bm tween some grades of molasses to so •light that the tongue must be In e perfectly neutral condition In order to be an accurate guide. But not only must the tongue be oared fee, but month. Ups, and teeth must be as fine upon* hie from any foreign sabtoeaoft "In tatting es the vat—i bread* 1 Vse only a drop on the oaraWMMltlv* at of the tongue, I try to beep fl v from the Up*, mouth, end tooth, u \ not always succeed, Hot* to « dlscrii td»»te between tweofjpßde a asm pies I l TO B * Feep $ clear heed, etftoto (rate my ’ ev>»tto3, J* P wore, an . ’nsUAntaneoi!** this fftitMv Uly inquires book-write! t hnow nothing feet, e daj* e* honest, pain*. Thi motassea-tasbW to a day «f h*. l 1 almost said toMnrr.