Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1885 — Thin Soup. [ARTICLE]

Thin Soup.

* One of the highest officers in the German army is very particular that his soldiers are properly fed. He is in the habit of making unexpected visits to the barracks and inspecting the food in person. On the occasion of one of these visits be perceived two soldiers carrying a steaming boiler from the kitchen. “Put it down. Fetch a spoon,” he ..commanded. The astonished soldiers looked at each other. One of them rushed off, but reappeared in a few moments with a spoon. “I want to see what sort of soup you get,” said the General, as he dived into the boiler with the spoon; but, as soon as he had tasted it, he spat it out, exclaiming : “What sort of devil’s broth is that? It tastes like dish-water. What is it anyhow?” “That’s just what it is, your excellency,” replied the soldier. “It’s the water the dishes were washed in. ” —Texas Siftings.