Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1889 — EATING [?]Y THE ALPHABET, [ARTICLE]

EATING [?]Y THE ALPHABET,

Ingenious Device of a Faintly to Get a Variety In Food. “Have you anything here beginning with ‘k’ that’s good to eat?' inquired a new customer iu n well-known delicacy market the other day. “How will nickled kidneys answer?” replied the clerk after a moment’s thought. “Firstrate. Give me a dozen cans. The kitten’s life is Saved. ’’ exclaimed the strange patron with enthuiasm. “I told my wife," he continued, “that if 1 failed to send home a kangaroo, dead or alive, before two o’clock I should expect to find the kitten served up for supper in the latest Chinese style. But your happy thought saved her. You see, we all got tired of eating the same things day after day, and so last month we agreed that during December we would 1 egin and eat up (or rather down) the alphabet, taking one letter a day, with b end, potatoes, tea and coffee thrown in a staples. So December 1 we inaugr rated the die try system with a bill of fate consisting of apples in many forms! apricots pickled, asparagus, almonds A and the staples. Next day’s menu was - beef, beets, beans, biscuit, buttermilk). bacon and bonbons, . The following dh« we feasted on chicken, codfish balls, celery, cucumbers (50 cents each), crabs, chees, cake crackers, crullers, carrots, canned currants, canned cherries, citrons, cider, eatsup and candy. And so it has gone on. The fifth day would have been a fast had it not been for eggs, but WC made an Easter of it. Yesterday we dined, chiefly on jellies. To-day your kidney suggestion saves us from starvation, while to-morrow we will grow fat on liver, lamb, lobster, lettuce, etc. |A queer thing about our new food departure is the number of things it has led us to put in our mouths Which we never thought of before. »■ I ■■ 11 11 ■ I I I —■ I w