Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — Iced Tea. [ARTICLE]

Iced Tea.

“Walter,” called an irascible guest at a hotel, after giving his order for dinner, "come back!” “Yes, sah." “I want a glass of iced tea.” “Yes, sah.” “And I want no thin, dishwater beverage. Mind that. If there isn’t more tea than ice I’ll send you back with it. Do you understand ?” “Yes, sah.” In about five minutes the waiter came back with a glassful of a very dark mixture, with a few lumps of ice floating about in it. “What’s this?” demanded the guest. - “Iced tea. sah.” “It’s as thick as mush. What's all this black stuff?” “Dat’s de tea, sah. You wanted mo’ tea dan ice. Dah’s fo’ tablespoonfuls o’ cracked ice an’ five tablespoonfuls o’ de bes’ oolong tea in de house. De boss say I’m to chahge yo’ 20 cents for It, sah.”—Youth's Companion.