Salt Lake Herald | 1893-12-10 | Page 8 | He Was [Illegible]Celery

He Was I A t Celery If celery is the drve bracer that some are disposed to consider it there is one man in Philadelphia who is in no danger of nervous prostration A grey bearded brown wigged mild eyed middle aged imperturbable lit1 tie old man walked sedately into a well known Chestnut street cafe the 1 other nteh d ff ii q > 1 sat down to a table tucked a big napkin under his chin drank tue whole of a glass of Ice water the waiter brought him and said Bring me an order of celery all white and clean Right sir said the waiter hesitatingly hesi-tatingly Thats all murmured the little old man as he pushed out his glass for afresh a-fresh supply of water The celery came the little man quickly devoured that called for another an-other order made that disappear and so on till all the waiters all the oyster openers all the attendants the cashier and customers were beholding him in astonishment As the last bit of the j succulent vegetable disappeared the I I waiter turned over the little mans I check amounting to 90 cents All un i conscious of the furore he had created the champion celery eater pulled on his overcoat carefully adjusted his that gavo the waiter a dime pulled on his gloves paid his check at the desk lighted a cigar said celerys not much good yet and walked out Philadelphia Record