Mr. Sweet Potatoes, and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Mr. Sweet Potatoes and Other Stories, by Anonymous
AND OTHER STORIES
Illustrated
The Werner Company NEW YORK AKRON, OHIO CHICAGO 1899

Copyright, 1899, BY THE WERNER COMPANY

BREAKING THE CALVES.

Our milkman has a very odd name,—translated into English it is Sweet Potatoes. His Chinese neighbors call him Old Father Sweet Potatoes.
Some persons think him a good man; others say that he is a very bad one. Just how that is I do not know—his business brings him great temptation.
He is accused of putting water into the milk. He himself says, that he only does it when he has not enough milk to supply all his customers; then he does not know what else he can do. When we engaged him to bring milk to us we took him into our yard and showed him that we had a well of our own.