. Punch . hat— Although 16 bam gal-lons of pure milk weremanufactured into 24 ofordinary milk, yet no-thing but pure water wasused in the adulterationof it. The milkman hasbeen shamefully ca-lumniated. How re-peatedly has he notbeen accused of usingcalves brains, chalk,plaster of Paris, andother ingredients thatonly convert the milk-pail into a kind ofwhitened sepulchre tohold the poor remainsof milk—remains onwhich the verdictwould naturally be: Found (Lesars wife,the vaccine produceshould be not onlypure, but above allsuspicion. Many alibellous tale has been hung on the Black Co
. Punch . hat— Although 16 bam gal-lons of pure milk weremanufactured into 24 ofordinary milk, yet no-thing but pure water wasused in the adulterationof it. The milkman hasbeen shamefully ca-lumniated. How re-peatedly has he notbeen accused of usingcalves brains, chalk,plaster of Paris, andother ingredients thatonly convert the milk-pail into a kind ofwhitened sepulchre tohold the poor remainsof milk—remains onwhich the verdictwould naturally be: Found (Lesars wife,the vaccine produceshould be not onlypure, but above allsuspicion. Many alibellous tale has been hung on the Black Cow; for it turns out after all that the proportionof water to milk does not exceed more than one-third. Water is harmless enough ; and weought to be thankful to the milkmen for using it in such extreme moderation. Providingit be not Thames water, you could not have a more harmless, or a more agreeable adultera-tion. The character of the marchand de lait, which it has been the special fashion of the tea-. table to blacken as much as possible, has comealmost milk-white out of the above lactealanalysis. With that third of water, he hasalmost washed his hands of all the dirt and filththat he has been popularly and falsely accusedof dealing in. However, we do not see why milk shouldalways be condemned to meet with a waterygrave at all. In Paris and other large townsin France, certain octroi, or medical officers goround, and test the contents of the cans bymeans of a lactometer. On the proof of anyadulteration, the pails are emptied into thegutter, and the vendor severely fined. Yvhycouldnt some such easy plan be tried over here?If in every quart we purchase of milk one-thirdof it has been borrowed from the pump, it isalmost tantamount to paying for ones water-rates twice over. Our milk-bills should bemixed with those of the New Paver Company,for the amount liquidated for in both is mostlyof the same element. In truth, why shouldntthe water-companies be able to lay on to ourhouses
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