The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22 00:00:00

.±-zSATURDAY, MAY. 22, 1875.

POODOM-MOUTH DISEAW 47-
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letter Tbolnas liQtrtielton 3lagna, hils sent-the following
to The Times; for publication
Parts of :
As foot-and:mouth disease is raging:, in. all
the Continent, and is spreading to such
ti,o3,lions extent in our own country, affecting as it does
Zt4 directly and indirecorn-
Would
atly, all classes of the 14 it not be well for one of our
county representatives to bring a Bill before Parlia:
ifioent to more effectually protect our home herds and
'
~,148,? This important question seems for all
r"oal purposes to be entirely overlooked, except
37 those unfortunate owners of sheep and cattle who
thirin
fr g tlie Past year have suffered such severe losses
V°ln this frightful malady. Why not follow the
cainple of the Australians and close our ports for a
tibrae?e Or we might slaughter the fresh arrivals at
clotibtwiattefses edge directly they land, for without
rice
of an imported disease. The present high
tothineat is in a great measure, if not entirely,
e prevalence of this pest, and that
me
renklY for menat.
be Yet dearer is the opinion of most practical _
lohnsands of sheep which might and ought to have
' •the butcher at Christmas are now only
111 store condition. A friend of mine bought a lot of
IneeP at market at 80s. per head, and five months
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tafhteeerewards, from the effects of foot-and-mouth disease,
oth,,°Bl,_eP were worth only 60s. each. I could quote
att anoes. To this disease, I think, we must thenbute the moderate fall of lambs this season. From
a,,,efftects of this complaint cows cast their calves,
trEe'ne e.liances are they never breed again. Of course,
thraletozvigne:leseatnl_etomen of our great markets are natu-
the slaughter of sheep and cattle on
as in that case they lose their commission,
Th WOrth some thousands a year to them.
but tlea aveTage
e a nunaber of imported sheep seems great,
tlarLf verage value is small, many of them weighing
1:111 101 b. •to 121 b. per quarter, one, two, and
Weig-h,„learrs old, while we at home can produce sheep
g,lotra 181 b. to 211 b per quarter at the age of
Rood:l°,ll4'os. Some of the Dutch sheep I grant are
are blna„ll3, from France, Germany, and Denmark
disecase° -"'"ra"velV worthless. Foreign animals spread
theta ,arnong otu. own ffocks and herds, and cause
deteriorate to a greater amount than
""y
the „;:lttle of inapo i
rtations. Compulsory slaughter s
atd
~..tith effectual means of staying the ravages of foot-
tliai= disease in Great Britain, and I cannot see
to kiii7Y, loss can accrue to the foreigners if compelle
meat h,":l°,_ir animals on arrival, for after all the dead
lotroe-Zatut is their destination. Why allow these
dealeis: of contagion to travel alive to be bought by
at etLeerd carcass butchers? I say, why not slaughter
fere :Ye ventured to bring this important matter be-
able 'l°llr notice, trusting that if inserted in your valu-
Btri.piPer it
raaY cause discussion, and ultimately
-.4
dent legislation for the protection of the meat pro-
and to the benefit of the meat-eating, people of
44 COUttry.

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WINE WITHOUT GRAPES!
At the t session of the International Viticultural Coil: ei ,Lri; October, 1874, at Montpelier, France, Al
city b'lrre., professor in the medical school f that
It 3, Prof Yitivitation, gave some facts in rec,o
„,ard to the
ciail
WIC heati°ll ef imitated wines, a branch of businessleb--2iLacl of late rapidly developed in Herault, espe.
Cette and Me. The product of this mann-
Iteelle 1e.,„ naostly exported, the bulk being sent to.
°
llor,eriea. K
g ',, _I-Jellreark, la ° 11an d, England, and North and
Ilth culaa Cette alone makes nearloyonB, T —8
•Per annum, worth about 15,000,-
Iliweo-thirds of this aggregate are consumed
imitated are
Wfraol%.oocs°.
thee (4113' willes that can be successfully maitat.edaanre.
p e rich iii alcohol, has the wines of Spain
_Ol
Ottugal.
%it,. It is not true c that Grape juice is the only
th.,ePititted
liti in the composition of these wines, as
utebetie in
ingredient. Nor is colouring
y
extent as the wines to be imitated
The Portuguese formerly coloured their
11
thail;w I
Itti Elderwood, but abandoned it on finding
wine" tti,,ttred the wine. The imitation of Spanish
sout::.,,tusee a large amount of cheap wines
p in the
stire °'. 4rance, the production of which has been
iia Vated of late years. These wines show scarcely
beL I alcohol, but with the addition of syrup of Al I-
rt'rYof_an_ fi alcohol the strength is raised 21°. The
e011i."6°1., with great frankness, pleads or thfe
tenni;
co,,ageroent of this industry. The members o
sevTeee visited Cate and Meze inspected
and tt
441 Ittahrdaetories. One of the 'largest at Ce
ne.
taini, entetered over 280,000 gallons in cellars cl3_ e
total g 'rota 80 000 to 100,000 gallons each. Th
Tis_ !aloe
tol2e6oElt o f °sit Otrhaeg e, Wholein el udeposit
casks, ai as ks, stated at £40,000,
At kr°, about Bs. for every twent&yc- .t,woam?oaullnotnesysi.
the , ze ene establishment astonished the yisitonb
etgbleast ext-ent of its cooper-sho-Ps, and its steam.elate a 5 great power pumping the wine from great
rile ltito the caske.—The Garden.

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1311:r BEDS AND DAMP BEDS.
~..., wri, ter
-------- on mesti
well observed :
doc matters has we
th-. Lie cos have the
fit:Z le not
t
etifficiently known that almost all sub-
ert_3' ; the sa property of absorbing moisture fromr.
atin°BPilere• Linen is remarkable for this po
d,..re ome f wool ; hence the difficulty of keeping a bed
tilaY be said of feathers, and in a less
fig4lnilless it is constantly used or exposed to warmth
s
am a file- Merely covering a bed up with blanket
of
RieounterPane
will no more keep it dry than a pane
will 48 will keep out light; the atmospheric moisture
a ,e,
in a
:iitit-Itsti, are nately,
110012,ass through every woven fabric. Dam Par be
or
spare
generally found in theet 11, I.°°lll ; hence the persons often most w
sh— , nee suffer from this terrible evil.
Spare beds
to
":1 h
kenua never have anything but a plight cover lid
era
will theta clean, and it should be put upon
datl not
ill actual use. People often fancy that
cloul? i 8 (ThlY in the sheets, but it is in all the other.th
i!B• A. bed will be much drier by itself than with
tal-4at
i:ts and counterpane upon it. Every
should have
4 good at ell likely to be used by visitors
_ay
spare room
iii4Td„„; fire ill it at least every third or fourtht d
3g the winter, and the bed should be well turned
(1,,,‘,.e,e interval. Blankets and counterpane shoull D.e.
0 `_(l and folded up hot and put away till wanted; It
eulare left °Pen upon a bed they quickly absorb
which cannot be quickly dried out. It is
rue?',_
rand ~,
ti -L' generous to put a visitor friend to sleep
4e4
etas cold room, with damp clothes to cover him,em
ueds ortable.
~eoraf ttle Coal would have made all healthy_ d
another
epe,jl7, td change them from one room to
~
it is a good and simple plan to keep
'3, week, so that all may be more or less in use.
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AMERICAN GIRLS.
Ark. sub. ;.,
—6741 :::,311`" wiites as follows in the Bev/ des
)O3' t° —ncerning New York young ladies :—They
CUB-
toNer "Ile greatest possible freedom, for American • hones.
1,47 Permit greater liberty even than English
of
13innately, these maidens unite an exaggerated love
Ineilteaenrui
.e and movement with a calculating tempera-
Ys
uve itn rth a ry often holds them back on the borderg.of
cold. s• The head is weak, but the heart remains
s
iivho khere are, however, in New York many ladie
driv 41'e, se they say, a little fast: During the day theyo
o4the •,'? Central park, either with their lady friends Qin
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,who has the honour of courting them,
misa
driv' "PenlY with hira ; or these indefetigablf, A
eha e themselves in a buggy. In the winter Amazons
thehe phaeton for the sleigh, skate on the lake of
wa v. allr, or air their curiosity in the stores on r
,3'. TheY insist that all the goods shall be unfolded,
Zm7_4 the price of everything and buy nothing. The i. .
astiblo clerk does not manifest the least sign of die
etlatellt• There is a peculiar word for this singular
to 01 familiar to American ladies, and somewhat so
etifit tglish ladies—it is called "shopping."
thatell of which Araerican women are mistresses its
Another
eve (44..._g°114 to the confectioners' and taking ices !ie.
IoP; "un ; but woman is everywhere a 901071 d
tile-.e everting the same young ladies are found. at the
thet.4.tre and at the restaurant. If a grand ball is given
pa.Y.:_a•rs e sure to be seen. In the summeLoi
Newport,
7 call them to the watering-places--to_many
tiolsB`ega, Long Branch—where they display or, er a'lay toilets stiflloient to ruin twenty
husbands;
their
earele()Ering the ocean, they astonish Europe withas
h not
enees of conventional restraints. aysbands ;
Who _
kn.:IL:4II at Brighton, the Isle of Wight, Ostend, Spa,tme
With ' ?Lois, where they have reigned for a short time
Toile P° Much brilliancy ? The noisy fetes ° ire
had Ilea, especially towards the end of the Empire,
re!
puhito More sesiduous habitudes than these proud
We/114114k Many persons accustomed to our usagesare
right °,it choose these young ladies for wives. They
18,, th'it," theY are wrong • it matters little; the truth.
"c4lato--eee Young Americans, who on their introduc
ekair,i B,°e‘ietY are so frivolous, and sometimes—to
e
!ncl 2,,114413,---corapromised by grave acts, make in h
4,4 -.°4 Wives and excellent mothers. Every country
v-inro - c',"ll habits. Some families on returning from
s
0,14 g 44:Ye tried to introduce into the United States
'0144 f:rq Method of feminine education: they h
W adherents.

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POTATO BLIGHT'
The
1 t inst. cpn
th7----e following
of the s
very lna-
taint, tl, Scientific Americarp
known a 7 disease
Dort4„a subjoined letter, making
letter on Monday : .
!,tbii
1. iscove.ry in connection with
could find spa
Its i,,R4t,,Eks it is called. If you
*th the p
l you
circulated journal, ' your
‘,,otdertion in your ividely t
many o"as
1a,(14!.. I ara sure, greatly. interest potato
to me!er..
space for
perusal was specially interesting
I had long enter-
e'
tctit''c'ecl the truth ot a theory .
me is m the
%her --'llB4tiely, that the seat of the (Ilse
have believed.
I tliel;lll,°t alorie in the haulm, as manythe
°lvibiLgt tile real cause was due to fungi,
otatoes. It
at'l3Ski 19,.ere lodged in the eyes of h P
t insects are the
(Prigitlttt'o uewever, that microscopic, in_
fungi merely per-
,;(31113..a 11:14 ef the evil, and that the spores
"(111(11tio4clidary part by attacking the haulms when
good and 8
'qtledy fos 'qb View of finding out a -
kx . the, di
oil was
Iperirssil,
As sease
kerosene 0
once
ti-ttied ,vt ' 4°. I.—Paraffin or lt,roswas at
2._
Tiitt,.°,37ted, 4,itlie tubers ; germinal life Experiment N°. me
011, Vuers NvS''e,,eaY commenced.
coatedExPer with the same
v,„.4
Re, tptotltte Ilrst wetted, then
,_,....p. The c_ a
dezt:Nt,,,, ti,,,,sdi_ied off ,but new eyes ela° " ut halt A
p_abo
ret.lll,4'teet,,-,414 not free from disease—about - No 3.- -Al-
-..era,4.40t t,t.,,ere affected. Experiment ' art
one with
a 14-11E,1,- oil
.._- Parts cotton seed oil and
tubers e
tittle hei:•,tter;qp,ade and applied to theremain some
retarded i,,,,Nirq they Were allowed to .
nation wa
were • 4 th,,,-,R up into sets. Germination sprouts
Wet% Nedy The points of p;aBmil.vre_iplantf,,Aktot
the crop
tory tteet,en the 2rtktthe 20th of March,
lat very satisfac:
Tait:, T.:' tali potatoe4l epteneber. sil
it-, eularly clean, and
'but. they soon reconvdered. The
garcishirtles,froni diseasteingoutpar-Te,s in the sa
It
1'). 80 treated
t entirely destroyed.
last ex-
periNezit . e seen that thee
wwhile other t
almost in the.ex-
that th t pro-
posed by IVy.4 Its nature aliZediYdenticalw-
to. 111' e,
newever, ca,,„_-' aireld in
sub-
theatletter referred
may be fo; '',_,q really
• h car .5',13,11.3. ' n with for stleh • wcale oil intnean thattikoerosene r, The td4atel't3•4l„,l)°44cl Wbetuu be aa failure.
Iclosed in this
-TUN% h4lar season has now nearly
d...,0 well to
mbolic acid,
&I've the
..A.The,„lllaers and gardeners won,
have found to
44141' A fir l'esal renledy and the one I neat
'rial, taltbag careful notes - the result

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