Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-23

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a., berry and grind it yourselves II you cu.''o' w
tii,, purchase It q! respectable men "n,Ei pay "n
and honorable price for II; You may 'ie" Wv
good and Il genuine article.
..Eow SEQ wLn; is the comment Of the analyst upon
., dul,era;cd: with very large qua':tl'S
of chcory.' ;,o ,,,, ,:.oou
vance for n mixture of less value than that WHICH
another ;ca.deaer can aa"r" 10 iape. M.N.0'e VI
(,hjcory md Coffee, and to sell for cShtpen:c.
But" sud the alderin"'' "chic"fy Is ''"'""'''
"Ah. no. papa used to think so; bu; DR.. Hnssc'i
SAWS certainly not. He SAYS thu, he has mndc eNpe-
rin,rnts and finds breakfast of pure chicory iniu'
sion 10 produce druwsinesS and Weight u! u,e SUI
mach: commonly headache, sometimes d"rtnp"
When mixed with coffee t" the extern common III
shops, il frequently produces darrhri' iie ~"
10 the increased use Of il the increased frequency VI l"
ii.,rrssiu Internal disorder aud he says that lro-
l,ssur Beer, Of Vienna. on account OF lis circt
upon the nervous system, includes cn,cory a"'"nI
the causes of a.nanr"c Oin!ncss. fur'neim"te'
| rhcory WAS in eleven cases out oi two-ahd-twcn'y
ma, ,n he had pure. They adultrrate even that WIN
carrot, maIsod wurHc roasted wheat, and saw
dust. 80 , E, 49,. ,,
| in future have Cocoa for breakfast.
"My dear mamma, out of tfty-siS samples OF cocoa
bought indiscruinatey in various parts OF London
| only eight were genuine.
| NV papa's couarunuce had by this time begun t.
| assume an expression of dcSpondencr. "Aiter hli
he said at last zone cannot die u thirst While lnele
| is water in the cisterm.
"But il You please, papa Just look al these pictures
That's drop of New River water US seen under 'it
microscope, full of nasty long sticks, Holsters a'lo
shaving brushes; hat's drop oi the Lnihoe'h C",
nnuv g wafer with nm immense magsot i'll the mddlc
that's the Southwark and NauXhai, full oil alias alo
spikes, like suns rcvo, ing round each oner' IL III
shrimp wtha prckly tail leccheS, caterPillhrs' s'h
wing .brushes and cigars: that inc Graiu ou''p"
r k..ll- nd
horrible long snake: that's the Hampstead Company
water full of the most irsitful water monsters,
| each with eight claws Ia Il toe On papa uoh
| these beings make you think ao"ut
| The painful family Of DEATH.
| More hdcou, than their queen:
This racks the joints, this fires the VEINS
Thut every iuDoIinc sinew str"lis
Those in the deeper viials rage
Child" said my father "say no more Hand me
Bread" cried. "IIa ha! bakement of alum
| ised paste" -,
| "Then let rs breakfast on the auchovies'
| "Anchovies. How many of these things are an
cboyiesl Dutch French, Sican fish, anchovies or
no anchovics, all of them poisoned with paih'-co'
lored with bole Armenian and Venetian r"i. lou
have bue Armenian IN pnttcd beef, IN pntleu shruPs
in ported bloaters. Out OF twenty-eSht samples I'll
NOTED meat and fish examined, twenty.thrcc were
b.f,ue,l with this red earth. OF the anchorcs soil III
shape of fish not more than third are really ancon-
ves AncIovy sallce and almost all other red 1Sh
sauces are saturated with boe Armenian dreneieu
with il even more completely than the ported hcS'
Five samples Of India soy were examined an" tn9.
were all full OF trcacY and salt. In famous n'
sauce WAS found much o1nl ate OF lime Aiiu o
deal. That brings mo IL the DirlhuaiS u' ;f;ii;J
do not SEQ hnw we can have any hsh. =! 10 '"'i'"
by itself, aud sauce, you see Is I"''e o"' "
ton" .,;, ,,oro ,rd NOR.
detected. "Nu fish.
.and have been thinking too, papa, about the
soup; because fthey poison the cayenne pepper
"Poson-cayenne ,
10, yes, indeed they do with brickdust and deal
sawdust. turmerir, vrrmlllon, and red-eud' Out OF
twenty eight samples tested, only four were genuine
most Of the others contained poisonous proportions oi
either red lead or verm!!lon.
"Soup is impossible.
"Theu thought, papa ofcurry-but OF cu'ry-pow-
ders only seven in six and twenty were found gen
uine and this world is very wicked that although
the Lancet published the names of the people who
sold genuine things how can tell which oi them VIII
not 20 ightway andadutcrate upon the strensthor
their good character. How after reading such
revelation as this is-bave any faith in any person
who sells eaablcs. q dear! o dear
Child said papa starvation stares u IN tile iacc
Ring for cold meat meat directly.
.Oh, sir. you ne, or will he 50 bold. You know you
canno. cat cold meat except with pickle.
"Wcll. There is pickle III the house nope.
Il dreadful poisin, cappcr-more Or less of it-has
been found in every bottle u: pickle that has been en-
amined. They Use il ~ make pickles green Besides
that in nineteen out of twenty cases there Is OIL oil W.T.
rol in the vnc:ar
"Amen to cold meat" sad poor mama.
"Wcvc preserves in the house and bottled fruits
which is all one have at this time III the year.
but dare not make ti!.m into pies and puddings, be-
cuusc they are Grugged with copper, too
W., ate no more breakfast, and papa spent the whole
morning with sud wing i'll DR.. llassals book. We
decided thar il was impossible for 10 20 taking
our meals and that d!nner-paty mist bc put oil
until had had time To- :rrpnstiiu;e society and make
the dealers in food honest. Gs hope they will become.
when they have heard how drcaiiully We suffer.
really think tina: il the public health is cared abort
by anybody, somebody will establish something
that shall he check upon all polsUners ri vie.
tuas, aud make il necessary III law to call things
by their honest names Is To use honest wuIshts
and measures. Also hope sir, that II will not b"
long before YOU make pablo this humble representa-
tion because starving until IT shall have per-
formed its work hy causing rcvuison IN the pubic
feelings. Our case is the cInnently horrible,
'inasInuch us when we had determined 10 still The
cravings OF hunger, by keeping III our mouths lozen-
ges and cUmntS Wee cur OF even from that re-
source by the discovery that these little consultations
are denied us by the dread must have Of swallow
Ing plaster of Paris, cochineal, lake, red-!ead.
million, Indian-red, gamb"gc lemon, orange and
deep chrome ycll"ws indigo, lerr"cy anidr ot iron,
Antwerp blue, artificial ultramarne, vcrilter, arsemc
of copper, the three Brunswick green's brown ferru
ginous carths us lumber, sienna and vHndyke brown,
carbonate OF lead, aud white lead.
There may bc persons in this country who, being
warned OF all these frauds Gnd dangers, know how 10
protect themselves The alderman, my pa, mamma
and |, ,o not belong to that number and we believe
there ure some others who don't; therefore, beg
LET me repeat that We are starvniS.-t Ho""hoH
ktprds