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

STARVATION OF AN ALDERMAN.
TIM following account of tragedy which u nov
filing with CONSERVATION many persons resident II
tr n,irhborhood of Clunp.Lodge. Brixton, ant
which has caused despair among the friends OF In
afflicted parties, will probably occasion great distress
An! in that hope request lts publication. ne SUD
iect of my communication, SIR II no less than In
s,irva;ion of an alderman, with his entire family,
Calamity which, grieve to add, only one event ca
srr,st, and this is the complete Reorganization o
society Sly sole hope for the attainment of this truly
important end lies Mr.. Conductor, in the printing
th- uar atve. Permit me. then. ntreat YOU 10 ap
peal through your pages 10 al awes'sickeh uu' i's
On hehalf OF NV papa, Mr.. Alderman Crumpet, my
mamma, and myself Marie Crumpet, the fanly III
question. an eminent poet has well observed:
+; 40 cn;rea, your Sracet pardon me;
and goes 10 remark, IN MS io'ei5 'u'usu'net
Night. Dream for al!ude here to the celebrated
Shakespeare
anil yet, | shall be pardoned, feel sure.
More than two years have now elapsed, since my
r,spec,ed father suffered from the horrors; meaning
-. upholstery and appointments ct his happy home'
as wirkedy condemned by the authorities al MarDo-
roucl House lie suffered alone and ne himself de-
scribei 10 you the nature Of his complaint ut page
two, six, FIVE, Of your VOL six. will only observe
here that lis satfrrings were all owing to mis- having
reuSh, the at place whcn
be Uu-lt never 10 have visited. Happily ma anu !
w.r. no; infected by his fever, and he has himself
lcn: recovered from it. Bat now, alas much more
serious calamity weighs on us all. In the midst OF
abundaace-we nre starving.
The circumstance arose in this way. On Tuesday
week last Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Frppy. with their
;irs,.nnid and their sweet babe, Aunt Sally Lunn,
with her son James, and Old and respected MEM
Der OF our family, my grandmother upon mamma =
site. the widow OFT. Gaze Esq, who was III her
youth favorite toas: an, is sill beautiful were 10
dine with ia on the occasion Of my reaching the age
al twenty. Some time before tho day arrived, the
Alderman. nv papa, said 20 me one morning:
"Poily"-it IA his way to call NE Polly you are
old enough to be cook"
a., what "a, dear said, unable to suppress a
little scream.
.Why," said the alderman, with his usual jocosty,
nov that y"u have LEFT the teens ana got among The
It's. you'll be thinking about knots, and we shall
have the parson tyi,., you 20 somebody. You u
bhr. 20 bless young Lunn.
Never Young Lunn,"y snd, and here l repeat
that decision publicly. land how can 1, pa, whom
Won irown at 40 cruelty for quoting the dear Shake
rpasrs and for displaying such ornaments IA gems
Thought, ho.y can bring content to any husband =
There is only one way, Polly, sad pa, "you
mast learn to feed him. Buy good cookery
book tomorrow, study it WELL leave off wr
ting verses anl be the author Of your birthday din
nrr Wen tell the Lunns that you composed il, and
believe YOU will get more credit for setting well
before your three courses OF victuals, than II you
re,; us thirty cantos of your verse.
"l}ut, papa, replied show can you tell that, when
YOU have never heard mo read my Ship Of Melesln
ia
No doubt, Polly it is profound. grant you IRE
great poe; now scale another hcight-be great
cook"
stubborn. accepted their commands as fate, and i'll
the words OF the interesting Prince OF Denmark, a
swered them that would myself against Tues.
day DO my best, and it possible produce soup III
particular thai should surprise the Frppys and the
Lun1s. Ny fate, SAID
Aud makes cnch petty artery i'll this body
As hardy rs the Netrcan lions nerve
mi e addressed note III
:h4 alderman, my pas bookseller, requesting him TO
lie "bim-inS 10 send, without delay, the latest
scientific work upon tue mysteries connected with the
preparation of food In reply 10 my note, parcel
arrived n the evening containing an eXceedinsl "
large book, with 18th. that quite made Inc jump
Food and its Authorizations; comprising the Reports
OF the Anal ytcal SANITARY Commission of the Lam
Get, for the 1881 10 1871 inclusive, revised und
extended being records OF the results of some thou
sands OF original ,cro-coplca and chemical analyses
Of the Solids ana Fluids consumed by all Cl,sses of
;he Public" and So on by Arthur Hill liassa NJ. d.,
Chi-t AGalytist OF the Commission and so ON, and
on. How trightfu 10 be sure. but | wns nervcd as
have said already; and it did seem To me proper
thing ths, the first application of mind Ike mine tc
the business of tine kitchen should be worthy OF II.
superior orr cation. "Somc kinds OF baseiess, az
nv Shak speare says, 'are nobly undergone and il
stopped To- the base things ui the Kitchen would mp
ply the torch Of science TO the fire OF genius already
laid within my soul, and throw blaze OF light over
the Who'll. range of my new department. detcrmn
81. therefore, 10 begin with chemical and micro
scopiral comprehension Of the solids and fluids con
sumad by all classes OF society, and read till | grew
lagsard over DR.. HGssall's book. went to bed a
miserable girl.
Papa said next morning Mt breakfast. when
!ad handed his cup 10 the alderman; sis your tea
darGhle'
Agreeable You mean, child"
No." | said, =" shall never ask that Ques
tion again. Mixed tea it Is. and what is il
a mixture of Exhausted tea leaves, leaves Other
than those Of tea, beech, elm sycamore, horse chest
nut, plane, plum, fancy oak, willow, poplar, hawthorn
and soc, lie leu, paddy hush, Dutch pink, rose pink
indigo. Prussian blue, mineral green turmerIc, log
wood. Chinese yellow, verdigris arsenite Of copper
chf"ma,e and bichromate OF potash, gypsum, mica
magncsia'
NV child nv child. :" the alderman exclaimed.
went on hystericay, "hack ead'-my mother
laid her cup down-"China clny or kaolin, soapston,
or French chalk, catechu or japan earth, gum, sui
pigtc of iron And, OH the conmomcst OF all aduite
Jn,!nns is with catechu, dangerous asringent, &c
give ropghncss that is like strength to the taste anC
with suphate Of iron, green neutrality-suspicious. stuff
'a; acts upon solution of tea chemically, blacke
Il. and gives semblance Of strength to the eye 1t,
caiechu they put in tea.improvers, that poor womer
buy, and great deal of the tea is doc,ored in Chi
M that an attempt has been made 10 import some o.
"A manufactured goods, and though the teadeaer,
IN nus country are pretty honest-" please how ore
microscope, whether we drink tea or black lead unt
cntcchu Tor breakfast -
Make m. some coffee, Polly; make it this minute
'oh' pa i saii, you mean chicory, which is
sort ot dandelions You know, pnpa Won sent AVA,
the coieem, because it ground your scep out of y;
every morning, and there's no faith in rroun1 cnf
no. there il none indeed, spite of order. of b GOV
ernmtnt. just turn 10 DR.. llassalls h,nk loL Lr,
Dspa. Sample of finest Turkish r,,E.c -.nnrh Sii
COW and some roasted corr, very I'M. n,rn
Would you as an alderman, con,,,sr,mJ =, 1T 3 :
upon corn dandeonsl Look II, the .ielic;,m, fS,:I
cuaec-rne-iourth coffee, threr.sourhs cL,,,n,
Look at the coffee Us in Frauco'-'princinniv nLo,
~. Since the government order which r.I.,ns y
the adu:cra,irn with chcory, coffee has been t,a,
by the Lancet commissioners purchased MS col.n !,
f"rty.two shops, and found 20 be partly cccry som
times nearly oil chicory with, and then, corn q
manSod wurzcl, in less than thirty-one instance
AS for canister c"tees, out of twenty-nue saupl,
purchased ind.scrirnnatey, tweptv-cight were adu
1eraed, chicory forming, in many instances the Chi,
part oil the article There il faith in man. l.,
me read this to YOU papa, which is said Of n samp
purchased al shop III OF the great thorouShfar.
Of London; could show you more OF the sort. r
following iS copy OF a written placard, Of ciganti
proportions, placed near the shop door
GENUINE COFFEE.
$40 ADrLTEEATioN
I'VE conceive that il is our duty TO caution Oh
friends aud the public against the present unjust an
UBIQUITOUS system pursued by many crocers IN adu
t,.u,iDg their coffee with
Roasted iehps,
Dog biscuit,
Ch:cory, and tan.
"C&r advice to PURCHASERS Of euRce is, to buy it i