Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-10-11
xaniter.tio. Of Food in England.


ers tho human mouth and nose is carried
% : iiiRhtfui extent in Great British, accor-
ding t. late Report ofthe House Of Com
mons, appointed : to inquire into the adul-
Eeration of food, drinks, or drugs" and a
genuine article is not to be obtained for
love, or money. The Londoa Times, in
review Of the Report, says -" Our daily
bread is mixed with potatoes, plaster OF
Paris, alum, and sulphate ofcopper. The
coffee Of the shops contains chicory roasted
wheat, beans, and nangold wurze1. The
chicory used to adulterate the coffee Is It.
selfmixed with carrots, saw-dust, Venetian
red. old coffin wood. and other abomina-
tons too horrible to be mentioned. Cocoa
is eked out with arrowroot, sugar, chicory,
and some ferruginous red earths. Arrow.
root is adulterated with potato starch, and
sugar with starch and -four. In marina
lade the orange Of Seville is replaced BY
native products, such as apples and turnips-
Confectionery holds large proportion OF
plaster Of Paris, which does duty for white
sugar, and the preparations which delight
the eyes. OF ickles the Palates Of our chill
dren are colored with various pigments Of
highly poisonous nature. Acid drops.
purporting to be compounded Of various de-
licious fruits. are favored with essential
oils containing prussic acid, or other dan
gerous ingredients. 1--we want mustard
with our beef we must put up with COM
pound Of fouer and turmeric, and If we
desire the stimulating properties Of cayen-
ne pepper, our grocer sends US ground
rice and mustard husks,, colorod with red
lead, Venetian red, and turmeric. The
topper is warned TO beware Of gin, which
is made UP for his jaded palate with an adj
mixture Of grains of paradise, sulphuric
acid, and cayenne-,he genuine cayenne
being reserved to give pungency to the GIN
Our English beer undergoes . treatment
which must excite mingled indignation and
horror. Porter and stout, although sent
out in ! pure. state from the brewers, are
turned into 4 deleterious compound before
they reach the consumer, BY water, sugar
treacle. salt, alum, cocculus indicus, grains
Of paradiee, nux, vomica, and sulphuric
acid. Ones hair stands on end at the COM
bination Of such number Of deadly pois-
ous in. the foaming ,tankard. II we take
snuff. the powder which We fondly mag
inc TO- be tobacco, consists ofvarious cbro-
mates. read lead, lime and powdered glass.
We smoke. and. the leaf Of Virginia or
maryland is loaded with water, sugar, rhu-
barb, and treacle. :, Alter. we hare eaten
and drank. under such circumstances, i is
not wonderful that we get Ill, and send fer
tho doctor. He ;prescribes for Us, and in
81 good faith we send our prescription, to
tho family chemist; but even there the
adulteration is beforehand with us. !" The
adul,eration Of drugs" say the committee.
|" is extensively practised i; and when It is
born in mind that the correctness Of pre-
scription rests on an assumed standard of
strength and purity in the drugs or conn
pounds employed and how frequently life
il self depends upon the efficacy. Of the
medicines prescribed; i IS difficult TO e1.
aggerate the evils arising from this preva.
lent fraud" Our food is made unwholsome
BY, adulteration, and when we are sick,
the skill Of our, physician is bafflod BY dis.
honesty Of the druggist. The evil attach,
Is to Us, 10 the cradle, follows - through
life, aggravates the sufIerings Of our sick
bed, cheats us Of the remedy FOR our disease
and finally dismisses US 10 the grave. No
class IS safe, and, Is usual 10, this free
country, the mos. helpless are tho most
oppressed. The Report says Though
authorizations prevail more or less in al
districts, it may be assumed Is rule, that
the poorer tie distvia the greater Is tie an
oant Of aduAevatioa. Nor have the poor
tho same power to protect themselves ag.
ainst such frauds as their richer neighbors i
they arc necessarily limited to such means
s6Pmchase asiare afforded by the simme-
diase loeallity il which they reside, and
arc mereover, too often hound to sae deal
or by the facilities Of credit 'whieh-hes aE |
fords them.si [ s'--- euhf.i sG1 81 hstsssd
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al PoPvI.AR Russian FErE.-A Morrow
esrrespondest Of Lea Nords writes :s1aons
.sfss 0nIthe 24.h Of September there L 10 |
tepa grand ropulas'f sseivisy. lis Besides all |
kiads d public rejoicings, there will 30 = !
dtaser ia tic open dir q the Khodinskoie |
plainia front Of the Petroyski' Palsce. nj
yWa ask he mojilf abostt his dinner hewill |
asswsr you wah,the gssatest seriousness
that on thas day ~ = invited 70 diae with |
The Emperor And ID Gel Ia issnoe mis-. |
taken. for the dinner Il given In tbs v>aesSAe