New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-16
HE HAS A PRIVATE COW.
TuoMLY TIRBD AND ADJoUbNs SINE DIE.

nv rehoy 20 hear anything you have b. offer.
N, TystIF-Yestefday gave the smes Of about
.d,1,n witnesses to be sGbpenaed and see only
two or three Of them here; however We have some OF
n en- ORE cent and are ready TO go on.
ATrtRT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 Jersey; have visited
Uuteos aid Wilson's disullery stables and was per.
fecty sstorished at the fifth and nsslioess Of these
Place; the stun, ptais Of the animals were Lew
feature never saw any slump tsilsd COWS befJTe;
OF the wells of tire building were besmeated with
meLurc; the air filled with hOrr,d stencil; the
ventilation is insufficient especially in the hot
weather; am well acqu .inted with the proper mode
OF keepog cattle; some of the az first sight ap
IeaieO toleraby healthy, but on locking close be-
cane convinced from the dull eyes and from other
appearances that they sck THE was elso shown
b. the epasmodic short breathing aid from the
vulsye moving CT the tanks the signs of sickness
in cows ae few, but found al these ayDptorns and
signs present; nothing but swill given to these
Ia the course Of all my visits, until after the
exposure in the paper, when on one occasion 1 saw
come bsy given have visited the Sixteenth stree.
stables siDce the exposure 10 DIR. Lesbos psper, and
tee condition as to cleanliness is much better thaa
befers; they have been somewhat cleaned up since
my first visit some Of tie stables have been cleaned
someUta-that Is, If such course Of doing business
car be cuei cleaning; when wen; with tins Commit
tee tle stables cleaner than at any time before;
sew COW in the Sixtoenth-street stable with
sore on the udder also saT running sore On the
hip Of one ofhe in the Sixteenth-st Get stables
saw two three that were unable to stsnd
elOIe, account of weakness some of the men tried
20 hoIss them up by their tails have seen COWS 10
clear liness cav a there dressed ready for market
this stable vas kept by one Martin Williams; went to
tLis stable on several occasions, once with par
ty from the City Inspectors office; in all
my Visits never saw anything fed but swiu;
do lot recolleet exactly how many cO@s saw
with cores but saw several that were eiok have
always Teen COWS suffered to run at large and have
never seen them kept in stables except in these sw
stables
Here AID. TuoMEY dictated questions for Smith to
ask tie witness, about how the CITY of London is
supplied with milk, but the witncss knew nothing
Am acquainted with the mode Of keeping COWS in
Germany; they feed swili exclusively;
not closely confined; ain one of MIR. Lcslies artists
tho sketches took correct az possible; they of
course only give idea of the thing but are faith
full a. il is possible TO make Them have not examined
any diaries IN the State of New-York. or any COW
stables except the swlil stab!esi should nudge from
the appearance that eli lie COVE iaw hal been fed
oEjY Ga swi
CRAMER VrRSAw Brookly n-Visited Johnson's sta
blts, IN Sixteenth street, sOne years ago; went up
there on business ga " many cows there few iron
five to teri were in an adjoining vacant tot;
coac IN the let ruth man on each S'dc Of her holding
Ter w. and another man maktng hCr; they
mi hing tie in.o pail cant swear that the COW
belonged to Mr.. johnson.
DAVID X. HUTHlsON-Used 10 live mar the Six
teeLthstieet stables, and have visited them; there
vas much prejudice against them number of years
ago on account Of the smell, and meeuog5 OF tho
neighbors were held to petition the Common Council
MIXED in that stable; che had & diseased udder;
che had running sore, ard The corruption from he
sore wdS running INTO tie pal, tbs sac never saw
aty COWS held up 10 he mked In those days the pro-
pistors always expected vsits, aud prepared aud
cleaned mp tho stables for u.s. saw the sick COW men,
ton cnee when went alone: there was much excts'
mebt about the mater then and the stables were Kept
in very good rider in anticipation Ot ylss, tue smeu
WAS ocDsldered by the neghbOrs, a. very unhealthy,
and it was exceedingly unpleasant the COW WIN the
sore ucder appeared in toerably good condition
o.herwise, 70 far az could zee, though am not
iudne Of cows lived a. that time al NO. ~ four-
tenth street between Eighth aud Ninth avenues.
JAMES OpILL, Fifty-fist stIeet-Saw number CT
moor coIya driven from the Sxtoentlsireet stables
few weeks ego; do not prefer swll.ied beet 70 stan,
fed; have seen beef from swirl staoies thsl wouu
mot eat have been in tue swill stable often; have
Aeen nwilLfed cattle that looked toleably well; have
been butcher - years and have often Killed swnl-
fed ca.te; some OF tho beef is good, but some OF
il very bad; the swillstabe COWS sometimes compare
fayoraby with country fed cattle but not they were
fed entirely o. evil; have been In S@il stables ptoU-
ably thousand times, and have seen the cows some
times fed hay aud somstlmes meai-lnd an meal ahd
oil II eel; the drove Of cows saw whl,h supposed
serne ffom the Sixoeni street stables looked, come
CT them, very weak ard SICK
WARREN Leland. Metropolitan Hotel-Country
cows are not kept in the stables the swi cows are
have Il fsim; ] keep IL COWS; they are kept in the
any Of thCm by the COW distemper; never knew any
body the country to shut ny COWS all the ne; my
turned Out every Jay IN the yodri utih
use exc'usiyely for my own hotel, the Metropolitan.
.IomS n. characterized for years near the Six
eenth street distery; havo often visited the stables
have often taken my friends there TO show them as
curiosity the sablos; consider them perfectly filthy;
had always TO close the windows 10 my house waen
the wind blew nom the e.abcs the stencil was pot
fensive; have seen cows there Afflicted with, should
have supposed, every variety of disease, the cows
looked no moro like the country COWS thsn sick man
in the hospital looks like a hesthy mau; lived there
al the tine Of the last fire ia the stables; have been
through the etas hundred different times. the cows
appeared Gs sick a. II they would die II you blew
Tier with good hard breath; have seen COWS there
with sarrs on them have them With sh ort tails;
consider that there il 10 question about theT I'M
heslthness and the thing that puzzles me now ID
that bus;ness man should he made to leave his bus-
ress TO testify on n subject that must be 60 perfectly
plain ard transparent To every one
Here Mr.. LESLIE submitted the suhjO,ned aiildav.:
Nj r. A. IFHoY Of No. 81 EaS Twclhh street
swesrs to the following statement:
About ndSde Of May 1885, became swar that my fam
.Sns 10 FT.nk los ItrGied Paper supplied bis
swi milk Lyster spoken 70 ara THsed % give
any information the atty Of his nk. Ny child shech
months od living almost entirely milk a. soon az the warm
weather commenced was taken with Niolen, NhLhe- Wien
se crossing refused Weld ordinary remedies Upon
discovering the fact ths supplied with sw mix gave
directions that NIX should b given 10 the child ana
INV own mind and in that Of the doctor who steadnc
M no doubt Il the fact st tie 'ickne's csuaei by
Toe qusy the milk taken in connection With the change 10
too T. a LE ROY jr. No 81 Fast Twef street.
Sworn 20 on the ih CAV Of June sofoe j. b. Nakouar,
Conn is.lorcT Of D. e6., N. 81 Futon s:fe-;
A similar affidavit, sworn 10 by Mrs. s. y. Sbndles,
respecting child Of hers, was also handed III b! Mr.
Leslie. til.
AID. TUCKER then announced that the Com nit'ee
would receive ard consider any afidavits that Mr.
Leslie might choose to hand IT,.
nv IrSIIr then expressed sdesire 10 AJAX one oftwO
questions Of Mr.. Smith, the Superintendent OF Mr.
M SUI, declared himself willing TO an swcr.