The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-09-06

graph was mentioned the other day
about two women living on dairy
farm, who were in the habit of taking
milk baths and afterwards selling the
milk. A correspondent of the New
York Euening Ne,os tells the story:
''Near the outskirts of the city of
Brooklyn lived man and wife, who
keep large number of COWS; the
man serving the milk to his custom
ers every morning. It is not swill
milk, for they have large pasture
grounds, and in the winter the COWS
are fed on dry feed. They have
earned good reputation as dealers
in pure milk, and the man has more
customers than he can supply. Tho
wife is a fine-looking woman, about
twenty five years of age, though she
looks to be much younger, and she
has the finest complexion that it was
ever my fortune to see. They haye
living with them n ,-oung girl, who is
good looking, and h,., the same clear
ness of complexion as the mistress.
/ should say that she is moro of q
companion than servant, eating her
meals with them, and in every re-
spect is treated as one of the family.
Both of these women have fine
figures, and, as I before said, re-
markably transparent complexions.
The neighbors have it that they owe
it to the large quantity of pure milk
they drink. They are the envy of
all the ladies for miles around. Being
n frequent visitor at the house, I had
observed the husband, when the
milk was brought in, taking several
pailsfull up stairs, when his wife
would disappear for about an hour,
hSpd the milk be brought down stairs
! >l put IN the cans ready for serving
10 customers in the morning. /
thought nothing moro of the matter,
further than supposing that there was
little innocent doctoring going on.
Gone Sunday evening I called, it
was just before dusk, and L knocked
as usual at the door, but no one came :;
SO 1 strolled into the garden, and as
passed the kitchen door, I tried the
latch. To my surprise, the door
opened. This Is strange, thought L:
they have either fallen asleep. or
gone out and forgot to fasten the door.
[ entered, but there was no one in
the kitchen. From there, passed
to the dining room and parlor, but
still there was no one to be seen. So
passed into the hall. The front
door was locked on the inside, and as
L had never known them to be asleep
at this time of day, I thought it very
strange; so 1 sat down in the hail
and took up q paper which was there,
and my eye soon fell upon para
graph giving an account of horrible
murder which had been committed
upon whole family. Good heavens,
thought [, what if they should all be
up stairs murdered in their beds! So
up stairs L rushed, opened the first
door that came to hand, and beheld,
ye gods! such sight as I never be-
fore witnessed. AS the door opened,
L beheld the young woman before
spoken of in a bath tub fast asleep,
her head being supported by strap.
She was in a bath of milk! Here was
the mystery Of the fine complexion
OF mistress and maid, as also of the
carrying up and down stairs of the
milk. They were IN the habit OF
taking daily bath of warm milk
fresh from the COW, and, in order
not to waste it, selling the same milk
to their customers. I closed the
door quietly, and made my exit as
entered"