The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-08-20
MILK Batn-- Extraordinary Reve-
latiOns-. Effect of the LacteaI
Liquid ON the Compilations OF
Two Brooklyn Females.

A Brooklyn correspondent of the New
York Evening News furnishes tae fol-
lowing interesting chapter on dietetics
for Saturday 8 lssue
Near the outskirts of the city of Brook
lyn, lived a man and wife, who keep a
large number of cows; the man serving
the milk to his customers every morning.
1t 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 Gus
toners than he can supply. The wife is
a fine looking woman about twenty five
years Of age,though she looks to be much
younger, and she has the finest complex
ion that it was ever my fortune to see,-
They have living with them a young.
girl, who is good looking, and has the
same remarkable cTearness of complex
ion as the mistress. [ should say that
she is more of companion than servant,
eating her meals with them, and in every
respect is treated as one of the family.
Both of these woman have fine figures,
and, as before said, remarkably trans
parent complexiohs. The neighbors have
it that they owe it to the large quantity
of pure milk that they drink. They are
the envy of all the ladies for miles
around. Being frequent visitor at the
house, had often observed the hus-
band, when the milk was brought in, ta-
king several pailsfull up stairs, when his
wife would disappear for about an hour,
and the milk be brought down stairs and
put in the cans ready for serving to Gus
toners in the morning. | thought moth
ing more Of the matter further than sup
posing that there was little innocent
doctoring going on. One Sunday evening
| called; it was just before dusk, and I
knocked as usual at the door, but no
one. came; SO | strolled into the gar
den, and, as I passed the kitchen door,
| tried the latch. To my surprise the
door opened This is strange, thought
I; 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 I passed to the
dining room and parlor, but still tLere
was no one to be seen. So I passed into
the hall. The front door was locked on
the inside. Now, as Ihad never known
them to be asleep atthis,,time of day, I tho t
it very strange. / sat down in the hall
and took up a paper which was there, and
my eye soon fell upon paragraph Civ
ing an account of horrible murder
which had been committed upon whole
family. Good heavens, thought 1, what
if they should be all up stairs murdered
in their beds. So up stairs 1 rushed,
opened the first door that came to hand,
and behold, ye godsl such sight as /
never before witnessed. As Iopened the
door beheld the young woman before
spoken of in a bath tub fast asleep, her
head being supported by strap. She
was in bath of milk. Here was the
mystery OF the fine complexion of mis-.
tress and maid ,as. also of the carrying up
and down stairs of the milk. They were
in the habit of taking a daily bath of
warm milk, fresh from the cow, and, In
order not to waste it. selling that same
milk to their customers. | closed the
door quietly, and made my exit as ! en-
tered.