The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-10-01

scuSts's. FHty OF eiEnty are put side
by side OH another table, on which Is
marked the standard length; the ends
are placed even with each other and the
operation is finished by cutting across
the whole row with huge pair OF
shears.
loaves and fishes bring about twenty
five cents II pound at wholesale. The
clear candy Is not kneaded or pulled,
and this is the only difference. Flat
candy il made by pouring the liquid
from the kettles into large pans, and
then with knife running lines across
1t where 1t Is to be broken into sticks.
The drops, loaves, fishes, etc, are made
from the same kind Of candy, and are
cut out by little machines, through
which tho paste il passed. The making
of the sugar plums and turnt almonds
Is an interesting process. The almonds
or carraway or coriander seed, cloves,
pieces Of cinnamon, etc, are thrown
with the boiling sugar into great inclined
kettles, which are revolved at u great
rate by machinery. The seeds are thus
rolled over and over in the moist sugar,
and "polished OFF, by each other, grow
ing larger and larger all the while as
fresh sugar Ii thrown In. Up above the
pans currents of air, from steam fans,
carry otfall the dust, and, If you are not
careful, your hat too. When enough
sugar has accumulated OH the seeds they
are taken out and coloreti. Tho smooth
almonds are simply dipped in sugar so
luton aud dried. -.
Lozenges are very sftftply made. The
sugar p"ste is rolled out Into thin sheets
like pie crust, tho printing Is done In
carmine with a hand stamp, and the
lozenges then cut out with dies Of the
shape desired. What remains between,
is reboilcd for the next batch.
Gum drops are made Of gum arabic
and sugar. Of which seven or eight hun
dred pounds are mixed In huge copper
steam kettles, where they get a good
boiling for u couple OF hours. The mix
ture is then poured into small kettles,
where 1t is colored aud favored, and
then run out In sticks, or dropped in
molds, dried, aud, in most gum sticks,
crystallized on the outside, of which
process more amen. An imitation gum
drop Is made of five parts sugar and one
starch. 1t Is not so hard, and seems an
Improvement OH the original. OF this
sort arc the large penny gum drops sold
around the streets.
Coloring Is very simple matter. A
great huc nnu cry IL perlOuIuaIy nIuue
against candies because Of the "horrid
cOloring,' but the simple statement that
piece Of red coloring matter the size of
gum drop will color five thousand
pounds Of candy il sufficient to show
the tallacy Of such ideas. People may
easily make themselves sick by eating
either too much candy or too much pure
sugar, but rs to attributing the trouble
to the coloring matter, this "poison" is
30 "slow" Us to take longer than life
time for its action. Carmine and cochi-
neal are used for red, saffron for yellow
burnt sugar for dark brown, aud this
with carmine Gr orange color. These
are all the colors in general use, ,eexcep,
for decorating wherein the ordinary
water color paints are used, but in such
infinitetessimal quantity rs to produce
no bad effect, the proportion being, we
believe. considerably less than one
millionth.