The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-21

AssEs' Nu.K.-TAe male aenkey--though
prccisians would say ass, fsF donkey Is not g
dictionary wora--is now having hts praises
sounded As creature TO be desired tor eeli.
nary purposes. Hitherto Il has been the r.
male donkey which alone could claim any
shSre IN aonrishinx the human race. Asses
milk Was oocc cosmetics and the kaehAsis
efelassieal tinaes made their patronesses beau
tsfal far ever BY immcrsinx them IN baths
kllea with the milk OF asses, The lovely
roppea Kept i've hundred shc-asscs for this
VERY purpose. and daily hathed in their milk,
until Nero Kicked her 10 death and thus CON
stitn,ed the type Of those british husbands
of whom the police reports occasionally In
form Us From imelhing the milk ontwsraly
the transition was easy TO drinking the milk.
which WAS found to DC most heneneial to in-
vslidS Of both sexes and all ayes, - well as
10 Infants who were deprived ot their natural
sastcnancc. But asses milk ls not always
easy to nroeures and perhaps my experience
On this point may be worth telling. The
doctor sid that my eldest ooy-then an in-
iant-instanily required either a wet-narse
or asses milk. Neither could immediately
DC procured The old rector ef the parish
had recently been kept alive BY the milk nom
female ass; but both it and the rector had
departed. I thoagAt, Everything can be
procured in Londou; l will 80 there" / at
once went, seveaty.eight miles by train, aud
reached the Old Hnmmums late at night.
The first thing. sfler an carly breakfast. ask
ed the lSndlady 10 tell me where could pro
cure asses milk She could not tell, no one
could tell: perhaps had better 10 to Hamp-
stead Heath, OF try certain shops s0 Covent
Garicn. did 50, and went hither and thith-
er; h1; no one knew anything about asses,
milk, or could suggest where Il eonld be
bought | asked al chemists, aud AZ sur
geonss. and al eonfeetioner's, for four weary
hours. and then, being Obliged TO get back
home, walked from the inn 70 the railway In
order 10 call al every confectioner's and
milk-dealer's on my way. Aud this with the
like want Of success, until the very last mo-
ucnt, when, upon leaving conieetioper's
with the usual answer, lady in the shop,
like = good Samaritan, gave me certain ad-
dress, 90 which went with all haste. Here
il is. pro 1osos-Mrs. Dawkins, Purveyor Of
Asses milk 10 the Royal Family 66, Boisoyer-
street. New Road. Mrs. Dawkins enjoyed 9
monopoly in her profession, being the one
oaly person In all London who dealt in asses
milk The dOnkeyS were brought from the
Regents farS TO underground stables, where
they were MIXED. The milk was sent Ia all
dineciious in bottles, many bottles having 10
travel by rail took bottle, aud arranged
for donkey and its foal 10 be sent 10 me by
trSiu the next day. The price of the donkey
was five gEiEeas, the Price being lower than
usual in consequence Of the death Of the
Duchess of Kent fan 10 see the extraor-
dinsry connection implied in this remark but
II was satisfactorily explained, that, In con-
sequence of that royll pessonagc's dccease,
many ef Ms. Dawkias' aristocrstic patrons
were notin town. Her claim 20 be perveyor
Of asses milk to the Royal Family was per
fectly well-founded; and 50 also was that old
lzdyss at Malvern who announced herself to
be sausage maker to her Royal Highness the
D1ehesS Of kent-oAcs Week