The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-06
The Stuff People GET flight on.

Several cases of parties at Stoning
ton, Connecticut, prosecuted for SELL
ing adultcratcd liquors and wines,
came before the Superior Count, at
Norwich, a few days since. The pros
ccution offered the testimony of Pro-
fessor Silliman, State Chemist, which
we copy:
am Professor of Chemistry in
Yale College and State Cheiaist. [
have been making Chemistry a spc-
cial study for the last thirty years.
The samples of liquors were brought
TO me on 18th day of March last. 5.
X. Tillinghast made his appearance
at nv house bringing three samples
of liquors. He brought two orders
from the Justice 10 examine the
liquors under order from Gordon 5.
Crandall. The orders were 10 Tilling-
hast TO bring the samples 10 me TO cX-
anime, and reccipted for them. Two
Of the samples were marked as liquors
in the case CT the State W. Ill. {.
Stanton. The samples No. j came
out of cask No. ; of Stantons, end |
give the analysis of what came in the
IL IL vi pun
wine, very turbid. and with coloriuG
matter.
IL also contains oNyd of lead, sui
phuric acid, over twcnty-cnc per cent.
of alcohol, and over ten per cent. of
sugar of molasses. The specific gray
ity is 0.0l5, water is 1000. ii is heay-
Ter than water from the sugar it COLI
tains. proceeded 10 make cNamiua-
nation analytically, To determine the
quantities of the ingredients. II con-
tains sulphuric acid, loo grains TO the
gallon-partly free Is oil of yitriol,
and part combined in alum; oXyd of
lead or litharge, i'm poisonous guam
tity, and in turbidity or in clear liquor
byfiltcring, about forty-tivc grains to
the gallon. The alcohol obtained
from this liquor by distillation had al
acid taste. IL had also an offensive
odor from The coloring matter. The
LIQUOR contained deletcrious and poi
sonOu2 substances. | have Il small
vial ofoxyd of lead. The
quantity found by me is ample to af-
feet any liquor. This liquor is stron-
ger in its contents of lead than most
waters that arc poisoned by If. Ii is
i'm sufficient quantities to be dcleteri-
GUS to the human system
The learned professor continued at
length TO state the poisonous effect of
the ingredients contained IN these
liuuors.-Netr HaceH Courier.
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a Mr.. Rose, of Philadelphia, is the
owner of a four year old horse that is
only q inches high. and weighs but
I35 pounds. He is perfect horse in
every respect, brown in color, with a
long tail. Mr.. Rose lately sent to this
city for Mr.. Hulc TO shoe the horse,
the latter gentleman taking tho horse
on his lap to perform the operation.
Mr.. Hule weighs 30 pounds--iust
twice the weight of the horse. This
horse is not 4 Shetland, nor does il be-
long TO any race of ponies. lie is an
American horse, his sire and dam be-
ing both over fifteen hands high, and
well formed. The horse Is probably
the smallest in the world.-1U9.
Field and Farm.
a correspondent of tue Cork Con-
stf;ution calls attention TO the fact
shown by the consular returns, TO the
Foreign office of the continental
States. that tic produce of wheat per
acre i'm France is under III bushels I;
Prussia. fraction over IL; Bcl 9lum,
Il the other countries averaging l.
to Is: while that of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland Is
y: but taking the high farlncd dis
tricts. IL reaches an average OF Al 10
IS, when the holdings arc large AMI
capital eApcndcd-thc latter being
treble the average of France, the Uni
ted States, and tho rest of Europe,
willie il is double that of Belgium.
FIELDING AFPLEs 10 Much Cows
4 correspondent of the " Western Ru-
raj saws ] saw in your paper some
time since Il statement that feeding
apples 10 mich COWS was not iniuri-
Gus. This is incorrect, according 10
INV experience in dsirying. have
fried feeding q great many kinds oi
food. and ] find that feeding apples
will dry up milch COW. The cape-
riencc of !. near uci ghbor COMEDIES
with niue.
The North British Agriculluriot
ssvs that milk fever abounds whcr-
ever cows. as in Ayrshire, arc bouilti-
ful mixers. Putting the animal OF
short commons fora fortnight orti,re'
weeks before calying, will greatly
SON the number.