The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-22
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OFFICIAL PArER,
UTILITARIAN DIsCovERY-DIET I'M.
PROVED AND CHEAPENED.

! Look INTO your Encyclopedias for a des
cription of the properties OF sea moss, snd
"when found, make a note Of" as Captain
Cutie says. You will find the subject scien
sifcaly treated, inquiring reader, but will
not gain much information as to the practi
cal value of the curious cryptogamio plant
which clothes the rocks of ireland and Ice
land, and is found here and there, on our
own coast. Considered as a raw material Of
invigorating fsttening sliment, the like Of
this product of barrenness is not to be found
IN the richest and most generous soil, and
as the yield Of Sea Moss is spontaneous, vas,
and apparently inexhaustible, supply suf.
fcient for all the exigencies of mankind
may be looked for "as long as grass grows
and water runs"
So much for the valuable marine lichen in
it's crude state, with its sixty or seventy per
cent. of pure nutriment, mixed up with from
! thirty to forty per cent. of sand, salt and
pungent acid, which of course, no human
being desires to swallow
LIS Nio ohSA OH tuC utl4ikN Ui llo pro
duct has never, until recently, been removed
in the process of manufacture Consequent
ly, the Irish and Iceland Moses, the only
kinds that have ever been used in this couu
try, have heretofore been regarded as med
cinal agents rather than as articles of susie
nance available for general consumption
But o new discovery in science has
changed all this. Csrrsgeen or Irish Moss
has suddenly been converted into one of the
most agreeable and valuable food staples to
be found in the whole catalogue Of edibles
The credit of this great scientific hit. which
seems likely enough 10 effect revolution in
dietetics, belongs TO Mr.. Rand, one OF our
vigorous and philosophical thinkers and
experimen.ers, who obtained q patent for his
project in 1869 The patent is now 10 the
hands of an incorporation ofsmple resources,
known as the SEA Moss FARINE COMPANY,
and their new shmentary staple is already
familiar to the pu bic as SEA Moss FARINE
We have called the article an alimentary
staple. 1t is so; but it is something more
a genuine luxury, sold at what may be
compared with its intrinsic value. 1t con-
tains much larger percentage Of pnre
nutriment than Corn Starch, Maizene, Raw
eleutents, Farina, or any other gels,inous
article derived from grain or Indian corn
and quantities being equal, produces, with
[ he same materials, from twice to thrice the
bulk of nutritious food. As to the flavor
and quality of the cus.ards, puddings, /
creams, soups, sauces, gruels, pies, &C., /
made with this new agent. We can say,
that they are excellent. and com. /
petent judges assure us that they far surpass |
hose of similar compositions prepared with /
he farinaceous substances above mentioned, |
y three times their cost.
In the next edition of his Encyclopaedia a
whether it bs the American, Britannica, or /
.ny other, the reader will be pretty sure TO
ind an exhaustive article on Rsnd's Sea
doss Farine, a preparation which seems
destined to stand at the head of it's class
md promises to become an important ele-
nent of economical housekeeping through ,
,ut the civilized world.
We might cite authorities by the dozen to .
how that Irish Moss has long been consid
.red valuable species of uourishment for .
he sick; light, digestble. anti febrile, re
torative and fattening This is what
minent medical men have said Of Irish
doss as it 'oas-only half purified, and com
,arstively unconcentrated. The new article
sea Moss Farine. which. by the magic of
C ence, has suddenly sprung pure and per
ect from the old matriX, like Minerva from
he head OF Jove, takes far wider range
To use it is to reduce the expense of living
o spread the family board with luxuries
costing less than common fare, and largely |
10 increase that variety in food which is said |
to be essential to health. Il quickly pre- /
pared, (ten minutes suficing to produce a
a pudding) and we think nobody /
that has once become acquainted with its /
will be likely to ever abandon it ,
ss an article OF diet.
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