Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-21
AHarvest from tbe Sea.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The extraordinary success which has
attended the introduction and sale of the
new article of food, SEA Moss FARINE,
made from pure Irish Moss or Carrageen,
is without parallel, and only goes to
show that when really good thing is
presented to the public they are not slow
in finding it out, and at the same time
eager to procure it. Such proves to be
the case with the above, and knowing it
was matter in which all classes of our
people are interested, it becomes us as
public journalist to investigate the same
as fully as possible. In order to do so
we have taken no little trouble, and with
out hesitation, indorse fully all the good
that has been said of this new prepara-
ton. 1t is, in fact, almost impossible to
say too much in its favor, for no article
among the food staples with which kind
Providence has blessed us will begin to
give us such a variety of wholesome
economical and really delicious dishes
as those prepared with SEA Moss FARINE,
and we are confident that it has won its
place in public favor from merit alone,
and not from any extensive putting and
advertising as is usually the case The
new mills which the company are now
erecting, with new and improved ma
chinery, are enormous, and perfect
models in themselves; nothing like them
has ever been put up in this country
They have capacity, if needs be, Of pro-
ducing ready for market ten tons of
Farne per day.
The process of preparing is simple but
laborious. Every pound of moss before
it is ready for the mills is picked over by
hand, in order to clean It of all shells,
impure and worthless Moss, then sub
jected to cleansing and purifying pro-
cess by steam, after which it is passed
through several ingenious and queerly
constructed mills, (made expressly
when it is subjected to a thorough dessi-
eating process, and is then carried to the
mills, when the services of anexpert and
experienced miller is required When it
is taken into consideration that after it is
made into -four that it is all put up in
small packages of quarter of pound,
all properly labelled, and then again
packed into boxes of two and four dozen
each, you can imagine somewhat of the
vast amount of labor that is required
For fear of scarcity of moss, extern
sive arrangements have already been
made for an abundant supply with the
different Irish Moss Merchants of Ire
land, Sweden and Norway, and the
coming moss harvest or pulling in this
country May and JuneJ will. owing to
the new demand. heretofore limited, be
very active, and it is con6dentially ex-
peeted to produce at least twenty times
the amount ever before produced.
1t is manufactured under letters
patent granted to w j. Rand, and is I
now owned and controlled by a Stock |
Company, who have the monopoly both
in this country and in Europe. The 7
Company produce an array of medical !
and other testimony in its favor, which
is perfectly overwhelming, and must set
all doubts Of its superiority as an alimen-
tary staple, if any exist, entirely at rest.
No new article of food has ever before
.iven such universal satisfaction, or
,reated such a widespread sensation.
Il is a God-send to all, and we predict a
standard and staple article, and we hope
arge dividends.
An exchange paper gives the following
recount of refreshments consumed by a
legislative committee consisting CT four
at three sessions. in all occn-
wing about thirteen hours. Their
irst session was a peculiarly exhausting
me. from o'clock TO a. During this
ime they consumed, made way with. or
arried Off bodily. the following gentle
timulants: -Four hundred cigars, three
nd half dozen champagne, eighteen
ottles Of brandy. nine ditto Of whisky,
nree ditto Cf Madeira and three Of claret ,
heir next session does not seen 20 have
eenso trying, being only from II g clock !
m. to I pm. On this occasion the
-aste wss easily relieved by sixiy-six
ottles Of wine and twenty-seven Of
randy and whisky. Their last effort {
lust have been mere play, As II oceu- !
led but two hours, and was relieved !
nly BY the triae Of three gallons Of
berry and three hundred cigars