Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-18

of milk produced by distillefy-fed
cows, and all will remember the hor
rible pictures of cows in every stage
OF disease, which were being MIXED
regularly, as long as they could stand.
1t was fact that milk was sold in
the city, from cows fed on distilled
slops, that never left their stalls, and
were MIXED till they absolutely rotted
There is another raid on milkmen now
the charge being less serious, but just
about as annoying. You all know of
the little girl from New York who
spent some days at a cousins in the
country. On her return she was asked
how she liked it. "Very WE'LL" was
the answer, "only don't think Susie's
ma is clean woman. The milk we
had had a yellow skum on it, and
wasn't as pretty as the nice blue milk
| get at home" The trouble now is
the milk is too blue, and as there is
very stringent law against adulterat-
ing milk, the citizens have taken it
up, and are prosecuting the milkmen,
right and left. A dozen of them were
arrested, and test case was made of
one. In this case samples of milk
regularly sold to consumers were
tested by the lactometer and it was
discovered that the compound could
hardly be called milk at all There
was basis of pure milk, the rest was
water, reinforced with sugar, chalk,
and all kinds of nastiness, to give it
consistency and body. And of the
hundred samples examined not one
was found pure or even fit for use.
The "Orange County" milkmen whose
pastures are stables just out of the
city, had trick of keeping milk from
souring by the use of chemicals, and
all sorts of lodges were shown up.
Thousands of the best families use
condensed milk, the purity of which
is well established, but the appear
ance is so against it, it don't even look
like milk. The prosecution succeeded
in getting the seller whose case was
made test into the Times, with a
fine of $3.50, whereupon the Milk
Dealers's Association, true to stump.
tail, promptly appealed the case.
1t will take long fight to get de-
cent milk in New York. The milk
men have retained the best legal tai
ent in the city, and will make des-
perate fight. But the people will win.
The proposition is to have inspectors
appointed, with the best appliances
for testing milk and to pour into the
street every can that has been wa
tered or sophisticated in any way.
"Pure milk or none" is the war.cry
now,
DAVID DUDLy FIELD.
The "Reform" Democracy have
elected David Dudley Field for Con-
gress, in place of Smith Ely elected
Mayor. Field is fair representa-
tive of the Democratic Reform. He
was Tweed's right bower and if there
is an INSCRIPTIONS trader in politics
and spoils in New York, who is enti-
tied, after Tilden. 10 be closely
watched, he is the man. There hasn't
been nasty thing in the city for
years, that he hasn't had his hand in,
and there has not been job since
Tweed's day that he hasn't profited
by. But, as the district is overwhelm-
ingly democratic, he was elected, and
as he is very rich. he will be an orna.
ment to Washington society. We
have no right to sneer at the igno-
rance of the negro, when constituent
cies can be found in the Northern
States to elect such men as Field.
CRIME.
There is much more crime than is
usual. and it is not committed by pro-
fessionals either. The fifty thousand
men out of work and out Of bread are
driven to desperation, and as they
have, in many instances, taken the
bread that they would gladly
have worked for, if they could have
had the work to do. This has been
the worst winter ever known in this
city, and it is growing harder and
harder every day. There is no work
for half the mechanics and laboring
men, and the restitution is appalling
1t is no wonder that thefts and gar
roting are rapidly increasing-the
wonder rather, is that there is not
| more of it. PIETRo.