Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-19
FraudS i'm Honey!


sociation, in session at Grand Rapids,
has adopted the following circular:
A few facts are necessary to preserve
consumers of honey from imposition.
Nice white comb speaks for itself and
is generally admired, but the price
many lovers of honey will not afford. 1t
makes beautiful dish for the table,
but is no better than extracted honey.
All comb is wax, and in the stomach it
is perfectly indigestible. Extracted
honey is the pure liquid honey, taken
from the combs by the honey-extractor
1t is entirely different from what is
known In the market as strained honey.
Consumers help to impose upon them
selves by the false idea that pure honey
will not granulate. They desire un-
granulated honey, and dealers have at
tempted to supply the demand. AL
most all pure honey will granulate when
exposed for some time to light and cold.
The granulated state is an evidence of
purity. Much of the jar honey hereto
fore sold and recommended not 20 gran
ulate,is very inferior article composed
largely of glucose. Granulated honey
can be reduced to its liquid state in
few moments by placing the jar in warm
water. When thus liquefed, it so re-
mains for some time before again crys-
talllzing. Consumers may be sure of
wholesome article by purchasing gran
| ulated honey and reducing it.
We would respectfully call upon pro-
ducers and consumers to unite their
efforts to procure, by petition or other
wise, such legislation in their respective
states as will prevent the placing of any
adulteratlOns on the market under the
name Of honey. This becomes the
more important since, during the past
year, some American honey has been
condemned in Great Britain, as adul-
terated. We certainly ought to pre-
vent the sale at home Of such adultera-
tiOns as are forbidden in European
countries. We suggest the following
tests to prove the purity of honey:
1. Honey adulterated with a poor ar
ticle of glucose will, when poured into q
cup of strong Japan tea, turn black, by
the action of the tannic acid upon the
copperas left in the glucose.
2. A purer article of glucose is de-
tected by pouring strong alcohofon it
in tumbler. The alcohol will dilute
pure honey, but it will cause a deposit
of glucose as a gummy substance at the
bottom of the glass. '".t-
Where Parents Get Their Money Back.
Detroit Post Washington Letter.
L know lovely girl who embroiders
her dresses most eXquisitely, so that
they look like imported garments.
She works in crewels, and many is the
unique article she embelIishes IN this
direction. She paints on China, she
reads, she sings, and yet finds time to
perform her social duties. She is always
cheerful, because she hasn't leisure to
think of gloomy things or imaginary
wrongs. Another young lady, an only
daughter, has just moved into her faith
er's beautiful new house. "You may
have for your room," said the doting fa-
ther, "everything you can convert into
use, through the cunning of your own
hand" The room is beautiful bower.
The bed-curtains and lambrequins are
of the daintiest pink stuff, soft and rich;
the little clover-leafed table is covered
with the same lovely material, the dress
ing-table is fit for an artists thinning,
the easy chairs and Ottomans are clev-
erly upholstered, and everything in the
room the work of this petted daughters
fingers. "Father said l couldn't make
a dress for myself to save my life," she
said, "but 1 told him to see if couldn't,
and l just studied up the science of
dressmaking little bit and went to
work AS a result look at this dress;
don't you think it fits nicely and looks
pretty stylish for first attempt? And
look at the way have finished the
seams. Mamma says. Nine. Soule
couldn't have done them more neatly"
The dress was warm, brown camePs-
hair, piped with jacqueminot satin and
trimmed with bows of the combined
colors in satin, very stylish and nice
fit.