The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-01-30
A Serious Matter

mere Is death IN the pot, sad the
sons Of the prophets at Gilgal, when they
found poisonous plants in the seethed
herbs set before them. And there is slow
death in almost everything which the cit
| zen of this day buys at the grocers, if
the statements made by prominent man
in Massachusetts are to be relied upon.
Mr.. George / Angel. Of Boston. who is
President Of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Animals, in which field
he has become famous, is turning his at
tention to the cruelty that is practised
upon the human animal, by the aduter-
alton VI food. as discovered by his invcs-
legations. II is not all pleasant to re
fleet upon the unWhoieoomc and danger
Gus things which are taken into the hu-
man stomach through the ayaricious
cheats OF this class OF criminals, for they
can be called no less The motive, too,
that inpcls this knaycry, is the lowest
possible that Of gain ale Who steals
lnl purse steal, trash, but he who thus
Steals the health If the unsuspecung pub
lic IS a kraye beyond all compare.
A'. .A"7eI.' "4ltI 'HthIn7 contrast UNI
favorable to this country as compared
with France. in the protection Of the pub
wa vas A''''' y. .'''''''9 70e' "I -
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~ f""'N -Ht1'''iile'' Nliitii no physician
"o-id nfeScil3c' afe SoId the most dan
-t.ouS io'9'llS can oe bought al htldredS
n places ~ odr cities without RESTRICTION,
'thi w boston alohe more IMAM three
hundred ignorant persons are practising
Aei.c'lr An eminent chemist OF Mas
Saeh1set,s test'iles that almost every class
q arHt.e' i"r iood spit II TINS country N
uiu-trt1ted ana many Of the mixtures
are extremely POISONOUS, Cayenne pep
per '7 u'uIlerdtcd WIN red lead mustard
with chromatc Of lead vinegar with sui
phHiir acid. arsenic and corrosive subli-
mate II..f the vinegar sold ~ said to
be rank poison. Of twelve packages Of
pickles anaI>lcd. copper was found i'll
ten. Oh another III Of sixteen packages
copper Nas tolnd III every one. though no
tHu HWY luit Up UY TILL same wholesale
Aou-e Nyups. Havor.ng oils, ellies and
preserved frlIts contain poisons. TEA and
con.. arr 'a",c,v 1.Ig,terei cocoa and
chocolate with minerals. White stone is
.naad up HI New England mills for adul-
Irra,.ar soda snr9r and Honr Than
rart. af f,,. III n hay,. bean .,ronnd fnr
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