The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-08
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where 1nill. scis .ors aud paste pot are
Weapons miCbter than the swnrd ~
Achilles ~ the a tillrry OF Napoleon
For all Of which, kind friends accept
tie protoundrst a acknowledgements vi
''Nours truly"
GoLD MINE IN NEW YORK CITY.
Gotham has vindcated her claim to
have n little Of everything by having H
V"ry respectable gold mine, In 1877
the Appleton building, on Bond street
vas burned and gold and silver ware
worth a million was melted and buried
~ the rubbish. The insurance com
ronies wnrked over the ruins and took
Cut all the larger masses of metal. Then
t.e owners OF the property got out y
rat sum by thorough washing, and
lrft-the remnant for tho street Arabs
The u-chins met with such success that
last Spring two Western miners made n
liberal bid for the privilege OF working
over the refuse scientifically. Crowds
Of curious people watched the operation
day by day; and now, when q q miners
have tinishe1 their work they pronounce
II one Of the richest "fndS" they ever
worked The average yield approx
mated & 600 day; one day they took
81 700, and the whole transactiun yield
I'd them profit of over 500, 600 above
expenses and cost Of their privilege.
A PRTNCELY DOCTORS FEE.
New Yurk physicians, practicng in
very wealthy families, render no bills.
but their patients Uake II a plattrr OF
pride to pay handsomely for the doc or (
permission to cheat the undertaken, K.
iugthe amount themselves. Very rPcPut-
ly the wife Of a well knONn,x il d 70 I ad
an operation performed to remove
iumOr, which was unsuccessful. l!er
intimate friend, a miiionaire's widow,
prevailed upon her to try her own phy
sic'an, a young doctor, and very skill
ful as surgeon. The fair patient con
s"nted and the operation was success
fully performed, greatly to the delight
OF laage circle of friends. The doc
tor sent no bill, but wisely waited her
complete recovery, when, in token OF
her appreciation OF his skill, she sent a
rOte of profound thanks, covering her
check tor $4,000. Doctors need not
& excited; cases like this are never
clntagiOu
But | promised to toll you, in this
letter, Low iwI items of farm prOduc-
are looming up till il takes M prophet
to predict vast profitable industry in
each. II you will look among the
stati tics you will see the stranle spec
tacle OF
KING COW" DETHoNING "KING COTTON"
Laugh IL you will, hut the Cow
piances rampant where King Cottor
h.Ih at Ut
egOl ROi est mOrt-Vive le Rui! in
credible as IL seems, the Cow produces
more wealth to-day than Cotton does.
Our cheese and butter last year sold iol
$3.50, 900, 900. Think of il! Even our
fabulous wheat crop does not equal tina
only one American crop exceeds that
value, and that is corn. The Cow
n axes WorLher King than Cotton
did. She keeps out 0f Oltics, drink'
no Whiekey, and never chases mig
.g'r" unless he shows her a red shirt.
cnEEsE.
Few people dream to What proper
sion, OR cheese trade has grown in
few years. Twenty-eight years ago 4
llilliun pounds were sent abroad ant
found an unwilling market Durin
eleven months Of 1878, this city alon
exported 1870 million pounds, and th
home consumption takes about 800 mi
lion more. Yet the outlook is not a
all satisfactory in this field. A l.ond0
merchantisSueS circular quoting pTic,
for finest English Chrddar cheese at
To 10 celNtS, and finest An Prican cher,
at II TO IL cents per pound. \ moment
calculation from these figures show
that on our eXncrttd cheese alone "
rcalizr6 million dNl'ars less than thOug
Uur best cheese NVre cOnfessedly tqu
to the best English article. The eau
Is certainly not in our Tasturage; |
land under heaven grows finer GraS
Nor is il probable in the method of ma
ing, for the best Cheddar processes a
low generally used in our larger ma
ufact0riPs. 1t is complained of Il
American cheese, that it does no Eee
tiat It grows strong and rank, and til
some chemical change takes place in
which makes it compare very untavor
bly, with that of English make, aft
tTo or three months. May not this
Lreat measure be due to the salt?
England the greatest care is given
this item. DIR. Voelcker, the emiue
English agricultural chemist, said in
recent paper, "the salt used in dan
should be of the finest description "a
to show how important the putty
salt IS esteemed, the English COVER
ment has recently granted patent
one Of the Cheshire salt manufacture
Messrs. Thomas lliggn e. Co., for i
prOvements in salt making. This pi
ticular salt is now finding its way
this country, where it is to be hop
that 1t will soon BE- as extensively u,
as in Europe.
New York, Wisconsin, Pennsl lval
and Ohio are the leading cheese Stat
while Iowa, Minnesota, NJ chigan, a
some Of the Eastern States, make C,
siderable amounts The rest Of
country buys more cheese than it p
duces. The entire south is suppl
from this city. Is not this growing
dustry worth stimulating thrUught
the country? Nature has given Us n
resources IN farming aud grazing lan
and we may, If We will, build up
giant trade In this and other sta
farm prOGucts which the limited
sources OF the Old World can lever 5
cessfully dispute with Us.
Striking as are the abOve-named
ferences in prices of English and An
lean cheese, they are none the less
as regards
BUTTER.
No fact strikes the investigator of
subject more forciply than that so v
small a portion of the butter made
this country is exported (25 milli
out Of 500 million pnunds); and t
this is principally of the lower grat
which are consumed by the labor
classes. In fact, when butter gets
poor that il can find no market here
is sent abroad as tine only outlet for
but in fine qualities, we are only laug
ut by the epicures on the other side
the water.
While this may, in some measure,
accounted for by the delicate nature
the article, and the difficulty which
questiOnably exists of retaining
fresh, rosy delightful flavor vi
charms the palate uf the gourmet, /