The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-02-22
A FIRM OF CHILD PoIsoNRRs.


At BHssviile, l.. l., Is a stable. containing so
COWS who never see the sunlight never breathe
the outer air, take no exercise stand month
after mosth In O stall A. inches wide, live on
hot distillery swill-nnd furnish milk to cur
children. Their food and mode Of life have an
efrec5 upon the poor creatures which dare not
describe; but 1t produces what the sani ary
officer calls a filth-soddep atmosphere" winch
the cows breathe over and over until their lungs
become diseased and their bodies heated by
consuming fever, In manly burst OF inti2na-
ton this official .exclntms; ''COuld any device
of man or iend be contrivcd which would soon
er or more effectually depopulate community
The officers asked to see tho sick cows and
were promp ly told there was not o sick one in
the stqbles. They searched till thev were
wearied without finding one iUett eOWt several
had peuro.pneumOnia, others had fever, AL
had kidney and bowel trouble. The cows
never leave tho stables ofter entering UNTIL
giving no moro milk, they are "ia tened" driv.
en- to the is aughter hOuse-and we eat their
poisoned bodiesl Previous attempts have been
made to suppress this awful business, but t1e
firm is immensely itch. and our local laws prov
ed ineffective" Now the Governor has taken
the case in hand and the Legislature will be
finds no words scol ching enough to apply to che
men owning and operating these stables.
ANOTHER OPENING TIADE-HoNEY.
England was st irtled few weeks ago by the
arrival OF so tons of American Honey IN tlc
CO - bs which was landed in good condition and
sold at fair prlce. No attempt had heretofore
been made to export honey in comb and this
successful vent ure IA due to the enter prise OF
Mes,rs. IL X. & F. B. Thurber q Co., the
| leading wholesale grocery house Of New York.
From them learn the surpvising fact that bee
Gu tu. c is not carried on to any great extent IN
| America except IN NewlYork State and Cali
fJrnin; that Ca ifOrnia honey, after paying three
cents per pound freight, brings 0bout ten per
cent. less here than State honey, and that 1t
can be protuccd prontaby y at three to five cents
| par pound under prudent manage ment. II this
be true what vast and profitable industryIit
| might be made to America! " hat other sweet
| can be produced at that figurel Honey is
| equally desirable ior score Of uses with either
| sLgar or syrup. Why, II SO much cheaper
should it rot for many purposes supplant those
| costly sweets, and become with us, as with toe
anucnts, IN important article OF foodl
england cannot help buying our honey, TO
her fora is far interior to ours in honey-pfodlc
| lag qualities and the farmers still use the
Old couIcai hive and kill their bees 10 get thC
honey. Our clover. fields arc limitlesS ,and eV
cry State is capable without diminishing III
other products OF growing more honey thar
! New York state now ooes. The rat Mau Ga
zetie commenting on this initial Shipment eN
clllmeG: "There seems TO be no limit to thi
provisions with which America is pTepercd u
supply ua" or honey crop amounts, vita th'
business in lis awalGl'ng clothes, to 20 mllllor