Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-09
COLUMBUS LETTER.

AT last it seems that there is some hopes
Of the State menagerie breaking up its win
ter quarters. The sunbeams have been kiss
ing blossoms Of the dogwood, and the good
housewives far away have written treasur-
ed epistles by the score to their truant lords
to return to their own vine and fg-tree and
quit sponging of the state, for the past
week, and the hint has been taken and
doubtless the Legislaturewill adjourn Tues
day or Wednesday Of next week. The past
week witnessed the passing OF the long talk
ed Of reorganization bills, and now the
work Of renovating the state institutions Of
Democratic rubbish will begin. This is
housecleaning season, and good job in all
the state institutions should be made. A
remarkably large number Of bills we're
passed during the last two or three avs
and such earnest work should have
been done many days sooner. The reor
ganization bill has been written up in the
TELEGRAPH enough to need no repetition Of
its provisions in this letter-and as for suit
able men for the places that are soon to be
made vacant, doubtless there will be a doz-
en- or 80 for each vaceney.
The Local option bill for which nearly
two hundred thousand citizens Of this state
have petitioned, was defeated in the house
Wednesday, by a vote Of SO to So. II Re
publicans voted the negative and only 3
Democrats voted the affirmative. On
Thursday the vote was reconsidered and
another vOte taken on its passage, but this
resulted in a second and final defeat. On
Friday bill was introduced in the house
by Mr. Harmon for the suppression Of max
! ing butter Of impure materials, and on
Saturday Mr.. Covert offered resolution
requesting the boards Of trade OF Cincin-
natti to investigate the manufacture Of
Oleomargarine and butteTine, and report
on the next session Of the House. Few peo-
pie have aEy definate idea of the amount
OF butterne manufactured in this state.
Thousands of pounds are daily manufactur.
cd and sold in Cincinnati, inthe local mar
kets it is supplied in a great degree. 1t
is impossible to get the exact figures for,
owing to the prejudice which is still held
against it in the midst Of many people (most
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it the past winter). The manufacture is
cladestine and the process kept secret.
Persons who have used the article say IL
is cheap and delicious substitute for but
ter, especially in the seasons like the one
just passed, where cows are on a strike and
farmers wives have no way of supplying
the demand. But for the "butterine," the
country article would now range from 40
to 90 cents per pound. Bat this has been
sold at from 20 to % cents and under the
representations of pseudo farmers huck-
sters in buokram) who offer 1t on the mar
kets, finds its way to the tables Of the first
families, principal hotels and boarding
houses. A few mornings ago, one Of the
members Of the Columbus City Council was
seen laying in supply Of, what he thought
a choice article OF cream made butter, and
he didn't know any better until the next
day when it began to crumble and give
forth an unsayoTy odor. Candor cOmpels
the advocates of the compound to admit
that it must be used when fresh TO get the
best results.
By standing few days exposed TO the
air when the temperature is above As . 4,
the lard and tall0w begin to leave each
other, and the coloriRg matter 'anatto'
fades out The ingrediants Of which it is
. composed are cheap and abundant. They
are chiefly lard and tallow and coloring
. matter. There are also few chemicals
used for assimi latng the ingrediants, and
making them taste like cream butter, bui
they are not held together for any length
of time. II seems that the only mattel
: complained of is that the manufacturer
s put it on the market as butter, and moi
4 what it really is, and thus far defraud tn,
purchaser. Somebody once said that at hi
; boarding house he always took hash, be
e cause he knew what he was eating; he wa
r eating hash. Let these people cali che arti
Y Gle by the right name, sell it as butterine
and then people will know what they arr
u eating, and Mr. Harmon or Mr.. Cover
= could no more object to its sale and manu-
facture than they could object to'sale anC
n manufacture of collars made Of paper il
. imitation Of linen, as long as they are call
I ed paper collars. A law that would pre-
I vent the sale of butteIine under the nam
q Of butter in the markets WO1ld be goo,
protection to the dAirymen, who sell but
!. ter on its merits which sometimes are de
cidedly strong.
Secretary Sherman was in the city las
week at the reception to the members ofth
= Legislation by Governor Foster. Mr.. Sher
. man held a reception in the Legislative
halls on Friday afternoon and very pleas
ant time was had.
The election in Columbus yesterday, wa
\ rather a surprise to many-strange thing
r will happen. oo
Columbus, April 9th, 1880.
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