The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10
The Manufacture of Butter.

We clip the following from the last num-
Der of Tnjtea States .Io'Tnai, y paper publish
ed in Philadelphia, in the interest Of thu
merchants of that city. Mr.. Edwin f..
Wells, the merchant referred to, was form
erly of this town, and is the son Of Joseph
Wells Esq:
The public attention has been attracted
largely of late. by an innovation in Il chief
article of food on which we propose to throw
Il little light, We refer to the manufacture
of butter a continent, universally used as
bread itself and hence OF interest to every
body
The making of artificial butter, is 10y no
means new. During and after the war. the
high rates at which the genuine article was
held, induced some euterprising individual
to produce Il substitute that would sell
among the people whose paates We're by no
means of II delicate nature. The stuff was,
in fact, eXecrahle; bnt it attracted the at
tcutiou of men with scientific knowledge,
who proceeded to experiment, until their
lalors eliminated in aprocesS which turns
out an article in every way equal to good
natural butter. This process Is patented ana
its value has been acknow lodged beyond dis
pute There is no controversy on this point
but all the oleoinargarinc made is not made
under this patent And hence, arises all
the trouble that we see i'll the daily papers
about the arrest Of sellers for not stamping
the article.
All butter made under the "MeSe' pat
ent is 50 stamped and the makers and sell
ers prefer to stamp it, fer it will hold its
own against any farmers butter in the land
except perhaps the very best, or silt-elge aS
it is called This is no new thing for this
butter has been sold for over two years in
this city for just what il is, and whatever OF
prejudice may exist against it, is rapidly
vanishing IA its merits become better
known.
These prejudice> are many ofthem absurd
The real oleoInargarine, such us We speak OF
is COMPOSED of exactly the same constituents
rs that from Tie cow. the only difference,
being that nature combines one. science the
other. But III the preparation tor market,
the advantage is greatly on the side OF
science, for the dirty surroundings and
handling ofthe SMALL and i'll kept dairy are
exchanged for the thoroughly clean. sweet
and well ordered factory where every Part
of the process is under intelligent supervi-
sion.
As for its excellence we know that even
experts, find it difficult to distinguish he
tween the natural and artificial and the
preference is often given to the latter and II
il always so when the genuine is not an eS-
ira article, both in quality and preparation.
The gentleman who first introduced this
article in philadelphia, is NJ. Edwin f.
Wells. Il c0EI mission n!erciia / al THIS city
at Ne. ll9 Ducl: street. His transaction,
i'll this article are extremely lrA.- and he
has seen ignorant i'rcindicnS fall away be-
fore the indiSputahie excellence OF this a"ni.
modify.
or course he keeps none bat the best. He
is sole agent for the Commercial Manutlct-
uring Co, of New York, who have 4 large
factory devoted to this product. Dealers III
! both city and country. regularly purchase
fram him and for trade that includes re,
sr-r.able ami even wealthy people who have
ii constantly on ti.eil .aElly We dc nor
exagserate, when We assert that this article
is destined to snp"rcetle entirely the poor
products of the dliry and much to the ad
vantage Of those who Use it. Our readers,
dealers especially should visit Mr.. Wells
and try for themselves the quality Of his
butter. We are satisfied that no fault can
be found and hat it will be for their inter
est 70 le2r !. stncly on hand.