Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-27

1 inent merit, that of brsvity. It was shorter l by fourteen days than any session since 1861, and only three times in the last thirty-ive years has there been such short session. Among the measures which found favor, some of the most important were the constitutional 1 amendment providing for biennial elections, which passed safely through its first stage, the resolve of last year providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature also having first been defeated the tramp law, 8 stringent enactment, modelled upon these which have been found so effective in Connecticut and other States the revision of the statutes, which is provided for by the appointment of commission which is required to complete its work not later than January 1, 1882 the incorporation of the Cape Cod Ship Canal, and of the Bell Telephone Company, with capital of ten million. The civil damage law of last year was deprived of all It's value by amendments relieving the lessors of promises occupied for liquor selling ofresponsibility for damage. There WAS considerable railroad legislation, but most of 1t special and local In character; persons not residents of Massacbu- sets wers made eligible es ovsrsesrs of liar
 
 acre lot at South Boston to the New York and Saw England Railroad Company was provided for, and sn not imposing State tax of one mil lion and Q half was passed.
 One of the milknsn who attempt to supply pure milk in sealed bottles to inhabitants of New York city comes to the front with dole f0i tale H6 khok ik iG inn th servo many of the best families in tho city with pure milk except at loss to the farmer or dealer who may deliver it. The source of the trouble he says lies in the almost univers al corruption prevalent with the servants sn1- ployed in these families, by which the farmer in order to retain their custom, must submit to continuous sxscting fees, which he cannot afford to do, but which the dishonest dealer can and is willing to do. The mods of opera:- ing, as he describes it. is as follows: A GUS toner Is secured for the farmer or honest dealer, as the case may be, and one or two quarts day are delivered. Vsry frequently 1t is thought prudent not to dismiss the old milkman, and he continues to leave quart or two. The servant soon presents the state Of affairs to both parties, and signifies that for consideration she will make 1t all right with the mistress, and have ths other party dis missed. In the majority of wsu to do fami- lies, where the mistress does not attend to the details of the housekeeping, the servant is in position to do all that she promises. The milk delivered by the party against whom she is prsjudiosd will be put in & warm place, where 1t willspsedily sour, and sometimes even vinegar and dirt be put in it, and she will swear that it was delivered so. The servants gre allowed to break the seals and open ths bottles They drink the rich cream from the top of the bottle, use it for their coffse, and fill up the bottle with water, if an old milk man is st thsir elbow with little present, with something worse than water Ths head of the house Is disausted asd sxclafns "Why, this bottled milk is perfect humbug." The deliverer of it Is not allowed to make but is spurned from ths door, the old milkman resumes his place, with . fair percentage of water in the dipper, and if he makes his little presents with some desree Of regularity all goes smoothly again, tho good people up stairs being entirely ignorant of the game played beiow. This may be trus, fur the conspiracy against pure milk Is far-ressh ing and bold. If It Is, no wonder the puro minded rnilkmnn who thus cotnpi.ins is lit- tie discouraged.