Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-14

In C0mmercial and Domestic Circles.
AN OPPRESSIVE ARRAY OF BvIDRNCE-A CLOUD OF
WITNESSES


AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF BvrDENos-A CLOUD OF
WITNESSES
Reported for the Boston Sunday Globe
NEW HAVEN CONN.,, Feb. a-The readers OF the
Globe. and especially those who may peruse this
article, are entitled to an explanatory preface,
setting forth the cause of its appearance For
several months past 1t has been known by men,
bers OF the stan that some developments OF a
character calculated to engage public attention
were to be expected from the neghborhood OF
Kilby street, Boston. The trail became palmer
to employ western frontier parlance-and the evil
dence Of progress apparently eliminated recently
when the parties to this enterprise moved into the
commod1ous and imposing offices in the Mason
building.
Anticipating a rich batch of facts, reporter
was accordingly sent to the quarters above men,
toned. No difficulty was encountered upon the
threshold, the Offices visited being situated on the
ground floor, and the several officers OF the cor
poration being found within. Nevertheless, this
report could not be completed in Boston. Without
further explanation, the reasons therefor may be
summarized. The visit alluded to above was made
to the offices of the Humiston Food Preserving
company, an organization, or corporation, over
which Mr. j. Willard Rice Yields the trident OF
authority, being no less fanctus o0fcio than the
president OF the same.
The readers Of The Globe will scarcely need to
be refreshed as to Mr.. Rce's history. Suffice 1t to
say, then, that he is the brother OF Ex-Governor
known paper house OF Rice, Kendall & Co., doing
busine S on Federal street Any one of the hun
dreds who enjoy Mr.. Rices acquaintance will at
once say upon reading this announcement, "If Mr.
j. Willard Rice has lent his name to the further
ance and popularizing OF any project or business,
ae1e 4eaTe Is And
Mr. Rice, Dr. r. C. Flower, secretary and treas
urer, and Professor R. F. Humiston. after whom as
the discoverer OF the anticeptic, the company has
been in part christened. These gentlemen reca-
ptulated their grounds for the claims set up that
Professor Humistons antiseptics would and had
dSh nfn FrNr
ana that. too, for period varying all the way
from thirty 70 ninety days. and even longer.
Flu, Further than this, EVIDENCE corroborative Of
that Mr. Harvey D. Parker, OF the well-known
Parker house, Boston, knew something about the
merits OF these Humiston aHtiseptics, particularly
as to their ability to preserve cream. such gilt
edged, kOh-l-noor testimony so to speak, as this
was not to be passed by without Investigation
Moreover, the reporters instructions were to Sift
all the tangible evidence for and against the
claimants.
just here it is proper to remark that the article
which appeared in the last Sunday GLOBE was
fOrerunner on our part to this pl report. Not
that the proprietors anticipated any hitch in the
unraveillng OF the testimony bearing upon this
matter. Abundance OF cumulative evidence was
already on hand. The Giobe as it's custom ever
has been, kept its counsel, watched, waited and
perfected its plan for being the pioneer in break
public.
But, to return to the matter of testimony. Mr..
Edward Burnett, proprietor OF the celebrated and
dcSerVedly popular DeelfOOt farm, located near
Boston. was also brought to the front as a witness
In favor of Prof Humiston's antiseptics. Mr. Bur-
nett as every BostOnian may be expected to know
Is son OF the well-known DR.. Joseph Burnett,
whose favoring extracts, etc, have been SO long
before the public. Mr.. Burnett is also closely
lated to our minister plenipOtentiary and envoy
extraordinary to the Court OF St James, England,
Mr.. j. Russell Lowell.
Messrs. Rice, Flower and Humston had by this
time not exhausted their array of testimony.
Shippers of pork, mutton, beer, ETC., many promi-
nent-some OF them Ike Mr. Andrews. the most
nj hot
forty years cuStomers-BOSton meat dealers, were
offered as being living and willing witnesses as to
curative. properties and characteristics of these
antseptlcs The list certainly presented the merit
upon uso at Its face Of being both Long one as well
citizens, whose testimony, OF whatever nature it
might turn out TO be, would possess weight in the
estimation OF the public at large.
For the purposes OF this report, however gen.
eral synopsis OF the statements given by these
friends OF the new discovery Will be sufficient
form the animus OF this report. The reader must
draw bis own deductions, after weighing this EVIL
dence.
MIR. Harvey d. Parker then was seen, and he
signed his name to statement, the substance of
which Is that he had used cream, treated with this
antiseptic, during an entire voyage to Europe last
summer. This cream was as sweet and tasted as
natural at the conclusion Of the voyage as on the
first day it was tasted. A stronger point yet was
presence or any foreign substance, not even to Mr.
ParkerS practiced taste. Such point as this
alone would seem to be genuine bonanza to the
owners of compound which could accomplish
such result Further and even yet stronger
proof was in store for the astonished writer.
Mr.. Ed. Burnett was next visited, and. as our
well-informed and valued COMMEMORATIVE the New
Haven Journal and Courier, aptly remarked one
day last week In its reference to branch OF this
understood to have no personal interest in this
whole matter further than to subserve or carry
out the wishes OF Mr. Rice and his friends Ia State
mant which MIR. Burnett cOrrOborated to the
Writer.1 1t would, however, seem to be but SIM
pie act OF justice to say that Mr. Burnett uses and
has used ever since the results obtained by these
experiments at his farm, this antsepttc His
friends and business acquaintance affirm that he
authorizes the public statement that all his sau-
sages and cream are treated by this same antisep-
TIC that was used in the experiments for Mr. Rice.
Ihe customers or patrons OF the Dearfoot farm
are understood to be willing and do pay two prices
for all goods purchased there. They may also be
expected to demand excellence Of quality, and no
taste OF any foreign substances all OF which attire
butes they doubtless find unless they are misrep-
resented.
TO the writer Mr. Burnett entered into more par
tculars than those outlined above. He signed,
res OF statements all looking to and, indeed veri-
tying the promises held out to be expected by Mr.
Rice and his co-laborers and proprietors in this
matter.
Mr.. Burnett went on to say, among many other
things Ghe whole list OF his laudatory remarks
will not be here inserted, that this antseptic en-
and without loss from moulding, sOuring, etc.
which h had never before been able to do That
ne also treatel MS cream with Ii, and so shipped
IL TO his regular customers last summer during
their SO10urn at out Or-tOwn reSOrtS-n short
that the antfsepttc had come to be and was In
TACT, an indispensable factor in these two
branches OF his business. He was also pleased to
lay stress upon the fact that Mr.. Havemeyer the
wellknown sugar ref1ner Of New York, had used
cream given to him by Mr.. B. himself during an
ocean voyage to Europe last summer, and with the
same happy results as those related by Mr.
Harvey Parker.
Most OF the butchers, caterers AMI meat de alers.
whose experiences in their respective avcc ationS
had been recOunted by the officers OF this Food
Preserving company, were also seen. vertable
mountain OF testimony, and of the most valuable
and indiSputable character, had by this time been
collected. The daZed reporter anticipated that
the climatic period OF the cOmpany's history had
been reached. He was further convinced in this
impression from having visited the works of the
corporation situated at Salem, Mass.
These works Of themselves would be entitled to
an entire resume Of reporters days investlga-
ton. The extensive works; the machinery, al
ready In place, with capacity for supplying a
minimum Of five tons OF this antiseptic per day;
the unusual adaptability OF the works for rapid
shipment-having switch, as they do, running
from the railroad track into the establishment:
the evidences OF life, and the hum OF busy voices
In and around the prem1seS-these and other such
facts impressed upon the writer the conviction
that the public would soon test the merits OF this
promised revOutlOniZer OF domestic and CONNER
cfal economy. 1t will not be too much to add that
this will be true too. To set all sceptfcs Wlonhf-