The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-19

told to select the bogus ones from the
collection. The 6rst expert exposed
his ignorance by picking out three real
eggs and declaring them to be artificial.
The second, with little better luck,
owing partly to his avoiding The three
selceted by his unfortunate predecessor
managed to pick cut two of the real egg
and one of the artifi ial ones. Thus
wi h varying rrsu is each Of the SIX
men tried his skill in determining the
the eff. renee between the eggs by their
appearance. When evch had had
Trial. and failed, the exhibitor said
"Now gentlemen You can test them
IN mother way" A frying.pan W.
hen placed on the stove, and in few
minutes it began to simmer. Two OF
he artificial eggs we're picked up, their
shells br, ken, and the contents dropped
ic'o the hot pan where they soon began
TO simmer and sputter. A little pepper
md salt brisk TWO minut's stirring
with fork, and as fine dish of scrnn-
b Id eggs as could he prepared at res
,aurant was placed before the expectant
guests.
Help yourselves, gentlemen. They
IRE as sood rs the real article. Moth.
ing poisonous or d'sagreesbie about
b. M
This invitation was complied with at
nee. and the several verdicts were:
DE- liciou>." "Better than the real ar
ice" What are they made OFF,
They are not artificial, but fresh eggs
rom the cou"try."
Well, gen,emrn smilingly re-
<ponded the exhibitor, "whether real or
artificial, l can make any quantity Of
those eggs at cost of about halfs cent
apiece, while you can not buy their
"qual for less than TIVE or three cents
You have just had proof that you ca"
not tell them from the real article by
their appearance or by their taste when
scrambled 10 an omelette there lis
equally no pereeptible difference, but
when boiled the imposition is much |
more easily detected, But even then
nine people ont Of ten would be deceiv-
I'd. as the only difference lies in the
tact that the yolk and Surrounding white
portion wilI not harden separately as
they do in the real egg. The favor 10
\ bout the same, which after all should
be the main consideration. 1t is my
intention to put these artificial eggs on
the market soen aud my object in in.
vitina you here to-day was to make you
tavorably impressed with them. think |
I have done it. Good day, gentlemen
1.-THE above hoax has been going the t
rounds of the large daily city papers,
and strange to say numerous persons,
who should have better sense, are found !
to believe it.
There is another story of similar ina
port, started 2 years ago, by Professor
Wiley of the Agricultural Bureau at
Washington. about the manufacture Of
artificial comb honey, which has been
repeated over and over by the papers of
the country, and thousands believe it. J
No man ever manufactured an egg and !
put shell on it., neither has any man
ever manufactured honey comb filed
it with honey and capped it over
These are two things that man caunot
initiate, and when any Of our readers
hears a man expatiating on the inge-
nuity of the yankee in these two branch
es of manufacturing, he or she may brand
tho story as false; The honey yarn has
been worry injurious to the beekeeNing
and in order to put it down
A. |. Root of Medina, Ohio, offeres a
$1,000 for piece of that artificial comb |
honey, and any person who can produce
a piece ever SO small we can assure him
he will get the $1,000. The large re.
ward will never Le claimed.
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