Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-12
AVER YBODY SHOULD DRINK MILK.

New York Mail and Express.

1t was long, low, unfinished apart
ment, the rough joists and beams being
ssmply coated with whitewash. The
clear ash floor was scrubbed to a snowy
Wilderness and the few chairs that the
room contained were placed against the
wall in prim sort of way that seemed to
indicate that they had not been displaced
in some time. Along one side Of this
department were racks upon which were
pans of milk tier on tier, nearly
to the ceiling Milk cans of var ious
sizes stood about, and long iron sink
on which stood rows of bot
ties that young maid was busily
scalding. 1t was in fact, the milk room
of Jersey dairyman. The young girl
informed a reporter that her father
would be i'll in a few minutes. He came
presently, followed by two stout farm
hands, each bearing two trimming pals
of milk, which were speedily transferred
to newly scalded bottles. The farmer re-
marked that those Attorneys would have
to get more corn meal, because they were
invalid cows and must be well fed. Then
he noticed the visitor and nodded good
morning,
why are they invalid cows ~ asked the
newsman.
"Why, you see, there are a certain class
of customers who drink lots of milk sim
ply for medicine. There's lady on
Madison avenue, in New York, that takes
three quarts of milk day, and I'm told
she drinks il all herself. Some of these
people are regular cranks, and the mo-
ment you give them milk from n new COW
they spot it. There was n little Jersey
heifer, years old, that used to give milk
almost as golden rs the butter that could
be made from it, and this furnished to a
consumptive individual on Twenty-third
street He seemed to thrive on it, and
actually began to gain in flesh, though
his physician had assured him that there
was little hope, Well, got a chance to
sell the COW, and as she gave so little
milk | did SO. My customer was nearly
wild when | told him that this accounted
for the change in the milk. He inquired
auxiously AS to who purchased, and sent
post haste To the man. He was Just in
time to prevent the animals becoming
beef. The heifer thus saved from the
butchers knife was placed i'll fine stable
fed like queen, and the owner had the
two or more quarts of milk furnished
every day for his own use.
II often drink milk myself when don't
feel we'll, and it always does me good,
Nearly every milkman has individual Gus
toners who take milk purely because they
think it streug thens the system"
A prominent city physician subsequent
ly seen by the reporter. said:
II regard milk as better tonic than
most preparations. 1t helps the impoy,
crushed blood, and furnishes nutri1nent
easily taken by the system. The princi-
pal parts of milk a7c the olein or oily
parts the caseine or cheesy portion, and
the phosphates of lime and potash. In
butter we get the olein, in cheese the olein
and caseine together because the oaseine,
when the curd forms, holds the olein to-
gether. In cases of typhoid fever l give
milk altogether, and | have known many
person to be brought from deaths door
through its agency.
1T is now a common practice TO inject
milk into the blood when il Is impoyer-
ished.That fluid takes it up and appropri-
ates il in some uuaccountable way, and
people lives have been saved III this way.
drink glass of milk every night before
going TO bed, and have for years.