The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
EVERYBODY SHOULD DRINK MILK.
4 Physician Says It's Better Tonic
Than Malt PreparatiOnS.

| It was long, low, unfinished apartment,
the rought joists and bcaths being simply
coated with whitewlsh. The CLEAR ash floor
WAS scrubbed to snowy whiteness, and The
! chairs that the room contained were pIaceu
against the wall in Il prim sort uf way that
seemed 10 indicate that they had not been
this apartment were racks upon which were
pans OF milk, tier Oh tier, nearly to the cell.
! ing. Milk cans of various sizes stood about
and long. iron sink contained milk bottles
| that Il young maid was busiIy scaIdins. 1t
wuS in iilcI the milk ruom of a. Jersey dairy
man. The young girl informed reporter
that her father would be in In few minutes.
He came PRESENTLY, followed by TWO stout
farm hands, each bearing two brimmng
paiIs OF milk which were speedily transferred
to newly sciilled bottles. The farmer remark
cd that those y lderneys would have 10 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
nCWSlnan.
"Why you see there arc certain class OF
customers who III ink lots Of milk simply for
medicine. There's Il lady on Madison avenue.
in New E0Fk that takes three quarks day,
anu I'm luld she drinks it all herself Some
of these people arc regular crankS, and the
moment you give them milk from new
COW. they spot it, There was little Jersey
heiferr3 years old, that used To give beautiful
mix almost us golden as the butter That
could be made from it,, and this / furnished
To c0usunIpli>e ind vidual OH Twenty third
street. He seemed to thrive on IL, AMI actual
ly began to gain flesh. though his Physician
had assured him that there WAS little hope.
WeH, got II chance to sell the cow, and as
she gave so little milk did 50. My customer
was nearly wild when tod him thu. this H.
counted Tor the change in the milk. lie in
qIured.anX nXiously as to who purchased and
sent post haste tO the nun. lie was jRst In
Time to prevent the animals becoming beef
The heller thus saved trom the butchers
knife WAS placed In 4 fine STABLE fed like ~
queen, and the owner hal the two or more
quarts Of milk furnished every day for his
own use.
II often drink milk myself when / don't
feel WELL and it always does n,e good. Near
ly every milkinan has Individual customers
who take IT purely because they think 1t
strengthens the SYSTEM"
A prominent city physician subse quently
seen Uy the reporter said: 81 regard milk as
Il better tonic than nr'st preparal ions. IL
helps the impoverished blood and furnishes
Il mutrinent easily taken by the system.
The principal paris of the milk are the ollen
or oily paris, the caSeine or cheeSy portion,
and the phUspllatcs OF lime anu potash. In
butter we get the oiien, in cheese the 0leln
and caSeine together FL cases Of typhoid iq-
yer give milk altogether, and have known
many Il person TO be brought from deuth
door through it's agency.
1t is now a common practice To inrCt MIX
into The blood when IL is impoverished. That
Iluid takes IL up and appropri;ltrs 1t In seine
uuuccouniahle way and peoples lives have
been saved iilt this way. drink u glass ot
milk every night before going to hru ana
have Tor yearS.-Ncto York Mail und Express.