Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-14
EGGSTRAORDINARY!
a Butler County PeddIer Sells ArLi-
fetal Eggs.
THE WHOLE sODFHsIDE EGGsITEb.
The Stamp of the Chicken Blown in the
Shells.
DOcToRS EDGED ON TO An AUTOPSY

Few of the funny egg stories told in books
will compare favorably with the one that
came from the Southside last night. Mrs.
John Reith, who keeps boarding house at
2102 Carson street, purchased II dozen of
eggs on Tuesday from Butler county ped
dler, for which she paid the sum of 20 cents
per dozen. They wore bright, fresh ap-
pearance, and Mrs. Reith congratulated her
self at having secured good bargain.
Yesterday morning one of the boarders,
who is fond Of eggs in their raw state, de-
voured one of them. 1t was not long until
he said he felt something wrong. Mrs.
Reith had fried eggs for breakfast yesterday
morning. The boarders didn't complain,
but the expression on their faces indicated
their thoughts. Two or three of the board
ers who carry their dianers to their work
had boiled eggs for dinner. Somehow they
did not care much for eggs yesterday. Eggs
we're unpopular.
This puzzled Mrs. Reith and she began to
examine the eggs, and she suddenly made
dp her mind that the eggs were artificial.
She had read In magazine some years ago
that an invention for making eggs had been
produced, and she was positive she had been
7ictimized.
AN EXPERT ANALYSIS.
She took dozen of the eggs to DR.. Arm
holt. As soon as the physician saw them
be said they were manufactured. But they
were so perfect. They were well formed
and had the appearance of being Of about
three species. On many of them was blown
the stamp Of the chicken who laid them
which added to their natural appearance.
Mechanical ingenuity had certainly done
all it could do in the formation of the eggs.
While the physician was satisfied that the
eggs were not real hen eggs, he felt it was
too much to ask the public to accept the
statement as being true.
Some of the eggs were taken to the South
side Hospital where they were examined by
three or four members of the medical staff
1t was unanimously agreed that they were
artificial
A CHEMICAL EGGSERTIoN.
One was analyzed. The y6lk seemed to
be formed of carrots or q similar colored
vegetable, with some gummy substance
around it. The shells were apparently made
by grinding up old shells, and after mixing
them up forming them into new shell.
The substance surrounding the yolks was of
a salty character and was not like albumen,
except in color.
The man who ate the raw one yesterday
morning is one of the firernen at No. IL
engine house. He said last night that he
has eaten good many raw eggs, but he
never before swallowed one that had such
tough yolk. DR.. Mundorf spent half an
hour last night in attempting to heat one Of
them into froth, but after exhausting his
strength, handed the beater to fellow MEM
Der of the staff An effort was then made
to fry one of the eggs, but without success
The yolk got hard without cooking, and the
slbumen, or, more properly speaking, what
was supposed to be aIbumen, remained in
its original state.
Mrs. Reith never saw the man before
from whom she purchased the eggs, and she
never expects to see him again. 1t is very
evident that he did not expect to ever see
her again when be sold her the eggs.