Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-14
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Adulteration of Candy.
National Druggist.

The Board of Trade Journal. at Port
land, Me, is authority for the statement
that about 5000 tons of terra alba were re-
Gently imported through the port of New
York alone. The only use for terra alba
in any quantity is in the adulteratiOn of
candies. and when these two facts are put
together they become very significant
The substance is mineral, utterly insoluble
in the saliva or the gastric Juice, and the
result Of eating candies aduiterated can
not be otherwise than excessively injurious.
The devihshness of the use of such stuff in
candies Is all the greater for the fact that
most of the candies that are adulterated
with it are used by children of tender
years. The extent to which it exists III GER
tain candies may be surmised by an Incl.
dent which occurred within the experience
of the editor of the National Druggist A
wholesale grocery house of st. Louis made
a claim against the South Shore Line for
damages done certain lot of lozengers
manufactured by a Boston house and
shipped in barrels over that line. The
General Agent of the line procured some
ofthe 'lozengers' and brought them to the
writer for examination. The result of
our investigation showed them to consist
entirely of terra alba bound together with
a little gelatine or gum I'VE have forgot
ten which,. Further investigation de-
veloped the act that they were simply
blocks or forms to be used in preparing
cheap lozengers, the method of use being
simply to emmerSe them for a few mo-
ments in syrups favored with peppermint,
wintergreen, etc. The agent armed with
these facts, refused to pay any damage and
the concern, rather than risk the exposure
incident upon a lawsuit, dropped the
claim.
We haven't been growing around any.
but we have been at work all the same.
We now take pleasure in announcing to
readers that, beginning next week we
shall not only ink the forms of The Kicker
with II regular glue of molaSses roller pro-
cured III Denver at great expense and as
d particular favor. but we shall place jar
of beans In our window and offer 100 years
subscription to this paper to the person
making the nearest guess as to the exact
number. Three months will be allowed
Tor sending in the guesses
And as if this were not enough to make
the aforesaid cross-eyed. lame-jointed.
bucks-kneed one-Storied hyena who adds
the word editor to his name wish he
had never been born. we shah offer prize
Of four gallons of whisky to the half breed
who can wear a shirt the longest. and take
our whole office force up in balIon as
soon as the vehicle, already contracted for.
can arrive here.
Now let our contemporary howl with his
cracked voice and gnash his old old snags
together! We have only Just begun with
him. He talk of editorial enterprise, He
pirate of giving subscribers doubl the
value of their money! Why, we can think
Of more schemes in five minutes than
could be crowded into his columns in
thousand years, We've been q little
saving of late, but now that this so-calIed
publisher has seen fit TO blow his bugIe
horn about enterprise well 60 down into
our sock and spend our last dime to Dive
him into a rabbit hole and plug up the
entrance.