Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-01

the wrapper has on it a colorcd picture Of
q sugar camp which would challenge the
attention of the greatest art connoisseur in
the country-a picture which depicts TO him
Just the scenery around, with its wood
land dells and the manner In which this
syrup Is manufactured, and 1t is marked
Pure Vermont maple syrup" And he takes
that home. rs l myself have done many
times, hoping against hope that l might
Just once find the true article; and you can
imagine his disappointment when he pours
ont some dark. slutinous substance, colored
with burnt sugar and favored to taste
we'll, almost like anything in the world;
there is no taste on earth that It does not
resemble-only there is not one drop of ma
pie or any other decent syrup In it.
1t is stated that it is almost impossible
10 get New Orleans molasses unless it Is
purchased direct at the plantation. After
the New Orleans molasses reaches Chi
cago, New York, Philadelphia. or Balti-
more YOU seldom get it pure. 1t is adult
terated with glucose.
Apropos of maple syrup. Mr.. Magruder,
who is 4 merchant here in this city. said:
over 10 years ago a man came up to me
with a small vial and asked me what 1t
was. Why" said. after tasting it, chat
is maple syrup, but it is not as good as
have tasted" well" no said. that is
Just what camc to sec you about. There
is not a bit of maple syrup or maple sugar
in it. I am getting out n patent on it."
So Mr. President even Goldfish comes in
for its share. Hake or any other cheap
fish Is cured like Goldfish, put up In small
packages. and sold for that fish.
The market is full of vanilla beans from
which the vanilla has first heen extracted
The oil from the nutmcss is extracted by
n process known to the profession. the
punctures filed with lime solution. and the
he arEa ~,
Apple peelngs. cores, rotten and wormy
apples are thrown in n vat together and
from the jelly product every kind of fruit
Jelly known to the trade is manufactured.
.rurnips go into our horse-radish and
pumpkins into our apple butter.
Every character of liquors is made by
using the cheapest wine bases and colorins
and favorng TO initiate the genuine arti-
Gle. 4 quarter of hundred different kinds
If liquors, with that many different prices,
come from the same vat. The preparation
Is given in the following recipe. Take
brandy. for instance:
To 40 gallons colored French spirits add
ounces of brandy oil, mix we'll, ana add
quart of white syrup or glycerin: TO imi-
tate any particular brand, add a small
quantity OF the kind to I'VE initiated. About
8 gallons to 40 will answer the purpose.
The country Is flooded with this kind of
brandy. That may be all right for the per
son who is addicted to its use: II may X u
him a little quicker, but where IT is pre-
scribed by the doctor who knows the effect
Of pure brandy upon the system, and he
gives a prescription for pure brandy and
an adulterated article is furnished, he may
be amazed and wonder Mt the opposite ef-
feet produced from prescription which hi
supposed to be one adapted to the case,
Let us take stomach bittcrs. Here is a
prescription:
4 81 tAt
ach bitter essence to half gallon OF alco
hol or spirits. lsS degrees, mix with 30 gal
Ions proof spirits. and then add 10 gallons
Of water and gallon OF white syrup. Col
| or with whiskey coloring or German cherr,
;uico. This will mako good, strong hit
ters that may be further reduced with wa
ter II a cheaper article Is required
may say that most Of the stomach bit
tiers are a conglomerate mess of this KIND
| Here Is a label which recalls very In
teresting interview | had with clerk II
buffalo. They had TWO brands or 'oliv'
OIL" as they were marked. one was Am
erican they said; the other was Imported
They looked very much alike. ! asked tn
| clerk # he could give mo 4 quart bottle o
the Imported oil. fi' said he could bottl
me one. I asked II his firm bottled 1t them
selves He said yes; and he finally admit
ted that those two samples OF OIL wer
bottled from the same barrel, and that the
were both cotton seed oil, Inc pottle n
sold me is labeled 'OliNe OIL, put np D.
F'reres Du Peaux, Bordeaux, France"
The testimony shows that peanut an
cotton seed oil displsces. to great extent
the pure olive oil in this country.
The olive grower Of California is en-
titled to protection against this counterfeit
u have an idea that as a rule, vegetaol
oils are superior to animal fats; that cot
ton seed oil Is more healthy than lart
What I insist upon is that the public sha-
know when they are buying lard and whe
they are purcha sing cotton-seed OIL whe
they arc buying olive oil and when they ar
purchasing peanut Oil: These may not b
, deemed injurious authorizations, so far a
they relate TO health They are injuriou
so far as they relate to the morals and
the purse of the people of the country,
The deleteriously adulterated foods, forr
no incons derable percentage of the foo
II products of the United States The repoI