Milford chronicle., 1905-12-01

Z vas ONIA AAAk AAbA1A AfAQAliA UtutuuGl
through which the water was brough
from over thirty miles away to quencl
the thirst Of the 100000 inhabitanti
Of the metropolis. But, after all, tn,
excavations for the New York un
derground railroad impressed me more
than all the engineering feats I evel
saw. As l looked down into those big
subways 1 always felt as though !
were in an operating room and seeing
the surgeons knife cutting its way.
Those excavations We're to me a vast
lapar0tomie operation upon the great
aitv If Nou York
There I could see hundreds Of pipes
running in every direction. Water
pipes, sewer pipes, gas pipes were all
there exposed to view Those different
pipes seemed to resemble the blood
vessels and the alimentary canal of
the human frame They seemed more
they seemed like the great long stems
Of lilies lifting their heads above the
foul water of a pond These stems go
down, down, down, until they grapple
| their anchorages in the mud and draw
! sustenance from the earth below And
| so | could see these pipes, the sewer
pipes and the fresh water pipes, run
ming through the soil and rock on
which the city is built. They reached
out until at last, as scavengers, they
emptied their refuse into the depths of
the sea, or they reached out until, like |
the stems of the lilies, they gathered 1
up life giving strength from the far |
away CrOtOn hills. On this Thanksglv- |
ing day let us one and all thank God |
for scientific drainage and sewerage
and for pipes which bring to us pure
water. Thank God for water with
which we can cook, for pure water
which we can drink and for pure wa
ter in which we can bathe our bodies
and cleanse our garments and our
homes. Water, water. pure water
thank God for the drinking water Of
the Thanksgiving tablet
But while thanking God for the res
eryoirs and the aqueducts and the pipe
lines which bring to us pure water and
the waste pipes which carry away the
disease breeding refuse, shall we not
thank him also for the marvellous ma
ehinery which puts upon our tables. the :,
best viands that the harvest fields and !
the orchards afford? And when 1
peak of this machinery I am not only L
lluding to the reapers and the plows 5
nd the seed scatterers which we saw ;
at the St Louis and Portland .
worlds fairs, but also allude to the L
rOnderful freight cars and the huge u
-tlantic and Pacific steamers, with
leir refrigeratOrs and cold storage
lants, that bring to us the rarest and W
le choicest of fruits and vegetables
ld animal meats and fish and bird tn
eats and mollusks, no matter where ~
ley may grow or breathe the breath ~
life. eli
Some people marvel at the mechan- OF
N which makes it possible for the ca
rmer to sow and reap fields Of wheat II
ndreds and thousands of acres wide DO
lere their ancestors had only a few III
res to a farm. 'Tis true, we must Br
re in awe at the wonderful possibil- ed
es of the modern farm through the ha
racles Of modern machinery. Last Ou
MINER while riding through the cOun- hu
: l saw a great machine going over ma
2 prairie where once the farmer u
mt swinging his scythe. This mar the
Gus machine was called "a COM unC
led harvester" 1t was drawn by tho
rty-twO horses, driven chariot-like, you
II abreast. That machine cut the chi
eat, thrashed the wheat, gathered rea
clean kernels into bags, sewed up ma
bags, threw them to one side and the
sed the straw into heaps. All this son
opened while the farmer was out thO'
ing his pleasure ride behind his suit
'ty-twO horses. Marvellous, marvel "(
wonderful, wonderful combined any
But the benefits which to {
le to our table from "a combined is q
vester" are as nothing compared to wife
Sc that come from the freight car one,
from the steamer. time
Sources OF Food. IN Il
ave you ever stopped to consider keeI
n how many various sources our dres
comes? am nearing the coast Of IRON
ney, Australia. see alongside the ques
'oad track great numbers of rab- ne
strung up. There are thousands slipp
tens of thousands of them. I see TO g
hillsides of New South Wales Gov men
with sheep. go to the wharfs, abou
there find the great steamers be- near
loaded with them. what is the my
of taking these thousands Of sheep ways
rabbits to London?" l say to the mode
ain. 1t will take you at least three Wen
ur weeks to sail there. That meat case.
then be malodorous and stenchful
"No, no." answers the 4ol
lin. THAT meat is being stored cloth
By running liquid whlc
onia through the pipes and letting Wore
aporate we can make our own ice great
lipbOard. That meat will be sold pair
ondon markets as fresh as it is grant
=" By the wonderful cold storage mode
N Of freight car and of steamship holes
IN today eat the choicest fruits Of was
lst and the west and have the ten STOCK
t Of meats carried through the They
sea and Suez canal. The New quilt.