Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-12-02


great subway railroad. have seen
the noted Chicago drainage canal,
built nj the expense of many millions
of dollars My favDritc walk when
student upon the banks Of the Hudson
was over the noted croton aqucduct.
through which the water was brought
from over thirty miles away 10 qucnch
/ the thirst of the .i.UOOOOO inhabitants
IF the metropolis hut. after all. the
excavations for the New York un-
foreground railroad impressed me more
than all the engineering feats ! ever
saw. As looked down into those big
subw;iys | always felt as though /
were In an operating room and seeing
the surgeons knife cutting its way.
Those excavations were TO me vast
lapar3lomic operation upon the great
city of New York
There | could see hundreds Of pipes
running IN every direction. Water
pipes. sewer pipes. gas pipes were all
there exposed 10 view Those different
pipes seemed TO resemble the blood
vessels and the alimcntary 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 pond. These stems so
down. down. down. until they grapple
| their anchOragcs In the mud and draw
sustcliancc 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 il built. They reached
out until ut last, as scavengers, they
cmpt.ed their refuse into the depths Of
| the sea. or they reached out until. like
the stems of the lilies. they gathered
up life giving strength from the far
away CroiOn hills. ON this Thanksgiv-
| ing day let Us one and all thank God
| for scientific drainage and sewerage
and for pipes which bring to us pure
water. Thank tod for water with
| which we can cook. for pure water
which we can drink and for pure wa
| ter III which we can battle our bodies
and cleanse our garments and our
| homes Water. water. pure water
thank God for the drinking water OF
| the Thanksgiving table.
But. While thanking God for the res
crvoirs ami the aquc,lucts and the pipe
lines which Bring u us pure water and
| the waste 4 ~; which carry away the
disease bree ing refuse. shall we not
| thank him also for the marvellous ma
chincry which puts upon our tables the
| best viands that the harvest fields and
| the orchards afford: And when |
speak of this machinery am not only
| abiding 10 the rcapcrs and the plows
| aud the seed sc;,itcrcrs which we saw
exhibited NJ the 81. Louis and Portland
| worlds fairs. but | also allude to the
| wonderful freight ears and the huge
| Atlantic AMI Pacific steamers, with
their rcfri;.critors and cold storage
plants. that bring To US the rarcst and
the choicest OF fruits AMI vegetables
and animal meats and fish and bird
meats and mpliiis,ls. no matter where
they may grow or breathe the breath
of life.
| Some people marvel NJ the mcchan-
| ism which makes II possible for the
| farmer - sow and reap fields of wheat
| hun reds and thousands of acres wide
where their ancestors had only Il few
acres 10 farm. Ills true. we must
gaze IN awe ut the wonderful possible
| tiles of the modern farm through the
| miracles Of modern machinery. Last
| summer while ridn. through the cotin-
| try | SAW II great machine going over
| the prairie where once the farmer
went swinging his scythc. This mar
| Vicious machine WAS called "a com
| hu,.l harvester II was drawn by
| thiriy-two horses. driven chariot-likc.
| four abreast. That machine cut the
wheat. thrashcd the wheat. gathered
| the clean kernels into bags. scwed UP
| the bags. threw them to one side and
tossed the straw Into heaps. All this
| happened while the farmer was out
| taking his pleasure ride behind his
| tliirty-iwo horses Marvellous. marvel!
Gus. wonderful. wonderful combined
| harvester hut the benefits which
come to our table from ~ combined
| harvester" are as nothing compared 10
tilDSt titHt fbInt !ftili INV iitiNhk tAA
and from the steamer.
Sources Of Food.
Have you ever stopped To consider
| from how many various sources our
food comes: | am nearing the coast OF
| Sydney. Australia. | see alongside the
railroad track great numbers OF rab-
bits strung up There are thousands
and tens of thousands of them. see
| the hillsi,ics Of New South Wales COW
cred with sheep 90 to the wharfs.
and there hni the great steamers be-
ing loaded with them. What Is the
good of taking these thousands of sheep
and rabbits 10 l.ondon:" ! say 10 the
captain. II will take you ut least three
or four weeks to sail there. That meat
will then he malodorons and stenchful
and sickening" NO. no." answers the
captain. THAT meat Is being stored
In relrigcraiors. l.y running liquid
ammonia through the pipes and letting
| IL evaporate we can make our own Ice
ON shipboarl. That meat will he sold
| In London markets Ms fresh as II IL
| to,Inv" Rv the wonderful cold storage