Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-12

genius of Americas first native play
wright.
A writer who has given Perth
Amboy's historical side a great deal
of very interesting and unusually
correct publicity within the last few
months recently fell into a very
common error in writing of the old
days of this East Jersey metropolis.
He pictured the remnants of the old
walls on Front street as the founda-
tions of the british tea houses"
That story has been often told and,
perhaps, it is. as often happens,
more interesting than the true ac-
count. Listeners, or readers, are led
to believe hat when the Bostonians
threw the tea into their harbor as a
protest against the course of Britain
toward the colonies, subsequent car
goes were brought to Perth Amboy,
where a combination of deep water
and English adherents or sympa-
thizers made it a better place to
store tea than in the city of Boston.
Many gaze in reverence on the spot
along the shore and do not seem to
realize that yer the story true it
would reflect no credit pom Amboy
and her people, looking at them in
the light of the outcome of the
struggle.
The truth. however, is very pro-
sale. The Perth Amboy tea house
was built more than half a century
after the pseudo indians made them
selves and their cause famous in
Boston harbor. 1t was built by a
New York tea importer who had no
room there for an excess tonnage OF
tea which he held and he came to
Perth Amboy, where land was cheap
and water was deep. and here he
erected his warehouse and here he
stored his tea. To rob the old ruins
of more romance, 1t may be record
ed that the name of the gentleman
who did all this, one of the merchant
princes of his day, was Smith!
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Many readers of the Evening News
have expressed the pleasure they
experience twice a week when these
articles appear. 1t is suggested that
additional pleasure of the same sort
will probably be theirs il they attend
the next meeting of the Perth AM
boy Historical Society in the Public
Library auditorium on Friday, De-
cember %. The society has plans
afoot to celebrate the completion of
two years of work and, at the same
time, some note, probably the only
attempt of what should be I'm elab-
crate celebration, will be taken OF
the b~icentennial of printing in New
Jersey. The present month of De-
cember marks the two hundredth
anniversary of the printing of the
laws in this city, as has been set
forth in these columns. While not
in a position to announce the pro-
gram, it may be safely promised
that those who attend will be amply
repaid for their interest in an event
which would in most communities
be considered one of very great inn
portance.
Contamination of food with bac-
terra may take place in many ways,
frequently through mice. cock
reaches and flies. The food itself is
not always spoiled" In some cases
it is perfectly sound but usually 1t
is somewhat off in taste, color or
odor; or it may be puffy.
The symptoms of poisoning may
come on within g few hours after
eating, but may be delayed twenty
fuor hours Or more. Among the
first symptoms are vomiting, diar-
rhea and dizziness. In the milder
form, recovery takes place rapidly
but some cases may last for days Dr.
even weeks.
DIR. Charles Thorn of the u. S
Bureau OF Chemistry states that the
public need o be apprehensive of
poisoning from canned foods. If it
is to keep at all, the food must be
cooked beyond the death point of
paratyphoid bacteria. If there is
any doubt, the danger of poisoning
can be absolutely eliminated by boil
ing the food in an open pan for
thirty minutes.
In home canning it is necessary to
use every possible ~precaution as
complete sterility can only be OBJ
tanned by heating the food to a tenn
perature Of 240 degrees for at least
forty minutes, :