Year: 1875

| limitations, made from prusslc acid III


some form, and are very poisonous.
The third group contains medicinal
| fiavors: icorice, boneset, or horehound
ginger, cardamon, all of which have a
different action from the first group, be-
ing relaxants and diuratives and will
| have that effect in greater or less degree
There are varieties of which we will
not here speak; but we must condemn
the spirituous drops sold at the street
corner, as decidedly impolitic and de-
moralizing to the little ones who may be
tempted to buy them


But the injurious effects of candies do
not stop here. The pure essential oils
are costly and are increasing in price
yearly; substitutes must be found, adul-
terations are practised, and among the
most common is the adulteration of the
oil of peppermint with spirits of turpen-
tine, thing to be utterly condemned,
especially as its action is, with excep-
tional persons or in exceptional cases,
that of violent and dangerous poison,
and in all cases it is an irritating oil
producing congestion of the veins and
coagulation of the blood Ca useful styptic
in cases of excessive bleeding by the
way); and yet | am informed it is used
by the confectioner himself, and only





disguise or cover up.


The use of laudanum in licorice cough
drops should be condemned Many a
child has been injured by them without
the knowledge of what was going wrong.


The lemon drops are supposed to be
made of citric acid, and favored with oil
of lemon; but why citric acid, when oil
of vitriol is so much cheaper? l have
reason to believe that tartaric acid is
most generally used


But why cry down candy, the pleasant
pacifer, that which fills the sweet tooth
of the rising generation; Almost every
one likes candy-a little now and then
almonds, sugar-piums, gum-drops (now
made to great extent of glue). do
not cry it down, but must raise my voice
against its excessive use, and ask whence
comes the tendency, the appetite, for so
much sweet2 1t seems to me to be occa-
stoned by the great and increasing use of
sugar in the family at home.


That which in the past was luxury is
now supposed to be a necessity. We
have toned up our appetites until our
with cane sugar We daily spoil the
flavor that God has placed in our food,
by adding our own product to it.


If we wish to eradicate from our youth
the very strong tendency toward high
seasoning or high sweetening, we must
begin at home, and tone down instead Of
toning up, and teach ourselves and our
to love the inherent havors of
the grains, the fruits, and vegetables;
and as we and our children cultivate a
love for them, so will their tastes grow,
until this excessive sweetness will bear
disgust, and their appetite will turn
away from what clogs and sickens, and
disturbs the normal condition of the hu-
man body.


1 should refer to an article used to
adulterate sugar; called terra ulba-a
white earthly substance-quite harmless,
being sulphate of gypsum (anhydrous
ealcic sulphate)-profitable to increase
the weight without being suspected by
the buyer. 1t is said to be used in large
quantities. 1t can be easily found by
lissolving the candy in water; if any
sediment remains, it is likely to be terra
rBa. or prepared chalk, which is also
Ised