THE
THE DAILY EXAMINER. |
JANUARY oF, 1862.
Aa Experimental Farm Station.
Turs subject was discussed, again, by the Agricultural Convention. The question raised by the Hon, David Laird number of
Westeru
was whether or not a sufficient pupil-farmers would probably take advan- tage of such a station to obtain lessons in the theory as well as the practice of scien- tific farming, if it were provided by the Provincial Government / That young far- mers would be benefited by going to work snd to learn at an Experimental Farm But this 1s not the these institutions.
is certain.
main of The Government will their action or inaction in respect to the
Station purpose make a wistake if
proposed Experimental Farm for Prince Edward Island be contingent probable number of pupil-farmers.
Farming is, as Julian Hawthorne says, in
aoils,
upon the
Lippincott, ‘experimenting with
nanures wud crops; with cattle and fod-
der ; with dairy produce and with farming tools ; and the test of the best farmer is
that he ean get the best returns from the
poorest land.” ‘* Successful tarmers are now-a-days, intelligent and persistent e6x-, They must keep their eyes
they must be men of education, and
perimenters. ben
«0 far «8 possible cf scientific training.
Hut Jife if short and is
The
as
competition to make
Z0es He himaelt three studious retirement.
presewne farmer has along.
lor
his living he
eannat withdraw
of tour years into & lie needs some one to do the more costly and doubtful part, at least, of his experi- menting for him, and to furnish him with trustworthy data, on which he can confi- dently goto work at once. The recognition uf this universal want led to the foundation of agricultural experimental stations
Asa result of careful investigation, the Dominion Government found this was ex- isting in Cansda; and so they established the Dowinion Experimental Farm Stations. ‘These stations have already been an incal- culable benefit to the farmers of Canada, the wids-awake farmers of Prince Edward Island profiting with the rest. But it is asserted and maintained thac the farm at Nappan is not, by reason of soiland climate, sufficiently reliable or useful as affording results of experiments for the example and farmers. Consequently, there is a demand for a Provincial Station.
Admitting the premises, this demand seems to be not unreasonable, Farming is for the people of thia Province, more than for those of any other, the main great source of livelihood, prosperity and wealth. We cannot admit that our farmers are, on the whole fifty years, or even fifteen years, behind those of Ontario. But unless they poseese snd have immediately avail- able the same means of obtaining the lat- est and most reliable information in re- to the most imprcved methods of agriculiure, they must, inevitably, with al) their intelligence and enterprise, be out- stripped by their more advantageously sit- uated competitors in other lands. Experi- Stations make as ‘Julian Haw-
warning Of our
spect
inental thorne says, ‘‘a regular business of discov- ery, for the advancement of farming and of diffusing, in the most effective manner, whatever knowledge of value they acquire.” ‘They make a business cf answering farmers’ questions for him Their experiments are intensely practical, as well as theoretical acd tentative : their work is not done ip the laboratory only, but in the greenhouse, the yvarden, the orchard, the field, the stable and the dairy. Much of what they accomplish could not ba undertaken by suy private individual, or by private enter- The first American experiment station was founded in Connecticut; and it is to-day, as Mr. William McNeill Simp- sou remarked at New Glasgow, perhaps the best of the fifty or sixty stations dis- tributed over the country. The work of each station consists, primarily, in investi- vations having special applicability to the particular requirements and conditiens of the farming neighborhoods among which it exists. Then there are questions of general importance which all the stations study in It is the policy of the stations to institute experiments among farmers on their own farms, both for practical and for educational purposes. A Provincial experimental station, maintained on these lines, would, we have no doubt, be material- ly aud freely aided by the managers of the Experimental Farms of Canada. Proofs of the value of these institutions are numer- ous and authentic ; and the value of one of them to this Province cannot be estimated —always supposing, of course, that the ex- periments are prudently and judiciously carried on. It would be an object lesson, direct or iadirect, for every farmer in the country.
prise.
common.
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~The New York Press says: There is but one language in the United States that should be officially recognized, and to en- courage any other is to foster habits and ideas alien to American institutions. The many thousands of immigrants who come here speaking foreign languages should st once apply themselves to learning the native tongue of the American people.
Tennyson's ‘‘Crossing the Bar” originated on this wise: The poet was ill, and his attend- ant expressed a regret that he had written no hyma, During that night he composed “Crossing the Rar.”
DAILY EXAMINE
Board of Health.
A “erTiINe of the Board of Health was held inst evening to consider applications jreceived from Saundera & Campbell, | William Sellers, and Wheatley Bros. for license to operate slaughter houses within the city limits, and to consider certain petitions and protests in connection there- with. There were present His Worship Mayor Haviland, who presided, Dr. Rich- ard Johnsou, Health Officer, and Messrs. Crabbe, Beer, McKinnon, Kelly, MecCur- ron, Taylor and Hughes.
Dr. Johnson, to whom the applications and the protests and memurials connected therewith had been referred, presented a lengthy report. The report, omitting some explanatury remarks in reference tu visit- ing the premises, etc.,reads as follows :—
**No notable difference was observed by me as regards the dimensions of the build- ings used for slaughtering purposes, but there exists very important differences in regard to the area of the surrounding pre- mises «ccupied by theseveral proprietors |
do not, however, deem it essential io the sutlicient ioformation of your thvard, neither do I deem it at all in the
j interests of the applicants for license, that L ahould here produce any very minute particulars or any comparative statements upon these points, I miay say, however,
that the features in common of all the establishments inspected by me are that the baildings used as slaughter houses are
of wood divided into two or more compart- ments, which are appropriated severally to cattle stalls, horae stalls, slaughtering, and withone exception, a piggery. In this ex- ceptional case the piggery is ia @ separate bauding.
‘* Before making any recommendations to your Board as to the licensing of any or abl of these establishments, b bey to remark that in looking over the Ly-laws of the city regarding slaughter houses, as enacred j
in 1874 and 1888, I find that after providing that. all eppliocrtions shall be made io writing and shali state with precision the site and dimensions
of the proposed building, the faciliries and the precautions intended to be taken for the removal and disposing of the blood and other impurities, the following (by-law 17) is enacted : ‘*lo granting sny such ap- plication the Board of Heaith may impose such restrictions and coaditioas as may be deemed expedient in order to prevent such slaughter houses from becoming a nuisance to the neighborhood or injurious to the health of the inhabitants.” The by-laws of 1888 re-enacted these provisions but de- finitely limit the power of the Soard Lo vrant licenses by specifying four months of the year as the extent of the duration of the license, yiz from Dec. Ist to April Ist in each year, ‘it therefore appeara to me that the first step tu be taken by your Board in this direction is to decide upon certain general restrictions and conditions which you will impose ia all cases in which your license shall be given ; and in my opinion you will not properly guard the health of the citi- zens, especially those residing in the im- mediate neighborhood of the slaughter house, if the restrictions and conditions which you will impose shall be less string- ent than the following :~—
’
1. That no licenss shall be granted un- less the application therefor shall ba sup- porte! by the signatures of all the house- holders residing in the immediate or pear aeighborhood of the pre pvsed slaughter house.
2. That the slaughter house shall be ap isolated building of one compartment only, without arrangement or convenience for any present use or purpose other than to slaughter animals
J. That it shall stand at a distance of at least ten feet from any other edifice as well as from the boundary ling of the premises next adjoining, aad at least 30 feet from any dwelling at all sides.
4. That no wood or other absorbent ma- teria! shall bs used for the flooring of the building, but the floor shall be of cement, properly laid upon the surface of the ground, so as to be impervious to blood and water.
5. That every bucket or other vessel used for collecting or conveying blood, or other offensive substatice, shall be of metal and always kept clesa.
6. That within twelve hours after the time of slaughtering all blood, entraile and other offal shall be safely disposed of so that no impurity shall reaiain upou or about the building or premises.
7. That the Sanitary Offices shali care- fully insp ct the bu liingand premises at least twice in every week, on se pirate days, with power temporarily to suspend the licensé for cause to be immediately re- ported tu the Board.
‘““While suggesting these conditions of license | am quiteaware that should they be appeoved and adupted by your Bosrd, the operation of some of them would have to be suspended during the next two months of this year, if the app'ications now before you be grantad, and which matter | will now refer.
“La view of the fuct that tacit allowance has been given hitherto tothe applicants to slaughter upon their premises within the city ; and cousidering that the probably cold and frosty weather of the next two months will reduce the present dangers of the business to the minimum; and fur- ther, considering their assurance given Lo me of thee desire and determination to make early arrangement tor slaughtering outside the city limits, I think that your Board will act wisely by permitting the applicants to continue their business of slaughtering on their city premises up to April Ist next, subject, however, as tar as practicable to the conditions and regula- tions mentioned in the report, and especi- ally the regulation requiring the frequent inspection of the Sanitary Officer.
‘“*[T have now to add that I cannot, as your Health Officer, make the above sug- gestions and reeommendativns to your Board without stating at the same time that there are no words at my command too plain or forcible in which to express my conviction that you could not make a graver mistake than to adopt or imitate the policy of granting four months’ licenses ag provided for by the by-laws of the city, or to allow your action in granting the short licenses now asked for (should you decide sv tv do), to be considered as a pre- cedent for future action, but only asa nc -ssary, and possibly the best expedient umler the present circumst:nees. Your present deliberations and decisions should, in my epinioen, be capable of no construc- tion to ba put upon them in favor of the granting by the Board ef Health of any license to slaughter within the city limits
tu
R.
after April Ist, 1892; and in order that this may be made unmistakably clear to all the parties concerned, I would strongly recommend your Board to influence the City Council so to amend its by-laws of 1879 and 1888, regarding slaughter houses, as to strike out all their provisions for licensing the same, and to retain none but the pro- hibitory, cautionary, and penal clauses. I would now alluje to the public abattoir as ah institution now so long and extensively adopted by the cities and towns of Europe aud America, and found to be so eftivient a remedy for all the evils connected with the private slaughter house, I have no doubt that such an institution might be readily established in the suburbs of this city to the mutual advantage of al] concerned, and in which it would be alike perfectly safe to slaughter tea or ten thousand animals
in the course of the year. I have the word ot some of the butchers largely engaged io the business, that they would gladly be
relieved from the necessity of slaughtering, and co-operate with the city ia the establish- ment and maintenance of a pubsie abattoir. This would, 1 think, prove a satisfactory solution, and I believe it to Le the only satisfactory solution of the problem now before us.”
After some discussion it was decided not to take action on the report of the Health Officer till after the Ist of April, as such action would greatly inconvenience and hinder the work of many of the butchers whe could not comply with the proposed restrictions in so short a time.
On motion of Mr. Crabbe, seconded Mr. ser, the license fee April, 1892, was fixed at 1.
Moved by Mr. Crabbe seconded by Mr.
jeer, that a bicense be granted Saunders & Campbell to the let April, 1892. Osrried.
Moved by Mr. Peer, seconded by Mr Taylor, that a license be granted William Beller till the lst April, 1892. Curried.
Us motion of Mr. MeKinnon seconded by Mr. McCarron, the application of Wheatley Bros. was refased on the ground that their place waa too small for the pur- pose intended, and would likely cause 4 nuisance unless they were exceedingly careful ia the way of cleanliness.
The matter of granting licenses to the butchers who had not yet applied was next taken up, and the following resolution, moved by Mr. Taylor and seconded by Mr. Kelly, was put and carried —:
by to the Ist of
u
Resolved, That allapplications sent in for license to slaughter within the city limits up to April 1, 1892, be referred to the Health Officer, and that the residents in the immediate yicinity be notified by the Sanitary Officer sufficient time before granted; and provided no counter petitions are filed the license shall ba granted on recommendation of the Health Otticer.
Meeting adjourned.
08 0 ee Presbyterian Revision.
THE DISCUSSION OF
CLUDED
THE CONFESSION CON- AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. The committee on revision appointed by the Presbyterian general assembly con- cluded its work in endeavoring to perfect
the revised version of the Westminster Confession of Faith at No. 53 Fifth Avenue, New York, on Saturday. ‘The
whole of the morning session was devoted to the consideration of chap. 27, which ia the old version read as follows :
There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ. Nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that anti-Christ, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church, against Christ and al) that is called God.
The committee on revision which met in Washington before the last general assembly amended the chapter so that it read thas:
‘here ie no other head of the charch but the Lord Jesus Christ, and the claim of the pope of Rome to be the vicar of Christ and the head of the church universal is without warrant of scripture or in fact, and is a usurpation dishonoriag to the Lord Jesus Christ.
In the present session it was proposed to strike out all reference to the pope, but the following amended form was finally a lopted :
The Lord Jesus Christ is the only head of the church, and the claim of the pope of Rome or any other human anthority to be the vicar of Christ and the head of the church universel is without warrant in scripture or in fact, and is a usurpation di-honoring to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The concluding chapters -No. 28 to and inchiding No. 33 -were net chaoged in any respect Supreme Court Wepnespay, Jan. 27.
This morning the Chief Justice passed sentence upon the prisoners convicted this term as tollows :—
The Queen on the prosecution of Geo, H. Toombs and another vs. John Cum- mings. Larceny of hams. Three years imprisonment in the penitentiary at Dor- chester.
The Queen on the prosecution of Henry McGregor vs. John Cummings. Larceny of meat. Three years imprisonment in Dorchester penitentiary to run cuncurrent- ly with previous term.
The Queen on the prosecution of Thor, McQuaid vs. John Cummings.—Larceny of boots, Three years’ imprisonment in Dor- chester penitentiary, to rua concurrently with previous two terms.
The Queen on the prosecution of John Connolly and another vs. Frank Aylward aud Martin Fiyun.—Larceny of a cask of beer, Six months’ imprisonment in the common jail.
The case of Ebenez2r Wheatley against Charles Lyons, an action on a bill of lad- ing, was before the Court and would likely occupy all day. Peters and Peters for Wheatley ; MeLeod and Morson for Lyons.
Personal.
Edwin Arnold, in the Forum, says that in his native county, Lincolnshire, ‘the purest English in the world is spoken, with one ex- ception,” and the exception is ‘‘Boston, New England.”
It is stated that the Bishop of Exeter, England, is about to be presented wiih a pastoral staff and a mitre and cope, and has promised to accept the gifts. His Lordship is well known as te compiler of the Hymnai Companion to the Book of Common Prayer used in many English churches. The Bishop cf Gloucester and Bristol was recently presented with similar gifts. As both bishops have always been considered staunch Low Churchmen, their acceptance of the gifts is causing not a lit- tle sensaiion.
Belfast Mail.
Sir,--In jast week’s ExaMINER there were two communications on Belfast rails giving Mr. Vissey much credit for his most satisfaction to the travelling public and all concerned. Now, Mr. Editor, the fact is there is no satisfaction either to the travelling public or to Belfasters, as Mr. Vissey is never on tune, and has not ac- ccmmodations. When a person has praise himself it is time he were put right.
BevrasTeErR.
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Famine-Stricken Peasants. THE STARVING FAMILIES HUDDLED TOGETHER LIKE CATTLE.
The Russian Government, as a means of averting a repetition of the famine, will make experiments in co-operative farming in the provinces of Saratotf and Samara.
lots of ground will be cultivated by all the
inhabitants, and the yield wiil be devoted tu refilling the commuial stocks. The proceeds of the surplus will be applied to the repayment of local public debts.
The authorities have postponed the en- ac‘ment of the proposed new laws against the Jews, aud the projected establishment of agricultural institutes in the Baltic provy- inces.
The novelist Ertel, in the parish of Ma- kari, province of Voronesch, is arranging to feed the inhabitants there. Hundreds of starving people apply to him daily for relief. In iany districts in
each person to last until the next harvest.
In Makari, 1,119 persons out of a popu- Jation of 1,532 ara without food. One half of the peasants’ live stock has been sacri ticed: for a mere trifks. -
The village of Orlova, near Makari, is in astill worse plight. Many deaths have been caused by starvation. ly numerous villages fainilies huddle together like cattle.
Princess Eugenie of Oldenburg, who owns « larga sugar factory in Veronesch, mixed sugar beet refuse with rye meal, which makes exellent bread for the starv- ing.
The amount of corn doled out in some villages affords the villagers only one meal in two days’
la Veronesch most of the horses are now dead or are dying of starvation.
a ee
News Notes.
Switzerland has abolished national banks.
It is estimated that 20,000,000 Russians are destitute,
** Angel's Breath ’ perfume.
China, with her 400,000,000 peop'e, has only forty miles of railroad.
Massachusetts has a lower birth rate than any country of Europe except France.
Bread is 50 per cent. dearer in Germany than it was five years ago, and ‘potatoes are 89 per cent. higher than’in 1890.
Japan has appropriated $630,765 for its representation at the World’s Exposition. A splendid Japanese exhibit is assured,
The famous Anaconda mine, having swallowed several fortunes, has begun at last to disgorge and is producing heavily.
_ Chicago has about one and a quarter mil- lions of inhabitants, and its foreign-born population hae a greater voting strength than the native born.
is the name of a new
The Indian is no longer an Indian. Out at Chamberlain, in South Dakota, a Siceux, instead of simply killing his equaw who attempted to brain him with an axe, sued fur a divorce in the regular way. © tem. pora, O mores!
Advices from Durango, the centre of the drought-stricken region of Mexico, aay it las been raining there steadily for two days. This is the. first rain-fall in that Vicinity for four yeara.
Three school boys, aged from 12 to 17 years, are in Kentony Ohio, jail charged with murder. Their teacher, Miss Mc- Laughlins corrected them for some misde meanor, whereupon they began to beat her. Krank McLaughlin, the teacher's 12-year- old brother, interfered, when the boys turn. ed upon him and inflieted injuries from which he died in a few hours.
Owing to the fact ‘that speculators are amassing wheat in the Russian eastern provinces, to the detriment of the thous- ands of famished people, the Czar has sent the Mayor of Moscow to purchase 15,000,- 000 roubles worth of wheat, all of which will be distributed among the starving. He has empowered the Mayor to offer a fair price for the wheat, and if the speculators then refuse to sell, he is instructed to con- tiscate the amount of wheat required.
The World’s Fair Board for Kansas is promoting a plan whereby it is expected that the expense of ereciing the Exposition building for that Stato will be borne by school pupils. The proposition is to have all of the schools in tie State observe a ** World’s Fair Day,” by holJing an enter- tainment with music, recitations, tableaux, etc., to which a small entrance fee will be charged. The proceeds are expected to be suflicient to pry for the State building. Over the main entrance to the structure it is proposed to have the words: ‘* Erected by the Schoo! Children cf K snsas.”
It is not generally known that provisions of an old statute ary princess who shall be betrothed to an Kaglish prince royal in the direct line of a succes- sion to the throne shall not, in the event of the death of her affianced husband, be allowed to contract another marriage with- in tive years of the demise of the prince. This provision addsfurther gloom to the already dismal surroundings of Princess May of Teck, and it is possible that, as some sort of asolaceto her in her deep trouble, she will be raised to the rank of ‘** Royal Highness” by the Queen.
by the
The cardinals and archbisheps of ‘Tou- louse, Rheims, Rennes, Paris and Lyons have drawn up a protest against the man- ner in which the French government is acting t ward the Charch. The protest will be read on Sunday in all the churches of France. The cardinals declare that they are not opposed tu the form of government and desire that the stability of the govern- ment shall continue, but they also desire to have religious liberty: They enumerate the vexations and acts committed against churches during the past twenty years, and maintain that it isthe duty of Cath- olics to come to terms, so far as political dissensions are concerned, to accept the existing constitution and to defend their threatened religious faith.
Veronesch } there are less than 180 pounds of wheat to |
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2
= ‘
me lt ee OA
| If you have a light attack of
LA GRIPPE,
net ufiiciently serious to re- etic che aid of a doctor, try a bottle of
HAGKNOMORE
and you will find immediate relie! from the troublesome
COUGH.
jan2?7 -3i & wky
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Charlottetown Board of Trade,
MWK Adjourned General Quarterly and Annual
Meeting of this Corporation wll eld at the Roard Room, Cameron Block, tis city, on the evening of WEDNESDAY, the 27h of January, at 8 o'clock, to discuss the recommen-
dation of the Council regardiag THE TUNNEL. B. D. HIGGS, jan?) -3i Secretary.
MERCHANTS BANK STOCK.
MW BE SOLD BY AUL TION, at Salea Room, on FRIDAY NEXT, 29 hk inst., at 11 o'clock
&. ml. : +5 Shaves in the Werchants Bank P. E. Island. Rt. BEAIRSTO, jands Auctioneer.
DR. GEO A. BAYNES, — | Physician and Surgeon,
SPECIALIST GN
Diseases of Women and Chronic Diseases of Men.
YERMS :—Consultation and Prescription, $1.00 ;
Consultation, Speciai Examination and Pre-
scription, from $2 00; Visits in City, from $1.00: Visits to Country, usual rates, ~
OFFICE :-Queen Square, Ch'town. Hours from 10 to 12 a. m , and from 2 to 4 p. m. Night Calls attended to at Residence, 117
UPPER PRINCE STREET. Acdress all professional letters to P. O. Box 47, Cherlottetowa, P. (, 1. dw—jan2t
ATIT AGAIN!
C atting Prices. THE BAZAAR CO.
meget ARE GIVING—— 25 Per Cent. Off
THE BALANCE OF THEIR
—FOR—-
Two Weeks
(BEFORE STOCK-TAKING).
BOOKS, STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKsS, INKS, MUCILAGR, PICTURES (Framed or otherwise), MIRRORS (British Plate), PICTURE FRAMING done to order.
- Wholesale & Ratail Stationers, CHARLOTTETOWN.
2 A notice appears in Mr. Theo L. | Chappelle's advertisement which (although not intentionally so) is nevertheless mis- leading. His statement that ‘‘the Bazar is Closed for the present ’ has no reference to the Bazsar Company's Store, as some have been led to believe. You will always tind us here, ready to give the Best Bar- gains in the City in Books, Statiunery and Fancy Goods. Wholesale orders attended to promptly. janll
FOR SALE.
7 Town Lotaad Dvelling House thereon, _ atthe coraer of Qieen ait Esiston S‘reets, lately occuviel x7 Mea Boy felt, deceased, will be sold en bios or in os'ts Nasy terms. EDWARD BAYFIELD,
nov? '—eod ti Trustee, &e.
Lobster Packers’ Supplies.
HE subscribers are prepared to furnish
Tin Plates of best brands; also, Lob-
ster Cans (talls and flats), Bleck Tin and
Lead, pure Manilla Rope, Trap Nails, Twine
for Heads, Paints, Oils, Lacquer, Turpentine,
Galvanized Sheet [ron for Boilers, either in sheets or made up any s°z2 to order.
690 Bags LIVERPOOL SALT. LONG WORTH & CO,
jan26—dy 2m 2aw
Wool Cards 4 Mill Machinery.
SETS GENUINE SCOTCH WOOL CARDS in
complete order. built by Robert Blair, Kil-
marnock, Scotland. Cost $140) each. Will be sold at an immense bargain.
K. H. NORTON & CO., dec3t—dy 4i 2aw & wky Charlottetown,
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING. |
|
OUR ANNUAL
White Goods Sale
will begin MONDAY, F&ABRUARY Ist, with eXtraordinary attractions. We have secured a marvellous bargain in Swiss Embroideries and Flouncings, and another in Rem. nants of White Cottons at away below mill prices,
QUALITY.
Cotton Sheetings, Embroideries,
Linen Sheetings, Insertions,
Pillow Cottons, Flouncings,
Towelings, Muslins,
Towels, Linsdales,
Linen Tablings, Cambrics,
Linen Napkins,
Tray Cloths, Laces,
& ies | = _)
Oo
EVERY LADY
will find this an unequalled opportunity to replenish her stock of Linen and Cotton Goods, and procure everything necessary for the choicest Summer White Wear,
BEER BROS.
HARRIS & STEWART
Request a settlement at once of all accounts rendered up to 3ist December.
dw—jants
— ~ a - ——- SESE Senet
NSURANCE! ©
THAR & BROW,
GENERAL AGENTS, Block, Charlottetown.
Office, Brown's
SUFFERERS FROM THE GRIPPE
—-WILL GAIN—
Strength, Nourishment, Stimulds
a —BY TAKING——
JOHNSTON'S FLUID BEEF,
Ay THE GREAT STRENGTH-GIVER.
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An Easily Digested Food!
A Powerfal Invigorator '
January 2, 1892,