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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 38, 16 September 1867, Page 229

The Hon. Neal Dow in England.— The Hon. Real Dow, father of the Maine Law, is at present in England, and agitating the liquor question there, in connection with the United . Kingdom Alliance, at a Conference held in the Queens rooms Hanover Square on the 22nd May, he made the following remarks which we extract from the Conference published in the Alliance News of the Ist June: —The Hon. Neal Dow, in remarking upon the evident absurdity of the Government legalising. the sale of intoxicating liquors, said: There is not a member of the House of Commons, not a member of the British Government at this day, who will not admit that it is a most important department of Christianity and philanthropic effort to draw the people away from the shops which the Government opens for the sale of liquor. How we are going to change all that. We who are engaged in this great work *are going to keep them away, and then we are going to shut the places up. (Applause.) Various plans hav6 been tried of protecting the public from the evil, hut it has been just like the attempt to keep moths away from a candle; you may try it for a long time with no result, but the wearing out of your patience ; but if you put an extinguisher upon the candle, it is done at once. (Applause.) That is exactly what we are going to do. We will come down upon the liquor traffic here as we did in my country —just like an extinguisher upon a candle. And if any gentleman here are proposing to invest any considerable sum in a brewery, why, they had better not do it. I tell them it won’t pay ; they had better write to 41, John Daltonstreet first, aud know how long the traffic will last. There is no subject, it seems to me, more worthy the attention of the British statesman than that of the pauperism of this country, in connection with its crime. I apprehend there is no country in this world the newspapers of which disclose such a state of things as can be found here. Every morning the daily paper contains a long list of brutalities, and crimes, and atrooities, the like of which cannot be found in any other country in the world. Trace them to their source. Every one of them goes back to the grogshop. Sometimes there may be one you cannot trace to it, but it is a very rare case. In my country the pauperism , and crime Btand very differently to what they are here. It is remarkable—l find it in a British blue-book—that disease and ( insanity, and deaf and dumbness, and pauperism—not most deaf and dumb pauperism, as the Times had it to-day—but deaf t aud dumbness, pauperism and crime, all those constitute less than 1 per cent, of ■ the population in the New England States. > Now, pauperism alone in this country con--stitutes 5 per cent, of your population. The richest nation in the world yoiyare,

yet with more ..Ayide-spreadaud more ~ object pauperism than amongst any popu- ,' latioiv the > world’; i-the midst; magnificent homes; in,.the world, and at. s,ape tjmefthe ' most .miserable dens, with men C-. and women and children living-’in them,if 9ftb;be tojlrtp, afe,,all ;.., qnd..j,you and the^ovppment,permitting, things to, 1 go Win this way; :You'talk.about the ? ;wretqh§dueSs : ;pf-A i tho i . l fipuntry, ( .,and the .miserable woman , suffering a thousand deaths, and'riever dir you’ tdllc"about ! the v .oause-ptheAralfidjin ..intoxicating t drinks. , . (Hear, heav-) v It. is proposed f to build better houses for the pnbr peoples, ahet thua , Jto ; s.wep paw ay ith e cause of; all; t hat poverty, , add; then, the people, will provide better houses for thbmyelVes; ( Tour soup hityhens'..and varioub o.ther. appliances itoi supply, i ; Pp Gr people wjith food are all.very.-proper, but let us put away the cause which makes • these people;:suffer, and' die with; hunger. . and .cold, apcL then .they will provide,fuel, and food for themselves, as well as proper - houses. ’ The traffic. in intoxicating drinks • the great sin and shame of Christians of this country; and the movement of the Alliance has for its object, the shifting-of ,it.all, so that this country may be redeemed from the incubus. Are we right?' We - judge afc 41'ccording to: the Deist ‘evidences before us, and, judging by those evidences, we' pronounce that the liqour traffic. is. .an infinite .curse to the nation, and .an infinite pisehief to the people. About that we are sure we are right. Don’t let gentlemen be .afraid they will .. not ,get drink enough if we succeed iu stopping the liquor traffic. It may put them, to a lit tie inconvenience,. I dare s»y. • In the State of which 1 belong the .people are by no means “ fanatical teetotalers ;” some of our warmest-friends are not' teetotalers &t but in that ;State there .are gentlemen who take their wine and their liquors *too. Some have.said, “ You are very-in-consistent, you who take these things, to come and put down the grogshops. Why 'do you do it ?” ‘‘-Because the grogshops are an infinite curse to' the people, and. ..therefore we put them down, and we willingly suffer, a, slight; inconvenience iff obtaining wine apd liquor for the general good.” ’ (Applause.)’ JS'ow ? J Sir Greiorge, and ladies and gentlemen, any person who objects to our movement oh any dther ground than that it trenches upon the just rights of the people .virtually says this, “ 1 must admit that the. liquor traffic is an infinite curse, to the nation, an infinite curse to the. people, 1 and that ;the suppression of it would be of infinite benefit to the nation, and aii infiinite blessing to the people; but still I will hot support any movement for the'suppression of the traffic, because if the traffic were 'suppressed, it ; "would put me to inconvenience in getting ' ray drink.” ' Let the Times and : the Telegraph put that iii their pipes and smoke it. (Applause) I tell you we are going ‘ to put the grogshops do'vvn, and I say ! it because I thii.k I know and understand the .British character. You are as we are. As I look down into your faces I . see -nothing to remind .me.that I am not in my. own country;. I,‘don’t know whether you will consider that a compliment, or . no.t —C a tighter)—but one thing I think you will admit, and that is that the Ameria considerable,amount of reputation for sharpness as to what belongs .to their.interest, ar.d of abillity to comprehend it, and a resolute purpose, to follow it out. I see exactly the same qualities of mind and heart here,, wherever I go, as in my own country. ~ An English gehrie- . man was talking, to me the other day. H . was one of thpse who.thought that the Atlantic cable, could not succeed, but "when it did-succeed he came into the front . ranks and threw; up his.hat, and .shoutejd, < and greatly magnified the'.giory of that ..enterprise. Well, he, wanted.tp. know if , we were not astonished with the success of the l operation. , i . answered not at all. , Ife did. not create the,, slightest sensation on ■ our sidp of the water. He thought. I was dev preciating the importance.qf the enteiprise; - but I was not; and why,?. ri! Because ,our , countrymen. think of the, English tliaiwhatever they undertake,they are;sure to succeed in ; and as they,; had uqilertakei.- • today the Atlantic cable, we regarded it as . a fact accomplished ; although it was, not done, we. were sure. it was to be .done. And when, the fiijsfe. message came across jfc did not create,.the,slightest sensation or excitement, in our. minds. D üb,, on the . contrary, a fatal failure, ,of itwpuld have . astonished us very much,.as it. have • .beyn contrary to all ; our experience of the ; British character.. And so, ladies.and - great numbers of Englishmen and English- - wpmen have undertaken. ti,e work of put-' . tipgi the,grogshops, dio w p and they will do •: (applause)— and . within five .years,, a kind, Troyidence sparing my life and . .health, I will .be surely over here ;to help .you ; to rejoice in that happy consummation.

' . Costohs t sed Mxik.—Condensed milk has, within a few years past, become an article of almost universal use in some part* of America. ' Tire/details of the curious prbcts/s by which it is prepared,'pub lished .in a -recent/isSue of the New York . Journal of Commerce, and copied below, , are,quite in tore's tidg /—The oulk is drawn . irom’the.cqwß ih'ihe inott cleanly 'ihahrier, ; and/strained through wire-cloth • \ it is , then-copied iii bans 5 placed in running , spring/ water, or tats containing' three ..tidies as much 1 water',as therbTs milk to be cooled. Milk djrawn ‘at .night' is'cooled separately from/that ,“drh wri in' the morii* • log. 'The/ pails,/ straine' s,‘ aiid’ bank are scalded arid dried immediately / after /use. - ‘Cows, mbst /not"be' fed with' f ijrmpsor any‘food that wiiiimpa'rt a dis- - bio flavour to' the milk, or decrease it's /The ihilk having " been tho* roughly cooleci,is taken to thb fbceivipg

room and,poured into,large)square va lined with tin. The emptied cans a then scalded 1 with /steam. 1 and Balsoda/ai rinsed-with ..cold, water, -pntil',perfect clea.n. The ipilk ,is“ drawn, from • the r ceiviog ta'nk ’to a* large‘ vat‘holding’ 8( S hy,this lime. aljl/apirn, , heat .It is run into,cans ( \vhich areplpci in a-large/circular vat,:haivihg a clidthb at the bottom covered by/a jeast iiron/pe forated. rack; one pipe forces water near to the-tops of tlie'cans, while another'pij forces steam]throdgh|thc.water-jj-thß nu is thus heated to, 120 degrees, which; caus the albumen I ’to' coagulate 1 and adlierb' / the .sides ofithe cans, i The milk as tin run off to another vat hup hopper boil'for steam', and'boiled/' Pov :dered-loaf'sugar: is then’added in suffieiei quantity to prevent, further, decompositio Tlie milk is then r drawn into the vacini boiler or condenser; -This is a close boiler, or.alembic, having a steam chambe The air in the inferior of the apparatus : exhausted by continual: pumping. Steak is then let on,, and active, ebullition tales place in the vacuum pah, the ' teinpevatue rising to 120 Fahrenheit;- -the.-vapor rising ,in a .pipe, surrounded by a .stem jet, is led into the top of a large cylindjr, and entering a eopper worm mafcesfts wy to the bottom of-,the,coil ; a..contin al shower of cold water-falls on the coil frm the top of the cylinder; The * air pusp keqpa a .constant vacuum in thealetnic during the entire operation, a glass toe on the outside showing when the cbhtats rise ! near the mouth -of: the air pusp, which is.then stopped to prevent the wate of material that would be pumped <ut The evaporation of the.,water takes, pj ice rapidly, and at a low temperature, witlput danger of'burning the milk. Seven um-

dred gallons of milk lire thus condensed in an. ; hour. • .When, sufficiently condens-d, the evaporation is stopped by the appli| i tion of cold water, and the' milk is dravu off into, earns, taken to .the, cooling .roejn, placed in large vats, ahd siir r ou tided - wjth pure springuvater:and ice., ~ Tlib teariperatureis.thus reduced to fifty degrees,.. /Ihe milk is then ready to be packed in cam for sale. ‘ The milk has undergone no offer change than the extraction by ev’ppoiratpn of seventy-five .per cent, of water, and the addition ■of loif sugar. ’ The ’"addition 1 of one part of water reconverts the milk iito rich cream, and two parts of water, brings it into purb fresh milk; The condensed milk is usually, .packed in: small , air-tiglu cans, and cannot be adulterated unless the fact is publicly known. ’ Mr Grail Borden, of-Brewster, N.Y.,. having been engaged for. many years in experiments on the sub ject of nutrition and the preservation" of food',-has established several large • dairies in different parts .of the, States, .where this process is carried on.

• An Insect Destroyer.—The Virtues or Pennyroyal. —Much the larger number of fleas are brought into bur family circles by pet dogs and cat?; and the ; pigsty is generally filled .with them at this season of the year, where numbers will bop on you when visiting for the purpose of feeding or inspection. ; The oil. of pennyroyal will drive these insects, off; buf a cbeape: method,-where the Herb - flourishes, is to thrqw your dogs and,cats into, a decoction of it once a week. Mow the herb anci scatter.it in the beds ■ df th’e pigs once a month. ; I; have seen this done for many years in succession. Where the herb cannot be got/the oil may be procured. In .this, case saturate strings with, it and tuthem round the necks of the dpgs.and Oats; pour a little on tiie back and'about the ears. of .hogs,- which. you can do while they are feeding, without touching them. By repeating these applications every twelve or fifteen, .days the*fleas .will flee from your quadrupeds, to their relief and improvement,.and to your :rehef.and comfort in the house. String saturated with the oil of pennyroal and tied around the neck, and tail of horses, will drive ,pff,lies; the strings should be saturated onde a'day.. Mint freshly cut, and Imng. round a; bedstead round, or ou, {he bed furniture, will prevent annoyance from r bed '-insects.- —, Gardener’s Magazine. :■; . i.; :‘

Accident at a Place or, Amusement. —A furious horse was brought to" the Colliseum in Chicago, where a horse‘ trainer was.exhibiting. The building .was densely crowded with spectators. TiTe’” horse trainer was about to* commence tomanipulate the irritable brute, but before any result could be achieved the -latter made a sudden bound from the hands of his owner, whp let go the bridle, and, sprang wildly into the' circle among 1 the audience. A scream of' terror - rose 1 from' every part of the house, and this, had the effect of .still further maddening the" infuriated animal, which-struggled and pranced''froin • one circle of. seats to ; another,- ampag the thickest of the spectator?, till he reaehec nearly to th e roof of the circus. At this point the flooring- gave '. way .above th place where the lions are kept, arid the horse felT through, carrying' with him a number, of .spectators, who. could : not get out of the way.. A cry was raised that he had fallen directly in the lion’3'den. 1 Some inconsiderate person shouted at the top of his voice, “The lions are loose!” which produced, an unparalleled Sensation among the. audience. The portion of them t who were nearest' to tlie' dreaded spot inade a rush.for rhe.other side of. the. house, in the direction .of .the. dress circle; and the fern that the'flooring there was about to give' wayj together with ahe-knowledge that, tlie black lioness, andffhe ieopai d were imtnediate'iy beneath, caused 1 aif excitement w ild beyond all: description. ; The/ doers: wefe at last.thrown open, and the crowd escaped with/few ii juries. The 'alarm about'''the lions-proved untrue, and-wjilh the excitement; had subsided, the..professor ..tamed tlie liorse, which had also escaped /serious injury.—Boston. Advertiser, od ; •

. -Thomas. Couits, the .Banker. —ln 1760, or shortly after, he married one of his brot/her’s servants,,, j/he/daughter pf .a small Lancash'iyefarmer,Elizabeth Starkey, by name;' “ in" whom, with' a/handsome countenance, and ’ a'’great good 1 Humour, were united' many rustic virtues that are, Unfortunately,-not? s<b>’ ’comnidn to/domestic servants at the-present- day.” 'So says the biographer, -writing-• in--1823. /' J But j Oven Betty- jSharkeyi could .be. saucy. and then. A few days before her' marriage—a rainy, dirty day, 1 We are told—she. was at liter work, > w&bh‘’x>nb v bf' l hb'r clerks ran intothe 'house, and was proceeding, to hurry up stairs; there to get rid of 'his wet /clothes. ./Betty stopped liirii/ahd bade him take off 'his r shoes; so as td'avoid dirtying ,the newly, washed’ stairs:• • But the young man, resenting what: he.'thought/an im pertinence, only paused to stamp and scrape on each step as hie ascended, in order that he, might sdib.them all as much as he could. “Before Ipng Betty shouted’after him, “ I’ll make prill off your shoes, and your stockings too, whenever I choose it.” "The threat was never put iu force'.' The "young man, when he heard of the "'approaching "marriage, thought lie would'SHrely "be" dismissed,' or made to suffer in some way for his indiscretion. Instead of that,-the-young Mrs Coutts showed herself especially friendly towards him. “In the earlier -stages of her connection- with Tier husband,” it is said, “lier mind was necessarily uncultivated, and her manners far from refined. Mr. Coutts, however, neglected not to take all due pains to qualify her for the.,station to which he had elevated her; and lier quickness and capacity were such as amply rewarded him for his exertions. In a few short years, she .became,.in manners and intelligence, as..much a .gentlewoman as some iof-those ladies .who had been bred and brought up iiiJhe, lap of luxury, and splendour.” :And she, certainly educated hqy three daughters so well that they-wore thought fit", with the help of the dowries their-fathev was able to giveThtetn; to enter, the most aristocratic. cirol.es. Sophia, ;the eldest,,was married to Sir Francis Bprclett, iu 1793 Susan, .the second, became Countess of Guildford in 1796; and Frances,, the third, was made wife of the first Marquis of Bute in 1800.—“ Thomas Coutts of Loftdoft,”'in English Merehauts. By H. 8,. Fox Bourne. . , . .

A New Zealand Colonist, on the United Kingdom Alliance.-— We extract the following speech hf. the late, Superintendent of Nelson:at the Alliance Conference, from the Alliance News “ Alfred Saunders, Esq., from New Zealand/.said it had occurred, to, him, as he had listened to the speeches,' that the United Kingdom Alliance were laboring more /effectually than any, political, body. in the country to extend the franchise; at the same lime making it> expedient and safe, on the pari of any legislative body to grant, the franchise almost universally.* He desired to add his testimony with yefereiice to a por tion of the British Empire., where he had seen the effect both of withholding and ol granting licences for the sale of intoxicating drinks. In the Province in, New Zealand iii which he had resided for nearly 25 years, he had seen many districts 3 rise into popularity- In one of those, ,yvhic! had no public-house, there was a state of peace and prosperity ; 'and he used to make a practice of driving, oyer any ivisit-ors in order that they might admire the healthy■fooking children ’ and ’'inhabitants. - A brewer, however, .after-some difficulty, succeeded in getting a licence, and at the present time thathouse whs a centre for the diffusion of crime, and, misery,; .aud it iwas an acknowledged fact that not only the health hut the ihorals find the looks of the inhabitants had degenerated.... . ;•/

Novel Mqde or Sujoking Hams:—The author of tlie Australian pookery Boob, Mr ZE. Abbott, writes to the Pyrolignite .Company^speaking;highly, of -the pyrolignite acid/; it is more ( popularity known as essence' of ‘ smoke, and tlie iri/ode ’ of 'its application; tis '• thus - described. - by Mr Abbott “ After, the.meat or.fish has been properly pickled' or dry salted,, it should* be rubb§dtover with the ac : d; leaving ho part ,untouched, and subsequently . dried, with oaf meal or pollard and hung up ; the meat will then!acquire-a smokyeflavo'-;*and will, ,be cffcetually.pi-eseryed .from the fly. that breeds : tlie jumper. Hung beef cured in this way -would- be especiallyflue flavored.” Hobart Town Mercury,; ; Hoyv to Mlake an. EnemY.-r-In, order to get an enemy, lend a man a small sum. of money fov-a dayi ; CaII upon him in a week for it. , Wait two months.. In three months insist upon his paying you. He willget angry, dehdurice you, and' ever after speak ; of you,in abusive terms. , ; Novel (Causes j eor Divorce.— lt. .is said that in Indiana cold feetare regarde’d as a good-cause for divorce/ ilf the petition of a dissatisfied .wife for divorce, In one.of tlie ,Bt. .Lo.uis. courts is allowed,, we shail-believe the' Indiana story.’ ’The complainant reports that the flrst cliill her affections received ou was on her wedclin« tour; when she caught cold' and no° allowed ; to. ha»yq ’p., : .five; at.; the j ;hotgl,, ;on account'of the expense. Her ( next shock was from a f6ugii’;Betefitteak f 'steasoiied i with iard. - 'Xhei dqa/dly; stab was .thelhusband’s refu?al .to furpish her with a. leather bedl A lcik-Aiig'-iiiow was iiis unkindness tf> liter siste.vs ; : ;'but. ihe'-;“,ut»kiadesfe. cufei’fi of; all>yas bjs rgiicence, i at J the i dinne ; r ~table.; lie did not l’ielp fler to them ult'6ll chbps; failed to paissdthte ,:.pdtafoes-;;:ineglecteduto furnish, 1 • er, plate with, vegetables, and.left her to help Herself." These insufferable indignities* prated -upon 'her flealth . -aiid wrecked h.et;.. .piece ot/mind, and siie. now appeal's to the ’courts ‘for redress/- I—ifx? 1 —ifx? change./ ito- -• il'.- i-:l. .ri.*;..

Taxation -in.. (America. —The. notion that .ignorant impatiepcc of.taxation, is ; a democratic, quality, , is ; likely | f to,.become obsolete. The taxation of the "United •Statesds- about- -£80,000,000 a~year; that of the State of /New York, £2,090,000 ; and that of New York City, £8,000,000. Eveiy New York citizen pays, therefore, about £8 to his'eity, 12s.rto his State/ arid £2 Iss/ : itp ■ hisl country,: making. togtether Part of- the city ; reyenike comes from property/but tlie aetual taxes, head by-head, must exceed those borne in any 'country in ithe*- world, except New Zealand, which -is-also democratic.—Spectator..- .*

Curious Field Hand.— bear got loose from.,a -menagerie the other day at Nottingham, and strayed into a field where sbiße labourers: were at work.; They looked at the strange animal, thought it looked dangerous, and wenttoff to call the police; .'The '/richest illustration, ,'of true British instinct, we have recently had. If Satan were -to appear to an average Englishman, he would 1 first call a.constable, then write to the times, and then describe his' visitor at a public meeting'.—Spectator.

An- Artful Dodge.— A certain old lady, whenever she hires -a : servant man, asks, “Can you whistle?” -On being asked the reason of this curious question, she says that she always makes him whistle when jhe goes to draw the ale until he returns, 1 thus securing him from tasting.

Execution bp Terry.at’ Castlemaine. t— Horrible Scene.— Terry, the murderer of Beddick, was hung on Wednesday last within the precincts of tlie Gas'tlemaine gaol, f and- in the presence •of ; about 100 persons. How the wretched man conducted himself under the circumstances we learnvfrojn ; the - Daily News “At 10 o/.clock the . sheriff, accompanied by the gaoler/ proceeded to' the' condemned cel}, and) informed the prisoner, that he must prepare to meet his doom. Terry left the cell,'looking not much different than he appeared in the - dock during/liis. trial. The drop was immediately in front of his cell, and as he came out he saw the noosed rope swaying to ahd fro before his eves. He was at once pinioned, a.white cap was drawn’ partially over his face; the rope was ’ placed round his- neck, and he took his stand, ®n the drop. The B-ev. ,Mr King, Wesleyan minister, then read a short prayer,' and at' the conclusion he asked Terry if he desired to, communicate with him further, Terry replied in a low voice, ‘I wish to return thanksiio the Governor of the jail and the turnkeys for their kindness to me. I forgive all persons who have brought-me to this position. "May God forgive the five people who have.sworn away my 7 life, the two detectives, Hockey and his daughter, and'Bring. -I am-sorry to say the sheriff has notacted well to me; he' denied me the only privilege I asked; but-I hope God will forgive him.” Then there was a pause ; it ,was, evident Terry had said all he intended to say.,. Presently the bolt was drawn, the drop.fell, and' the body of the murderer : was heaving convulsively below. It soon became evident that the rope had not been properly adjusted, for Terry was being: slowly strangled. ; It was fully eleven minutes before the convulsive movement ceased, and animation "had departed.: He stated to the /Rev. Mr King, who was with him to the last-moment, that lie deserved to die for his many critheS'; 1 but lie abstained, from jiU mentiqn of that for which he was doomed to suffer.