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the business, and if you will bring your milk in better condi- 

 tion to the market, the consumption of milk will be increased, 

 the he-cilth of everybody who uses it will be improved, life 

 will be prolonged, and happiness diffused by your care and 

 attention in this little particular. 



Herod was thought to be an awful man when he sent forth 

 the decree to slay all the babes in Bethlehem two j^ears old 

 and under. He will go down as long as the sacred story is 

 preserved as a fiend, as a cruel monster ; but what had Herod 

 to plead in excuse? He, like the Jewish people, believed the 

 prophets, and he believed that a ruler of Israel was born at 

 Bethlehem, who would wrest from him the Judean crown and 

 sceptre, and perhaps destroy his life. He had an excuse for 

 his act ; but what excuse have these dairy-men, these milk- 

 venders, these adulterers of milk, who slay more babes every 

 year in every State of this Union than Herod slew at Bethle- 

 hem? For the few cents they make by it, they betray the 

 confidence of their customers, and destroy their infants. And 

 what shall we say of thai class known as ladies, who live upon 

 the topmost round of the ladder of fashion, who, for the sake 

 of basking in the moonshine of fashion, will cast their own 

 ofispring into the hands of irresponsible, ignorant servants for 

 care, depend upon the adulterer of milk for food, and take 

 to their bosom a contemptible poodle puppy ? They unite in 

 the crime with the milkman, and share the responsibility of 

 the murder of their ofi'spring. I would it were otherwise. 

 I would feed all this adulterated milk to the puppies ; I would 

 feed the milkmen with the puppies that their adulterated 

 milk killed, and I had almost said that it was a pity that these 

 ladies could not have been born female dogs. But I will not 

 say it, Mr. President. . 



Question. Will the gentleman tell us what is the cause of 

 the poisons which are found in cheese ? 



Mr. Lewis. They come sometimes from the water the cow 

 drinks, and sometimes from the painted pail. 



Question. What do you say about cooling milk. 



Mr. Lewis. Never cool it rapidly. Cool it in water, 

 always. 



Question. How long will it take ? 



Mr. Lewis. At least one hour. The more you stir milk 

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