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Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
Fletcher (Thos.) v. Cook (Ed.) 
Mr. Toynbee appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brown 
for the defendant. 
The question at issue was whether a warranty had or not 
been given with a horse. It was purchased by Mr. Fletcher, 
veterinary surgeon, of Lincoln, for his father, as Mr. Cook, 
who resides as Kexby, was bringing the horse to Lincoln 
April fair, for £32 10s. It was brought to the premises of 
Mr. Fletcher, in Lincoln, and the father gave a cheque for 
the money. The horse was taken to Postland, near Spalding, 
where Mr. Fletcher, sen., resides, and in about six weeks 
it was discovered that the horse was afflicted with poll-evil, 
a disease manifesting itself between the ears. The horse was 
sold again for £25 4s. ; and the action was brought for 
£l2 1 6s., the difference between the prices, together with the 
auctioneer’s charges, and the expenses of keep. 
Mr. Metherell , veterinary surgeon, of Spalding, was called 
in to examine the horse on the 6th of June (six weeks after 
the purchase), and found it suffering from poll-evil, which he 
said had in all probability been coming on for twelve months, 
as the disease was of slow 7 grow th, and he pronounced it the 
worst sort of unsoundness. There w 7 as also on the skin 
abrasions, which indicated old treatment of the disease. 
For the defence, it was set up that no warranty had been 
given ; however, all the evidence show ed that the defendant 
would not give a written warranty, but that he positively 
gave a verbal one. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount 
sought. — Lincoln , Sfc., Mercury. 
MISCELLANEA. 
MILK AS A MANUFACTURING INGREDIENT. 
Milk now performs other offices besides the production 
of butter and cheese, and the flavoring of tea. It has made 
its way into the textile factories, and has become a valuable 
adjunct in the hands of the calico printer and the w oollen 
manufacturer. In the class of pigment printing work, w 7 hich 
is indeed a species of printing, the colours are laid on the 
face of the goods in an insoluble condition, so as to give a 
full, brilliant appearance. As a vehicle for effecting this 
process of decoration, the insoluble albumen obtained from 
eggs was always used, until Mr. Pattison, of Glasgow, Scot- 
land, found a more economical substitute in milk. For this 
purpose buttermilk is now bought up in large quantities 
from the farmers, and the desired indissoluble matter is ob- 
tained from it at a price far below that of egg albumen. 
