The Wingham Times, 1903-11-12, Page 7`r8
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A NOVEL
BY MRS, FL LOVETT CAMERON,
,Author of .,Worth Winning," Etc,
'RE: W1NGIIAN NOYE3tf ER 1z, xvQ3
',crisp brown hair, a tall figure, and
the flash of a wonderful pair of
hazel eyes that met thine for an in-
stant, also of a coritical uplifting
of Mrs. Bella's eyebrows as she stir-
I- veyed my striking and somewhat
grotesque costume,
"Now, stow shall we manage," de-
bated our hostess. "Two ladies to
bl • .one gentleman. 1 think, Freda, as
you aro the young lady of the par-
ty, 'that Mark ought to take you."
I drew back coldly.
"Oh,dear no! as I am engaged to
n looked u on
i
can at o married,X b
;a a 'younlady' any longer." This
I uttered with the most chilling cold -
mess.
t Captain Thistleby immediately of -
dosed his arm to Bella with perfect
tranquility, and I followed in the
I rear, feeling, it must be confessed,
:somewhat small,
As soon as we were fairly launch -
,ed into the middle of soup, that
dreadful Bella began her persecu-
I tions,
I "My darling child, what a lovely •
taco fiche! Where did you get it, ,
`.and how is it I have never seen it
before? AS I live, it's the best bit of
iSpanish I' have ever seen! Mark, you
are a connoisseur in lace, do look at
'Miss Clifford's scarf,"
I Thus adjured, Captain Thistleby
vouchsafed to turn his eyes towards
•me, and gazed fixedly, not at me,
at my shoulder, during which inspec-
tion I became gradually of a fine
'deep peony color.
"It's a vory good specimen," he
:said, when he had finished staring
;at it; and turning round again to
( Bella, without so much as a glance
,•at my face, by which slight I felt
uncomfortably piqued. "It reminds
Ithe very much of that bit wo bought
i at Rome, Bella, in that dirty little
':street behind the Via Babuini. Do
,.you remember how eager you wero
I to give the old woman her hundred
and fifty francs, and how I kept in -
1 terrupting you, and shouting to her
•seventy-ft've, not a sou more?"
7.; 1 "Yes; and how you dragged me
11,;, :'.out of the shop almost In tears at
II!, last,_ because you wouldn't let me be
'.cheated, and how the old woman
s " . came running out after us when we
were half way down the street, cry-
ing 'Prendote lo, signora,' and flung
it at my head wrapped in a dirty
bit of old newspaper,"
• "Ah! but that was nothing to the
bargain we got at Verona, in the
little grocer's shop, where we had
•.spied a heap of rags of lace in the
• •coener of the window."
"Yes, and you would ask for can-
dles, and coffee, andtobacco, and
heaven knows how many other smell-
ing horrors, for fear they should find
.out what wo really had our eye on.
I thought you would never lead up
to the subject."
"Didn't I get ,you ,the whole lot
'for five francs, you ungrateful wo-
:man?"
"Think Freda!" turning to mc,
,"five francs!. It cost me £8 to have
it mended in London, and it is the
handsomest lace flounce I possess!
Did you go to the old curiosity shop
. at Lyons; Mark, last time you came
Ithrough?"
I "No; I had not time. Do you re -
:member, Bella, the first time we
wont there, and how angry poor old
Jom was with us for wasting our
money on that 'trashy tin plate' as
the called my beautiful Limoges ones-
mei?"
And so on, and so on, through half
' a dozen more reminiscences of their
foreign travels together.
t I began to feel very much out of
it. Decidedly I had wasted my Span-
ish lace and my indignation togeth-
,.er upon this utterly impassive man,
who simply appeared to ignore my
existence.
I yawned and began looking about
atthe pictures on the walls, with all
..of which X was perfectly familiar, in
.a futile attempt to create an inde-
pendent
nd -.pendent line of amusement for my-
self.
I began to think 1 need not have
announced my engaged position with
so much precipitation. Captain This-
tleby did not seem inclined to pay
me even the ordinary civilities of so-
,.ciety. Perhaps, I mused, he does
not care for tall girls, with reddish
hair and gray eyes. Perhaps he pre-
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CREAT PAINS
IN THE CHEST
There are very few cleans,
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age. It makes the home bright
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fors piquazrte little blondes, like 13e1 -
la, with pink cheeks and round blue
baby eyes. Perhaps—and here he
looks up and catches me staring at
him, which sends my own eyes back
to my apricot jelly and the color
hotly up into my tell-tale cheeks,
After* dinner it is much the salve
thing. X go to the piano at Bella's
desire, and she further requests her
brother-in-law to come and turn nay
music over.
Ho excuses himself,
" stupid that sort of
am vet r,t . at
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work," he says, without a sign of
rising from the comfortable arm-
chair in which ho hes ensconced him-
self. "I should be sure to make a
mess of it. I think Miss Clifford
would rather bo without ane."
I think so too; but as it would not
be civil to say so, X merely remark
that I never require anybody to turn
over the pages of zny music,
"What will you sing, Freda?" ask-
ed Bella. "What sort of songs do
you like, Mark?"
"I don't think songs are much in
my line," answers this extremely dis-
agreeable man. "You know I was
never sentimental, and I don't un-
derstand music. Young ladies' songs
—engaged young ladies' songs—are
all very sweet—roses, Cupids, true -
lover's knots, etc,—aro they not,
Miss Clifford?"
"Not all," I answered, feeling vic-
ious; and straightway I sat down
and began to sing that well-known
quaint old English ditty:
"Once I loved a maiden fair,
But she did deceive me."
I put into it all the vigor of which
I was capable, and the bitter animus
which 1 concentrated into the last
lino of the song surprised even my-
self.
"Now I do abhor thee."
I sang almost murderously.
I was surprised to hear a low
laugh behind mc, and to find that
Captain Thistleby was standing by
the piano.
I have not, done you justice. You
evidently understand the passion of
hatred perfectly, Miss Clifford," he
said with a mocking bow.
I felt myself properly snubbed, and
took refuge behind my novel, leaving
to Bella the sole entertainment of
her guest for the rest of the even-
in"So you did beautify yourself,
Miss Freda," said Bella, as we stood,
Bat candlestick in hand, at our bed-
room doors. "I could hardly hold
my tongue, I was so amazed when
you carne in. I nearly told Mark
about the blue gauze then and there,
only I was so afraid of your an-
ger."
"I am very glad you did not."
"You made yourself look extremely
captivating, Freda."
"I assure you 1 had not the least
wish; that is to say, I put it on
with quite another motive—for quite
a different reason from what you
suppose," I stammered, 'somewhat
confusedly.
"Oh, I daresay! Well, how do you
like hien?"
"Who—Captain Thistleby? Not at
all."
"Not like him.!" cried Bella, in
genuine amazement, staring blankly
at rhe.
"I think .hint—well, never mind
what I think of him, after all, I
have not spoken above a dozen
words to him, recollect."
"No; that is true. Ah, well, you
will like him better to -morrow."
I doubted it; but by a strong ef-
fort of self-control refrained from
saying so, and wo bade each other
good -night.
The next morning, on coming down
rather later that usual, I was sur-
prised to find Bella arrayed in her
bonnet and cloak, with her gloves,
and traveling -bag on the table be-
side her, eating toast and poached
eggs with breathless haste, whilst
Captain Thistleby was pouring out
her tea, and otherwise waiting upon
her.
"Why, Bella!" I exclaimed.
"Oh, my darling child! What will
you say to rare? I ant obliged to go
up to town for the day—your last
day, too! 1 am so dreadfully sorry.'
For one minute 1 was almost in-
clined to accuse her of inventing this
scheme on purpose to leave me alone
with her brother-in-law; but her
pretty face was full of concern as sho
held out a letter for me to read. It
was from her Llawyer. I glanced
hurriedly through it, without much
understanding it; but this much
see, that there was insane solicitor
who was to be stet by he in town
and some paper which she must sign,
after having conferred with him, in
order to effect a ponding sale of
some of her property, of which 1
had heard her speak. There was
evidently no foul play about it.
"Make haste, Bella, or we shall be
too late," " said Captain Thistleby;
and at his words I perceived, with
a gasp of relief, that he Was going
up with her. Indeed, when I came
to think of it,what else 4ihould ho
do?
"X am so distressed, Freda, dear!
Your very list day and all! What
will you do to amuse yourself?"
"Oh, 1 shall do very well. I have
iny sketch of the boat -house to fin-
ish; I shall go and do that after
breakfast; it's a lovely day, 1 shall
not be at all dull. Don't make
yourself unhappy about me, dear."
"Hero is the fly •-- come alongl"
cried Captain Thistleby.
Vella hugged inc as if she were go-
ing to South America, jumped Into
the Ely, followed by her brother -ire -
law, and they drove off.
Left to my awn devices, 1 lelsuretw
Mr. John Clark, coachman, Port
'Hope, Ont., states :
"Last winter I was so bad with a
,cold that I could not speak above a
whisper and had great pains in the
..chest. At last I feared it would de-
velop into consumption. A friend ad-
vised me to use Dr, Chase's Syrup of
Linseed and Turpentine, and one
'bottle cured my cold which I believe
' 'would have proven very serious if I
.had not used this medicine."
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s finished my breakfast, tutu then, ask-
ing my shady straw hat and ray
drawing materials. X sauntered
down through the garden on to the
beach.
There was a flight of stone steps
front the terrace leading to the
shore, and in the triangular bit of
shadow which they cast upon the
beach I installed myself with my
back against the garden wall,
An old boat -house lower down
formed the principal object of ray
sketch; behind red cliffs, and
and � were c
long lines of white sands and dark
rocks stretching out to the blue sea
beyond. The picture, if somewhat
tame, was nevertheless a well -ar-
ranged bit of English coast scenery,
and afforded full scope for an art-
ist's fancy.
To -day it is at its best. The dis-
tance is all hazy gold, the sky is
flocked with soft white clouds, the
sea Is gently ruffled into a hundred
varied lights and shades, and the
boat -house stands out in richest sep-
ia against the delicate tints of the
background.
It was deliciously peaceful and
quiet, and I began to enjoy myself
exceedingly. Tho only sounds that
broke the silence were the monoto-
nous swish of the little waves upon
the shore and the occasional cry of
a seabird sailing by on big white
wings.
I had been working steadily at my
sketch for about twenty minutes,
when I was suddenly startled by
some one coming down the steps be-
hind me.
It was Captain Thistleby.
"Well, X have seen Bella off," he
said, cheerily; "such a shave it was!
I thought she would have missed the
train—it was actually moving—she
had no time to take her ticket."
"But I thought you were going
tool" X exclaimed, with, I fear, a
very uncomplimentary dismay in my
voice and face.
"What, up to London in August
with such a day as this at Seacliti?
No, thank you, not I! But I am
sorry to disappoint you, Miss Clif-
ford," he added, looking very much
amused.
I muttered some unintelligible dis-
claimer, and went on with my
sketch.
"Do you mind my
gar here?"
"Ole, not at all,"
politeness. "I am
smoke."
"What, does the idol of your
dreams indulge in tobacco?"
finishing my ci-
with elaborate
quite used to
"Who?" I exclaimed, bewildered.
"What do you mean?"
"Why, a you did not tell me his
name. Tho gentleman to whom you
aro engaged to be married.",
A vision of George Curtis—stout,
middle-aged gray -whiskered — snuff-
box, gold -rimmed spectacles, and all
—flashed across my mind's eye, and
the idea of his being called the "idol
of my dreams" was so intensely com-
ic that I burst out laughing.
"Good heavens, how ludicrous!" I
cried. +'Mr. Curtis is his name,
and it you had seen hint--- But I
wasn't thinking of hint, 1 was think-
ing of my father."
"Oh!" and my companion puffed
away at his cigar in silence.
Ile had thrown himself on his hack
on the beach beside me, but a little
lower down, so that I could not
see his face; his arms were thrown
up under his head, and he had tilted
his hat over his nose, to shade his
oyes. IIe seemed to me to have
every intention of going to sleep., I
devoutly hoped he would.
"Yes," he said, presently, remov-
ing the cigar from his mouth and
contemplating its smouldering end
with close attention, "yes, our friend
Bella thought you would be very
dull alone, so she has left me the
charming task of entertaining you
until eight o'clock this evening."
"I am exceedingly sorry you should
have thought it necessary to stop
hole on my account," I said, coldly.
He laughed slightly, but answered
not.
I am never dull, Y assure you;
and I ata quite able to entertain
myself."
Still no answer. I was more nettl-
ed by his silence than by his words.
Nothing aggravates a woman so hor-
ribly as an antagonist who won't
speak. T wanted to fight, and my
chemo would not even exert himself
to take up his weapons. A few min-
utes ensued, and then I burst forth
aggressively:
I should be exceedingly dull com-
pany for you; 1 must really beg of
you to go and find amusement else-
where to -day. There its a billiard -
room, in the town, and—and a read-
ing -roots, 1 believe; anything would
be better, I should think, than a
breads -and -butter girl, who expects
you to make love to her.' "
"Aha! out at lasts"
His shout of triumph positively
made me jump. Ile flung away his
cigar, and turning round on his el-
bows, leant his chin on his hands
so as to stare straight up at use
under my hat.
"1 know I should bring it out! So
you heard iny incautious speech on
the stairs? Wel1,I guessed you had
the instant you tame into the room
cast night."
His eyes were sparkling with
triuntphant fun, Itis face and voice
were full of animation. The complete
transformation in his manner amaz-
ed and confounded me almost More
than his words.
1 stammered, and turned crimson.
'I1ow did you know'? What :nude
you guess'?` I faltered.
Why, the Spanish point, to begin
With."
1 gazed at him in utter astonish- I
"X lied even you before, Mise Clif-
ford. If you rdninember, you eattte
out of your room once, ten minutes.
sooner. I was at the .end of the
passage, coming* out of my nem.,tan."
"I did not see you."
"?\o, I knowiyou did not, you
could not; 1 had blown out ray
candle, and the passage was quite
dark at my side ;Of the house; but
the hull-lnn,p eborle full upon you. 1
stew you perfectly.]( You stepped out
and listened:, drawing beck your
dress with one handl. There was a
pretty indecision in your face; a
white ruffle round your throat bor-
dered your perfectly simple dress;
there w;ts no lace on your shoulders
then. You evidently determined to
wait a little longer, and I waited
too. When you cattle down with
that gorgeous lace wrapped round
You, and that scornful look on your
face, you were no longer the same
girl I had seen on the landing. I
knew directly that something had
happened in the interval to upset
you. Your very first words toles me
what it was, You were so feverishly
gager to lot me know that you were
engaged to be married, that you were
s t c od • olbd s property not to he
.ort b
ti I Y
1
made love to----'.
"Oh, don't—don't!" I cried, hold-
ing any .burning cheeks in my hand.
"You cannot complain of me, Miss
Clifford," continued my tormentor.
''You cannot but say that I took
your hint. I did not prose zny at-
tentions, did I?"
"No, you wore dreadfully rude," I
stammered.
"Yes, and though that is what you
had wanted me to be, you were an-
gry with me for it, So like a wo-
man! Your song amused me exceed-
ingly. I could not help giving you
that ono little cut. Will you not
forgive mo'?"
"I wish you would go away," I
said, in great distress. "I have made
a fool of myself, and—and I think
I hate you," I added, somewhat in-
coherently.
"Oh„ no, you don't," answered my
companion, confidently. "Now, look
here, Miss Clifford, wo will say no
more about last night; let us begin
afresh. But wo must first under-
stand each other, Let us look our
position in the face. IIero are we two
people left together for a whole day,
to make the best of each other; now,
are we to spend it in fighting and
snarling like a couple of terriers, or
in rational conversation, like reason-
able beings?"
"Just as you like," I answered
meekly, but with a dawning sense of
the comic in the situation.
"Well," he resumed, "let us begin
by sweeping away all. Bella's mistak-
en little plans. You know as well as
I do, doubtless, what a matchmaker
my dear little sister-in-law is. She is
very fond of me, and you aro her
dearest friend; what more natural
idea than that, therefore, you and I
aro made for each other? Now this
is ludicrous altogether; it is also
very embarrassing. You are, as you
took care to tell me, you know,
engaged to be married; you there-
fore don't want me in tho very least.
I have resigned myself to the inevi-
table, and I am in no need of a
wife. This is clear, is it not?"
I assented, but I winced a little
too. A woman does not, of course,
expect every man to bo sighing for
her, but that he does not ask her to
marry hien is sufficient proof that he
does not want her; to be told so in
so many words is a little bit pain-
ful.
"When I have somebody's praises
whom I don't know dinned into my
ears, I always hate theta beforehand,
don't you? Shall we clear away all
the prejudice which Bella's injudic-
ious praise has roused in our minds,
and, as we have quite settled the
matrimonial question, agree to be
friends?"
"With all my heart," I answered
frankly.
"Give me your hand upon it,
then;" and he held out his own to
me. It was big, and strong and sun-
burnt—a manly hand that I think I
could hold on to if I were in trouble.
I placed my own in it, and he grasp-
ed it firmly for a second.
"Now let me look at your sketch,
will you? You have got your beat -
house a little out of drawing. May I
put it right for you? Give me your
brush—there, that is better. Your
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Wilds half a dozen touches, he had.
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tie sketch that I could not have,
brought out in an hour's .work.
"You understand painting better
than music," I said, laughing.
"Much better; and so do you, 1
fancy!" he retorted.
And aver this congenial interest we
became great friends. I was quite
surprised when the luncheon bell rang
front the house behind us to find that
the morning had slipped away fie
quickly end so pleasantly.
CHAPTER III,
"What shall we do with ourselves
this afternoon, Miss Clifford'?" asked
Captain Thistleby, when we had
finished our luncheon. "Take a
walk?"
"No; it is too hot for washing," I
answered, stepping out through the
French window on to the lawn,
"A drive, then?" he suggested.
"Oh, of all the stuped things a.
drive is the stupidest. Resides, there
is nowhere to drive to; the roads
are hot, and dusty, and shadeless;
seaside country is always hideous;
real hedgerows are at least ten miles
inland."
(To be continued)
THE SENSIBLE MOTHER.
When little ones are ill the sensible
mother no longer doses theist with
nauseous, griping purgatives, nor puts
t tete to sleep with the so called "sooth-
ing" preparations which always cnntaiu
harmful opiates. Baby's Own Tablets
have been used by thousands of mothers
who cheerfully testify that they are
gentle iu their action, absolutely safe.
and make little ones sleep soundly and
naturally, because they remove the
trouble that made baby irritable
and wakeful. On this point Mrs.
T. Watson, Sarmfleld, Ont., says:—
"I have used Baby's Own Tablets and
find there a very valuable medicine for
young children. When baby is cross
or fretful I give her a Tablet, and it
soon pats her to rights."
These Tablets cure all the minor
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for all chiidreu from birth onward.
Sold by medicine dealers or sent by
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CURIOUS FACTS.
The tital number of medical practi-
tioners in Great Britain and Ireland is
36,788.
Queen Wilhelmina and the Sultan of
Turkey have the credit of being the only
reigning mor ar,he at the present
time who are teetotalers.
England possesses nearly 15,000 con-
victs. Their maintenance costs about
$5,000,000 a year.
Nothing is more attractive for either
match or cigarette cases for men than
of gun metal with the monogram set on
in silver.
Great interest is being taken in the
formation of a Factory League. Each
factory desiring to eater must send two
delegates to the meeting to -morrow
evening at the Royal Hotel at 8 o'clock.
An English Author Wrote :
" No shade, no shine, no fruit, no
flowers, no leaves—November!" Many
Americans would add no cure for ca-
tarrh, which is so aggravated during this
month that it becomes constantly trouble-
some. There is abundant proof that ca-
tarrh is a constitutional disease. It is
related to scrofula and consumption, be-
ing one of the wasting diseases. Hood's
Sarsaparilla has shown that what is
capable of eradicating scrofula, com-
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prevents consumption. We cannot see
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ed record of its radical and permanent
cures. It is undoubtedly America's
Greatest' Medicine for America's Great-
est Disease—Catarrh.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Illustration Stations Needed.
MY. D. Drummond, the well known
Farmers' Institute worker, who is at
piesent 'conducting meetings in New
Brunswick under the joint auspices of
the Provineia] and Dominion, Depart -
Intents, writes as follows to .the Live
, Stock Commissioner regarQing the
neede of the rural population in that
1I province; "Since last writing yen to
I our work int'New Brunswick I have 1
I attended end addressed several meet-
! tags. They have with two exceptions
I beer_ well attended, and euneidierablc
!interest has been manifested in them.
Some places we find them asking for
ifurther information on subjects that
have been di cased • in farme•. nevi.
The average attendanee at the fifteen
meetings so far has been fifty, which
I consider very good, because some of
1 the plates are very thinly settled.
"There also seems to be a growing
interest in live stock interests along
this, the at. Joirn River valley, and a
good ueany aro likely to attend the
Winter fain, but not as competitors..
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Business and Shorthand College is quickly provided with a
remunerative situation.
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in this leading College 1
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Booklet, containing complete information, reties for a postal.
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The greatest need here is to know how
to care for. and .feed their live stock,
before they go, too largely into pur-
chasing. 'Tho more I fmix with the
farmers and travel through the east-
ern sections of the Dominion the more
I become convinced of the necessity
of illustration work, and think that
sonic good kind of illustration sta-
tions or -fields, established in different
ports of the Eastern provinces on the
properties of the farmers would do a
great deal towards the advancement
of Agriculture, because the country
is filled with doubting Thomases, who
want to see before thay will believe."
An English Views of the New Butter
Act.
Tho London "Grocer," which is the
leading British authority on all mat-
ters connected with the produce trade,
has the following appreciative edi-
torial on tho new Butter Act in its
issue of October; 10th : "Importers of
butter Tram Canada will be interest-
ed ir. peru.sing`the Canadian Butter
Act recently passe& by the Dominion
Parliament, find which is reprinted in
our news columns. Canada is a vast
continent geographically fitted for ag-
riculture and dairying on an enormous
scale, and important' as is the Cana-
dian cheese export alrea•ly, the coun-
try is bound to show a great develop-
ment alike in its cheese and its but-
ter: and with scientific methods of
transport there seems no reason why
Canadian butter should not become
one. of our most important supplies. It
is very necessary, therefore, that the
conditions under which, the butter
trade is carried on in Canada should
be such as to gain the confidence of
importers, distributors and consumers
on this side. In: the new Butter Act
the Canadians have gone the right
way to work to secure this state of
affairs. They evidently do not moan
to have their butter trade killed in its
infancy by being throttled with a bad
name. There are places nearer home
where the significance of that old pr) -
verb, ''As well hang a dog as give hint
en ill name," hat, never been properly;
understood. The Canadians know bet-
ter than to throw away the profits
of a good '.erutation because ignor-
omusues have votes and interested
persons have axes to grind. Conse-
quently they do not go whining
around for special exemptions from,
the rules applicable to gocd and hon-
est butter making. Their Act defines
butter, `dairy butter, dairy, ereamery,
creamery butler, renovated or process
butter, and them goes en to prohibit
what will lend to fraud. Thus we
read
No person shall manufacture or im-
port into Canada, or offer, sell, or
have in his possession for sale, any
butter containing over 16 per cent. of
water. t"
In similar terms renovated butter,.
process butter, adulterated butter, are
prohibited; also "any oleomargarine,
butterine, or other substance for but-
ter, manufactured wholly or in part
from any fat other than that of milk
or cream." Admixture of substance
to cause absorption. of water, milk,
or eream by butter is prohibited; and
special care taken to prevent the mis-
use of the word "creamery." This IS
the kind of legislation we *like, and
we heartily congratulate Canada on
passing, it."
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