Show 1106 nog BUTTER WE are arc reliably informed that filat a num berof firms of this city are importing large quantities of bogus butter and selling 7 it to the people as the genuine prod product u ct of the cow it is somewhat vemar remar remarkable kalile too that the rolls go off ike ikc like lkc hot cakes in appearance the article looks like good butter but does not stand the test of a sensa sensitive tive olf olfactory le having a more or less decidedly lar lardy dy smell instead of being the product act of the cow this oleomargarine ilig garin e Is principally produced from the pl pig ref refuse use fatty substances from other animals being also used merchants are not just justified tied fled in palming palmin in off this alleged butter upon the public as a pure article and we allude to the matter to put people on their guard so that they may know what they are purchasing in england the law is very stringent upon tilts tilis subject act merchants there who dispose of boaras bo alus arus butter are compelled to label it oleomargarine aud and those who are discovered having it oil on their premises without this inscription attached are heavily fined if merchants are going goin to continue this illegitimate trade trad here it might be well for our city fathers to cen consider sider the advisability of enacting an ordinance that ouid prevent de dc this imported grease is not even an adulteration but sin simply ly the substitution of one a article articie rt for another we believe that even an indifferent quality of real butter would be preferable to and much safer than it there Js is no knowing how repulsive may have been the raw constituents of the oleomargarine and I 1 it is highly probable that it might be the means ot of sowing the seeds of disease in people who use it there is plenty of locally produce drutter in tile the market just now but many people seem to prefer an article from a 1 distance t to a home product without reference to quality A little more respect should be paid to the cowand cow and a trifle less to the ho hog which is out of its sphere when incite made to assume the role of a butter making animal |