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Show Odors Yermeaie Foodstuff A fish dealer in one of the most stylish styl-ish parts of New York waSfSeply hurt and badly worried recently by the complaint of one of his big customers that a fine salmon which he had sent to the house for a big dinner had proved to be entirely uneatable when served, owing to a most penetrating taste of creosote that pervaded it. The fish dealer realized, although the charge was not made directly, that he was more than suspected of having sold a stale fish that had been washed or brushed with an antiseptic preparation prepara-tion to hide its condition. He knew that the salmon had been perfectly fresh when he sold it and for days he puzzled in vain over the problem. But suddenly he remembered that on the day the fish was sent out a tank wagon full of creosote had stopped before his place, and that his cart, into which the fish had been placed, was directly alongside of the powerful stuff. That appears to have been enough to permeate per-meate the delicate flesh of the fish. The experience should be a lesson against exposing any foodstuffs to influence in the streets of this city. New York Press. |