Poison In Sugar-Plums, &c...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-I was a little ainused by a valuable conmunication rnade by a" Friend to the White,' in your paper of Thursday, wherein, afe ome attept atsinii nweg,we are advised not to eat laurel leaves, as they are poisonous bat he says we may eat Jordan almonds, amitting to tcll us the skin of Joralmonlmonds are oison. cMs also, if taken too freel. Indeed, Mr. Editor, you well know many as man has taken little else than bread and wate r years, and died at last--.rga, the bread5 and water poisoned him. But, Sir, the colouring matter of sugar-plums are deemed poisonous, and the greens are said to be verdigris; now any confectioner, pastry.cook, or any other cook, must be indeed a bad calculator of pcnee, who wo a use verdigris, as a good green may be produced of much cheaper artklesnamely, P russian blue and garnbouge, both of ich maybe taken in moderation without,dangef; and if our white riend wastoeathalf a pound of conmfits, or beans coloured with t~scnt.pNow, they woulg2de dohim eno harsi; slioufd thev prove a lttlearthifrmtyc, It would bhe tmeas of earrying ofF sohie of the constipated anonshe seemns to hlave formed. Here, then. we lhave the rctsyllo, tasteblue colours; the white, he will allow, ii a -ural colour, himtdeclf being naturailya " Friend to the WVite"di theZ Uy foedit'hav ? - ra small portion of the blue and wfite; the re Is-what think you P Red precipitate. or rec lead? Oh, no, these are bad colours, and ticlrefore never used ; butninetingout often, it isq ro3e pink, lake, o-rcochineal, each of which are perfectly inno. cent. Now, Sir, having mnade this exposition of thte c:alour of our art, in firm verity, I would give outr white friend a hint. If lie Ims. ressed any cbymical knowledge, he wouTd riothave taken his chtild's opinion, that becuse the bean ta3ted like a halfpenny, the colour.. Ing matter mnust of'ncsiybevrirs I confess I have never had he urisit totast eihera hlfpnnyor verdigri'g rather pre. feric~nsyowngreit uga plme.Ourfrend- should' have ds r~i~~bza"i- a ?lttl dLtilld waer,with a sniaU portioai of e~tic cid;$~aaliac ~tcith soetin wtha few drops of liquid nmn~~h.~i7t ~t.:~ ~igzi,a lueprecVistate -would-have i~.ae ben moe esive than thp onn.. Klaur- Ar PATTYPAN anq;2UI n _fI POISON IN SulGAR-PLUJlfS,1 c.