Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1895 — Canned Foods. [ARTICLE]

Canned Foods.

In buying canned goods an eminent physician's instructions are to “reject every article that does not show the line of rosin round the edge of the solder of the cap, the same as is seen on the seam on the side of the can. Reject every can that does not have the name of the manufacturer or firm upon it. as well as the name of the company or town where manufactured. Stands aids have all this. When the wholesale dealer is ashamed to have his •ante on the goods, fight shy of him.

Press up the bottom of the can. If decomposition is beginning) the tin will rattle the same as the bottom of the oiler of your sewing machine will do. If the goods are sound, it will be solid, and there will lie no rattle in the tin. Reject every tin that shows any sign of rust around the cap on the inside of the head of the can. If housekeepers are educated on these points, then the muriate of zine amalgam will become a thing of the past.”