Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1889 — BOGUS EGGS. [ARTICLE]

BOGUS EGGS.

A Bntlier Doabtf <1 Moir front the* K-glo ■a «»f Naiu»-nl <>rm. Artificial eggs have been sold in the Pittsburg market, says a paper of that city, and offered to the public m p'sco of rod one*. A woman walked into the office of the Board of Ile dlh on Seventh street basket containing four dozen tggs. "All these eggs are manufactured and not a single one has been 'mid bv a ben!" the woman exclaimed to one of the health officers. “What am I to do about the. matter!’’ she then asked. - The gentleman picked up one of-the eggs, looked at it, and he then gated at the woman In astonishment, saying: “What is wrong with the eggs? They look all right, and I don't see any differ encc between them and any other eggs. You mean to state that they arc manufactured! They may be rotten, but I don’t think that this egg was made by the mere ingenuity of any human mind.” “Welt, then, you arc just a little mistaken, that is all," said the woman, “and I will prove it to you. Look here, now, at this egg. ” She then took one of them from the basket and broke it and When the officers observed the yelk their faces bore the evidence of unmistakable wonder. * In shape the yelk was similar to that of < real egg. but its color differed somewhat from that article, being darker and of a browner tint than that in the ordinary egg. Besides that, however, the yelk of the false egg consisted of a more jellylike substance. Its composition appeared to contain gelatine,' syrup and starch. The white of this manufactured article looks exactly like the white of the real egg. It had the same transparent appearance and the Imitation seemed to be perfect , Blit the most puzzling thing is the shell. There is no difference noticeable to the eye at all, and it is not wonderful that any one should buy such an egg as real ben fruits* The entire article, outside of the yelk, is a perfect counterpart of anything we see in the retd egg. The woman bought them in the market atthirtycentsadoz.cn.