The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Rather Hard on the Cattle if They Could Only Appreciate It

"Rather Hard on the Cattle if They Could Only Appreciate It." New-York Saturday Press, June 12, 1866, 7.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The author sarcastically describes recent Board of Health recommendations, including the decision to exclude cattle from Fifth Avenue, a warning about the proper uses of mineral waters, and the risks of drinking ice-water in the heat of summer. The author concludes with rhetorical questions about the Board's stance on what people eat, where they can eat, and who they should marry.