The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-08-08
from the Albany 4rgus.1
Cure for Poison BY Arsenick.

Cure for Poison by Arsenick.
In the Schoharie Republican, of the
18th ult. there is very minute account
by Doctor J. Converse, of his treat
ment of a person who had swallowed
half a teaspoon full of white arsenick.
A person by the name Of John Smith,
was confined in the gaol, in Schoharie
County, on charge which, if made out
against him, would send him to the
State Prison for life. To get rid of this
punishment, it appears he determined to
destroy his life, and with that view
swallowed the poison above mentioned.
Doctor Converse determined to try
the virtue of Charcoal, aud it appears
that the experiment has been success
full. The account he gives of the treat
ment of the case is as follows -
" Determined to pursue the direc-
lions there laid down [New-EngIand
Medical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 81 with
such alterations as my judgment would
dictate, commenced the following day
about the meridian, while the hiccups
continued undated, the pulse and symp-
toms generally not much more faVoura-
Bile, by giving half an ounce of Carb
lig. cont. or pulverized charcoal, mix
ed in half pint of sweet milk every
honr and one half pint of OIL. DIV. or
sweet oil. every two hours. Milk and
water for his common drink, which he
was fond of, seemed to alIay in some
measure his thirst"
A preacher in the neighbourhood of
Blackfriars, London, not undeservedly
popular, had just finished an exhortation
strongly recommending the liberal sup
port OF very meritorious institution
The congregation was numerous, and
the chapel crowded to excess. The
discourse being finished, the plate was
about to be handed round to the respect
i've pews, when the preacher made this
short address to the congregation 6! From
the sympathy have witnessed in your
countenances, and the strict attention
you have honoured me with, there IS
only one thing | am afraid of-that
some of you may feel inclined to give
too mach Now, it is my duty to inform
you, that justice, though not so pleas
ant, should always be prior virtue to
generosity therefore, as you will all
Immediately be waited upon in your re-
sPective pews, | wish to have it thor
oughly understood, that no person will
think of putting any thing into the plate
1Ubo cannot pay their debts" need not
add that this advice produced a most
overfowing collection.
| A farmer from the neighbourhoed of
Kirby Moorside, having taken farm a
few years ago, was, from the badness of
the times, reduced in circumstances. and
resolved to try his fortune in America,
with the little he had left, namely, the
trihing sum of ESQ, or Whereabouts. He
came to Liverpool about fortnight ago,
to take passage for himself, a wife.
and seven children, to Boston. Having
completed his arrangements, paid his
passage money, and laid in his stock Of
| provisions, he had about s so left to be-
gin the world again on the other side Of
| the Atlantick; but unfortunately, hav-
| ing got into company with set Of vaga-
bonds who are constantly on the look
out for smacks of this kind, they enticed
this poor fellow into publick house in
| Crosbie-street, and over their cups pro-
posed to bet a wager that not one in the
company could produce the sum of ESQ.
The poor fellow, little suspecting the
company he had got into, Immediately
pulled out his remaining f SO, laying it
upon the table. No sooner had he done
so, than these demons in. human shape
ran off with the money, and left the
poor fellow without shilling-so that
when he arrives on the other side of the
water, he will be left quite destitute.
LiDerpoOl paper.
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