The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-11-20
ff0n MEs. swisshelu,'s Visitor Of saturday
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fron MEs. swis.hslsa's Visitor Of saturday.
POISONED.
Our laHIiy wss pois0ned on Tuesday, si
dinner, and we have I'll been very n There
were eleven persons; and The last we heard,
ell were able To walk rboui, excep, our liIllc
boy sad wusnaa who lives with NJ, Hes'or
Mcclaln, and while We write, her grGans Gil
ouF ears. q Is nov Thursday mrrnIng, and
Se si.s sutier from nausea, dizz ness, shell
ehils and fever; aud all the rest were wovse
1han ne we're. Robert Wnodsitr. a deal
mule, who wsshsre working, is al home Ssh
bis patenIs ia Williamsburg, aud nj the lasr
sAecoapt we bad yesterday, he was snll very
sil. Nssteat iaf iissler's lli=, but her ply,
sician thinks the danger past. There were
i've childffg, who ale Of il--fonr Of onr sis
ter.in>'ae Ms. GaIlingon's, and our own
foster son. Or lutte girl was at school. and
~as the oaiy one who escaped. Oar hired
man, German, was very N, hut SAYS be is
s.so c,',a as ever again" Oar lutle hoy aud
'~o ef Ihe cthAr chIdten are stli sick; but
:, ahe Dr. thinks all danger over. We cannot
vel Our wofls pn, together lightly, Tor our
ears are stlll full Of The groapa. 1t was an
boar and half be! !ore any neighhor or ply
steam h . GOT 10 the house, aad during the
time we ran up and down s'airs, hther and
ibiIher, wailing on four others-Mr, Swiss-
=. helm, his ma nei, Hester and the boy. The
Children hid gone home u the mo her, and
The p1 n to llle Fl I'D. There was na Que =
ife 10 go for assistance. TO mnalely some
men were at The cider pess making cider
and we got one ofthan To 90 for assistance
a's We lad been suf'.IiRs Slightly for an hAur
s'eture dinte, by tasting The gravy wh,le
. asoning il; bat did not suspect The cause
and ate a li,lIe,at tEnner as u remedy. AT
,er dinner Immediately we wer obliged ,u lie
down. Presently Mr.. S. came into the
room sick; bul he has nlten been sick aflei
meals, ahd we thought it dyspepsia. lie
complained that The turkey had not been
seaspned enungh, when we went OUT and ale
n little TO Judge if il lasted rightly. as VIC hac
only liker, pall of the gravy at dinner. We
Ihdugh, ii a fancy, aud walked out in the
yard TO Try to feel better There we me
n hoy compln nlng but he was habiiualS
d.liraie, and We sn pected nothing. Whrr
we tnrned TO our room we found NJ. S.
Vefy III. He soon began 10 vuInil wh lie
We held his head we hear ohers retchna
IN Il e yard, and thea we knew ii w1s poisun
fortunately we had tartar emetc IN The
house. We went Immediately aud nuk 4
large dose and drank copinnsiy Of topid va,
rr--tred to get the Others 10 do likewise
hul cond only succe d With Mrs Swisshelm,
sen. aud the lutte boy, Hester refused to
swallow anything; bpi wh:.t time was lie 2.
+. rlunaieIy we never 10 Sc our presence OF
mind, and gain d0nhIe quantity Of activity
in emergencies. The eXcifem. nj kept us
APP until assistance came. We can 1--WE no
net ounI Of Nhe,c the poison came from. -
There was anno about house. The II
key lay upon lIte hi chen ahe, dressed, all
night, aud lherr was noHh'ug to h,ve preyei =
7cd any oEC's entering lhe N.'cheH; but we
can attempt no explanation We cannot
even leil What tie nature of lhr poison W:
We s,ved the fr neniS uut'i lie physician,
DR.. CplolIcis, arrived. Hc SAID II" inG,r;n"-
lion cnrld be gaircd by cS1mpng hem,
and iaeg we're thrown away, for we we're
Ctiee 10 "a 20 bed as soon as We could be
spared Yesterday We received few bis ct
bsnes, bn whether they wi! setve to throw
any l'2ht Hphn the matter We know nni.-
We do MT tear fer the hte Of arp bnt Hes
ter; and he linle boy appears worse This
tnm,iit i, Robcrl WGodside We have not
heni.I from II all recover there will be no
legal in,osligalion, and if they do not, il is
Il. .uiiln if ahy certuin lig';t can be thrown
uppn Tie mptler. ';'lank God iii no worse ;
Wo have always been very much afraid of
prison bot we ire cured Of thai now that we
had dose. II The rest were only well.