The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-12-10
ARSENIC EATERS

ments from one of our exchanges. We
hardly credit them:
A poisoning case at Chilli has procured
the publication of some interesting facts
respecting the arsenic eaters Of Lower
Austria and Syria. In both these provin-
ces II appears TO be common custom "a
mong the peasantry TO consume every
morning small portion OF the deadly
poison in the same manner as the Eastern
world consumes opium. DR.. Tschudi,
the well known traveller, publishes an
accoun; of severa. cases which have
come to his knowledge. The habit does
not seem to be so pernicious in its re-
suits as that opium eating. 1t is com
menced by taking very small dose. Say
somewhat less than half grain every
morning. which is gradually increased to
two or three grains. The case of hale
old farmer is mentioned. whose morning
whet of arsenic reached the incredible
lquantity Of four grains. The effect ii pro
duceS is evry curious. The arsenic eaters
grow fat and ruddy. so much so. that the
practice is adopted by lovers of both sex
es in order la please their eethearts.
II relieves .hr lungs and head very much
also. when mounting steep hills and en-
terinS into more raritied atmosphere.
C=CincInnati in the last few years
has improved wonderfully in afchirectur-
al taste-partiularly in the construction
Of dwellings. Pearces block, on Broad
way below Fourth. might have passed
for palaces five years ago. Three sto-
ry edifices have begun TO look as squatty
as sheds, and seem TO crouch beneath the
towering consequence of new ersctions.
Gin. Commercial.
c. A Western paper says:-"We
know man who envariably reads while
eating his dinner The table is never set
unless book is placed beside his plate
When he leaves the house i'm the morning
he tells his wife TO have Tennyson and
tomat oes for dinner, or Shakespeare and
smOthered chickens; Bacon, and pork and
greens; Burton and buttered beans; Car
lyle and calfs head; the Edinburgh Re-
view and turtle soup,&c. He is SO ardent
|
cannot eat venisOn without d copy of
Wordsw orth in his hand.
5 A Railroad Convention in Iowa. Ina S
: resolved to petition Congress for grant
of public lands TO construct Railroad
from Dubuque to Ne Okuk, and from Da-
venport 10 tho Missouri river. near coun-
LII pI,,Q- Il, Il
TO the Pacific, from the latter place, BY
she South Pass.
Mr.. Gibbs, the great American Alma
nae maker, states thai there will be six G.
clipseS next year, three Of the Sun anc
three of the Moon. There will be- a
: great eclps of the Moon, the 9th ant
= 9TH Of January next. visible and total il
= this section. Duration 3 hrs. and IL
minus.
Besides these. there is to be a great g
clips of the Democratic party in Novem
Der. visible and total in all parts of the
d United States. Duration four yeats from
, Atlas.
If the boats on the Erie, canal Sol;
: III number. we're paced in me, the.
u would reach from Albany 1" Utica dis
q lance of SO mi-s. TIL sis ;aiicr acbi-'
we'd by this enormous fee; in one Y Al
IS IL 900 900 mills DUAL IL 3 600 voya
u ges across III Atlantic. irdnsportin;
t more ,ham 5000 00O tons winch is q
# tims the qu'nti.y carried by the rail
: roa IS which run along the banks of tn
cana Th nsily Business on the cana
~ go IA woUl s-quire 1000 Gar
,.,tfa t,r.r utm1g capacity. tn
J. vA,u, 'a money. oI he property trans
ported b. tise cana. in 1889 was Sl56
O0O,U02
Os~ The u. S. Mill Steamship Hum
boldt, arrived at New York OH the 5t
inst. with Kossuth, family and suite o,
- board. kossuth was received with grea
:. enthusiasm al Staten Island, where III
u landed. Extensive Preparations were il
# progress for his reception in the City
- South Bend Register.
From the Louisville and Madison papers
If FROM NEW YORK.
!. New YORK, Dec. 6.
e Steamship American. from Liverpool
S with dates from the 22l ult., arrived a
'r bout midnight She brings Al passen
is gers, among them G. V. Broole, tragedi
|. an. Father Mathew was s,ayi & at Liv
e. erpool, but intended going to Ireland il
e few days. The news possesses nothing
l. of interest
lie The Steamship Uropea arrived atLiv