The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-03-02

Magazine, IN three successive numbers Of that ue,
odi.'a' has gwen very Interesting Of the
various narcotics indused in by the various nations
OF the earth. Among the curious detaiI. furnished
by hun are The following relation 10 the use of Ar
sen,c in some parts Of Lower Austria and Styria:
White arsenic, as is well known, is a Solent poi
SON. and although sometimes used by practitioners as
medicine m small quantities, it ra,.l, enpj cd
for household purposes by the people either Of Great
Britain or the United States. Bat in some parts
ol Lower Austria and StyrIa, and espectlI, in The
h'y regions towards Hungary, there prevails among
the peasantry an extraordinary cseh of eating arse
me. TIE objects Gust, that the eater u,,v
thereby acquire freshness Of Complexion and plump
ness al figure. For this purpose, as will ,eadik IL.
supposed, il is chiefly eaten by the Young Second.
that the Wind may he improved so that long and
steep heights NAV bc climbed without difficulty .f
breathing. BIZ the middle aged and the o!d !, X es
tecmetl for this influence, and both results an. de-
scihed as following almost invariably rcm the use Of
ar>enic.
10 improve their appearance, YONG peasants Of
notn sexes, have recourse to II, some, doubt from
vanity, aud some with "a view ul :iei,lng g. ,b. ~
charms IN he eyes oi each other. Ani IT is yet, e
ma kal'e TO how wonderfully well the, ,,,,in
their object Tor these ,oung poison eaters az, p,,r
sally remarkable fpr blooming conn,!. >i,,. and -
full rounded, healthy api eal ancc. Dr. Tachu,!, give,
the following case as having. occurred in HI, own
practice: "A healthy. but pale an, thin i,i,lk,u,id
residing in the Parish Of IL had "a Ior,t ~ h, m
she wished to attach 10 herself Nv a i,o,t. a,,re,l.
exterior. She therefore had Iccouf Sc 10 the well
known bcauiiher. AMI took arsenic several Times ,
week. he desired effect was not long IN show ing
itself. fpr III IL lew months she iccame stout p"
checked, and all that her lover could desire Ia ar
der however, 10 increase the effect, she ncau,io.l
increased the dose Of arsenic. and loIl victim IN
her vanity. She died poisone.i-a very r.;ntI
death :" The numbers OF such fatal Gases. e,pe-
Ciaily among young persons. is described as hv no
incon, ideral,e.
For the second puftoSc--fl,t ,f repd.,;rr
beaih,ns easier when going "p hil!--the peasant rui
small tiagmcn, ri arsenic in b month and lets II
dissolve. The effect is as,on,s hing lie a.renJs
heights with taciliiy, which he could not Otherwise
do without The creates; di:tcul,y Of breathing The
quantity Of arsenic with which tie eaters begin is
about halt gram They coniinus to take This ousn
uty two or three times week IN the morning tasting
Until they become Infatuated 10 it. They then ecu.
tiousy increase the dose the quantity seems 10
diminish in is effects. "Tbe peasant RI" saw,
Dr. Won Ischudi, "a hale of sixty who enoys
capital health at present, takes for every dose a r-ce
about grains 10 weight. For the is forty Years
he has continued the habit, which he inherited from
his father, and which he viii transmit 10 his chill
dren." Ii Is stated inrher, that smpons Of ill.,
or chronic poison are observed an, of these
arsenic CATERS when the dose is carefully adap,eJ .,
the constitution and habit o body Of the person usin,
1t.
But f from any the arsenic be left Off for a
time, symptoms Of disease occur, which resemble
feeling oi discomfort arl.es, great Indifference a. ey-
erythinc around, anxiety about his own person. de-
ranged digestion, loss al appetite, feeling Of over
ioading in the stomach. increased flow of saliva.
burnin. from the stomach up 10 the throat s,lsis IN
the throat, pains in the bowels, constipation, and
especially oppression in the breathing From lhese
symptoms there is only speedy mode Of leIie-an
immediate return To arsenic eating.
The custom does not amount To passion ike opi.
nm eating m the East, heiel-che"ins in Ioda, or
cocoa chewing in PERU The arsenic is not taken as
direct pleasure givcr happiness bestowcr but tho
practice begun, creates craving, the other
practices do, and becomes necessity oil life.
The Lincoln Democrat publishes two lines Of tho
erea, epic upon Gen. Jackson, written by a western
bafd--
When you their eyes gliSen, then my men fire.
Were the last wing wonls of A. Jackson Esqare.''
Also revves d Ilncnt or Ak. Hamilton
"Oh' Aron Burr what i.rv you dun,
Yu've shot G,ner! lia,niliun,
You got behind a bunch of this.ies,
A nd shot him dead with tu hoss pistols
A down cast bard has the following as al oraton
on a presidential succession:
Come on brave boys, with good inteut,
And hre the guns Of COVER ment,
You load ard III tend vent,
Touch her off and let her went"
! These must he Of that great class Of epics, of
which so many unsucce ssful specimens recently
presented for the $500 Latham p,ze at Washington.
" Sonny do you know your le,lersi''
" Yes sir, two Of 'em.''
" Possible what are ihey1''
"Let 'er 60, and le. 'er ripe
! S. Chipnan. Esq., who visited every Peniten.
ary, Jail and Wo' khouse in the State Of New York
IN search Of facts, eays that his opinion more
than fve-sxths Of the persons committed on Grim.
nai charges are Incorporate"
When DR.. Frankln's mother -in-law discovered that
the young man had hankering for her dsu2h,cr.
that good lady said she did not know 50 well abou,
giving her daughter to priDter-there already
two printing Offices in America, and she was not
certain that the country would support them.
! droIi fellow, who had wooden leg, being in
company Wit man who Mas somewh hai c,edulous.
the k,,ter asked the former how he to have a
wooden leg7 'Wby,' said he, 'my father bad one.
and had my grandfather be(ore him; it runs In tho
blood.
The Boston Post gives pretty good lick on the
strength of the Iverson Monument projected IN Chi.
cago, az follows:
s.Uut west" remarked Aunt Kitty. looking up
from the newspaper, ''they build mopvueuts 70 pers
sons who don't steal" IL suppose that to Be the
reason" replied Roger "why there are 50 few n''a'
! uu,ects IN that euuntry." +"