The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-12-19
An Hours Struggle with Poison.

| was spending some days, not many
years ago, in beautiful little country
village, and in a family that had more
than common attractions to one who loves
domestic life as well as myself The lit
tie circle had in it more Of real interest
than have often seen developed in the
same number Of persons. The father of
the fanil ly--alnost too young yet to feel
that he was entitled to that honorable
appellation--was a fine, frank hearted
Young mechanic, with vide world of
bounding life in his veins, aud energy
that, when fully aroused, drove every
thing violently before him, aud warmth
Of disposition that won him more friend
thip, than Ii had then given him of the
goods of this world. His wife, to whom
he had been married some four years,
was singuiariy beautiful. They had two
children-the one laughing brown eyed
and brown-haired little girl, of three
years. Her name was Eveleen The
second was growing, laughing, blue
eyed, plump little beauty, OF less than a
year, promising to have all the charms of
the older at her age.
| was sitting one afternoon III quiet
little room with my feet upon two chairs,
reading pleasant little book, in state
between asleep aud awake--my host away
at his shop, hundred yards of, and my
pretty hostess engaged in her household
| labors-when | was thrown out OF my
Incidence by scream that brought me te
my feet like an electric shock 1t was d
vomans voice, and had in ii an excess
/ of agony that cannot be indicated IL
words, So loud, that it rang over that lit
! tie village, and broug ht every one forth
to ascertain the cause.
spran. to the door that separated th'
sitting room from the dinner apartments
aud saw the whole at a giauce. The
youug mother stood at the door with h.
lirst born, our darling Eyeleen, ia he
arms, dying. A brief and hurried wore
from the seryan. girl told me the sad sto
~. The little girl had accompanied
child uncle up stairs, and while the at
ten,ion of the other child was tnrnes
away. she seized q bottle of corrosive
subiimate in alcohol, and had swallove'
enough to have taken away twenty slel
lives The little thing had tottered dow
stairs, and the mother had met her at tn
landing, with the empty bottle In he
hand, and the poison oozing from he
mouth, and the child al! unconscious Q
the fearful thing she had done. " as
a,v wonder that the terrible shrek ran
out over the quiet village, aud that a
ready the occupants OF every house wer
rushing to the spot where the me.he
stood,
But few moments could have posibl
elapsed since the poison was taken, an
vet the eject was fearful. After til
. hrs, sh..;.ex Of terror, .the mother ha
,u,eted to a calm despair Tor the monel
ind stood with the child IN her arm
t making no effort for its relief, and ihae'
!, seemed hopeless, tor already the sup'
noison, seemed dltnsed lniopo.i y
, srane, the brown eyes lost the,r lastf
: IN face was hlackenel as after lea'ib ~
,he teeth wcrc tight set as IN conS'
, .;ye spasn that evidently woaid not pa
4 away | examined the little lost darll'
i for moment, saw that 1t was hope..e'
"a then ,nrned away, unable to D.
'ha, mo,her's agony The little DC
s. w,s w., already half filled with villagers, q
s"h. I and means and lamentations o'
o. M ,bs fate os he dying child, we're hea
II every direction, mingled witn huri. .
a.s.,ious as to the manner oil It's oce'
> renee, and vain attempts At ansve'li
vh;eb added an expressing CONFUSION
,.a sadness OF the scene.
= The little plsy-fellow uncle, who
zee heen up stairs with the child, had
az a. ias,ausIy to call the father, and but !;
en moments elapsed before he spranY !, !
're ,he middle Of the group. lie had o.
ND ID Ia All. and asked no questions.
.;ms 10 remark that his eye was '
stern, M and that his lip was very nr'
big comnressed. Others, too, remarked
md md and and i knew Afterwards that m'.r'
an am round the circle Of how strange
x. *. ..s ,n that he betrayed no feeling !, /.
e t.s. I Il. reached out his hands, and