The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-07-24
from the Boston Journal. July 9th.
Attempt to Poison a Whole Family

lFrom the Boston Journal, July 9th.
+ Attempt to Poison Whole Family.
We obtainads on Saturday the following
particulars Of ang attempt to destroy the
lives of the, family Of Mr.. John Jones, Of
Randolph, by mixing arsenic. with their
food. Some days since a member of the
family, in passing through the yard of the
premises, discovered package containing
aanantity ofbrown sugar. 1t awas taken
INTO the house, and a portion ofSits used in
cooking. Subsequently several members
OF the family were seized with sudden and
alarming illness, the details of which have
not come to hand. Suffice it to say that
the sugar found in the yard was suspected
OF containing poison. Still, certain mem
bers Of the family, discreditinS the infer.
cnce, continue to partake of the food sweet
ened with the strange sugar. The same
symptoms resulting from its use in this
case rs in the other,a potion Of the con-
tents oftho paper was brought to this city,
and submitted to DR.. Al. A. Hayes for
chemical analysis. The result of his exam
nation disclosed the presence Of consid-
cradle quantity Of arsenic.
On being informed of the rcsultY of the
analysis. the suspicious Of the family rested
ut once uponsa young woman, named Lu-
Gina Ann Hunt, recently employed rs a
domestic in the house, rs the person who
left the poisoned sugar on tho premises.
She was accordingly arrested and brought
before Justice Churchill for examination.
Tho most important witness for tho prose
c,,,ion is sister Of the accused, who tcst-
iied as we are informed, to hearing her sis
a.
good in sugar she would pnt it in tho well ;
After full hearing, Of tic evidence i'll the
case, Justice Churchill ordered the lefcn
'lant to recognise in the sun, OF five hun,
'lrcd dollars, for trial at tho next term of
Court of Common Pleas, to be held at
Dc,lllam, to which place, in default of bail,
she WAS fully committed. The accused is
about twenty-five years Of age.
BE SHonr-Wc remember seeing d.,z.
en- years since in prominent letters over the
study door ola most useful pastor-who
served the same church quarter of CELL
tury, and who has gone to his rcward-thc
words: "Bc Short" How much it oc-
CURED to us, is comprel,cndcd in those
monRsy yllablcs, and how much meaning in
in placing them there. Long calls, inAuis-
tive and tedious conversation, had frittcrcd
away too many valuable moments of a life
that was not to be long, its possessor having
died before he reached the age Of fifty years.
Yet there is scarcely lesson which men
i'll general are so low to learn rs this one :
''Be Short" In prayers, and preaching,
and singing, i'll authorship and business, in
meetings, i'll speeches, in the thousand and
one details Of everyday life, there is mar
velous absence OF despatch. Tie railroad
and telegraph are doing somewhat to ed
ucate the people, and yet the ted ium that
'dragss its slow length along" is still the
impcdment, we had almost said the vice
Of multitudcs. The number is relatively
large who know how to accomplish well,
and at the same time bc brief Who pass
es through an anniversary scason-otlcn
through Sabbath, too-without wishing
at some point not for ear truinpets so much
as condensers The result is tedium, and
loss of ctfect--a result that is often more
| far-reaching than is dreamed Of. "l}e
Short" We have thought, remarks our
contemporary Of the Banner and Cross,
that "no two words mean so much rs
these. They give the greatest satisfaction
in the argument in conversation, in writing,
in visiting, inalmost everything. They're
deem time that all.comprehending and all
meaning something we call our own, on the
right and saving use Of which depends the
wonders of good we may do and the treas
ures we may lay up for the long needs of
eternity. All our losses and perils here
springs from the disuse or abuse of time.
Our minutes here relative to duration and
Importance, are more to he considered than
ages Of eternity"
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