Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-06-06
TERRIBLE LEAD po,so,
ORANGE COrS.vNlie

ANeI COUNTY,
Orcr 800 People B,i,.'
Mired IN Flour. -Abou, ~1
the pcopl. of Middleton, IN wy
Waikiki Valley in Ii, s }. "
Orange county. New Yor ', "
with a viruleut disease vS;s 70
skill of the physicians, ny, anu
exhibit the most, pdsitit j
lead poisoning yet the ,ns
that they had eaten an,,b% p.'S
ted with lead. IN manS c,so,
died, and a great numbo T.,
satitutions ruined for life NV
away as victi ms of this h,I's
The physicians were vqry Y,
to determine the cause q H.
only sywPtom which was reg,.
elusive thai lead was the s 81.
was the blue line at the n ~"
teeth was present m slmes
After patient study and i,
they became convinced that \
was caused by lead in tbe !.
they Immediately directed N.Y.
ascertain how it was couvsyTa
After considerable researcbi,
that the lead was conveyed ipn'
achs Of the sufferers by bread n
and as q greater part Of thoss,E
manufactured at the mill Of NJ
at Philipsburg. ian investie,nA'
once made in that direction, N,
lowing facts were ELECTED, uos
surprise of every one, the niIIg
included:
1t anrtars that Mr.. Marsh Nj
an enviable notorietyfor the sur(
ity Of his -four, and that The 8
many miles around were in n,
bringing their wheat and cons
to be made into -four and mol
from this he exported largely Il
mill. which has four run Of n
kept constantly going-by n'61
as by custom work. This sa,,
constantly needing repairs, sNl|
tiles frequently ma, ifestcd n
which, instead of being filled M
cement generally used for ths
were filled with common lead
these holes we're filled with Conn
Some of these holes were aL
hens egg, one, we are Informed.
large as the palm of a mans /
when filed, the lead projected
surface of the store. it was
down level. They were then adj
grain was run in. and the mott
and was gradually increased IN
high rate of speed was alta
course the attrition caused by
ity detached PARTICLES of lead
stone and mingled them ain.
with the -four. EM
increased the amount, so mi 4
pound of -four there was enopA'
parted to make small buckshot.
enormous businesstof Mr. Ma shr
can imagine how much lead "
throughout the s,,
country, to be absorbed into the
of those who partook of the fuu
The lead i'll this form was con
ly harmless, bnt when ferna
subjected to the baking proce, il
mediately transformed into carl
lead--the deadllest of Mleaa
Bread of this kind was but litt
than bread spread with white !
substitute for butter.
Were it not for the fact that
was taken in such large qusntit
produce a counter state Of action
would have died before the ca
be discovered.
Samples of the -four we're then
by skillful chemists, who found
could not only be discovered
quantities, but in many eases
seen by the naked eye. As soen
facts became known a general pa
the result. the mill ceased runnl'
who had obtained -four Of Mr.
turned it to him, but the seeds
had already been sown at an alar
through a radius of from twenty
miles.
In the town and immediate '
Middleton 2l3 cases of this NAL
happened, besides about 100 mo
shen. a few miles off. The mi
rending details arc given of the
Of the people in these places
"a great many children h'
Scores of men who a few weeks
in the full enjoyment ofbealth ant
are ruined for life, and tOtter t
their faces having the appearaH
parchment; their eyes sunkeD .
cled by q dark ring their lipsl
Giles contracted and their limbs
for them to move is intense palI
follows relapse. till in time thgl
to the effects Of this fearful mails