The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-12

Same Urgent RetDa, WY IL =, Hooa
b. .lbdHiantd
From n woll known scientist of this
city we hnvo received tho following
paper. which certainly dcmanIs Sc.
rious and instant attention
Farmers Ii il woro reported that
some villains were poiHoning our
wells, tho moro rumor would nlnrm
the community; vigilauco committees
would quickly be formed; you would
search out tho scuuudrcls and give
them short shrift aud ropO on the
nearest tree. But you aro poisoning
the ground 2 II such n rumor should
DO spread about I'M army in an emo,
mys country, the whole civilized
world would DO aroused to indigna
ton by tho general appeal to our
common humanity. But you are
sowing poison for your own country.
men and friends If an apothccary
soils arsenic incnutiOusly, nnl death
cnsucs, ho is punished for man
slaughter But druggists are selling,
and you are buying, arsenic in its
most poisonous form for goneral dis
tribution AMI unlimited uso
You do not believe it will poison
any ono And yot you know that
Paris green in the paporing on the
walls Of u room has poisoned and
killed not ono nor two but mnn /;
persons---childrcn, it il true, anl
usually delicate. But you aro on
dangoring your own childron, and
the Children OF all your noighbors
and relatives. You ask for proof of
tho poisoning through potatoes ?
Must you, then. have one, two, sovor
al deaths Of friends AMI family before
You will believe : Arc potatoes 10
valuable that thoy warrant your run
ming this risk I Will all tho crops
OF all tho country offset q single lifc,
or reconcile you to tho horrible pains
Of arHonical poisoning II You should
ho yourselves tho victims Every
tyro in knowledge Of vegetable phvsi
oloGy il aware ~ the fact That all
vegetables live in part upon minerals
They oat oven the hardest flint stones
They deyour glass itself You mag
500 it on tho stalk of your wheat -.
Tho shining hard outer coat of youi
wheat stock is silcx. dissolved of the
sand Of your feldby aid Of tho potasl
or limo you have used as u fertilizer
You may fool it also in tho sharp
edges Of your blades Of corn, or il
tho splinter you break from tho corr
stalk. But this potash combines alsc
with arsenic and forms the most
dcadly poison, because tho mos,
soluble Iu this form it has boen
given with great caro- and many eau
tons by your doctor; but he gives il
i'll drops, two, throc, five, or tho mos
ton, and ho watches its oifccts mos
anxiously. But you are administers
ing it without caution, aud with nj
insane contempt for prudence!
Nor il it less dangerous bocaus,
its oilocts aro romoto. Slowly il vii
b, taken up by tho POTATOES Sl1wly
shall thcy who aro unwlso enough T.
eat thom absorb tho poison. You
by year will il accumulate in tn,
system, for it, like lead aud mercury
combines with tho tissucs Of thI
boly aud it's effects arc cumulative
In three 10 five years from TIN
strange a"loE aud pains III the bono
will bo felt, your halr will full oui
your facos will DO covered Will
blotchos, your digestion will f,il you
and your physician will remind yor
Of his earnest appeal against the us'
Of arsenic. Moreover, you will no
save your potatoes. Already IL i
reported that tho potatoes 50 troatc
with Paris green aro sDiion, NJ
good for tho tablc. Alrondy ou
people are beginning to say that the,
will eat no potatoes unloss thoy kno'
they were grown without arsenic.
1t is probable that the damage n
ready done isnut too great sorromed.
but ovory year y use Of tho drug IN
cieasos and intensities the danger,
it il necessary this year it will b
moro necessary next. Rather let u
have no potatoes, no egg plants, NJ
tomatoes, than die slowly amida
pain and suffering in order that po
tatoes may be grown. Farmara. rs
no moro Paris green. l.. Y.