The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-08
THE PERILS OF ICED TEA.

raging thermometers and busy cOrO-
ners it is fraught with peril. It
amazos US, sometimes, too think how
long the people or America have been
permitted to go on, dallying with this
living death, unwarned by the moni-
tons Of science. It is seldom that
scientific men have been so criminally
negligent as they have shown them
selves to be in the matter of iced tea.
They have been prompt enough to
warn us of the poisonous qualities of
every thing else we like to eat and
drink. until they have about blotted
out everything fit to eat or drink
from the bill of fare, and starved us
down to bran bread diet, and now
comes DR.. Holland. in Scribner for
system Of diet starves more New
Englanders to death in six months
than die from all other causes in a
year. Blessed be the name of DIR.
Holland for that statement. He
doesn't put it quite so strongly as
that. but that is the way we believe
it. Scientific men, learned men in
the professions, have compelled us to
drop the luscious strawberry in ter
ror, by screaming out to us that it
would give us the hydrophobia.
They have made us heart-sick with
apprehension by showing that the
tempting peach in our hands was
reeking with the deadly prussic acid.
They have filled our ice cream with
poisonous impurities. They have
forbidden us to drink water that has
passed through iron pipes or leads
pipes, or that has stood in wooden
vessel, or lain in a cemented cistern,
or rippled from the rock of the hill
side, impregnated with heaven and
chemistry only know what awful SUBJ
stances, until one restriction after an
other has made it the only safe way
for man to get drink of water, for
him to lie down on his back, open his
mouth and wait for the shower. Sci
ence has kindly warned us of the
death that turks in the c1ffee cup.
The cup that blesses the breakfast ia
bic 1mpairs the digestion. Large
doses Of it produce palpitation of the
heart. 1t is adulterated with vene.
tian red and native SesquioXide Of
Iron. 1t has also warned us against
the use of warm tea. bread and butter,
meat, vegetables, fruit, grain, roots.
berries, milk and similar articles of
food. Singular enough, science has
not yet assailad iced tea.
But it will not do to permit people
to enjoy this cool delightful beverage,
simply because its taste is grateful to
the wearled system during this
scorching weather. We must do our
duty, though science may shrink from
it, and the people may cry out against
us. There is danger in iced tea, and
If you would live long and well, shun
the cooling cup. We have not the
space to devote to an extended dis
cussion of this matter, and can only
cite u few instances from long Sc
ries Of carefully made experiments.
which cannot fail to carry conviction
TO the most incredulous mind.
On June 10th, Of this year, John c.
Hampstead, OF West Hill, began to
drink iced tea at dinner and supper.
He kept up this practice for nearly
three weeks, and then one day, going
down the Division street steps, he
slipped and fell. abrading the skin on
both legs. and running a silver into
the ball of his thnmb so far that it
made his teeth ache when he pulled
it out. His clothing was also consid-
erahlv torn. VI hen he went home
that evening he learnrd that his old
est boy had been whipped at school
for sticking pin rs far through an
other boy rs the head would let it go.
He was warned TO quit drinking iced
tea but he persisted in the practice
and he is now sleeping in the valley.
between West and North hill. where
he lives, and says he never felt so
well in his life. But may be he lies
about it.
Henry Esterfeldt, of EIGHT street,
drank ice tea regularly every summer
for three wears. He noticed that
after drinking it about two months.
his boots began to run over at the
heel. lie persisted. and one Sunday
afternoon while he was out driving.
his horse ran away and smashed ST.
out of a borrowed buggy. He paid
the money. but neglected the warning.
He went on drinking iced tea. and in
less than six weeks somebody poisoned
his dog. These statements can all be
verified by writing to Mr.. Esterfeldt,
who is now living in Kansas City. the
father of eleven children. all of whom
inherit their father vice.
A Young woman who did plain
sewing in this city while employed
in the family of Ralph Henderson, of
Maple street, became addicted. during
the summer, to the use of iced tea.
She soon ran sewing machine needle
through her thumb. and for many
DAYS. whenever she picked up cup
of iced tea, a sharp pain ran through
her thumb. She refused TO obey the
warning, however, and in six weeks
she was carried away. The man who
carried her away married her first,
and they are now living in Sagetown.
Last week. at the beginning OF the
heated term. two eminent scientific
gentlemen of Burlington took strong
healthy. hlack-and-tan dog. and i'm
mersed him in tub of pure cistern,
water, into which weak solution of
iced ten had been poured. They held
the dogs head under the water fifteen
minutes, although he struggled
violently. thus showing the natural
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