The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-22
Beware OF Iced Tea.


Singular enough, science has not yet
assailed iced tea. But it will not do to
permit people to enjoy this cool, delight
full beverage simply because its taste is
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 discussion of the
matter, and can only cite few instances
from long series ofexperiments, which
can not fail to carry conviction to the
most incredulous mind.
On June 10, of this year, John G..
Hampstead, of West Hill, began to drink
| iced tea at dinner and supper. He kept
up this practice for nearly three weeks,
| and one day, going down the Division
Street steps, he slipped and fell, abrad-
ing the skin on both legs, and running, a
silver into the ball of his thumb SO far
that it made his teeth ache when he
pulled it out. His clothes were also
| considerably torn. When he went home
that evening he learned that his eldest
boy had been whipped at school for
sticking pin as far through another
| boy as the head would let it go. He was
warned to quit drinking iced-tea, but he
persisted in the practice, and 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 Eighth Street,
drank iced tea regularly every summer
for tree years. He noticed that, after
drinking it about two months, his boots
began to run over at the heel. He per-
sisted, and one Sunday afternoon, while
he was out driving, his horse ran away
and smashed ST. out of borrowed
buggy. He paid the money, but ne
elected the warning. He went on drink
ing iced tea, and in less than six weeks
some one 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 chill
dren, all of whom inherit their fathers
| vice.
A young woman who did plain sewing
in this city, while employed in the fam
| lily of Ralph Henderson, of Maple Street,
became, addicted during the summer to
the use of iced tea. She soon ran sew
ing-machine needle through her thumb.
She refused to obey the warning, how
ever, and in six weeks she was carried
away. The man who carried her away
married her first, and they are now liv-
ing in Sagetown.
| Last week, at the beginning Of the
heated term, two eminent scientific gen
tlemen of Burlington took a strong,
healthy black-and- dog and Immersed
him in tub of pure cistern water, into
which weak solution of iced tea had
been poured. They held the dogs head
under the water fifteen minutes, al
| though he struggled violently; thus
showing the natural and in
stinetive aversion to a sub
stance which intelligent human beings
blindly and eagerly drink, and when
the gentlemen took him out of the tub
he was quite dead. If a teacupful of
iced tea in a tub full of water will kill a
dog, think for yourselves what must be
the effect of a strong, undiluted cup of
this decoction upon the system of a weak
woman.
Last summer, a lumber puller in the
employ of F. T. Parsons & Co., of this
city, declared that he could live on iced
tea. Before he had time to go up to his
boarding house, however, he fell off the
raft upon which he was at work, and
drowned fl 74
A single drop of iced tea poured upon
the tongue of living rattlesnake will
produce the most startling effect, in
stantly causing the man who admins
tiers it to fly for his life, and his life will
be in imminent danger, unless he dis
tances the snake before the first turn,
Eleven grains of strychnine mixed in
teaspoonful of iced tea will kill the
Oldest man in America.
These instances and facts might be
multiplied by scores. We have said
enough, however, to warn every person
of the danger that lies in the tempting
goblet of iced tea. If suffering and
death ensue from its continued use, the
Hoa0keye feels that it has done its duty
and washes its hands of all response
bility in the nlatter.-Burlinqton Hayk-
eye.
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