Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-25
DEATH IN THE cur.
The Perils that Surround the DrlDker
OF Iced Tea-A More Deadly Draught
than Ice Water or Fresh MIX.

Thermometers and busy corOners II is
fraught with peril. It amaaes us, some.
times, TO think how long the people Of
America have been permitted TO 20 on,
dallying with this living death, unwarned
by the monitions Of science. Il il seldom
that scientific men have been so criminaIly
negligent us they have shown Themselves
TO be in this matter of iced tea. They
have been prompt enough to warn us OF
the poisonous qualities Of everything else
we like 10 eat and drink, until they have
about blotted out every ything fit to eat or
drink from the bill Of fare, and starved us
down to bran diet, and now comes along
DIR. Holland in the Scribner for July, and
assures us that the Graham system OF diet
stnrves more New Englanders to death in
six months than die from all other causes
in year. Blessed he the name Of DR..
Holland for that statement. lie 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 COM
PEELED us to drop the luscious strawberry
in terror, by screaming out to us that il
would give us the hydrophobia. They
have made us heart-sick with apprehension
by showing that the tempting peach in our
hands was recking with prussic acid.
They have htkel our ice cream with poi
sonous impurities. They have forbidden
us to drink water that has passed through
iron pipes or lead pipes, or that has stood
in II wooden vessel, or lain in n cemented
cistern, or rippled from the rock Of the
hillside, impregna ed with heaven and
chemistry only knows what awful sub.
stances, until one restriction after another
has made it the only safe way Tor a man to
get drink Of water, for him to lie down
on his back, open his mouth and wait for
the shower Science has kindly warned us
OF the death that turks in tile cSfiee cup.
The cup that blesses the breakfast table
impairs the digestion. Large doses OF it
produce palpitation OF the heart II is
adulterated with Venetian red and native
sesqui.oxide of iron. 1t has also warned
us against the Use Of warm ten, bread aud
butter, meat, vegetables, fruit, grain, roots
berries, milk and similar articles as food.
Singular enough, science has not vet as
sailed iced tea.
But it will not do to permit people to
enjoy this cool delightful beverage, simply
because its taste is grateful TO the weuried
system during this scorching weather. We
must do our duty, though science may
shrink from il, and the people may cry out
against us. There is danger in iced tea,
and il you would live long and well, shnn
the cooling cup. We have not the space
to devote TO M extended discussion Of this
matter, and can only cite a few instances
from long series Of carefully made exper-
iments, which cannot fail to carry cOnvic-
tion to the most increduloLS mind.
On June 10th, OF this year, John C..
Hampstead, OF West Hill, began to drink
iced tea at dinner and supper. lie kept
up this practice for nearly three weeks, and
then one day, going down the Division
Steps, he slipped and fell, abrading the skin
on both legs, and running a silver into the
ball Of his thumb 80 far that it made his
teeth ache when he pulled it out. His
clothing WIS also considerably torn. When
he went home that evening he learned that
his oldest boy had been whipped at school
for sticking pin as far through another
boy as the head would let it go. lie 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 Eighth street, drank
iced tea regularly every summer for three
years. He noticed that alter drinking il
about two months, his boots began to run
over ut the heel. He persisted, and one
Sunday afternoon while lie was ont driving,
his horse ran away and smashed S17 out
OF borrowed buggy. lie paid the morev,
but neglected The warning. He went on
drinking iced tea, and in less tlnn six
weeks somebody poisoned his dog. These
statements can all be verified by writing
to Mr.. Esterfeldt, who is now living in Kan
sas City, the father of eleven children, all
whom inherit their fathers vice.
yeung woman who did plain sewing
in this city, while employed in the family
OF Ralph Henderson, OF Maple street, be-
came addicted during the summer To the
use OF iced tea. She soon ran sewing
machine needle through her thumb, and
Tor many days, whenever she picked up a
cup oi iced tea sharp pain ran through
her thumb. She refused to obey the warn
ing, 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 black
nnd-tan dog and immersed him in IL inb of
pure cStern water, into which weak So
lntion Of iced tea had been poured They
he the dogs head under the water fifteen
minutes, although he struggled violently,
thus showing the natural and inslinctive
aversion to Il substance which intelligent
human beings bindly and eagerly drink,
and when the gentlemen took him ont Of
the tub he was quite dead. II a teacupfnl
OF weak iced tea, in n tub full Of water,
will xii dog, think for yourselves what
must be the effect of strong, undiluted
cup OF this decoction upon the system oi
weak woman.-Buriington Hdrkeye.