The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-20
POISONED By LEMONADE.
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iUlsuNEp- Dl UENlUNAUE,
HOW ,op s.l,;ys 90 n1,S a4 s,a
TURNED INTO A HOSPITAL WITH TIIII,.
TY PATIENTS.
Friday night, the 3o.h ult., "a tI. nu-
merous party were gathered at a
grand dance being held in the capa.
cious barn at Michael Shaitel's place,
section 2l,Ein <thes town of Wells,
about ten miles southeast Of Sparta.
Over q hundred we're present, and
the young lads and lasses, and many
older ones, sfromaalEa the countryside
around, were on hand, filled TO the
full Mith1hcalta land happiness and
enjoyihsg sfiis fesfS0e occasion as on ii
such a party can. About halEpast
10 o'clock some lemonade in couple
Of jars was brought in and COM
menccd having rapid sale, the boys
and girls imbibing with equal free
dom: Not long after This hour a
lullGlla.was served, and it began soon
to s.be. noticed that every once in q
while, some young man, or perhaps Il
guestsof the other sex, would get up
suddenly, with a panied expression
of face and rapidly depart. a More
and more Of them commenced getting
sick and vomiting, and, as it be-
came general, dismay sat on every
,~countepance,. Soon after a general
stampede set in among the guest, and
forhoars thereafter a scene Of the ut
most distress and confusion prevailed.
Between thirty and forty persons, old
and young, had patronizcd the lem
onade stand, and all were more or
less affected, and 50 seriously that ii
was a question with many whether or
not their last hour mad come. The
dancing hall Cor barn) was turned
into a hospital, and groans, retchings
and cries Of distress from wretched
victims were heard on all sides. Out
doors the woods were full of the vic
tins, some so sick rs to be absolutely
unable. to,crawl back. Those not
affecteel.were. kept busy in endeavor-
ing 10 make The sick, who we've lying
in all directions, ms comfortable as
possible. !. though but. very little in
this direction could be done. -, Il. .,
AS soon as the ELECTS of the bcver-
age had begun. TO be general, q mes
sergc SparsheGQ : postvhaste 10
Spal ta for q phys;cian: It was some
hours however, beforeS DR.. .Beebe,
who was summoned, aSriyel there,
and in the intervening lGme the dis,
tress of tho patients beggafxs dcscrip-
tion. The slight escape frSm being
an appalling tragedy rcnders it too
serious matter for laughter. Two
or or three of the victims. na@rowly es-
capped with their lives, andS probably
several were only saved by Sthe thor.
oughncss Of their vomiting( About
S O'clock DR.. Beebe arrived, and adj.
minis.ered such remedies Bas were
necessary, and by, morning. most Of
the patients were out of1 danger,
though SO weak as TO be sca4cely able
to stand. The, lemonade, y hich was
understood tosbe the cause 8 IF trouble
was compounded for the oc9sasion nm
der the direction of Mrs. Ohber, who
keeps small store in LEON. Her
little gitl'and a dhughtei lof Mrs.
Shaitel's@ were sent to SPARTA that
day .yitha list Of the articles to be
usedin making the beyeoage, among
whieE wefe,lcmons, Sugar, etc., and
(to eke out the lemy6ns) a small quan.
tity of tartaric 9cid. This they pro-
cured at Newton Bros, and, as is
stated, through some mistake, were
given tartats emetic iinstcad Of the
acid.s H. was duly mixed in the lem
cnade, and The dircful effects thereof
we're the first inlimation the company
had Of the error that had been made.
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