St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-07-18

matter, ana can only cite lew IN
stances from a long series of carefully
made experiments, which cannot fail to
carry conviction to the most credulOus
mind.
On June 10, 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 Di-
vision street steps he slipped and fell,
abraiding 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 clothing
was also considerably torn. When he
went home that evening he learned that
his eldest boy had been whipped at
school for sticking a pin as far through
another boy as the head would let
it go. He was warned to quit drink
ing 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 after
IL dDOuU bWO LIS DOOJS
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 S17 out of borrowed
buggy. He paid the money but neglect
iced tea, and in less than six weeks
somebody poisoned his dog. These
statements can all be verified by writ
in 70 Mr. Eotapfal1t vuhn 70 Euinnr
in Kansas City, the father of eleven
children, all of whom inherit their fa-
theirs vice.
A young woman who did plain sew
ing in this city, while employed in the
family of Raj PHI Henderson of Maple
street, became addicted during the sum
mer to the use of iced tea. She soon
ran sewing machine needle through
her thumb, and for many days, when
ever she picked up cup of iced tea,
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 black -and-tan dog, and i'm
! mersed him in tub of pure cistern
water, into which a weak solution of
iced tea had been poured. They held the
dogs head under the water fifteen min.
utes, although he struggled violently,
thus showing the natural and instinct
i've aversion to a substance which intel
ligent human beings blindly and eager
ly drink, and when the gentlemen took
him out of the tub he was quite dead.
If teaeupful of weak iced tea in a tub
full of water will kill 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 lumber-puller in the
employ of E. T. Parsons & Co., of this
city, declared that he could live on iced
tea. Before he had time to 90 up to his
clearinghouse, however, he fell off
the raft upon which he was at work,
and drowned.
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
ters il to fly for his life, and his life will
be IN imminent danger unless he dis
tances the snake before the first run.
Eleven grains of strychnine, mixed in
a tablespoonful 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.-Bur. Hapkeye.
HINTS FOR AVOIDING ACCIDENTS
WHILE SHoOTING.-l. Never carry your
gun under any circumstances with the
hammer down on the cap. 2. Never
carry it on the full cock, except when
expecting game to rise. 3. Never
carry it with the barrel in a horizontal
position. Never let it be pointed either
towards yourself or any other person.
5. In going through a fence always
hold it before you as nearly perpendic-
nlarly as possible, with the muzzle a
little above your head. 6. Never lode
one barrel with the other either on the
cap or full cock. Z. Never take YOUR
gun home loaded except you immedi-
ately place it under lock and key. 8,
and lastly. Always consider it an in
strument that may take away your
own or the life of your dearest friend
at any time without a moments warn
ing, and do not handle it as if there
was no more harm to be apprehended
from it than from your walking stick or
umbrella.
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