Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-05-01
POisOiscd by Chloride Of
Sodium.

Sodium.
Early this morning a tremendous
comrnotion was created in a lodg-
ing-house on FL street by an in
veterate wag who ought to be
taken care of Il: once. The fhan
was Lodging In the honst, and about
eight O'Clock tati,e down from his
room and told the landiady that
her little boy had found a box OF
chloride of sodium on his wasLstand
and bad taken some.
"lf yon can get stomach-pump
into him inside Of an hour, he'll
live. Now, don't get excited
Keep cool. Put a mustard-plaster
on his stomach at once, and scttd
for all the doctors in reach. You'll
be sure TO find one at home"
BY this time the frantic mother
had the boy stretched ont ON the
bed, and WAS getting a square yard
Of mustard-plaster ready. At the
same time she dispatched three
boys aud little girl for medical
aid.
"Here," said the wag, coolly,
"1'll leave you the name of the
chemical on a piece of papcr-chIo-
ride of sodium. Make no mistake !;
any doctor will know what to do
the minute he secs the name. It's
all right now don't cry. 1t won't
lave the slightest effect under an
hour. Keep cool don't frighten
the child. iii g" down and send
mp some doctors myself" And
here the young man started at a
brisk pace down. town, and soon
lad several doctors routed out of
their offices.
Meanwhile the boy, who was
about nine years old, was bawling
at the top of his voice, and some OF
the ladies from neighboring houses
came in to help hold him on the
bed while the mustard-plastcr was
.spread on his stomach. Every
woman who came in was shown
the name of the poison written oh
the paper, and they calculated,
"Mercy on us ~ "Gracious me i'
"Oh, my !" and "Melciful heaven -
in concert.
Presently the doctors began to
arrive. DIR Harris came tearing
np the alley with stolnach-pump,
followed by Wgbber, Anderson,
Conn. Pritchard, Grant, Heath,
Bergatein, and, indeed, almost the
entire medical faculty of the city,
with rnedicine-cases, instruments
and stomach-punps. At the sight
of SO formidable an array the
patient on whom the plaster was
drawing like tcr-mu.e teain) set
mp a howl of despair.
"What has he taken, madam l''
asked Dir. Harris.
"Here's the paper - cried the
mother, eobbing. "That's the stuff
he took"
The doctor read the inscription,
passed it to the next man, with IA
| laugh, and it went around the
group. Presently come one re-
,narkc {
"saI', by graeious !"
They explained to the wecpirg g
mother that she had been made the
victim, as we'll rs themselves, of a
cruel hoax. There WAS dig
laugh; but when that wag gets
home to his lodgings to night, salt
won't save him Virginia (Nev.,
Chronicle.
| The Washington Posi- wants a
hundred thousand negroes to weno
their way to Massachusetts. A
good idea. 1t wants them to de
maud office-occassionallyG Cover
nor or United States Senator-anC
thinks that when this is done "the
down-East culchaw and respect
ability of the natu, al iEhabitants.
would have to be diluted to enable
them to abstain from open rebel
lion. As they have a society in
Boston to promote the exodus, VIII,
not direct The way towards Mas
sachusetts?.
Six million farmers in this country