The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-30
Thirty.flve Persons Dangerously Poll
soned at o Picnic In GeorgI9.

The Atlanta Consultation, of the 22ud
instant contains the following: M
Decatur Is excited over what came
near being q sad catastrophe.
"Tuesday the Decatur Union SUNDAY
school, tho oldest in the State, celebrated
its Doth anniversary in picnic to Kirk.
patrick's springs, to which almost the
entire village and large number oi
people from the country turned out,
The morning was passed in the pleas.
ures usual to such occasions. and soon
afternoon rich repast was spread undal
the ehade and everybody prepared for q
glorious dinner in tho woods. Amoug
the many luxuries which graced the
cloth was huge chicken salad prepared
by lady famous for her skill in culinary
dish in the whole lot, and there was a
continual passing Of plates to partake of
for his politeness helped fifteen parSona
to the salad. It was complimeptad on
oil hands. So popular was It, thes soon
nearly all of the we'll mixod. S,Sbiu s
seasoned salad had disappeared. The
day were renewed. About two hours
aitcr dinner. one or two persons COM
plained Of sickness. Then others pro,
iessed to feel the same way. The mum.
per OF the affected soon became 80 large
that the hitherto gay picnic party as.
sumed % sad aspect, and serious apprc.
hensions were. felt. It was not long
before thirty-five ladies, gentlemen and
children ,wero suffering from fearful
nausea which nearly threw some of them
into commissions. There were doctors in
the party who lent sll possible aid to the
SICK FOLKS, but seemed TO. relieve them
very little. Tie symptoms of the suffer.
ing soon showed that they had been
poisoned, and the delicious salad was
discovered to be tho cause of distress.
Some Of its Ingredients had been pre-.
pared ID brass kettle, and thero we're
thirty'five people In danger of death
Tho picnic was hurriedly broken up !:
tto sick were placed in conyeyances and
carried as fast as could be to Decatur.
What came out SO festive party went
back solemn procession. i;a ps
,".All the medical aid of Decatur was
called en.. The doctors worked faith
fully oil night long, and had the sat;s.
faction of seeing every one of their
patients safe yesterday, though come of
them made very narrow escapes. The
victims were from among the very best
people of OeKalb county.
"All the friends Of the poisoned par.
ties feel that they were fortunsas in
escaping, though some of them suffered
horribly all Tuesday night, and many of
them are not yet we'll. The good iady
who brought the salad was in great dis
tress, but now must feel quite relieved.
Gone of the gentlemen who partook of
the dangerous dish was in Atlanta yes.
terday. He says he never know before
what it was to be sick, and that the snf.
feringa endured by him ard his fellow
victims are beyond tho comprehension
of those who have escaped such acci-
dents. The sickest of the sick were the
children, and 1t is o fortunate thing that
few os the children at the picnic ate Of
the salad. Itwas q fearful danger through
which the good people of Decatur passed, !,
and we congratulate them on their escape
from the worst that might have hap
pened."