Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-12-21
Iancaster Herald. On Wednes-

Lancaster Herald: On Wednes-
day last Mr.. John Tenant and
wife. living eight miles north of this
city went to Fennimore, leaving
three children at home-a little girl
aged about nine or ten years, and
two sons younger. The children
while playing in the fields, found
what they thought to be some car
rots and ate them quite freely
Soon afterwards one of the boys
complained of being sick and they
started for the house, and one OF
them fell into a fit when near the
door. The little girl carried her
Younger brother into the house and
but him on the bed, but the older
one she could not lift. She then
went to one of the neighbors, Mr..
Fivecoat, about one-fourth of a mile
distant, and told the lady thtt her
brothers had been eating some roots
and were sick, and that one Of them
had his eyes rolled up. The lady
instantly ran to their assistance and
on reaching the house, found both
boys in terrible spasms. The little
glrl then went to the neighbors
a gain to have the husband go after
the father and doctor, when she re-
turned home and fell into spa5m
herself The root they had been
eating proved to be wild parsnip,
and fortunately for the children.
the old adage, nothing Is all evil
was true in this case, for the pars-
nips roots proved to be terrible
emetic as we'll as a deadly poison,
and by the time the physicians
arrived the danger was nearly over.
The Democrat wishes to offer a
word Of explanation IN regard to a
disposition on the part of enVlous
publishers to make light of the PIC
lures Of public men which appear
in many newspapers throughout the
country. There is great injustice
done by the wholesale Remuneration
of these cuts. For while the majority
of them are in themselves iirst-class,
there is all the difference in the
world in the manner OF printing
them. AS many casts are taken
from the original cut there Is 10
great temptation to slight the work
of engraving. In regard to printing
from cuts well known engraver
recently expressed himself AS fol-
lows: "A vast deal depends upon the
printer. Indeed the engraVer Is en-
tircly at the mercy OF the man who
puts his work through the press.
Sometimes very fine cut gets INTO
the hands Of poor printer, becomes
filed up with ink, and prints 50
wrctchedly that we are ashamed to
see our names affixed to it as en-
grayers 1t is almost impossible to
print cuts respectfully i'll Il daily
paper; because the paper and ink
used are nearly always Of cheap
grades, while the press work Is eX-
ecuted SO rapidly that sufficient care
can not be taken to print cuts prop
crly. In weekly papers too, poor
press work is the rule and not the
exception, The features of IA picture
cannot be properly brought out if
instead of fine ink composition
resembling roof paint is used and
an imperfect impression Il gwen.
Printing portrait with a chunk Of
roller composition stuck i'll one eye,
hotch of ink on the nose, and the
whole filled up with too much ink,
gives cut decidedly different ap-
pearance from that intended 10y the
cngravcr. The pictures presented
i'll The Democrat are good like
ucssc8 Of the men whom they rep
resent