The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-25
A Drug Clerk Administers
a Deadly Poison Through
Mistake,
And Thereby Causes The
Death Of a Newly
Born Babe.
A Sad Accident Which Occurred
in East Sedalia Yes
terday.

"The wife of Sam Graham, a Jolly en-
gineer, has pleasant surprise in store fol
him when he returns from bis run. 1t is
DO, and looks exactly like his father"
The above appeared in yesterday eve
ning's Republican, but had the reporter
| known what a tragic scene was being en-.
acled at the home of the stricken parents
while he penned ii, the Faber would have
| fallen from his hand and shudder of hor-
Tor palsied his arm, for the innocent babe
! to whom il referred was at that time lying
in the throes of death, brought about by
the criminal careIesSness of a druggists
clerk, while loving arms bent over it in
agony and tears.
The child was born at a. IN. yesterday
morning and about 10 o'clock the sister OF
Mrs Graham went to Plannett's drug store
to procure
CATNIP TO MAKE IT SOME TEA.
She procured package from clerk, and
returning home, made the tea and admin.
istered It, In few moments ii was OBJ
served the babe was deathly sick and turn
ing black In the face. Drs. Soils and Pi.
per were hastily summoned and on arriv-
ing pronounced the case one OF poison,
On examination of The package from
with the tea had been made showed it to
be plainly labelled,
ACoNTTI FoLIA,
which il indeed was, and the mystery was
solved. The little sufferer was given every
attention possible but without avail and at
$50 last night lis little soul winged its
flight from q world in which it had linger-
ed, bnt as momentary fitting of closxl,
to its purer and brighter home In heaven.
Words are utterly inadequate to de-
scribe the grief and anguish of
friends and relatives, and the still greater
anguish of the father, who arrived home
only in time TO watch the last anguished
gasp and
PARTING BREATH OF THE DARLING,
whose coming had been so fondly antici-
paled, and whose image had filled his
mind waking and his dreams sleeping for
months; and words are alike inadequate
for any consolation under the great heavy
burden of sudden woe, thus cast upon
fond and loving hearts; nay, it seems al
most mockery to even say he who sees
even the sparrow fall will bring you COM
fort and doeth all things for the best. nor.
is it any comfort to know there is not a
mother in the land who reads these lines
but will let tear of
SORROW AND SYMPATHY
fall upon the cold, black print; not a
heart in all the land that will not 90 out
In pity to them. Their darling is gone,
and gone so cruelty by one little act of
of thoughtless clerk. God
pity and comfort them, humanity can.
not
The funeral will take place from the
Catholic church at 2 p. m. to-day, Father
Murphy officiating, and the little babe of
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham will be laid to rest
in peace.
BUT THE GREAT LOAD OF ANGUISH
upon the heart of him who was the unin-
Lentional but careless cause of its tragic
demise will follow and haunt him until he,
too, shall 60 to the bar of God to meet it
face to face.
After discovering the fearful blunder
that had been made, Doctor Sails
took the package and going to
The store, inquired for catnip. The clerk
went to box and handed him a package, |
which was al! right.
"Let me see that box" said the doctor.
1t was handed him and from among tie |
:stnip he took out four more packages of
sconiti folia. Then he told the story of
he fearful work that had been done. But |
Why dwell longer? Every heart must re-
slize the rest better than words can tell it