Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-07
TNE DEADLY FREEZER.
ticart,lssndiag Fate OF Numerous victimf
to the PernIcious Ice-Cream Habit.

to the Pernicious Ice-Cream Habit.
His q thanklcss task to warn young
people of tho evils of ovcr-indulgcnce
IN cooling viands and drinks during
the heated term. Young people will
bc young people, but not very long II
they keep nsorging that insidious foo
10 health and life, ice-crcam. There
Is death and. what is worse, premature
old age in the freezer.
On the 18th day of July, this present
summer. James l.. WalsinSham, Of this
city, began to eat ice-cream every sun
day. In spite of tho warnings OF his
friends he kept up this practice nearly
three weeks. and then one day he fell
while chasing n street car, abrading
the skin OH both his shins and running
silver into the ball of his thumb so far
that il made his teeth ache when he
pulled it out. When he went home
that evening he learned that his eldest
boy, of whom he is very proud. had
been licked in Il fair fight by boy not
half his size.
Abraham Eldridgc, o fSalcm, ate ice.
cream with his young friends every
summer for three years. After eating
il about two months he noticed that his
boots began To run over nj the heel.
His aged pastor bcSought him to aban'
don the pcrncious habit, and his sweet
heart, with tears ami prayers, added
her en,rca,icS TO the minister's. In the
forlorn hope Of reforming him the fool.
ish young girl married him. The next
Sunday after their wedding they were
out driving, when \ runaway horse,
driven by the pastor, dashed into them
and knocked thirty-sevcn dollars out
of Eldrijge's buggy and lamcd his
horse. the minister's turnout escaping
without scratch. Still he neglected
the warning, and in six weeks some
body poisoned his dog. Eldridgc is
now the father of twins, both OF whom.
or which, inherit. or probably will I'M
hcrit. their fathers vice.
Cecilia ThaNtcr, young girl OF very
prcposscs,ing and personal appear.
ancc and engaging manncrs.whilc cm-
ploycd in the family of Judge Ezra
llankinson, of this city, As govcrness,
became addicted 10 the icc-cream habit,
In short time it grew upon her and
began to interfere with her duties in
the school-room One day, while scat
ell nj the scwing-machinc, she ran Il
needle clear through her thumb. and
for several days thereafter whenever
She ate ico-crcam she felt sharp pain
in her thumb. She disrcgaricd the
warning. however, and last week
she was carried away. The
man who carried her away
marricd her when he carried her rs far
as the church. and she is now Mrs.
Judge Hankiuson. worth sixty thou
sand dollars. and can take her slipper
and spank chain Lightning ont of the
impudcnt children that used 10 bully
the life out OF their poor govcrncss. or.
S.-And she does it, too.)
A single tcaspooniul of icc-crcam
dropped upon the tongue of Il rattle
snake will Kill the man that drops II
Just rs quick as the rattlcsnakc can set
Il crack at him, which will be while he
is measuring the icc-crcam.
Fifteen grains of stryclnnc, mixed
with freezer full OF icc-crcam, will
kill rs many people Us young man
can stand treat for.
4 dog. shut up in an air tight iron
box. for six weeks, and fed upon moth
ing but icc.crcam. will die.
\ young man named w. S. Thorn
ton prcsumtuously declared that he
could live upon icc-crcam. He ate ill
teen cents worth, and dciiantly ordered
another dish. While waiting for it.
he heard noise out in the street, and
going out TO SEQ what caused it. q
steamer, OH its way TO fire. Knocked
him down and ran over him. An ambu'
lance was summoned, and while wait
ing to be conveyed to the hospital, the
wrctchcd youth died of old agc.-Bar-
dette. IN Brooklyn Eagic.