Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-04-27
GREENTop LETTER.
Weather, the Wheat Crop, Business
Prosperity, Four Boys Poison
ed. Killed by a Sheep. And
Other Items of
Interest.

Weather nice but little cool,
and rain is needed for the wheat
This crop was very much damaged
in the month of March, and if it
should continue dry COR sometime
it would make the crop very short.
The farmers are plowing for
corn and everything with the
farming community is moving.
Our little town is also moving,
W. A. Mckeehan has the frame of
his new residence up and it will
not be long until Will will have
house of his own. He is also do
ing other improving in the way of
fencing his grounds, putting out
shrubery, etc.
Our merchants are having very
good trade trade. W. B. Reynolds
has quite full stock of dry goods,
and is doing a live business. Tice
e. Parker are also doing a good
trade in the dry goods and grocery
line. Gatlin & Winfree have it
all to themselves in the hardware
business, but do not take advan-
tage of the lack of competition to
charge high prices for their wares
but will sell as cheap as
the cheapest. W.. Light is kept
busy all the time saving the
many logs that were brought to
his mill last winter.
On Sunday April the 18th news
came to our town that four boys,
two belonging to Monroe Fugate
| and two to Mr.. Cook who live
about four miles west Of town,
while out in the woods hunting
sweet anise had dug some pois on
GUS root Of which each had eaten.
The older of Mr.. Fugate's boys,
aged about twelve, after eating the
root, by its sickening effects real
lied that he was poisoned and
started for home. Mr.. Fugate
happening to 60 out saw him COM
ing, and knew by the boys manner
that something was the matter,
and hastened to him, whereupon
the little fellow told his father he
was poisoned, as also the other
boys whom he had left in the
woods dying, as he supposed. His
father took him to the house and
administered an emetic, after
which, he, with others hurried to
the woods in search of the other
boys whom they found about a
half mile away, upon the ground,
the effects Of the poison having
advanced SO far as to produce
'spasms. Mr.. Fugate administer
ed an emetic to each which acte d
promptly having the desired effect
but not until so much of the pol
son had been absorbed as to make
the chances of recovery very
doubtful. The boys were taken to
Mr.. tugate's house where DR.
| Wilson, who had been sent for had
arrived, and who took charge OF
the cases, and did everything
that medical skill could devise,
for their recovery. But one OF
Mr.. Cooks boys, aged about 1C
/ years, had taken to much of the
| poisonous root for any antidote to
overcome, and he died the follow
ing Monday night. The others
have all recovered.
On Tuesday April 18th out on
the farm of Malcolm Swanson, W ho
lives four or five miles west of
town, old Mrs. Swanson was kill
ed by sheep. AS far as we have
been able to get tie facts it hap
pened about as follows: Mrs.
Swanson who lived with her son,
went in the afternoon to take a
walk over the place, and in her
wanderings went into pasture
| where there was vicious sheep.
DR.. Wilson who happened to be
passing saw a woman lying on
the ground over in the pasture,
and went to her. He found her
in an almost insensible condition,
still she had presence of mind
enough to tell that the seeep had
butted her over. The doctor did
what he could to make her as COM
Portable as possible, then went to
house and informed the family.
Her injuries were of such a nature
that she only survived about two
hours, The sheep had struck her in
the back and had broken herspinal
column, besides rendering other
injuries. UNCLE Tom.
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