The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
IT WORKED ALL RIGHT,
A Young Couple Who Were Not
Afraid of Microbes of Any
Kind or Size,

Purdue called on his girl the other
evening and found her in a pleasant
frame Of mind, not that she is often
otherwise, but on this occasion she was
supremely sweet because the weather
was warming up and she lad an ice
cream tooth. to say nothing of palate
that tends strongly to soda water when
properly fixed. \ paper was on the
table. Purdue picked up the paper and
commenced to read. At leas, his girl
thought he was reading.
This is singular accident" he said,
" The coroner was called upon late
last night to make an examination of
Julia Magruder, aged 20, who died very
suddenly at her home on Dark street
from overindulgenee in ice,csea N which
it is supposed was filed with ptomaine
poison. one of the most fatal of the new
mierobe posOns known to science
"Oh, wei, a girl has 10 business to
make a pig CT herself said May. "No
difference if she does love ice cream"
Yes" said Purdue, .Dut a teaspoon
full is just as fatal as quart. But that
accident is not as bad as the one men
toned here in the telegraph news from
New York. 1t says: The physicians
are alarmed over the numerous cases of
typhoid fever that have developed with
in a few weeks; in fact, ever since the
opening Of the season for ice cream
soda. A chemical examination of this
compound shows that the combination
OF carbopic acid gas with the casein of
of cream produces & microbe that is sup
posed to produce typhoid fever when
taken into the system. The occasional
use of the beverage may not produce
fatal results, but when INDUCED in daily
the result is not at all doubtful. The
board CT health has been ordered to in
vestigate and report. If its report is I'M
favorable an ordinance will be intro
duced making the sale of ice cream soda
a capital offense.'"
Il don't believe word of that,
George Purdue, not a word of it. The
idea of soda water producing typhoid
fever! Anyhow, what is a capital Of
Tense, I'd like 10 know? A capital thing
is a good thing, I know; therefore a
capital offense must be good offense."
That's just like girl. A capital Of
fense good offense! Why, it means
that you can hang the man."
Hang him?'
eyes, hang him for murder. That's
what it means"
"Lemme see that paper, George, I
want to read that item"
"Can't you believe me? There it is,
right there In the third column, from
the right or left-hand side, the four
teenth item from the top or bottom" he
said, as he tossed the paper to her.
81 don't see it," she said, after she
had searched for a few minutes. 81
dent believe there is any such item in
the paper, The ideal Typhoid fever
from a nice drink like ice cream soda!"
More and more searching failed to
show any items at all like the ones
George had read.
81 believe you just made that up"
she said. You're nasty, mean old
sweetheart, that's what you are. Any
how, there are microbes in kisses, and
that's true, for the scientific books say
that, and you will get no microbes that
way, sure, at least in this house"
ooh, l don't believe in Microbes"
said George, mo difference where they
are. Let's go downtown and get a few
cases of typhoid fever and little of
that ptomaine in our systems"
''All right" she said, "I'll go you
Wait till l get my hat on
"And some microbes after we gel
home?"
Wen see about that later" she an
swered, smilingly. = Cincinnati Com