The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-10
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FIGHTING. POISON.
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5urday two families sent by So me mes 3; 4
scnge r to country tore for baking pow !.
ders. amongst other articles, ~ 4 and u used t
them for making biscuits that nigh t for
supper. IN ono family / ono OF the young
men being hungry and IN great hurry ''1
perhaps to 80 see his cir, came re' In IN
and finding tho Biscuits on the stove:
about done, gathered o. few and had eaten
five before the others came b II 70 Stne
table and saw that something was wrong
With tho biscuits, IA Used the alarm. and
cried out mistakesin baking powder and
poison, "a nd rushed for antidotes, such as
IA " eggs, oil, mustard, salt and hot wa
ter. ipecac,4 etc, and commenced doslllg
him. Ea One OF the girls rushed d to \ he
,phone 10 warn the other family. but too
late, as they werc len at the table: Ap 8
spetttea III being good. the biscuits M hot,s
though flat. and the butter II ST class ass
Jersey and the sausage vel Drowned and
!nicelv favored with sage scvelybody had
81, tdil sa me and was ching 4fol. more,
when tho cry OF Stop top anne ne over yer
the phone and u third phone hearing
the "a use and excitement, otc., at the flrst.
house chipped n III ana II cried, Poison:3
noison SIns the pot and the re All All
dead corpses. and panic and panldelnn y,
mum reigned fins both househol ds, WINE
tho neighbors at tho y zone In e rang
hurry calls for three doctors, and stood
IN al tiptoe listening for tidings as re me
dies were appli ed. JUDI ing from the y
look OF things you m lght have suppose d5
sthnt Jonah and the Whal q We're wing ifl
rehearsal at one llouse Will e. u the q her.A
from tho weeping and ling tidings, 81
4 $Snew Herod ordering n slaughter Of the
must have been re celye Cd Ss :.
i At the first house, one of the family
having been out feeding was pea tedS az
the marriage feast !, but having Wis lamp
trimmed and well I. fl ed, j Inc WISE
virgins. on arriving OH the scene Of nc "a
tinn. promptly gathered In tho box OF
lbnIk inR powders and proceeded to exam M
.tng tlyc cause Of all the excitement y etc
Fl q poured out some, looked at the 8stutf
and then, In spite Of the protests Of the tn
.nfhc e, nut some In Ills mouth and ia teds
.it and at once went into CONFUSION af ter
cony,llslon Of yells, and fell down on tn
.floorto the great horror, Of the iaH ami
After a little he kind Of got ms nrehtn
enough 10 say something q d \ at "
they understood him to say,S''Y o.. plalaed q
fools 81! 1t IS nothing but owdered boraS
"a ma call sup, your mel ghbors and & tell
theni1 They might eat d pound itllouts
killing anybody. s1
A Il Is needless to say that no doctor.
ever worked such II instan tnneous s% cures
III seemed like all had risen from the
dead, But for some " time you could
hear pin drop But there was no.
more supper at the two houses, while,
iinughter could he heard over tho whole
,plone line, from Louisa to Spot
me young man did not go to SEQ ills Girl
that evening, and when sho does see him
and tho members Of the other family.
everybody will he OH q bro z rlrl.i 81 Like
wise tho Sunday schools will be rev cw--ss
Ing tho adventures Of Jonah and the
5whale ana Herod tho Tetrach for the
next few weeks. 4}s NJ 3e3s lsi