New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
INFANT SWALLOWS
 POISON TABLETS
Child Successfully Battles With
 Death After Eating StryChnine PUPILS ON ROLL OF HONOR

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 sions After Taking Poison Pellets Many Perfect in Attendance for Winter Tcrn-NIuster Home Guard, Eating tablets containing suffi- l cient quantity of strychnine to kill an adult, Ernest, the two-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. Willard B. Hart of New Britain, lowered between life and death for several hours yesterday at l the home of his grandmother, Mrs. w. c. Hart of West Main street, eventual 1 ly winning what appeared at the state to be a hopeless fight. The poison was in the child's system for some | time before his relatives were aware or it and it was not until he became
 seized with convulsions that anything 1 was given him to countcract the ef- fects of the deadly drug. Attending physicians resorted to desperate meas ures in an attempt to save his life, his condition at the time they were called | being so critical that but little hope for his recovery was entertained. They finally succeeded in getting the poison out of his system and this morning the child's condition was reported to be satisfactory. With his parents, the little fellow l had been spending the Easter holi- days at the Hart home. Some time yesterday morning the child strayed into a room occupied by Frank Neal, a boarder, who is i'll. MT. Neal had been taking strychnine tablets and the ] box was found on the floor with the l cred by the boy.
 Later in the morning the youngster was seized with convulsions. The pill 1 box was found on the oflor with the
 tablets scattered about, mutely testi- flying to the cause of the trouble. Dr. L. H. Frost and pr. J. N. Bull re- sponded to hurry calls and both | worked desperately to prevent the poison from taking effect. Several times the child's recovery was de- spaired of, but the physicians refused to give up, and after giving the little fellow several injections of antidotes they succeeded in getting the poison out of his stomach. That he did not die before physicians could be called was probably due to the fact that the tablets also contained drugs which are of the nature of 8 strychine antidote, and prevented the poison from work ing unrestricted.
 Many on Honor Roll. Attendance at the classes in the tlocal schools was large during the ! winter term which closed last Thurs day according to the report of Prin- cipal O. L. Judd, made public today. A numbe of the pupils were present at every session during the term and their names are to be inscribed on the roll of honor for their records. Those perfect in attendance for the term were:
 Kindergarten, Helen M. Garfield. Mary C. Bates, teachers-Earl Me- 1 Gibbon, Nonie Larson.
 Grade 1, Helen s. Brock, teacher Willie Berlando, Horace Grayson, Charles Mills. Kenneth Prior, Lucy Rogers, Cora Thompson.
 Grades l and 2, Alice M. Turner. 1 teacher-Anis Pease.
 Grade Mrs. Lottie M. Newell, teacher-Raymond Cassidy, Anna Parkinson, Rosalie stingeon, Loyal l Smith, Roy Weldon, Russell Wood ruff. /. Grade 3, Agnes c. Anderson, teach er-Anthony Cavallaro, Arthur Da- toli, Lawrence Dunbar, Clyde Me- Glbbon, Howard Rogers. Howard l Thompson, Gladys Stillman, Annette l Brunell.
 Grades and 4, Mrs. F. F. Goodell teacher-Priscilla Distin, Roger New ton, Herbert Royce, William Tolli, /! Robert Vance. Grade A. Paulins Barrenther, l teacher-Elizabeth Forshaw, Ethel Johnson, Irving Lindberg, Albert i Parsons, Clinton Potter. Elmer Royce, Rachel Smith. Arthur Vicinus.
 Grade 5. Mildred Nelson. teacher silvey Berady, Floyd Baker, Henriet- l ta Costle, Albert Hemingway, Ar manod Na1andian, Marbaretha Prop son, James Yacobellis, Floyd Still1nan. Bernard Stanley. Grades and 6, Maude l.. Johnson. llleTrD0l r. 0llInR