Year: 1876

The Fond du Lac Commonwealth savs. uA


man named Holland, living out on the Goss
farm was attacked with severe toothache the
other evening, and he thought his head would
split open He would sit down for moment.
holding his face in one of his hands and oroan


Then he would jump up and kick at something
that happened to lie in his course. and then all
down and groan some more. 1t was a bad case.
Everybody in the house was made miserable bv
the mans sufferings andllamentations. He tried
holding alum and salt in his mouth and bind


ing horse-radish leaves on the outside of his
jaw, but they did no good, Finally somebody
came across copy of DR.. Chase's Recipe
Book, and therein was a balm for every i'll.
In TWO minutes recipe was selected and a
courier dispatched with it to a drug store in
the city to have it put up He returned in
due time, and liberal desc of the componnd


winch contained among other ingredients lib
eral quantities OF ether aud chlOroform, was
administered. Presently the toothacbe was re-


lleyed and the patient felt himself gradually
being oyerpowered by sleep. The suspicion ali
at once crossed his mind that he had been moi.
soned. he became greatly alarmed and an
pealed 10 those present in frenzy of despair,
10 save him from his impending fate. A doc.
tor was Immediately sent for and while the
messenger was gone the alarm was communi-
Gated to the neighbors One of the men seized
pail and rushed out into the pasture where he
woke up COW, MIXED about quart, and bur-
RED back to the house. This the dying man
drank, and had just finished when another
neighbor came in and said that there was moth


ing so sure an antidote for all kinds of poison as
raw eggs. Seven or eight raw eggs were given
the suffering man, and he had lust init
mated that it wasn't possible for him to
swallow another, when two more neigh
Dors arrived simultaneOusly--.One bear
ing can Of lard and the other a tea. san
Ger full of coffee. The lady with the lard said
that they must help her to get some of il down
him right away-there wasn't a moment To Iose
and the one with the coffee set about prenar-
ing cup of that beverage for the diving man.
which, she said, mnst be strong enough to hold
up an iron wedge, The unfortunate man had
got down about three fourths of a tea.cupful of
lard when theecoffee was ready, and he unbut-
toned his waistcoat and swallowed it, There
seemed to be just room enough left for it. An
other neighbor came in. and insisted that what
the patient needed was an emetic to throw the
poison out of the stomach. He said the unIck-
er they did something of that kind the better it
would be for him, and that it was dangerous TO
delay the matter moment longer. They had
prepared quart bowl of strong salt and water,
and were urging Holland to take some of it,
When the doctor arrived. He examined the
contents of the bottle carefully tasted it, and
then said: This is all right; a very good reme-
dy for toothache and neuralgia-gives the pa
tlent rest for time from his pain And amt
IL poison? gurgled the man, who was so full of
new milk, raw eggs, lard, coffee, and salt wa
ter, that he could scarcely artcolate, 'ain't it
poison, doctor? We'll, no; not exactly and
yet, quart or two of it might kill manor it
might not-it would depend good deal on his
condition. A man of your health and constitu-
ton ;, could easily get away with churn full of