ALARMED AT THE CURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2597, 21 July 1876, Page 4

ALARMED AT THE CURE.

A marl named Holland, living oufc on tho Gobs Farm, says the Fond dv Lao Commonwealth, was afctaokod with a sovero fcoothaoho the othor ovoning, and ho thought his hoad would split open. Everybody in the house was made miserable by tbo man's sufferings and lamentations. Ho tried holding alum and salt in his mouth and binding horseradish leaves on the outsido of his jaw, bufc fchoy did no good. Finally somebody oamo across a recipe book and therein waff a balm for ovory ill. In two minutes a reoipe wao soleoted and a courier despatched with ifc to tho drug storo in the oity to have ifc "pufc up." Ho returned iri' due fcimo and a doso of fcho oompound,whioh oontained, among othor ingredients, liberal quantities of ether and chloroform, was administered. Presently tho toothache waß relieved, and tho pationfc folt himsolf gradually boing overpowered by sloop. Tho suspicion all afc onco orossod his mind that ho had been poisoned. Ho booamo groatly alarmed, and appealed to those present, in a frenzy of desperation, to savo him from his impon^ing fato. A dootor wao immediately sent for, and whilo tho mossengor wus gono tho alarm was communicated to tho neighbours. One of tho men seized a pail and rushed oufc into tho pasture, whero he woko up a oow, milked about a quart, and hurried baok to tho houso. This tho dying man drank, and had just finished when another neighbour oamo in and said that thoro was nothing so suro an antidoto for all kinds of poison ac raw eggs. Seven br eight raw eggs wero given tho suffering man, and ho had just intimated that ifc wasn't possiblo for him fco swallow anothor, whon two more hoighboura arrivod simultaneously—one bearing a oup of lard and tho other a tea-Saucer' f till of ooffotf.fl The lady, WtKKKMm^-'^ '-^■^,x^

with the lard eald they mußt help hor to get somo of it down right away— thore wasn ,t a moment to lose— and the one with tho ooffoe set about preparing a oup of that bovorage for the dying man, whioh, sho said, must bo strong enough to hold up an iron wedgo. Tho unfortunate man had got down aboufc fchroo-fourths of a teaoupful of lard whon fche coffoe was ready, and ho unbuttoned his waistooat and swallowed ifc. Thoro seemed to be just enough room loffc for ifc. Anothor noighbour came in, and insisted thafc what the pationfc rieodod was an emofcio to throw tho poison oufc of tho stomaoh. He said the quiokor fchoy did something of tho kind the better it would bo for him, and that ifc was dangerous to delay tho matter a moment longer. They had prepared a quart bowl of strong salt and water, and wero urging Holland to take some of it, when tho dootor arrived. He examined tho contents of tho bottlo oaref ully, tasted and thon said— " This is all right ; a vory good romody for toothaohe and nouralgia— gives tho pationfc a rest for a timo from his pain." " And ain't ifc poißon," gurgled fcho man, who was so full of new milk, raw eggs, lard, ooffoe, and salt wator, that he oould soarooly artioulate," ain't it poison, dootor P " « Well, no, not exaotly i and yet, a quart or two of it might kill a man— or ifc might not— it would depend a deal on his condition. A man of your health and constitution oould easily get away wifch a churn full of it."