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About The Conyers weekly. (Conyers, Ga.) 18??-1888 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1884)
CONYERS WEEKLY. VOLUME VI. jp; BACH ELOR OF MANY. W the ladies I plainly wish I'sone thin? say: pretenses; I’m fifty, if a to an of no ^ •JSSmedrftl** vain. ,or as is in the brightest eyes, and all their rer see gfSmunilton, If its aim is hurting ^seethe reddest lips, Tm proof against jl smiles; think I’m not the man for any tier wiles. roman s my own buttons, my stockings I [ sgw on women's hands around my room are not knitted, netted things, no traveling otoo a?s, comforters, no painted lacjbes, no caps. U- the things that I require; bo, ladies, Kch"attentions lakeyrvrwirls spent on me are simply and give your gifts, bo Est remember? 1 * you please, that I am not the man. beard there’s twenty-one old maids con refpi-ettTschool-girls dever^dews five 'or six that wish with who insist I “must fsay S “^ e romantic,” when I’m only I’m tired or cross. , i a dies, all attentions from this date I hone fon^favor tb:4 I ask is to be left in ^consider one thing sure as anything can Ill not marry any girl, and none shall marry [me. ftt's just exactly what he said about a year Ljf laperfecf you could show but see his rooms, they are I Ipainted netted things, and knitted .... things, and plaques and screens, lootoaraphsof lliringnueens: famous men, and Beauty’s liieon [sweet the he irthstone sits his wife—she’s and good, I know. Id if you tell him of the words he said a I j year ajo, “Oh, that’s answers you. without a blush : [the usual relieves way; single word old bachelor’s i one a may sav; right angel along they len the comes marry any day.” —Harper's Magazine. OS’ POISONS IN THE HOUSE. In the popular mind a poison is gen ally regarded as a substance with such (werfully noxious properties that if ’en a minute quantity be received into i0 xly system with such it will violence speedily that act upon the ie issue will be fatal. While probably idea the I Qperfeet to some definition extent correet, of it is quite an that class of sub ances capable of destroying life, some which act rapidly, some slowly; some which are dangerous only in large )ses, pallest some quantity. deadly even if taken in the People, as a rule, are perfectly aware the poisonous properties of arsenic, jttiol, P' an( sugar > many of lead, more hemlock, substances labur- of pilar a nature; but none the less must r regard as poisons in the true sense f the word such familiar and much sex substances as carbonate of soda, irtanc acid, elder flowers, etc. In the •nner case the effects produced are al ftt immediate and violent; while in 16 atter the action is slower, or r a " er Quantity is necessary to produce ® same effect upon the vital organiza I*;present, however, we have no 3n F i°n of discussing poisons in their I,®^pect. t0 int our purpose in this P° °ut the existence l ‘ °“ evei 7 house of poisons which PDnoM forms are lurking in dis f, and doing injury to many, while H r Presence may be quite unknown ™ never eyen suspected. nrS Ubted ° l ! Se . lythe commonest skeleton fiselv 18 arsen ’ c - The law has I Ut r ? 8tnct 'ons on its sale, for verr tomakT 118 ^ substancc luirod is re " kulars of a record of the full par ho eve ry sale, and only persons sunnll/ , D S Wn ^°. the veQ der kre to be to but b^s reference only arspnin- ^ Ure and simple; for afactm-r fti?R r y With im P«“ty sell a man ta e preparation of which any krsenj„, Si T n med lnto lP« ’ or ion It enters, and so we find it every-day k 1 ?rin° !nblBati . Q “ Produce beautiful ribbons ° and ard b and colored ^ a ll'Daijpra " ® a rd- Its presence in Teen We jo ’ t Xtre ® s P e lel cially of a bright 5 an 0 5 y to common bnd such that wall it '’’orations kf 6 from and Den U hare made , which experi * r °ve that gradually clearly fom th ese 0 0red surfaces, vaporizes and dis eiI iinate«; ,, a many * the occnn antS cases ' t° the injury ois °n-Lden ^ ho have breathed the f Wali.p. air ’ ®^»ht green patterns rded ln should therefore be with “ n the , re om the greatest of suspicion, iau T is d„p that their 1 an thenar,pJ^L 'l esceciaHv’-h hould P ?^ 30110113 materi at ntbe f care be taken s Quito t stalls of bed-rooms but ft-ep . m lL the da S senic-poisoning Bot confined m ar u ^ presence in our Independent in All Things. CONYERS, ROCKDALE CO.. GA., FEBRUARY 1, 1884. wall-papers. suspected; There it is to some extent but even with our walls of polished wood, or tapestry-covered, we may be poisoned quite as readily, and without the least suspicion, while" read¬ ing by a shaded lamp. Lamp shades are frequently made of stiff paper, the outer side of which is green, but as being while the commendable easiest color for the eyes; lessness is evident in the selection thought¬ of the color, the same consideration is certainly not shown in the materials which produce that pleasant hue, for in numerous instances the green pig¬ ment has been found to contain a large amount of arsenic. The fact of itself is sufficiently alarming; but when we take into account the heat of the lamp, which greatly assists in the ventiliza tion of the arsenic, we see how danger¬ ous such useful articles may become to persons in the room, and especially to those who may be sitting close to them. danger An equally has unthought-of source of been shown to exist in col¬ ored hat linings; and although we do not believe that there is much cause for alarm on this score, the following case is interesting as showing that such dan¬ ger been really troubled does exist. A gentleman had for several months with a severe eruption on his forehead, and at the same time one eye had become almost useless. After consulting a doctor he paid a visit to the country, taking with him an easy wide-awake hat. Before long a complete cure had been effected; but on his return to town the eruption re-appeared. In conse¬ quence, he paid another visit to the doctor, and on entering the room placed on the table the chimney-pot hat he was in the habit of wearing, the bright maroon lining of which at once caught the eye of the doctor, of who all suggested mis¬ that it was the cause the chief. A portion of the lining having been cut out and examined, arsenic was found in considerable quantity. On the gentleman then giving up the use of the hat, the eruption again disappeared; but, to make quite sure, he went from home with the hat, and on the second peared, day all thereby the previous clearly symptoms proving reap¬ the poisonous character of the the lining. Here we have seen that presence of arsenic is not confined to green col¬ oring materials, and it is sometimes found, although much less frequently, in red, brown and yellow cloths, and in various colored portions of printed fabrics, chintzes, carpets, ribbons, gloves, Pasteboard etc. often covered boxes are with colored paper which contains arsenic; but, perhaps, in this class of goods the greatest danger arises from confections, and the brightly colored wrappers which, are used to make them more attractive. Such deadly verdigris poisons as red lead, vermillion and are in general use for the production of these colors and emerald green, a com pound of arsenic and copper, is large¬ ly, sold for a like purpose, under the innocent nameof “extract of spinach.” :r Some time ago a case occurred of two children being poisoned by watch, eating sweet-meats in the shape of a the face of which was a green paper, the coloring material being found, on analysis, to consist of this emerald green, or Scheele’s green and the whole amount of arsenic on the wa c being estimated at eighteen fe of grains. place to Here it may not out draw attention to another source of dan ger which our children are exposed often to, namely, that from toys, whicn are painted with poisonous material. The subject is deserving of attention on the part of parents, and it w ould be well it they would never allow their children to be in possession of colored articles whose nature may be doubtful, for almost ^[Sh ChMget3h0ldOf mnStg ° to its month. As poisoning ingredients of frequent ^ occurrence, lead and its various salts rank next in importance used with to arsenic. safety Lead is so commonly especially the for domestic purposes, that storage and transmission of water, the dangers attendant upon it3 use are apt to be neglected. Soft water acts rapidly upon metallic lead, and many instances have occurred of lead-poison- with soft ing in new houses supplied has been foun a or peaty water. It , however, that by allowing the wa e run through new pipes or stand in new _ cisterns for some time, danger that may such avoided, owincr to the fact water acts only upon clean metallic surfaces, and that lead, when expose to its action for some time gets coated with a whitish film of oxide or ear o - ate any OfcS^’ further W action iu Ch o/SSwIter^Peopfe of the water, r P entering new houses would therefore well to let the water tap remain opt for a day or two, and meanwhile bo - n >w water from their neighbors for all dietetic purposes, lor the same reus leaden cisterns should J»ver _ scrubbed out. or the true surface of lead in any way scratched or expose!. Knowing that water thus acts upo lead, it will not seem surpris “= this metal should occasionall.v v,e io > in considerable quantity m “ e ”* J =£££££»;— In like manner the artificial waters pre-i pared in gasogenes, which are partly composed of lead, have been found in some cases to contain a considerable and dangerous amount of lead in solu¬ tion. frequently Again, in cleansing bottles, and shot de¬ is made use of, a white posit of carbonate of lead is thus in many cases left upon the sides of the bottle. This, would, of course, be immaterial if only water or some such liquid were to be kept in the bot¬ tle; but the chances are that it will be used for holding some acid liquor—' Beer, wine, vinegar, pickles, fruit, etc.— and the result is that the carbonate of lead is dissolved by such acid, obviously to the detriment of the person who may afterward consume the contents. Here we may refer to the action of vegetable acids upon brass or copper pans; for, although the fact is general¬ ly known that poisoning may sometimes occur from the use of such utensils, it is not so generally understood that the danger cool in lies these in allowing the the metal acid of liquor which to pans, is quite unacted on by such acids when hot, but is readily attacked when cold. Such are some of the most common domestic poisons; but, alas! the list is not by any means exhausted. Hams are occasionally done up in canvass loaded with yellow chromate of lead, and some of this poison is conse¬ quently found adhering largely to used the in ham. Arsenic has been the preparation of violet and face powders, while carbonate of lead, or the acetate (sugar of lead), and sulphur, are amongst hair-restorers. the common Arsenic, ingredients either of some as yellow orpiment or as arsenic white, is mixed with sugar for the manufacture of fly-papers; and vermin-killers usual¬ ly consist of a mixture containing the well-known poison phosphorus.— Har¬ per's Bazar. The Jumping Kind. There was to have been a suit for as¬ sault and battery before one of the Jus¬ tices in the temple yesterday. charged A farm¬ er down in Springwells slapped was nis with having the jaws of neighbor, and two wagon-loads of wit¬ nesses were on hand to swear to this and that. Both plaintiff and defendant seemed to be determined men, and their respective wive3 sat and glared at each other like two old cats. Some of the necessary formalities were sudden, being the worked up when, all of a wife of the complainant was taken with the toothache. It wasn’t the kind which growls and mutters around, but the old-fashioned, jumping ache, and in two minutes she was crying. Her tears at once affected the wife of the defend¬ ant, and after a little she slid over and whispered: thing—I’m sorry!” “Poor “Oh! such an ache!” sobbed the vie tim. “I brought along said some first peppermint she and here it is,” the as pro¬ duced “What’s the phial. all this? asked the plaint iff, as he came up. “Why, wife ... suffering . your poor is terribly with the toothache, and I pity her from the bottom of my heart. “Who’s got the toothache, inquired . the defendant, as he joined the group. , ( nl George, nr ~pi hut but that’s that s too too bad' cad. Shan’t ftuan t 1 8?jSJraedabout this * be rfnliS- 5 ’ held “ ou. his hand and replica. “ Sa Y Seabed \ yof » • y fiar and F hit {?“[ Si 5im „ ' P’ ” , . t} whole business . too-ether and have a c ,. ' TVIollv J* £ eit y vour cloak OI ^ And in spite of lawyers and specta to .___ , .J* P Yr>rp«air>n of hi* , , A a ; n tifF D aid all costs o 1 rUf^mlant on the back and hea e ' 1 - c] ama '° n - •. d i k G » y® r ®’, a J women folks ston here till George and , me have , a „ drink. ( i r ; 1J V”_ - Bc^roi t To o Lat e. , . . nrivate confab as ’ the ^ t j t u t i ie j r backs to the lr ' TriDUv Church. - “If you was Gould ’’ sa : d one “jrnd I «‘Judge on.thebench, how mu no* “How much would Welk I Ann dunno, How much would 7°”,, , p “\Ved ’ I d chip in with Jim Keene ‘ Urn-le Rufus and ,, - , an »■ $20 000. ’ ^ TOU “ ., t t ’ man but vou'd ° ^tfe <xet S left' While you were ^tting upthe pool liesnt offer o » » -• Wall Street e P • _ . __— ---- - . Alb „ nv rq. y.) paper tells of a woman in that citv who waked her bus d durincr ..f a st orm the other night, , - d . do wish you would stop ^ <» n A Tourist’s Adventure. Mr. Isaac W. Cotton is a New Hamp¬ shire man, who is well known through the Southern States, and the little ad¬ venture with which he met a few days ago in the swollen waters of Steel Creek, just beyond the MecklenbifP*^ line in South Carolina, will bo of inter¬ est to his friends in the South and will startle his friends in the.North. Mr. Cotton, accompanied by his son, is mak¬ ing his way to Florida all the wav from New in buggy. Hampshire, through the country a For many years past he has spent his winteiy in Florida, but up to this winter has always gone by rail. His scheme of making the trip in a buggy was adopted upon the advice of (physicians, would who thought the overland strip jhim do him good, besides giving a fine acquaintance with the coun¬ try. Mr. Cotton and his son put out (from New Hampshire about three months ago, and found that the trip fully came up to the recommendations until they passed Charlotte and encoun¬ tered ling adventure Steel Creek, befell when them. a really start¬ The creek was greatly swollen by the .late rains and was far out of its banks. Mr. Cotton had crossed streams twice that width in Florida, and, supposing he could do it here the same way, he drove into the swollen waters. He had driv¬ en in but a short distance when he dis¬ covered his mistake, but too late. When he could see nothing but the heads of himself, son and horse above the waters he realized that trouble encompassed him round about. The current of the stream bore them swiftly along, and men, horse and buggy quickly parted company. Mr. Cotton caught the branches of a tree and drew himself out of the water. In a tree a little below him he saw that his son had saved him¬ self in like manner. The horse and buggy growing had disappeared in from sight. and It was late the evening, Mr. Cotton and his sou began to shout for help and kept it up until a couple of farm hands, attracted, by their cries, came upon the scene. After considera¬ ble maneuvering the father and son were rescued from the trees and con¬ ducted to the residence of a hospitable farmer near by, where they were made comfortable for the night. besides Mr. Cotton lost his and horse and valise buggy, two trunks a con¬ taining Jiis valuables. One of the trunks was afterward found about a mile below the scene. His valuables were kept in a rough, carried unsuspicious ia the looking the valise, and were It is hardly foot of buggy. pos¬ sible that the valise will ever be found. Mr. Cotton newly-found spent two friend, days at the and house of his then, getting a new rig, proceeded on his journey, leaving instructions for the forwarding of his remaining goods should they be recovered from the flood. Theie are a good many streams between Steel Creek and Florida, but if any of them are swollen when Mr. Cotton drives up to the bank he will needle be seen going through the the eye of a rather than through water. —Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. Politeness in Arkansas. Let me relate an incident 1 sunnose place as Texas for a bully to go to, but . personal 1 observation at both points think Arkansas is a little safer place for a gentleman than Cincinnati, The tonisled P-eneral urbanitv of the neoDle as me more than anything else, This ig w j, at j p ropoae station, to illustrate. We stopped at one and traveled about forty miles by stage. On our re turn the stage—a "large spring wagon rfien. without top—was loaded with They were of different types. One had a bottle of whisky. One was a minis ter. We came to a creek where a party bad stopped to water their horses, There were two women and a little girl, Sun apparently and very faded poor. calico They dresses. wore The bonnets horse was poor, and the vehicle was as shabby ana rough an old specimen as I ever met with. One of the women had unhitched the horge and i ed him back t0 tj,e water, and had just turned to come up the bank as we reached the level after crossing, Our driver stopped. A well-dressed naan hopped out of assistance. the stage, and with a bow offered his He led tb e old horse up to the vehicle—I don’t know what else to call it-hitched him in> Msisted the woman to her seat, and then, as she heartily thanked him, he bowe d her head. good-day, lifting his hat clear off his In a moment be was in the stage again, and on we went- After mv experience in the North it struck me that this was all for sport, and that the men would have lots of fun about the affair. But I soon ^ ^ ^ ^ iaearnest AU re _ garded From that it as a matter of the course. end of For the moment to journey not one man uttered one sylla ble about it Not a sneering remark was made, no joke or pun, no remark of any kind—not one single word! I had to confess to myself that I never saw more politeness than this.— Cor. *** NUMBER 47. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. —A volume in the public library of Boston, Mass., contains the autograph of Martin Luther .—Boston Post. —Jim Wintersmith, the new Door¬ keeper of the House, is a son of the famous Kentucky wag, Colonel Dick Wintersmith .—Washington Star. —Mrs. Lippincott—“Grace Green¬ wood”-—will stay in Paris during the winter, and has given up all idea of re¬ turning to America.— Chicago Journal, —Pierpoint Potter, of Jamaica, N. Y., now in his ninetieth year, still acts as clerk to the and Queens keeps County Board of Supervisors the records of the bills audited. This is the fiftieth year he has performed the same duty.— N. Y. Times. —Armand Heine, a wealthy banker who recenly died in Paris, France, made his first start in New Orleans, He was the first man to ship cotton direct from this country to North Germany. He married Miss Cohen, of New Or¬ leans, who brought him a fortune of $200,000.— N. 0. Picayune. —When Weston started the other day from Westminster Bridge, London, to walk fifty miles a day for one hundred days, to illustrate the physical advan¬ tages of temperance, a crowd of distin¬ guished and benevolent doctors Barons and eminent and fair clergymen ladies gathered, to see him off, and he start¬ ed to the strains of a temperance hymn. —Amanda Mackinder, of Geddes, and Charles O. Bowles, of Syracuse. N. Y., are the latest couple and marriage whose ac¬ quaintance, attained courtship aid of was The through inserted the the “want” a newspaper. in groom a Syracuse newspaper, the bride,who was a widow, answered it, and, everything proving lovely, they were married,— Syracuse Journal —Rev. Mark L. Emory, a young Methodist preacher, formerly pastor Sugar in a Southern Ohio town, went to Grove, Pa., a year ago and took bachelor, charge of a church there. He was a and soon became very popular with the ladies. Two months ago he hired a livery rig, drove out of town, and did not return. He left debts behind to the amount of four hundred dollars. His effects were sold at auction four weeks after his disappearance, and he now writes to his former parishioners from Toledo, O., that he was ruined by spec¬ ulation, and has been wandering half-crazed about from place to place in a condition. —Philadelphia Press. HUMOROUS. —What is it has a mouth and never speaks, and a bed and never sleeps? A river .—Portland Transcript. —Oscar Wilde says his poems will be read after Shakespeare has been for¬ gotten. That’s the proper time to read them .—Hartford Post. —“Got tough job on hand to-day,” said Snooks to a friend on Canal street. “Sorry, old fellow; what is it?” “Prom¬ ised to carve turkey at our boarding¬ house.— N. 0. Picayune. —Old bills: “Two hundred and twen¬ ty-seven bills were introduced into Congress the first day’s session. 4! “Just think of it!” remarked Mrs. Simple; “ isn’t it ridiculous? These Conoyess men get salaries big enough, I should think, to pay as they go. Two hundred and twenty-seven bills! For things they got last year, of course. For my part, I think it’s positively scandalous.”— Boston Transcript. —A doctor is called in to prescribe for a sick child, and having examined the patient writes a prescription and leaves instructions as to the treatment of the little sufferer. On making his visit the next morning the prince of science is surprised to find the house¬ hold in tears. “My poor child,” sobs the mother, “I never of thought croup!” that “Of he would have died croup?” echoes the doctor; “do you mean to say the child had the croup? Why didn t you tell me?”— Indianapo¬ lis Joui nal. —Town mouse and country mouse: Ethel—“Look—look, Marvel!” Dorothy Dorothy! There’s Richard (country cousin (—“Richard Marvel! Who’s he?” Ethel—“What, never heard of Richard Marvel? Parthenon!” Why, he’s the actor, you know, at the He’s something Dorothy “Oh! an actor, is he! like Mr. Osbaldistone Smith.” Ethel .—“Who’s Mr. Osbaldistone Smith?” Dorothy—“What, never heard of Mr. .Osbaldistone Smith!! Why, he’s the greatest breeder of shorthorns in all .Cumberland! !!”—London Punch. —“How stupid 1 am!” said Birdie McHennepin, languidly, respectable executing at the same time quite a yawn act. “That’s true,” remarked Gus De Smith, rather impulsively. impertinent.” “Sir!” ex¬ claimed Birdie, “you are f ‘but you yourself just now asserted that you were stupid.” “I only said ulantly. so without “Yes, thinking,” and said Birdie, pet¬ up to the time you spoke I had only thought so without saying it.” Hang crape on the door of Miss Birdie. Another lover scratched off the list of one of the Austin belles. —Texas Siftings.
