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Dermott, who used "was not feeling well, his across the street to the relieve his trouble, © There who was en to sweep switchboard of the Independent fo knowledge of drugs iSpense them. The proprietor of "had not 'yet arrived as it was & boy that he wanted liquor, and ~The boy said that he did not ie young man went behind tie which he believed contained d himself after smelling and tast- aglass from the rear of the of the fluid into it, which he ) wallows. He put down ten cents o left the store to go back to his werk at the grocery. In a few minutes after this Mr. Flint came down town, nt to Forman's to order some groceries. While there aDermott told him that had taken something at his (Flint's) |store for a cold, but tha it did not sit right on' his stomach. Hi i Mr. Flint at once went across to the drugstore to find "out if : le what the young man had taken, Upon examining the bott was still standing on the ledge, he fond that aconite, instead of whisky as rmott. The bottle was plainly labelled | € same appearance as whisky, and it smell; as the the aconite is dissolved in alcohol Flint returned to the grocery, and tuld Me- better come to-the doctor's right away as-he young man did not seem to realize that danger, and 'objected to any drastic being taken to remove the poison. The ho ives but slight-warning to the victim, ing sensation and a slight numbness 'in The general appearance of the was healthy and bright, the doctor's office, Mr. Flint briefly of the case as already outlined. This of "McDermott, who made no at- e story, and confirmed it. as out at the time, aud the office was 'assistant, Dr. Colvill,, who applied ithout success. © Dr, Mellow was short! ter Dr. David Archer s worked with the patient who had bs, but' death shortly followed. story of the facts as they werc brought 3 240 Letters from a Self. Made Farmer to His Son Little Britain, Ontario, April 24, 1912 To James Tompkins, Port Perry, Ont. Dear Jim-- 1 see you've been putting some of my letters in the paper, and "a number of city fellows has been reading them, and they ain't sure I'm the real thing. They think because I can see a bird and love a flower, that T can't be a farmer. T aking it by and far I reckon there's as many farmers loves the flowers as there is city folks that stays at home at nights and enjoys the family circle--and mebbe more. - The fact is Joshua Tompkins is talking to suit himself. He's got some notions as he thinks is all right, but that the whole world is going to agree with him, ain't one of them. But all the same them , notions suits me, and has made life quite a bit sweeter nor it would have been without them. Anyhow so fur as I can see it won't do you no harm to read them along of some other facts and figures 1 run across odd times. Well, you'll soon: be into the seeding, and it's to be hoped you've got your muscle up turning the fanning mill, as there's no complaints being made about sced grain being too clean. It's only when. folks gets talking about morals that they're free to admit that they don't like "to be made 'to have everything cleaned right up. Lots of them ain't even willing to let the neighbors do the job at their own €x- pense. Well, they needn't and you needn't sow dirty seed, and then go cussing Nature because the weeds come up. I told you a while ago about George Smith down at High Point. You'll rentémber he kept only twin lambs for his breeding sheep. The idea worked out in great style, and his flock increases about as fast as Jacob's did that time he went partners with his uncle Laban. If you hadn't been to Sunday School you wouldn't know Jacob nor any of his kin. - : That little experiment of Smith's is like a whole lot of others you can try out on the farm. You don't néed to be a Burbank or a college man to usé your eyes, and the only difference between the real good farmer and the one that's always behind with his rent and taxes is this--The good farmer sees good things, uses his eyes and his head 'and his hands and gets results. 'The poor farmer sees bad things and gets results, but they're different. Then he blames the weather and . the land and the grasshoppers, and the mildew and the rust and the . the frost, and--never mind, theres a whole lot more things for him to blame. You needn't ever be scared of the failure running out of : why he didn't succeed. And he can skip the real reason, too "Here's one of the things they tried out at Guelph, Back inv rgog | they picked out 9972 likely looking batley seeds and planted them by hand ust go far apart, When the crop was ripe they, looked over the whole lot, and only saved 33 of the very best heads. Each year those ©} colleg, ing out the best grain for seed until now they