Poisonous Gas Fumes

Poisonous Gas Fumes

Nearly Ended the Life of Ypsilanti Painter.

PAINTING A CIDER VAT

The Carbon Bisulphide from the Preparation Used Saturated His System

  Charles Smith, a farm hand employed by Harvey James, narrowly escaped death Tuesday afternoon by poisoning.

  He was painting the inside of a large cider vat and the fumes of carbon bisulphide from the preparation he was using made him deathly sick, but he persisted, several times, in going back into the vat as soon as he recovered from the effects, until his system was filled with the poison.  He finally laid down the     house and there the family found him almost lifeless.

   Dr. Britton was summoned and after working over Smith for several hours, was able to revive him.

   Mr. J. W. School will give the address at the noon conference at the Unitarian church next Sunday,  Mr. School has won, in the short time he has been here, a high place as scholar and as instructor.  He came to the University with good literary work already done.  Some of his short poems have been widely printed and much praised. His best-known volume is "The Light Bearer of Liberty." The theme which he will discuss next Sunday is of great importance and general interest in all University circles: "Specialism from the viewpoint of culture."