The Hillsborough Recorder

Poisonous nature of Lead—It is no less remarkable than alarming, that since the lamented death of Mrs. Long, mentioned in this paper two weeks ago, from the poison of white lead—in two other families, in this vicinity, has severe and dangerous sickness caused from eating apple sauce which had been kept in earthen pots. It appears that the acid had decomposed the lead with which the interior of the pots was covered, and that the particles had become diffused through the apple sauce. The family of a Mr. Wheeler, in this town, and that of a Mr. Outgerson, at Took-eii, are now labouring under severe illness from this cause. When it is considered that this ingredient comes in contact with what is eaten and drank in almost every family, it behoves all to be on their guard against the deleterious effects of a poison, which might not have been discovered, had not the late afflicting event transpired to warn all of the danger.