Herald Of The Times

Thrilling Incident.--As Dr. A.S. Main, Dentist, of Woodbury, was riding through the town of Grafton, Mass., on Friday last, he heard the terrific screams of two females upon the stone wall, opposite a good looking house. One of them ejaculated continually, "I've killed it. I've killed it." He followed her into the parlor, and there discovered an infant whose age was about four months, lying upon its back, quite black in the face, and apparently near the end of life. He learned that the mother had intended to give the child a teaspoonful of paregoric, but the sister who went for it, took by mistake the laudanum bottle, and the mother gave the poisonous dose to the child.

Dr. M. was obliged himself to search the house for vinegar, which he found, and at once administered a tablespoonful. In less than three minutes after, the child exhibited signs of life, by a twitching of the muscles, and soon it began to vomit and cry, and in less than half an hour it was out of danger.