Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, October 16, 1885 Londonderry 10/16/1885 Mrs. W. G. PORTER, living in Thompsonburg, in the east part of the town, committed suicide by taking paris green, last week. She has been partially insane all summer, and was watched by friends, but on Monday she managed to get hold of some paris green at a neighbor's, and swallowed a teaspoonful. She died on Wednesday. She leaves a husband and three children. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT
According to Wikipedia Paris Green is a common name for copper(II) acetoarsenite , or C.I. Pigment Green 21 , an extremely toxic blue green chemical with four main uses: pigment , animal poison (mostly rodenticide ), insecticide , and blue colorant for fireworks . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Barton" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:13:38 PM Subject: [VERMONT] Londonderry 10/16/1885 Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, October 16, 1885 Londonderry 10/16/1885 Mrs. W. G. PORTER, living in Thompsonburg, in the east part of the town, committed suicide by taking paris green, last week. She has been partially insane all summer, and was watched by friends, but on Monday she managed to get hold of some paris green at a neighbor's, and swallowed a teaspoonful. She died on Wednesday. She leaves a husband and three children. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I never knew what Paris Green was. My mother used to talk about it as a poison, when I was a kid.... But it was never anything we had in the house (of course!) and I haven't heard anything about it for years. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Londonderry 10/16/1885 - Paris Green ID According to Wikipedia Paris Green is a common name for copper(II) acetoarsenite , or C.I. Pigment Green 21 , an extremely toxic blue green chemical with four main uses: pigment , animal poison (mostly rodenticide ), insecticide , and blue colorant for fireworks . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Barton" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:13:38 PM Subject: [VERMONT] Londonderry 10/16/1885 Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, October 16, 1885 Londonderry 10/16/1885 Mrs. W. G. PORTER, living in Thompsonburg, in the east part of the town, committed suicide by taking paris green, last week. She has been partially insane all summer, and was watched by friends, but on Monday she managed to get hold of some paris green at a neighbor's, and swallowed a teaspoonful. She died on Wednesday. She leaves a husband and three children. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Dummerston, VT *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message