Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Fri. May 25, 1914. ST. ALBANS, VT. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID BY MISTAKE. Mrs. A. L. Shepard is at the St.Albans city hospital recovering from the effects of carbolic acid which she drank by mistake for cough medicine. Mrs. Shepard took the poison from a cupboard in her mother's home in the dark. Her mouth and lips were burned by the acid. A doctor was summoned and his prompt action prevented more serious results. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby