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Show Tlie lirook t'olsoiiiuc. Island Pond, Vermont, 30. There have been nine deaths eo far ol children chil-dren who drunk from the poisoned brook. Edward Morne lost two. John Aldrick three. Fred Simpson one, L. Wiisoa one, Mr. Park olio at;d John Cole one. Others cannot live. Potato lops po'soned by Paris Green thrown in ibe biiiok are regarded as the cause of tbe poisoning rather than tbe carc.isea of doul animals. Terrible distress prevails and work is siupendrd. Twenty-seven children were poined by drinking from the brook. Tbe farmer who alluwed the carcases lo bn thrown in will be arrested. ar-rested. The bodies of I lie children soon decompose and ore quickly buried. Island Pond, Vt., 31. Two mote children of John A'dricb, have ditd from the drinking from lho r.oiBnncd brook, making live, his entire family. Mrs. Aldricb is insane. |