Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1890 — The Poison of the Goldenrod. [ARTICLE]

The Poison of the Goldenrod.

The poison of the goldenrod arises from a fluffy or powder-like substance, which the flower produces as it begins to decay, which increases day by day, and sends forth its poison around, entirely imperceptible, and the peaceful sleeper inhales it to such an extent as to lay him up for several days, says a writer in the New York Star. In some respects the symptoms are not unlike “La Grippe.” It irritates the throat, !>roduces violent sneezing, makes the imbs feel as though burdened by a heavy weight, and depresses the patient to such a degree that he hardly cares whether school keeps or not.