Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — To Protect Her Hen Coop. [ARTICLE]

To Protect Her Hen Coop.

An old negro woman living upon the outskirts of Columbia, S. C., is said to possess a secret that has been fatal to several of her neighbors. Her secret was knowledge of a drug upon which hens will fatten nicely, but their flesh becomes poisonous to human beings. Her neighbors enjoyed fat poultry, but the undertakei got them.