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An Indictment Against 



HAHnOND'S 



SLUG SHOT, 



THE INSECTICIDE. 

 Dosoris, ( 

 Queens Co. I ss ' 



The following representatives of families 

 injured by the use of the insecticide known 

 throughout America, and even beyond 

 the seas as Hammond's Slug Shot, which 

 article we believe to be made at Fishkill- 

 on-IIudson in the State of New York, and 

 to be put up in packages of various sizes 

 and the same to the best of our belief is 

 sold by all dealers in seeds for the garden, 

 and which tradesman lives in any locality 

 where a post office is established, but is 

 mainly distributed by the large dealers 

 who live in the chief cities and towns, the 

 said Hammond's Slug Shot has for gen- 

 erations of our relatives been doing im- 

 mense damage in destroying life, or pro- 

 ducing an illness among our families — 

 which ended in the death of many individ- 

 uals, this preparation is a most insidious 

 article, for while if it fall upon a plant be 

 it ever so tender, it does no appreciable 

 harm, should one of our species inhale or 

 chew but a very small portion this deadly 

 stuff produces dire effects upon all our kin. 



Therefore we representatives of the 

 largest class of living beings upon the 

 surface of the earth assembled in confer- 

 ence in and among the bowers of this 

 beautiful island, do hereby affirm, that 

 the said Hammond's Slug Shot is a most 

 dangerous article used in every direction 

 to our hurt and damage, and warn each 

 and every family of our species to be 

 aware of and depart from any TREE; 

 SHRCB, vine, flowering plant or vegeta- 

 ble if one or any of them value their lives 

 or health, for while the said Hammond's 

 Slug Shot does no harm to our old enemy 

 man or to his animals, the said Slug Shut 

 is in man's hands the most destructive of 

 weapons against our race. 



Subscribed this 25th dav of Septem- 

 ber, 1S97. 



Aphis. — The Greenfly. 

 Carpocapsa P. — The Codling Moth. 

 Doryphora 10 L.— The Potato Bug. 

 1 inicus. — The Sow Bug. 

 Tyloderma T. — The Strawberry Crown 



Borer. 



Pieris Oleracia 1 .p, ^ .. ,,. 



„. . D The Cabbage Worms. 



Pieris Rap;e ( 6 



Agrotis. — The Cut Worm. 



Monostegia Rosoe. — The Rose Slug. 



Paleacrita V. — The Cankerworm. 



Nematus, Vent. — The Currant Worm. 



Gateruca Xan. — The Elm Tree Worm. 



Diabrotica Vit. — The Cucumber Beetle. 



Eriocampe, C. — The Pear Tree Slug. 



Anasa T. — The Squash Bug, and others 



by the score. 

 WITNESS to above signatures: 



Conotraehelus, N. — The Curculio. 

 One and all of us sore sufferers from 



HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT, made at 



Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. 

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