Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-06

mas appeared IN certain neWspape rs, and
has led 70 the same question 10 private con.
yersati ton What,is fhs present valte d
raeeindii0nq That is 10 say, Is tbe Kin.
peck Inocrldtion, s0hieh coasmsneed in thi!
country at Cambridge, IN tke s.nmer d
1896. soortk any thing o. hofhsng ! Has i
maintained the high character which DR.
Waterhouse gave il forty years ago, as be-
10 an e6sctrai and SAFE remedy against
that most loatksome Of al diseasss that
hace afflicted mankind, The plague itselt
not ezceptedl II 1t has endured close tri.
al, during the long space Of forty years. let
the voice oftruth uiterthanks 70 "the Civ
er Of every good and perfect gift," for the
signal blessing. 81 nt eaai4 8
Asitregards, myself IL have guarded il,
and maintained n under good report, and
evil fe2or', through pretty long life, none
can wonder that / set the highest estima-
ton on its value !; inasmueh as il has with.
drawn from the condition Of man one of
the Creates evils Of his exist nee. Al
most every other morbid calamity is les
sened in It's pangs by diminution of SEN
sibility and stupefaction of the intellect of
the sufferer whereas, he who is slowly
consuming under this loathsome disease,
is rotting above ground, with all his facul-
ties Of "reminiscences. and heart-sinking
apprehension pressing him gradually to
death, amidst stencil and corruption. To
sees son or daughter in such situa-
ton. or parent, or any very dear friend,
is as much as human nature can bear
without sinking into the same deplorable
state. To ask me. at this period OF its
lingering suferance, Of what value is vac
cination, is strange question, when put
to one, and by one who has seen the null
tiplled instances Of its complete efficacy
in shielding human being from its dis
tressful operation. a alu : 10 !sd&r
The pTophyIatic power Of vaccination
in securing person from the horrors of
continent small pox, is the most valuable
discovery TO be found any where on the
records Of medicine; at least. this is the
still fixed opinion Of the first introducer
OF It into America. syeb aH IS gl8 .adt
To sum the business up in the fewest
words, say now, after careful, patient,
laborious, or TO express it all in one word,
sedulous Trial, for forty years. and an ex-
tensive correspondence in every quarter
of the world but the interior of Africa, j
am prepared 10 say that l am entirely
convinced that the genuine vaccine mat.
ter, taken originally from that clean and
useful creature, the COW, is a complete
protection against that most affective
scourge, the small pox. To which add
that have no reason to believe that its
protecting power is diminished by passing
through thousands of people--nay, o
millions. As we know not when, how
or whence the small pox came. we are
equally ignorant of the original source o.
It's blessed. remedy. never gave full
credence to that Of the heels of the horse
although, the excellent Jenner was disPos
ed to trace It no higher. gd kI5
~ - BENgAMIN WATERHoUsE.
Cambridge, May %, 1888. .3 .-- ns,
There is an excellent view taken of tn,
tendency Of the times to mob, in the fol
lowing from the Pennsylvania Dos
t0a Press. 7 .
THoUeHTs UPoN RECENT EVENTS
There is bewildering mist in times o
public excitement, which seems TO OBJ
scure the reason of men, and for the mo
ment at least, prevents them from Judging
Of single instances, by reference to broa'
and general principle. Under these Gil
cums,ances, il will be invariably foun'
that in discussion. while the comprehen
sive view is admitted 10 be the just one Of
ordinary occasions the individual cas-
will be urged as an exception. Thus WI
have no doubt that when the Convent wa
burnt at Mount Benedict, il was concede'
By the pariicipators in that affair and b
their apologists, that persecution for reil
4 gious opinions was wrong as a prlncIpis
but that there were instances in which !
! was proper; and at Vicksburg. when ha
dozen men were illegally hanged, !
was Of course granted that mob murde
u was wrong, but that there were time
4 when the, rule should be suspended, an
! so on throughout the whole catalogue
Even among the Puritans of New Ent
land, who had Left their homes to find
country where the rights Of consciene
] could be enjoyed TO the full extent. u
same error which they condemned in oil
; ers. was al length practised by themselve'
. and II was thought all right and proper
D hang Quaker, because he differed fro
them in opinion. Such is the maze
r. contradiction and injustice into which v
( run, if we do not establish decided rn
! Of conduct 10 be adhered to infiexlbl
e whatever may Be the momentary lmpu
/ ses Of passion.
d These remarks. we think, apply stron
n " to recent events in Philadelphia. Inc
Fl are many. who, 10 certain extent, Justl
4 these proceedings. as being cure
d evils beyond the reach Of law, and i
Of persons entertaining these opinions,