The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-06-27

lost much % us stamina. they are ex.
iremely difficult 20 eradicate. Those
who are attacked 10 This month are ex-
irsmelY happy IL they DO not suffer do
ring the whole summer. and even win
Ter; and still more go if The disease, in
The progress Of the season. does not as
sumo more dangerous type. and end
in death.
During the months Of August. Sep
iember, October and November. The pois.
nnons principle Of The atmosphere be-
comes more highly concentrated. and
The diseases are Of much more malig-
nsnl character. Remilienis ol The most
dangerous types, cases Of The scarlet fs-
yer, distractions OF the liver. neuralgia.
every disease. indeed, dependent on mi
asmala. begins, 81 this time, 10 make
it, appearance. But generally speaking.
they all come - . speedy crisis.
Al this season. every now snd il.en.
there 10 . heavy fsll Of rain, bul accom-
panied with much less thunder and light.
ming Than is common Al such times in
The latitude Of the Middle States. and O
ven higher.
There IL something peculiar TO the
thunder heard here. which cannot es-
cape the attention Of The most unobserv.
ing. A peal 10 broken into several sweIls,
and rolls through the heavens like a
park Of artillery. discharging al regular
intervals. Although the rains serve TO
cool The atmosphere Tor . short time.
the moisture which they impsrt TO The
vegetable mould. increases the malaria
under the action Of the sun. I do not
think that the heat 81 this period. as in
dieaied by the thermometer, would vary
much from the latter part Of the month
Of July; but il is certainly more insult
fetable. as The powers Of endurance in
the system are much more reduced. IL
the unacclimsied escape an attack al this
time, they may regard themselves more
fortunate than those who were in Texas
for the FIRST during the summer Of 1897.
Very Few Of such persons. so Ear as my
knowledge extends, escaped.
During these four months great sick
ness prevailed in Houston, along die Buff
falo Bayou, as low down The San Jacin.
to - New Washington, and along tho
whole course Of The Brassos.
The inhabitants upon The Trinity. and
in the eastern part Of Texas, had also
their full share Of disease and s0iIering.
Among The afflicted there was quite
number of deaths. In Houston there
were many deaths, bnt some OF them
J were owing TO adventiIious causes, such
. as exposure, and The want Of attention.
: A person cannot be acclimaled, until al-
. ter residence of three years and if .
writer who has written upon the South
ern climate generally, is correct. there l.
quite as much danger Of attack during
+ The second and third years, as The frst.
, Calomel, in enormous doses. is the main
; dependence. in the levers Of this country;
and so fully has experiences proved is
) superior efficacy over all other remedies,
3 tina. less prejudice exists against its use
among the uniformed. Than is common
: in most other countries. Every old wo.
/ man has her supply OF this medicine, aud
=. has acquired great knowledge from ex-
Z. perience In its proper use.
: The use of the lancet is not so much
! relied upon. as one at frs, view would
: suppose, from the inflsmma,ory character
/, OF the diseases. Il will not do here. az
il does no where else 10 deplele very
e freely, when miasm is The active princi-
e pie Of the disease. DIR. Mccullough would
. find fine field in This country 10 prove
, the truth Of all he has written upon the
: diseases Of malaria and their proper mode
! of treatment.
/. The remarks which are here made In
|, relation TO health. are not intended 10 ar
. ply 10 that portion OF Texas, which lies
. so far west as the Colorado. The grea,
: scarcity OF rain, and when we get sulI
5 farther west. even the absence of dew,
D and extreme dryness Of the atmosphere,
{ ADM, oil no animal or even vegetable de-
D cay.
!, | have spoken in another place of the
! grea, health Of San Antonio de Bexar,
D rom this cause. and what 10 there said
will apply 10 all The western paris a
Z The country. should add thar The low,
: er country, from Rio de las Neuces ID
4 the Colorado. is more healthy than ,ha,
. along the coast. from the Sabine 10 the
: Trinity, and that the latter Is more "a.
$ lubrious than The coast from the Trini,y
|. to the Colorado.
q From December 10 April L q periot
|. Of rains. high winds. cold weather. and
q Of The most opposite and unpleasant, vi,
& cissindes. Al this season The plains IN
J. the lower eoun,ryesr are covered with va
Z ter, so as TO be almost impossible. The
3 weather is much colder. owing % ,hs
0 northwest winds which blow from The
= mountains. than would be supposed. from
y the latitude Of The country. The mercu'
u ~ frequently falls as low as 80 deg. oil
e Fahrenheit. II the feelings were 10 be
o taken as The thermometer, i, would be
. Il - n e.. IL.