Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-06-07
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Il BURNING OUT THE CnoLERA.-The citizens
in some part of ST. Louis, while the Cholera
there was at It's worst, kept tar barrels burn.
ing day and night, at the corner of almost CIV.
cry other block, with the design of purifying
the atmosphere. The New York Express
states that the best effects followed this chea,
and simple method Of treating the scourge
for it was remarked that in those districts
where no such experiment was tried, tho
deaths were most numerous. During the
II prevalence OF Cholera in and about Pittsburgh
IN 1882, large coal fires were kept burning in
the streets, which were so purifying in their
influences on the air, that but very limited
number OF cases Of the disease occurred in the
city. Another remarkable fact in this con
nexion is noticed by the Express as worth
mentonng-when the cholera disappeared
from the city of New York in 1889 -33, it was
ascerained thai there had not been single
case in the immediate vicinity of the Gas
Works, where large quantities of Goals are
kept constantly burning. As the experiment
can be made with but a trining expense il
would be well to test the sanative effects of
the tar, should the disease visit us in good
earnest any time the present summer. The
practice, if new one here, is an old OF in
some of the cities of Europe.
a correspondent of the Journal of Com.
mefce says that town in Tennessee has en-
tlrely escaped the scourge of the Cholera the
past winter, Notwithstanding every other town.
In the vicinity suffered from il severely This
has been attributed to the free and universal
use oil quick lime, fresh from the kilns. which
was scattered through the cutters, cellars.
privies and yards. Its dis'nfccting properties
seizlng with avidity on all impure and dclc,cr-
ious 9asses arc well known, and where pIcn-
tliully used, will no doub', under ordinary
circumstances of prudence and cleanliness
preserve the health of any cities and villages
in the United States.
ZEAL ELoQuENcE.-Sincc hc culogy upon
g Mr. Higgins and General Washington" byl
an eloquent member of the Florida Icgsla-
ture, we are not aware of having cncountcredl
anything superior 10 the following specimen
Dt western eloquence, in which the " agony /
Of rhetoric is piled up to the maximum point.
1t is an extract from a PATRIOTS Grafton deliver.
I'd at Lancaster, Wisconsin, a few months
lgo. Listen; H
AMERICANS !-Remember that your countrylI
was born in blood, baptiscd in gore, Graded
n the war-whoop, and bred TO the rifle and
'owle-knie We have it through blood and
carnage and thunder! They tore the blanket
vide oping Oncc-t twice-t il looked like a /
mighty slim chance, but they cut and sheared
md tore and slaughtered away like blazes.-
Cheering) They grapped John Bull like
'ack ofBull ,arricrs. They took him by the
they grappled his wind pipe; and
It last, they made him below like bloody thun.
Ter Washington sheathed The suoyde.
he gentle olive branch fpeace waved her
reen IuXuriant foliage in majesty over the
horos of Columbia and furriners focked in
nd built their nests with US among its shelter
'g boughs. But a few years rolled awayI :
own the railroad track OF time, when John
'ull come again beIowin up the Mississippi. Il
awing onto his back the rich and luxnrian, ;
le oil Louisiana, and horning the bank of sa a
:" iiver, and lashing his tail like fury. But .
Isl before Orleans he found the groa, Jackson
ld he couldn't shake him more than an oxon.I
couldh t$h"c! lGrcat Applausel. Jack
N stood there like t0uricdor, and met JohnII
uIl as he adva' cod, every time. At last nc '
hlm hex, right back in under between
horns, that knocked the breath out of him, "
d sent him off Ltd-ating and believing, y, -
e he ieh disagrccaJle at The stomach '"
Soldiers of Winebago war, and invincbles =,
Sauxiurse (llere thirteen mon aIose. .)-II,,
oroes OF Bad AGE Veterans of S,lmac's "
ut Very ninble men You have come :"
wn to us from reform generation. Heav- "a
has bountifully prolonged out your lives, e
II you might zee the fruits Of your yalor.-l =.
behold no longer the torch of the savage,
d the cleaning of the tomahawk and the ~
lpinp-kniEe Tboso housos ,,.L;ot. po
'''N' hOSt HOuSCS WHICH Won GpcII.
uhd you are the abodcs of civilized and re- ="
cd white folks. This 81 acious cdiGco lha, 80 .,
rounds you is not wigwam, but temple =" ~
aw and justice. How changed all things -
: Under the spur of the schoolmas'cr the :.
y tail OF civilization advanced beyond what ~
front ears then was. Glorious freedom ''''
'at and glorious country Let me die in
temptation of thy sublime destiny, exclaim. -
with my dying breath Dear the stars II"
stripes aloh and onward !-onward - "o
'rifc checrlng) V
correspondent Of the Belfast Journal tells PED
IN amusing incident which happened a, \
yusla the other evening. Two gentlemen ject
) each unknown to the other, when one tact
ID the other II he knew "whore Mr.. John bee