The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-02-12

atlOns, arising from dccaycd vegetable
substances, which float in the atmos-
phere, iaInting the very breath of its
inhabitants 1t is the opinion Of some,
that Michigan is more productive of q is,
than many other new States. owing to
the great number OF marshes scattered
over its surface. Others, and among
them physicians, deny the influence
of the marshes in the production of mi
asm, and attribute it solely to the de-
cay of vegetable matter, caused by so
extensive ploughing, or turning under
the surface for decay, together with the
annual dissolution of the whole vegcta-
bic kingdom. In support Of the latter
opiniol, it is affirmed that the matter in
the marshes never becomes starnant, or
gives off an offensive odor, which is
doubtless true. Waving, however, the
cause, the result is certain. Fever and
ague is quite too common a vsltant in
nearly every family in the State. Some
escape for several years, and then fall
lis victims. Others meet with an intro>
duction TO its grip and embrace, right
early on entering the State. Some suf
fer ii to continue lis atfectionate work
five OF six months Others, like coy
maiden, endeavor to bluff it off, and
keep it at a respectable distance, though
such are quite sure To be visited again
by this intruder. We had travelled this
State nearly three months, and enjoyed
more than an ordinary degree Of good
health, and were about congraiulaing
ourselves on our singular good fortune,
when this unwelcome guest called and
gave us severe shaking and departed,
only to repeat its call another day-and
it did repeat it and re-repeat ii, until
we were heartily sick Of its visits, and
sick without its visits. We concluded
we were in a changeable climate, alter
mating from seyercsl cold TO EXTREMIST
heat. Que hour we seemed to be in the
cold damps Of prison, inyulnerable tc
sunshine or heat the next, roasting lp
the midst Of fiery furnace-one honr
/ buried under eternal snow banks--the
next swetering under the concentrated
and burning rays of the king Of day
one hour transported to the artic regions
with lcebergs and hoar irosts for com
( panions-the next, lying III the heat o
the torrd zone, qualfing the dry, fever
ish air, and sighing for relief. But lhi:
was not all of the good things. Head
ache and back-ache were commissions,
TO torment US. Ard Oh what pains>-gra
cious heavens it seemed that we haC
arrived IN Dedlam. and that our brair
had Lecome madhouse, where thous
and furies had conspired to torture IL
to death and surely, if ever tine racl
was applied to men, TO extort confessions
we felt lis power. AZ any rate we iel
racEiag influence, and confessed W
never knew before in wha; consisted tn,
difference between a headache, and
real tornado on the brain-a court O
Death, sitting in judgment over the think
ing powers We at length so far recoy
cred as to give our guest leg bail.
close race, of some 500 miles, came oil
and to own up, and tell the whole truth
we were overtakcn and subjected agaii
to his crueltes. But being AT home, W,
could put up with them better. Three
weeks Of living death brought us TO lht
determination that if ever we obtainet
sufficient strength, we would make a full
expose of his merciless infections ant
crueltes. And here you have it, rea
der as a warning to shGn bad company
The popular remedy in the West, fo
al - 4 4 nj
brandy. Large quantities of this medi
cine are yearly sold by the druggists an,
shop keepers, AID swallowed by the in
habitanls. Twenty grains, taken in ,
hours, generally arrest 1t for a time
Everlasting the powers brings ii on a.
gain. and then twenty grains more o
this active drug are swallowed, as Il sia
ora non. We cannot withhold the jus
tribute due to homeopathy in our case
\ few litIle pellets of the size of piI
head, administered by our worthy hom
crop aihc physician, Dr. O. ]. Eclls, re
buked the disease, and b lde us arise an,
" ak. Tribute TO whom tribute,
&c.
But look on tat, aud then un this
The prevailing diseases of Michigan sci
dom prove fatal. rhe mortality is less
in proportion to the population. than il
Vermont. 1t is true that physicians
sections, undertakers, find employment
in bolh but less in the former. we think
than in the latter Persons of consump
tive habits. find the cline much more
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