Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-08-11
MisttIlantous.
Csf0LEnA.

5tIistiIIaneous.
CHOLERA.
Mr.. EpIToR:-It appears that th
cholera is again threatening our cities
IL is my conviction that the intoxica
ting cup VIII stherthat cup contains pure
or impure poison, is IN nine cases ou
of ten, the predisposing cause TO th
fatal disease. As CARDS the pure |
it was safe, do not believe there is on,
gallon on sale in Albany. A large deal
er orestIy told me he bad not one.
Alter the cholera had snbsided In AL
hlny in 1882. John L. Norton, Esq.
(who during that yenr of death remsin
ed at his post administering to the sicl
and dying,) was so convinced that in
toxicating drink, was the cause Of a vas
proportion OF the fatal cases. that he
EN- mpIoyed gentleman of high charac.
,er aud discretion. and at bis individual
cost, to ascertain tho exact history o.
each case OF death of pers u over l6
years of age. This history was submit.
ted 10 the attending phvsicians aud sa nc
toned by them; utter which the whole
record was submitted to the Board OF
Health. They added the following GER
tifcate:
"This document Of facts We take
pleasure in recommending for publica-
ton, and general circulation"
rhe document, thus endorsed, was
handed 70 the New York State Temp per-
ance Society, and published, as other
well authenticated documents were
as follows:
Whole NUMBER OF deaths, over 10 years.. 800
lntemperale, .....t -. ltn
Free aud moderate drinkers, ...........Is0
Mcmbsrs OF Temperance Societies.,
UhkIown,. ........... ...... -. ........
sas sso
Population in is32,. -..-.....-.e8.oc0
Members Of Temperance Societies, about 500
was acquainted with two OF the per-
sons who died, and who were recorded
"strictly temperate" One of them had
recovered from slight attack OF the
disease. but afterwards ate mmediately
of cucumbers, was again attacked, and
The other had been similarly attack
ed, recovered, he was clerk in the
old Delvan House), ate from a basket ol
pine apples lett there by u traveller, and
died soon after. The case Of one other
of the five was. singular. The report
was bitterly assailed in the Evening
Journal, by the individual who had lost
his wife by the maldy. He concluded
she ~as classed with the intemperance
while the fact was otherwise. DR.. Sta
ats, the attending physician, answered
the attack, by stating that this poor wo-
man probably lost her life by the unfee-
ing neglect OF her incorporate hus-
band; who, sltho' warned by his wife,
in the morning, that she required medi-
cal aid, entirely negle cted her during the
whole day, and when returning home at
night from the grog shop, he found 1t
was too late.
have not doubt OF the safety of an
entire and immediate change from the
moderate use OF Intoxicating drink,
pure or 'impure'. | believe at this
time, when the atmosphere appears
charged with the cholera, such change
is OF vast importance. II is my belief
that with total abstinence from the use
OF Intoxicating poisons as a beverage,
and with proper attention to cleanliness
and food, the disease would soon die out,
and | found my belief on facts. In
1882 when the cholera broke out in
Albany, was engaged with T.. Corn
ing and John T.. Norton, in erecting
that large block Of buildings on Green.
Beaver, and Norton streets. About 100
men were employed, they were all
about abandoning their labor, when they
were persuaded 10 remuin. They all
agreed to keep at their work and abb
stain from strong drink. A beverage
of water, molasses. vinegar and ginger,
was furnished them free, and of all those
100 men engaged on the work, not one
died, nor was the work intermitted
day. One man not under the control OF
the builders, Chose excellent mechan-
les, Fish and Hawley) but employed by
the man who furnished the brick, would
not adopt the simple beverage offered
him. but resorted to the grog ships
He fell a victim. At the same time
these buildings were erected, had
about fifty men employed ia excavating
clay in the South part Of the city,
They were called together and address,
ed on the same subject, the saus offer
Of the simple beverage above alluded to
was made TO them, they complied with
il; not 'aborer in my employ, in that
clay bank, died. Bat mark the contrast;
on the other side OF that same clay bank
where other laborers, thirty OF them
To keep off the cholera aud stimulate
them to greater exeriion, the contractor
furnish them, at regular intervals,
strong Notwithstanding poisens.-
Ten OF the thirty OF these poor Irish
men fell victims, not to the cholera
alone, but to the whisky jug.
| give you, Mr.. Editor, these facts,
with the hope that they may operate as
warning. Let the laboring man. es-
pecially. avoid the grog shop, for he may
rely upon II, that the peslilence turks
there, vat ching to catch him. Let no
one be beguiled for a moment. by the
idea that he is safe, because he thinks
he gets pure liqoor. He can have no
certainty OF getting it, while he may be
sure, in ninety-nine cases in the hun.
dred, that he does not get II; and If he
does get Il pure, be may be sure that he
gets Intoxicating poison, neve, useful,
always injurious as beverage in health.
Albany Atlas.