Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-06-13
81 DIRT -

| The dictionary tells us that dirt il
'whatevcr, adEering 10 any thing, rend-
ers it foul or uDelean.' Our eyes tell us
that it takes away the beauty of whatev-
cr it touches. Our noses tell US that it
is extremely disgusting. and our feelings
tell us that it is repusnant to health and
| comfort, and purity and social enjoyment.
Dirt is not part of our nature it is a
parasite thriving on our hearts blood
like vampire.
They say the vampire sucks away the
any thing about it. 1t is just the same
with dirt. -Four frths OF mankind live
in dirt, and loss a large part Of their
health and comfort in consequence
What is it that robs the working classes,
in many Of our large towns, of nearly
half their natural term Of life: Dirt,
dirt on the person, in the houses, in the
streets. an! in the ar. What is it that
makes the chill igea lretl,.l, inpatient, and
bad tempered. DIRT, again. WHAT Is
it that keeps rich people from associating
with the poor, from sitting by them at
meetings, OF letting them come to thc!s
houses: Often, not 50 mach prid2 a.
DIRT. What is It that destroys seil-re-
/ speet, makes mea careless and degraded,
and weasens tie natural restraints Of
mode$ty? Dit az in. What is it tht.
makes the pgettiest fa22 ugly, the fines.
clothes tawdry. the cleyerest man dist
sreeabla, and the most splendid house
"i''''p''''' '''''' 'Ei"i' '8''"'
AWAY, 1HAS. WITH DIRT
/ Welcome water and air, sand and soal
even b2soms and scrubb;ng BRUSHES =
/ The child who fatcaes pail Of wat.r in
TO the house is an angel Of mercy, while
the man that brings in Jug OF ale is BE-.
ginning the work OF demon. The mel-
! VI t. ~ -; TO - @l-~- G
ss'-.7 -! oa' sao'2ft, turns II ia'o pos
,n.'' 'l''..' .'4t' 80 i'.sA,.S ~ " =
.o'i4pte0 Ma'e' oie's II 70 hi5 ofolaes
~ ~ ,'a. ''lA' 11'la ''eas"fe 70 menus DAY
t,oD' - "'io ''AeS 1''e
49," 49, s.'' t'io N''r'. 's'tes' al cii'hses
noh,n worl, ~ nj, - ,..b.,t ,ao NV
Being does in nature. He takes the
filthy particles that nausaatc us. and the
bad air that robs us of or health and
with this he nour;sho, the ulant. md
forms new store of food to su,Dor,.
and OF herbaga and hywors that del;yht
us.
,c,r,,,, ,.,nr,
w N,I!i 4i'' ''4,' '' a. "01A put "''eA
o"i No'N - oNei' ,as'e no 1000 'll 70"
nav, nav : ''e"'ie' soAf'e''' " asa your "noio
op"f wv oNVi! 'i''1il'"2' anu put On
V 1to.'i' ,i e.o';'~' Ss oioe" as ever you can
sb;r4s onI sboo,s ;s ,I,a p n,'1y;ooa I.."'
ro,, h.,nI. ,.a,,r.'s 'ao il",'e,'A wa, ~
ioel H.; aIn ~, '.'t 4I. va .I 'Ie ,.'n
dr;rl.s. oSn1 ,.,,,n,a,s ''';,,, .b, r-as, s'
ollan "'s..4 ". Wa '"' iies'''
ell. r,. 49,, :. ~ - >, -
WV; VIZ D'Ho's =, Wv ''i't'
;nian'' 'ir. Got. ', -o'''''3e' an, op.. oul
$1,000. ,ho. - rs e'',i'i ''-''' y,
~. - l;,a ~. ul', o.sl'4'tNess a"1
also. lss+ ,.o,, g.. no 'oo'' az e-I1n
'''' '--' - ''''''i 'to''' '''','' D'''' o'
pores Of the ski, md ,ha d;rt, ,,a',s sr.
ter with thc air into tbo l,n,s I, VIZ
with tba blood .,d w. :. o,,r,,,,,
and often teyers. cholcr, consnmnt;o,
and other fatal diseases are thn Iesn,,
All slops. mjdlcns and nndr,;nc@, ,,acs.
help to poison the air. and we shoula
wash them away as fast as We can
lhefc ought TO he drain and water
closet IN every house. sewer IN every
street, aAa' above al, a plentiful supply
OF water ~ Hash tAo dlrt away The
places where many OF ths poor reside are
only fit for drunkarls; they arr too bad