Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-07-16
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KEEP THE PREMISES CLEAN.

Every cultIvator should keep his preml-
ses as clean as possible. for the important
purpose of saving manure and promoting
health. Some discerning persons remark
that in the hot summer, while vegetation is
in fourishing condition. it is more healthy
in the country than in the cityr but the
reverse is the case in September and Oc-
tober, as at this season many vegetable
productions have come to maturity and are
decaying, fling the air with noxious gas
es and odors; hence arise fevers, dysente-
~, and other complaints, which are more
common in the country early in the fall.
We give this view Of the subject. which
some have presented, aud we will make
few remarks on subjects that claim the
particular attention of every cuItivator,
as we'll as of every housekeeper, whether
this view be correct or not.
Keep the premises, particularly around
the dwelling, perfectly free from every sub
stance that will laint the air. Every de-
caying vegetable or animal substance
should be removed 4 good distance, and
then covered in earth, for the purpose of
manure.
The pig pen, though at respectable
distance, should be supplied with loan TO
absorb ell liquid matter. All manure in
the barn yard should be covered with loan,
sand or mud, to save it from waste, and to
keep the air pure, as, in the changes so
common to the wind, the air is liable 10
be waited from the barn to the house.
Cellars should be made as clean as pos
sible, particularly as they communicate
directly with the dwelling above, and any
foul air produced in them is very liable to
pass into the house. Al vegetables in the
cellar that are tending 10 decay should be
removed Immediately. 1t is best TO venti-
late cellars thoroughly by opening doors
and windows, and to keep the door open
as little as possible that communicates with
the rooms
Ground plaster and freshly burnt char
coal, set in vessels or strewed around in
cellars, or other places where foul air ex-
lists, or is liable to be produced, has very
healrhful effect, by absorbing gases.
Necessaries often produce a foul atmos-
phere around them; and as the dwelling is
near, the offensive air is often waited TO it,
and even when not percepuble, it is often
operating injuriously. Some prepare
these conyeniences and cover with loan or
or other substance all night soil, So IS TO
do away entirely with all unpleasant and
unwholesome effects. When this is not
the case, charcoal plaster, chloride of lime.
or other disinfectants, should be thrown
into the vault, 10 absorb all noxous odors.
Water from the sink should be absorbed
IN loan, &c, for manure. instead Of rising
in foul gases, and being blown into the
houses. There are some cases of malig-
nant and festal disorders going through
family, while all the rest Of the neigisbor-
hood are in good health This is often
owing TO some local cause, some foul pud
die, pool, or stagnant pond, near the dweI-
ling, or a general negligence as to keeping
the premises clean.
Decaying weeds, grass. potatoes affected
with the rot potato tops, pumpkins and
other vines, and various productions, are
undergoing decomposition in the fall; and
in the aggregate the amount is large, and
filling the air with peslientiaI gases
Farmers may do much good to themselves
and the community by burying all such
substances, and converting them into ma
nure. Make them into compost heaps
well covered with loan, to absorb the gas
es.-N E. Faymer.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN INSURER.
The following suggestions to house