The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-06-20

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many hesitate to come here for want
of sufficient knowledge on this point.
There are not few who would call them
selves .,old settlers IN this Territory who
ought to take some practical lessons in
this matter That they are sick at times, +
or periodically. IS no matter Of surprise,
rather that they are well. The human
system was never created to endure all
kinds and degrees Of imposition without
resenting it; and those who voluntarily
provoke an attack, must expect 70 bleed.
become cripples, perchancc to die.
What is true of other parts of the West
must be true in Kansas. Whatever else
the Almighty in his wisdom and benevo-
lence has done for the beauty and fertili-
ty of this beautiful country. he has no.
where annulied physical Law. Men
who thrust their fingers into the fire, viii
get them burned, or if they swallow ar
sellic, they will be poisoned. If they use
the necessary means they or their
families or both, will be sick good share
of the year. And on the contrary. if they
will use even the more common dictates
OF common sense and ordinary caution,
this event, in thousand of instances, NAV
be prevented
This is not the season for Witnessing
the prevalence of fever and ague, SO LET
no one conjecture that we are about to
tell the people East or West, that the in
habitants OF this sunny elimate,--individ
ual instances excepted. are alternately
! freezing and thawing in the month of
June. Not at all. They are enjoying
the loyliest weather, and experiencing its
most happy effects, while they rejoice and
grow prophetic of the good time coming y
when the wine pipes shall bust out with
fairness. and the ass shall know his masters
crib-tllat it is full of corn. But we
would give word of timely caution, and
yindicate the country and Providence
from the results of the stupidity and care
lessness of INDECENT men.
If, when country has been abundant
ly supplied with good water, and if has
been ordained, that to tn: end it be kept
wholesome, it be continually strained
through the great filter laid deep in the
bowels of tbs earth, if then man persists
in disregarding this provision, and will
drink from mud-puddle or surfaced
water, no matter where found he ought to
expect sickness and disaster. The water
in the Creeks and streams, contains, in
solution, more or less deeayed vegetable
matter, which cannot be taken into the
system with impunity Consequently
wells should be among the first improve.
ments made by settlers, as they are the mos
necessary. Early in the season, tbs
streams and springs are all filled with mud.
dy, impure water, and later, they become II
many instances stagnant. This must be
the case in any country so far removed
from mountain ranges or rocky highlands
All, then, who have high regard fol
their own health or that of their families
we exhort to dig wells and stone them, a.
there is an abundance of material every.
where.
The next caution we utter is, built
warm, tight houses. They may be worse
but they should keep out the wind and
rain. There is no constitution on eartl
that is proof against the excuses of hea
and cold, the sudden changes of the at,
mosphere, against the storm and tempest
or the unequal influences of the element,
especially during the hours ofsleep There
are scores of men in this Territory who
!, live in houses without windows, and, as g
matter of necessity, when anything like
cooking or eating is to be DONE the cut
side door must be open for the admission
of light. Now let no one suppose that the
cold, damp winds, or chilly night air is SO
unacquainted with man or too bashful to
come in too. This necessity exists at all
seasons of the year. Added to the open
ing of the door, are thousand ard one
Enclosed crevices, that little labor would
make tight. Through these the rain
skirts and the winds frolic, and sow the
seeds of sickness A large fire hardly
mends the matter, as the contest between
heat upon one side and the cold upon the
other, is nothing better than revolving
gibbet, or making a spare-rib of humanity,
and freezing and frying it through years
oftorture only when t'too sick to sit up
or death comes to the rescue This is a
fact as we know from personal observation
through much of the Southwest, and too
much of Kansas. Make your houses
tight, no matter how deep you lay ON the
mud. soy
| Whatever may I've the cause. fever and
ague is an infection Of the skin. As a
matter of necessity, then, the surface of
the body must be kept clean and the
pores open. Wading in the water, in the
dew or exposure to wetting by rain is not
of the means to be used in cleansing. Nor
will it do to get covered with perspiration
by labor on the bottom lands then go sud-
denly into the brisk air of the prairies.
Exposures and excuses must be avoided,
among which latter may be classed bad
"schnapps'
With these precautions, Kansas is as
healthy country as the United States
can boast of. The air is pure, the water
good, and nowhere is there the presence
of marshes to load the air with poison.
One objection further we would make,
that it is most deyoutIy to be desired that
good taste will soon do away entirely with
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