The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-06-24
chills and Fever on the Wabash.

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people generally sre continua llv yentiIa ,iu
groundiess reflection upon the Wabas
valley, - section remarkable for chilis an
fever. Every man from the vest win
! Jsundieed complexion 10 set downss bein,
from "lnjsany;" and if drummer from m
Esst comes west, snd, cuI,ivaling an anne
'''s for iager and tong range whisky, poe
sme bilious, his ailment 10 ii once sttribu,
ed 10 the malaria OF the climate. The non
uIar misccnception OF the East sss land u
wooden nutmegs and bsss.wooc ham. Il moi
more grouodless than this misc hievous re.
n-ct'on upon The West The bills Of mor.
any shew that the State Of Indiana il fsr
healthier han The States Of the aboard
where crowded cities and dense population
form the Nurseries Of epidsmics, and are The
breeders u pes,ilence.
Last winter number Of our citizsns ma
'hsir headquarters st the 81 Nicholas Hotel.
10 New York. A mercna of tha, civ II
conversation with Henry r. Sam pie. a ven.
rraDis citizen Of Lafayette, made some d..
psfsg'ng remsrks a bout the Wabash climate
its malsrious influences. ito fatality 10 fe
male beauty and manly vigor, and how peo.
pie. sailew and bilious. grew old before
thrir time. Dir. Sample checked him a,
once. Look Al me-" said he; Il have been
on 'he Wabash for over foriy.ive years, and
" you know OF and old man IN better s,.,s
81 preservation. would like TO sxchs ppe
photographs" Just Ut that mom. nj Jamr.
Spears, another OF our citizens stepped uo
Exempt rom the draft BY reason OF his zoe.
out s0iio ~ pine knot, and with a Iopyl
ease u lie writlen 10 HE face. form and
imos he was powerful witness for the de.
ense- The New Yorker surveyed Mr..
oPeafs 10 sstonishneh'. and wh-n BY hap.
~ coincidence The tsii lvrrn of Reed Case.
mother of our old settlers. sppruschrd the
'roup, HE disconfi'ure was complete. Mr..
,ase is a splendid specimen Of the phy.icsl
nan' ever 81 ieet IN height, and thought
reil advanced in yesrs 10 10 GOOD coudition
axes h's rstions regularly. snd fiiis HE quo
every time. The New Yorker wss read,
make on assignment on the spot, when
ohn Purdue csme up. and lighting bis cir-l,
:, wss introduced ss . bstchvlor rom L.
'yr'te.. travelling for his heaIlE. 1ljs ~,
'-ned the climax. We are moi a. hb.r,x
mention Mr. Purdue's srp. but We may
~ inst the expansion " his eensro.s
ea't or some oih~r cause no less p,tsu,
- increased his roiundi,y TO FIJI fifty inchs.
'und 'he chest. and. in splendid pyeservs. =
"a and good condition. he may stand :.
'mp'ete relutstlcn VI the elanSer 81 ,hs
'abssh ciimate. =
we are reminded in this connect ~
kr - the expense " dow n easter. which
TOO good 20 keep. Embarking iD busio ess
compromised his prriudic~s against the
siar'a and chiIls Of the Wabasn. and ~. :.
rm'ned 70 settle in Lafayette. IL brou,h \, :,
% him young wife. just married. Ana !.
'ore ne slose Of the honey moon, wrore
"Ms.' away down East, as follows.
We IKE Laisyei,e very much. The eli (:
lie y much better thsn We exoected oil
'ogh Jerushs is dreadful sick !, her s,om ,h
in the mornings, In
We presume he received q consolipo let Iin
from his Ma" conveying information ne
'ut matters and things mslsrious andls
'rimonlsI. 10 which his early edues,ion 90
been sadly neglected. Al last accoun,s = Jo
rushs was "as well ss could Be cx psc,ed.,
Lafayette Courier. 90
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