The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-25
The Cholera What it Means.
From the Daily VI sconsin

The dreaded Asiatic cholera, which
originally issued from the jungles Of India,
has again made lis appearance in western
Europe, and the question comes home TO
the denizens of sIe Atlantic cities, and the
people OF our country, when will it appear
IN our midst. The cholera has become
one OF the diseases of the world. 1t dis
appears for a time, and then re-appears
II ls found by Il close study OF cholera
statistics, that to use significant phrase,
It bursts out every seventeen wears. Ii
appeared 10 this country in 1892, again
ii lS49, and undoubtedly will sweep over
our country again IN 1866 There is no
cause of special alarm, for i! is noted ,ha,
every time 1t re-appears, it assumes
niIder type. Ii is more under the con-
troll of physicians, il asmuch as they better
understand its predisposing causes, and
now by removing those causes, they can
almost guard against its ravages.
Que ihipg is proved beyond all question,
that nItL breeds cholera. Is seems to us
as clear Is light, that i! is :he judgment
Of God upon unclesnliness The foul and
noisome quarters Of every city, where the
drainage is bad, where the habits of the
residents are filthy. where tie CELLARS are
filled with rotten garbage, where the
yards are foul with stinks, where the alleys
are Numbered up with all sorts of dirty
rubbish, where the water ,hey use for
drinking or culinary purposes is in pure,
where men drink the mos, brandy, rum
and whlskey, where mems systems become
gaugrsned with tobacco juice or tobacco
smoke, there the raYages Of the cholera
are most frightful. We may truly say,
that God abhors 6Ith in every form, for
it is said in Holy Writ that g cleanliness
Is next Unto goodness" 1t is needed, at
limes, that nations should be scourged by
an Avenger Of Purity ia our persons, in
our dwelhngS, in our yards, in our streets,
and in truth, in all our surroundings.
Did not such a scourge as this occasion
ally visi. the world, the people at least,
those who are constrained TO live in mar
10" circumstances, would grow unbeara-
big filthy. But so soon as they hear the
dreaded words, Astatac Cholera, and fear
that il may reach their domicie,, they
begin to cleaG up and purify their premi.
sas, even visit their more filthy neighbors
IN order 10 induce them to take more pains
to remove every possible EIth where they
have been taught by bitter experience, i!
will strike with its most deadly effect.
All and more than The above were sus-
tanned by the salient facts developed du,-
ing tie progress of the cholera in 1882
and 1649. Montreal, which was in 1882,
very dirty city, was scourged SO severely
that for years after, It's Inhabitants were
stirred up to keep i. one OF the cleaDest
cities in Amsrica. The writer Of this was
III Montreal iu 164G, and then noted the
extreme cleanliness of the streets and the
wharves. Asking a resident the reason Of
this neatLess, lie replied, the cholera OF
1857 taught Us lesson. AS a consequence
when the cholera re appeared in 1s49,
Montreal escaped with comparatively lil,le
loss Of life. Albany suffered sharply in
lo32, because it was notorousIy dirty
city. Troy. almost By its side, had scarce
y case OF The choIeia. Troy is not Only
one Of the cIeanest cities of America, but
S'l-Ct'i ft'iuS "CiS thhtu W CIGdU lie
yards and alleys aud chloride Of lime wa.
scattered III almos, every cess pool in the
city. In fact it was rs clean rs a we'll
regulated city could be made As con
sequence, its citizens enjoyed their usual
health while the cholera WAS striking with
deadly effect within few miles Of their
homes. Saratoga had neither tne cholera
III 1882 nor 1S49 Because lis sandy soil
is peculiarly favorable to cleanliness, and
the village trustees omitted no pains TO
purify every yard and alley 10 the town.
81. Louis had the cholera fTightfuIiy in
1919, because st. Louis under the bill! was
notoriously reeking with filth. They
commenced cleaning the city, but it had
gol u terrible foothold, and you cannot
drive out this aveuger 0: purity by tar
dy repentance. You must be purified
before it meets YOU, and then perhaps i,
viii pass over your town. Chicago bad
the cholera badly, but not so bad as it
will probably be in 1866, since the slinks
of the Chicago river have become almost
unbearable.