The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-25
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Marriage; of Cousins.

4, Some very interesting facts IN c0nnec-
tjon with the subject of fuairiages of con-
sanguinity have just been apnt onpreeordlbyf
French ,statistlciap;a He carried sopmhjs. o.
Investigations in the town Of BATE, in thetn,
French department Of the Iowa Inferieure
Having seIeefed fort ylsfx eases Of consat-
yguiHeous marriages, he examined the Ahus-s -
bands, wives and child rem, ibotha4h regard 10
to their nllEsieai andsintellectual, ,adexeiopssrl
inent, and made Inquiries .cQneerniDgs sthessI,
families examined. and their ancestors %
through the assistance Ofthe mayor, pastor,
and Oldest inhabitants. Combining tbe
,statistiesthas collected, he has found that
in iptermarriages DO nOt'briHg abont disease, s'|
idioeySao alformhton.sa 11 dweveFs aitiiisigoi
important TO mark that these results aseLiri
attributed by, the writer 70 1.-The gfay0yahlRvoY
climate Of the locality, and to the. general alo
habits. hygiene, and morality Of The inhab-
itants as welF as 10 tie absence 6f alf he
,reditaFy disease. -bFheltownof IatZ is sft..
uated npopaa peninsuia,p bounded on hone 9d'
sideby the rocks of the sea4sh0Fe, and on 9ai
the other by, salt marshes. The air ispureyl %
and the most frequent, winds are from1lrn
the north, northeast and northwest, The
number of Inhabitants is about 8, 300 They
have'little' communication with other parts
of the .e0nntryf and their occnpGtior is al -"
most confined io the, preparations of salt.4- bn'.
They are very ipteiGgent; saluost, all their
adults being able .to, ssad, u Themorality is o.
1of the, highest stamp, prostitution being a
'unknown. Theft and murdef have not .oc- "a,
Cured within The recollection Of the Oldest =
inhabitBnt? /? M others nurse their children y"
1 till they are fifteen months old, and the
general food Of iihe population is of the I'D
vegetable class, There are, at presents In lad
Batz forty-six consang ngune0us pairs Of first .sfl
cousins, five unions between second: .cous- .,.,a
1 iHs, thiFty-ohe marriages Of third cousins, Il I,
and ten Of cousins ID the fourth degree
?From q veaani6ns' Of second cousins there =
have, been tweaty three childre1;y none of $40
whom, have: presented any eongenital de -ipg'
formity, ,,.g The. 5thirtg.onea marriages. ofs9a.
third consins have produced one, hundredassl.
Fand twenty children al healthy and ahs45 q
marriages Of fourth Cousins have given, rise sa..
to- twenty-nfne children, all Of. whom, with
the exception Of those who died 6f ag1e, 50
were1strong and healthy at the period of&'"
.examination The writer contends. that'lsst
such facts as the. foregoing pr0yeFthat CON. u
'sanguineons marriages by NO means lead to sod
the degeneration Of the race; ;ieal#a III ii tog q.
The chinch Bug ---How to Extermi-s, ~ ="
f27 nate the Pest of, the Wheat, ,i.,4 Al aas
r. DR.. II, Sherman has. made q. discovery go
regarding the breeding Of the ehinchJ shugii 70
which, we.beleiye, will make at am easyldgi
matter to- It otally eradicate this curse AOf q.
wheat. growers II writes as follows.dj ~ -A7D
aa, The chinch bug having destroyed my -
wheat crop for number of years, L was ssi
anxious to, get rid Of him, and l. beliyeg I4A
have tracked him home, and ircan destroy {
him, root and branch - ,asa7 i,g.:,saqa AIT
! ri befive that next season, if the farmers "a
will follow my advice, they may raise q -.
dIgood7cfop of wheat danot7 lose a bushef
from ,the,ravagess the bug.oi This is tbet DHA
Important saeret.i Ny investigation Elsd' bI
me to beleiye that the seedrwheat erBernel9od'
| was used as a sort of "foster mother, bHia O
| tile bug land ] find by inspection throughng
"a microscope that III an wheat grown, upon N
land where there are bugs, is deposited in
| the blow, orfuzzy end ofthe Kernel, a large "''
quantity, of,eggs, 2which'pr0duce 'the bugs 1''-
next season. -ssl19nE
| Mr.. Sherman; says be- will con vince any5dT
farmer of the truth of this, if they will bring "a.
fhii d sample of wheat grown where there .,se,
/ were plenty iof Bugs Tt follows, that fthe
kernel of seed wheat is the general deposit -
tory ef'the eggs'aoE the Aebfnch bug, that o.
onr farmers hayebeen sewing the pest each s'7s
year as. regularly as. they haye their Mheatso %
and it follows, that ifsueh isothe easeoltheqnp
eradication of. the bug will. be, easily &C mo
complisked4 either By sowing no wheat
| tthat has been in Contact with the bug, or
hhy steeping the seed ia some solution be- ''-o
fore sowing, which will destroy the lafva. %
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