The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-05-07
IIousc CaIlars.

EeW people are aware ot the deadly
effects on health Of close, i'll ventilated
damp cellar, under a house that is occu-
pied, as most Of our farm houses are,
by the members Of the family in the
building Of our cellers no arrangement
is made to secure suitable ventilation
during the greater portion Of the year.
Probably il the truth were known, It
would be found that large proportion
Of the diseases i'll the community arises
from the violation Of well-established
sanitary laws in regard TO cellars.
DR. l.. S. Pennington, Of Sterling, H.,
has spoken Of this subject, SO far as it
refers TO farm-houses cellars in that
State, but his remarks apply equally
well to every cellar in the country lie
speaks as follows
Ii has been said, and very wisely, too,
that ii is the duty OF the State to en-
force the laws Of vaccination; or, ra-
thcr, that the State should make and
enforce on every parent stringent law,
on the subject, There is, however,
another subject no less worthy of State
and individual attention, affecting to q
greater or less degree the Sanitary con
dition of the State And It is, that the
cellar to every dwelling house should,
through the chimney or in some other
way, be thoroughly ventilated, at all
times during the year.
The cellar Of every farm house is the
receptacle Of matter that can and does
decay Ii matters but little whether it
be vegetable Or animal decomposition
sends forth a poison or bad air, known
as malaria. 1t is so minute aud subtle,
yhat it cannot be discovered by tho sense
nor By any chemical tests. We should
not then be surprised that men, even
when slumbering over it, regard it with
somuch indifference 1t is only known
BY the fatal effects which il produces
Our cellars would be incapable Of send
ing forth this poison, TO great extent,
were it not that certain portion of the
year they arc entirely shut out from the
external air. No avenue is left for es-
cape but through the apartments Of the
dwelling, to be there inhaled, not only
day by day, but by night;
time when malaria reycls without tho
neutrahzng effect of the suns rays as
an opposing agent.
How few OF our dwellings are entirely
free from this source OF disease We
find their inmates living over and
breathing from day TO day, and from
year 70 year, this tainted ar. Coming
forth from It's imprisoned cell il is fre-
quently produced ii q form SO e0nccn-
tratcd and yirulent as 70 produce a dis.
case Of the most fatal character. Ty-
phoid and other feyers often s4lss ia in
iiuduals and families, which cannot, 10
d casual observer, be accounted for and
too often, to reconcile the living 70 the
loss Of friends departed, It i passed
over as mans destins, aud as n decree
Of Providence
Could We look deeper into the secret
cause ot disease, We should most likely
tind il some gross violation Of natures
laws Thus We SO on from year 70 year
from generation to generation, ID the
beaten track Of error, decmating the
Young and middle aged. before hsli
their time for usefulness Is ended.
Cholera has been known 10 invade
many a household, and 70 cot Oh almost
whole families, having for this. cellar
s1halatloAa. rs an exciting cause. But
sba more active forms % disease ihu