The Portland daily press., 1869-07-27
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Tuesday Morning, July 81, 1869. ~
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JOSHUA i. CHAMBERLAIN,
OF BRUNSWICK.
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natal ST. ANTHONY, MINI, July 20, 1860.
To the Editor Of the Press: ~
eilHssa0i CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES. N
% The llealthtulness of our Minnesota climate
is theme concerning which much has been
written and more has been said, and the
State has been deservedly praised. for its bal
samic airs, its dry, saIubrious atmosphere
and the general tonic effects OF its climate,
yet there is another side to even this pleasant
picture, and facts exist, ,-stubborn, material
tacts--whch, il properly understood by uu-
prejudieed persons about emisrating to this
State, would probably make them pause and
take a second sober thought" before disturb
ing old and tender relations to. throw them
selves and their families upon the uncertain,
issues OF new and strange land. lsf
as A few years experience has satisfied me
that Minnesota Is as healthy, 10 say the least,
as any State in the whole region embraced in
that comprehensive locality known as the
s'West," Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, a large
part of Iowa, parts of Wisconsin and Missouri
are afflicted more or less with intermittent
Ifeyers--the sshakes, OF 'schills and fever
being one of the most dreaded sconrges known
i'm those States Minnesota, on the contrary
is free from this evil, or comparatively So, at
any rate. L do not think. it more liable TO
what is ordinarily known as "feva and ague"
than New England, aud that is saying all
that need be said in Its favor. hasis- l'iN
No sensible man in Maine would think of
removing to any of the Western States, south
Of his,without enquiripg as to the healthiness
ofthe region in which he proposed to locate.
The rule of those States has been unhealth-
mess; has been, say, for nea-Iy ali new 10
calities are exposed to malarious and other
adverse influences, which sadly affect the
sanitary condition OF the people, until cult
vation of the soil, drainage of the swamps and
other artificial means overcome the natural
causes of disease, and render them free from
the evils incident TO their more early history.
Chicago, quarter Of century since, was
most prolific in the development of Ashakes'
and yet today Chicago is probably as healthy
Boston and quite as free from asue. Galena,
ON Feper river, was once the dread of all new
eomers; now its sanitary advantages are
equal of other cities which never had
ito push their prosperity againsta bad reputa-
tion. So it Is with many other icities and To-
iealilies in the West. ~ = aisss sasaisaib =
pui~ 'zaa NvAIID's PARADISE. lesqs o. :
Minnesota, fortunately fol her rapid settle
ment, has ever been regarded as the paradise
Of invalids; as the State where disease stands
I, at arms length, where doctors find their oc-
cupation gone, and where death comes only
as the result OF accident or old age. But Gall
is not gold that glitters,y nor is Minnesota
quite go free from the i,ls to which flesh Is herr
as some Other ardent friends, who look upon
all that concerns her interests through rose
'colored spectacIes, would have us believe Il
we take the statistics published as 'otiicial,' :
and carefully scrutinize them, we may hesitate
to adopt all the conclusions to which they are
mtendedto conduct the mind
n ,a PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS.
have before me pamphlet prepared by
an eminent Real Estate Broker of st. Paul
and published for gratnitous circulation BY
the State, and init i find a table purportins
to give the mortaary statistics of the diiferen
States. need not copy the table m extenso
for a few quotations whl answer all the pnr
poses of this communication. in this table
the deaths in Maine are asserted to be an
nually one in every eighty-fwo Of the popu
lation, or 1.21 per cent; in Massachusetts one
in. filtv-seven. or .73 .per cent: In. Vermont
4 ono in etv-tbree. or1 .C0 per, cent and in
New Epcland aoareeated. one in seyentv,iive .
ar, slsss Tner, cent.,;STl,e same table puts N,
Idea4bss n Minnesota AZ on In ong bundre,
and tiftyfiye or only a. 100 Of one ues per ere cent
while ,orepon alone, exceeds in heaDtbiness
6a;,es csf5 ,leat,, in tuo linn dred and nina q,
AZ l160 ofonc ner rcentn Jtw,,i not answ !, !,
tba ~ orr 70 q, nblataas ~
t,ss,Ia aven ono No State and tbat or
as aeon ge e (, exca, %, Minnesota fa q
climate climate and 50 tbe .anparept =, rem. ADVANTAGE q
that state /. d;snosed ~ nv the statement III
while oreuon Is a. healthy reoiou r. ,s noA
reso,t for ;uval;dSs .v;ng ., the Pacific colst
hts ,c,;..te Ike thot of Ns,,, Eno,o.d IA To-
bum;tl to oattract invalids ON the i,contra,v ~
tM,npesotai Is A great yesort 70, consu,,,bt;v,
invalidsa. and chose Ial,rii,p hinder vafidps,
tbroni. Diseases sof scourse so,ne so,neteo,ne come 10,
late and die here onrobablv i've wear m or n ono Y,
I 81 fban tbey wonld lat home This swells aur
L ,ooortal;iv or l;st and tak;no 4 ont Mnnasoto ne
wo,,,5 bo,a b;cher nlaes sban eyen oraaon
Ref Before ,,ti noticing tbe fiqures IN the above