Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-27


anothey about d farmers house, which
should ii tie spring time be attended to,
it is the cleaning out of all the drains, the
cellar, and every place. where animal or
vegetable matter can accumulate and
decay. -
The drain leading away the slops from
the kitchen, the drain of the cellar and
the cellar itself if it has been the recep-.
tacle of stores for the winter, are not
unfreq 1ently the source of gaseous ema-
nations that induce most formidable and
fatal diseases In the household. 8 e
1t sIboth filthy and disgusting to good
taste to allow these places to go uncleaned
until far into the summer, and something
every man ought to be ashamed OF, ii there
was no higher reason. But this consider
alton amounts to nothing compared with
that which relates to the effect on the
health of those who live near enough to
be influenced by such neglect.
One of the most deadly poisonous
gases has its chief origin in the region of
farmers houses, from just such sources /;
places where something can decay. This
gas is sulp1ureted hydrogen; sewers, cess
pools and privies are the homes Of its
growth.
An atmosphere containing one part OF
this gas to eight hundred, will kill bifdsst
gonce; one part in every three hundredSis
destructive to dogs in short time; in an
atmosphere with one part in every hun
dred aud fifty, a. horse has been found to
die in little while, and little over one
per cent of it. is destructive to some plants;
Man Is able to breathe one per cent. of
this gas, but heatonce feels its injury, and
no one has had the fortitude to inhale it
forvmore. than a few minutes alta time; to
abide where one per cent, must be
breathed for any considerable period
would surely be death. r,-u IRA
These facts are the results of careful ex-
periments by scientific men. These
demonstrate how easy it is to have an ele-
ment floating in, the air which is "a rank
poison, and purely as the result of znegli-
gence or thoughtlessness, The family get
sick, have typhoid fever, several members
perhapsJin succession, and the climate is
blamed for insalubrity, when only the
people themselves are at. fault. s,,n~,, q; !
Many hOusekeepers are perplexed be-
cause the paint-common white paint
with which their houses are embellished,
gets SO easily and quickly furnished, it
turns yellow soon after being put on. The
paint is condemned as an inferior article,
and any substitute of another composition
which will not tarnish is hailed as a new
fortune. eYss ua .T@i ,t4a..i+iIl
The paint turns yellow by union of its
lead with the sulphur of its toxic gas, MAX
ing a sulphide Of lead which is Of a dark
color; hence the alteration in the hue of
castings and doors. The rapidity with
which the wood work changes its light
shade to dark one, is Just the pace at
NJ III, ba o+oo1y Of 1;fo fOroa IF +bcco ,rb n
breathe the air in the house is being eaten
away; their color, meanwhile is changing
| from rosy freshness to pale and weary
cast, Purify the atmosphere, and, the
dwelling aud dwelleTs alike, will retain
their beauty and appearance of health.
Another matter which ought to be most
carefully looked after is the WE'LL whence
theswater for the ahouseis procured. -
During the summer, great q qantityof
dust and fine dirt fails intoit, butthey are
not always of so deleterIous q character
as what gets in during the spring. If dirt
Sits into the well it seldom does injury
for pure earth and filth are different
things .. sca
In winter, large piles of garbage are
not unfrequently accumulated near the
well, which, in solution may in part flow
into the water in the spring; then some
drain may flow not far from it, privy
may be near by, or a pig stye and barn
yard i > ri W. ~~r a
+ AS the earth softens under the vernal
sun, it is not difficult thing for these
pestilential juices to- percolate their way
many feet through the soil q to the well,
especially when the latter is sunk in SO
soft and battery soil and one SO full at
seasons with surface water as that in
Northern Illinois. A'''l' =, u - y,
When the drinking water gets contami-
mated with any of these substances there
iisnot the slightest surety Of health on
the part offthose who take il typhoid
fever and similar diseases are its natural
fruits, and ten thousand cases Of these
deeply dire maladies can be directly
traced to such enthusiastically from
some priVy- or barnyard. This fact has
been proven by ample experiment. and
observation by men who have made it a
life study.
T Good health and poison in the air we
breathe, or dissolved in the water we
drink, are incompatible. Prairie Farmer.