St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-30

But how do these simple principles of
causes and effect bear sanitary appli-
cation in our village 1--WE are grow
We are getting more and more crowded
upon each other. Ont of our from 900
to 1900 families within an area of less
than one mile, there is not one dozen
of these families which have drain or
any conduit whereby the eXcretia of
living is carried ont of the limits of the
village, or into Il stream of living water
where it can become purified. Every
body's drainage is upon some ones else,
and that upon the next. until we have
our slopes saturated with decomposing
PARTICLES of food. eXcretia of all sorts,
and vegetation accomplishing, from
which malaria Is arising and the winds
waiting unseen and unheard to every
quiet room.
invite il search on the east and on
the west 10y our village authorities or
our citizens one and all. to find where
the drainage of our one thousand fam
lilies gOeS-what and where is the ont
let There is none. 1t is pent up.
sending III the stiffness of the breeze,
sickness and death to happy abodcS.
With every family of the one thousand
contributing its share to this poison with
no drain to carry it off, think of the
Thousand within the small area. and
then let no one say and offer the excuse
that 1--WE are all right because we are
no more sickly than others according to
populations" 1t is IL dangerous delu>inn.
Delays are dangerous in questions of
sewerage. Our most valued citizens
may he stricken. 1T i not others but
nurseries" who may he the first victims.
Any question touching health was not
in history postponed to the last but was
attended to then. There is Il life pend
ing now from these causes which. could
it he made certain. the whole expense
of the sewerage of this village would he
nothing. 1t is said How shall We com
mcncc what i every ones business *
no ones. etc. Let it he the business
of every one. Let us call village
meeting and take measures To get plenty
of water. for without water we can have
no sewerage. Then let us have IL well
surveyed plan of sewerage 10y men who
understand the business. and let us lay .
aside the plan of hiring incompetent .
men t" d" work which requires c"mpc- .
tcncN because some man wants Il job
until danger is past. Then. and not .
until then. shall We Ice ii LcdIhg and .
consequently Il prosperous village.
MEDICI>. /
Tall Corn.
Mr.. Jacob g. Hovcl of this town.
brings us a stalk of corn as i corn. 1t
is the common eight -ruwed variety. and
l. taken out of IL field of -four acres. all
of which is very thrifty. The stalk
shown measures ten feet and nine inches .
in length. All of which indicates that
'ht plfSfHI Ntdl IlpHll>t> wen l'l corn.
ORANGE COZ Nrl.
Edward Wright. a brakeman on the
&. y =. Il. r.. was knocked of Il freight .
train "Wednesday night. at White River
Junction and run over. iniuring him 81
that he lived only two hours and a-half .
He leaves "A family. residing AT Wells .
River.
Mr.. Freeman HXhy, of Montpelier.
Who was So seriously injured 10y All ac-
cidcnt on the Lamoille Valley Railroad.
last spring. and who has recently re
covered 81 :Is To he ont with the help of
had the misfortune To break .
his l,u nmlim on MnmnnN OF llst week