The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-09-19

greater IMAM IL was last, anu lie Sblil HAS
plenty of last years corn on hand.
Every acre of his large corn crop is
now a mass Of growing peas, which are
both food for stock and one Of the best
fertilizers. and the cheapest that can
DO used. Some of cur other planters
shOnld take lessons. from him. .5ra +
Gun EPIDEMIC.-We have had an
epidemic here for two or three weeks Of
some kind of atmospheric fever, which
some say is "dengue" or " break bone"
and some say it is not. tt is generally
accompanied with violent headache,
and soreness Of the muscles Of the eyes,
and aching Of the small of the back
and limbs. Some easestare very light,
and some pretty tight. It yields readily
al d rule to proper treatment, If APP
piled at the outset. In some cases that
were neglected or the patients were
imprudent, there was danger Of serious
results. We have had only one death,
and iii this case q physician was not
called in until after several days-con-
gestion was the immediate cause Of
death. THE fever leaves the patients
quite weak for several days: The cause
of the fever is attributed to our wet
summer. In some houses here, where
six 81. eight persons reside, every single
one has been down dit one time. We
heard ii stated last Saturday by a drug
gist, that there were about one hundred
and thirty-fve then sick in town.
Everybody has had it, is having it, or
it seems will laaveit. We believe tits
OF has been general iin the towns and
Throughout the parish, and in other
parishes, il " may judge by u ex-
changes. The b~estfeatrre of 1t il, tits
seldom hi never Fatal here at least, un-
less il is neglected Or badly managed
and. suBnsto congestion.
.tsEa IS
CAUSES FOR THE PREVAILING FE-
VEk.-sOa1e say thdt the maiarial fever
which is prauailingin nearly all parts
of the State, is owing to local causes.
In Shreveport, the removal of tile Raft
brought down quantities of deeayeG
wood and other nutrid vegetable mat
tel, which lodged around the city and
filled the air with noxious gases. Ad-
ded to this were the aeating ~putrefying
-carcasses of four or five hundred cattle
which were drowned at the wreck oil
two boats above the city. In such q
naturally malariai situation as shreve.
port, every condition existed for The
production DC amaIignanttype OF fever
We have always heard that Shreveport
was naturally an unhealthy place, and
with these other causes added; and
wet summer, any fever that prevailed
there would be more malignant than il
aaIsa unhealthy place. IF Tie fevel
that is killing them 50 FIST there, is tlat
same us ours, ii Is of Ii more malignant
type. Htis yellow fever, as reported
no one ian be surprised at the greai
mortality attending II. rs
Is ID sid that our little epidemic eal
be clearly traced to the cleaning out
the cutters and streets so late in til
season. They should have been cIeane,
sooner; but this fever il. prevailing il
all the towns and III al parts Of til
parish. even where there were no gpt
sers cleaned ont and where thur
were mono to clean, and also all owe
the State. Cleaning the CUTTERS ou
did not caiise The fever the wet sum
mer eaused II. few Of our citizen
complied with the order of the tow
authorities To clean ont the cutters, tlla
We doubt ntIre few that were eleanes
ont even affected or aggravated 81
fever 81 any rate II could 40 no MOI
6hanA taats On the other hand, IL
reasonable u suppose, as the ditehin
WIS done IN rainy weather, mid ii
aJ8er tie rains when the sun wouldat
unfayprably on the disturbed earl
that the town soon became dry afbt
hs rains ceased, (which il d aes IN
less liable IL nlalariaI sfck h
mas aeeount for tie fact that the feNe
here u of 3 rather mild type q
streets ape now is dry bone, Il
tie fever will soon be over because Il
cause Is removed, while Il may preVa
longer ii other localities not 50 ne
drained. The vet summer WIS q
cause oflfhe feper, because the rail
were general and the fever prevail
everywhere,