The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-08
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Spring Dangers.

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Doctor Hall, in his Journal of Health 70,
April, saws: March. April and Nav are
more fruitful of sickness and death thar
the other months of the year; not so many
die As in July. August and September, bu
there Is more disease, arising mainly from
sudden changes OF the weather, iniudiciou,
changes III clothing, and errors in eating
The causes OF sickness and death are avoid
abIe; hence, We are the authors of our owl
Sunerln9s, which are irratonally attributed
too often 20 the mysterious dispensationS
OF Providence" The difference to the
reader between attention to and neglect OF
some Of the following suggestions may be
vigorous health or Shroud before mid
summer.
In March there Is a searching rawness
and dampness in the atmosphere which
chills the blood in such a way as to lay the
foundation for multitude of colds, fevers
and intiammatiOns. In April the atmosphere
is not so much saturated with dampness
bnt the fires are early put out, and the
winter clothing is too soon laid aside in
whole or in part. In the beautiful May
the mornings and evenings are damp and
chilly the warmth of midday tempts many
TO lay aside the warmer clothing, and th is
lighter clothing, together with the absence
" ms in"Acs HiHeItnVe sometimes VI
'i1st.' "en1{ 'n'I ~ "l ettn ioity uestees' pu1
" >"''loi ~ 'Aie'e mt { ie aio'iiei 0auSe
OF disease, almost universal, prevailing
through all the three months. No one
thinks of building as fierce fires in the spring
time as in lnldWiGter. because there is not
the same necessity for artificial heat; the
external air Is not nearly so cold, but We
kindle aS great an internal heat, which is
excessive anG that is fever, and fever is fol
'o"F" WIN to'u "iIhlh t"ehty-lout houfS
as oeita,hiy as pehuuluhi' calrleu 10 tne
,5n'' II i0I - "iit u" iiiS " 'ie IeiU' oiio 10
T'o.t ~ .it ,Uiiet . 80 !a" oi ou'
1Ie , l.-n ns ~ III a., equa-
'ie "N'UIo,' % .h va mn "ronli anu WIZ
"u!t"e "oult ~ nave nellnei leNefS ioi colus'
Nii1,I' Nv. siilia aiilllla iol'H
we e"' l0l wv" reasons W sustain anu
" "at44i q iai = lVi lioli Va ou, my a,
anu putlel auu oltau - toln'oeeu VI 'he
"aiiiinS plInSIP!e- caioon' tAe province Vi
N 10 =" tfouuoo l'ni'i'i heae' nonee'
Il We eau as inu0u III the sprung as III
WHIT snele Il le' lady 700 hluch ihternai
me- anu mat II ieVei' IN 1ne Spilhs' every
10y go neahel because the "eaIleI -
"ailhel' anu w we cav WIN tAe winter
appe''e uhVIl IaVule pesinS ~ t"he IL
a"uS 'nen W peslH 70 lhlih InaI solie-
'n!nS - LNe Hlattel' lh'I we are Solns ~ "
sitH n"'' lnoUeau VI pelnS .oh'en' " W
Gliii'i!isn me IuaI.l't anu quah'! vi oui
.ooN III p ot:oi .l0i w. 'rS appe
''te' We "eSin ~ . stliiiu a'e INA. app1tiUo py
,li. Ionios a"u pi'Se.s' ineanlns ,neieoy' .
~ " ulee' ~ =. = 10y ,oS'i
~ iiliH "a 1pio w " 'i oe VI
" mn "'ouiioi - iloV d !ai Se oono o'tUueh.' ~
tneS ~ "AeI w apt'e'ile' 'ney arc ny +
- 49, IN & Pio 49,, Tioi Dc .ieS w ~ -
-l''lnS .-ai''U oi' ".ii ne -
~ ..'i7 W ave Jul W. 'oi che
~, VIZ ale yins W lhe'ease ~ sue AIMS
~ ulii'lnlsl tle amount ol luel w 'le III
~ elnat iul nay "t ny ~ ilel eaee ~ l III
~ 'iIei a.'1' aoso'uCeiy enales
'ne "pPeIlte' III reoi "alF we le'ei oi Pol "A
corn bread which are almost wholly Gear
Don, we all Know them to be heating
ana as spring comes on, we relish greens
ana splnage, me early vegetables and fruits
ana berries, when we all know TO be cool
ing WIN thelr dellclous acldltles. HOW
we deight IN chnpa@es ana tufhlp tops ana
other green thih2S Wlllch are eaten WIN
vinegar ana tuth away from pastures ana
pudolhgs ana nouShnuts, ana other forms
OF fats ana sweets
II, IN the spring, we eat with the appetite
OF winter, or goad ourselves to it with
lnlalhbly' IS that there Is 100 much internal
htAt' Inednlhg !eFef, IolIoWeu by pllious-
ness WIN us long catalogue OF ais, end
ing IN dYsehlefieS, dlarrh& IS ana insurer
apIe deollltltS
fanilleS maze great mistake especially
IN the country, 10 carry dispensing with
hfes- Nhere thefe are children there should
ne @oo0, plazln2 ilre on the hearth, at
least III one room IN the house, all DAY, until
lhe hrst OF May, ana during May untll aIter
breakfast TO he Kihdied up ~ suhdoWh Ihe
instinct OF The children Will drive them TO
lhal room ana WIen thty cease 10 gamer
around lhat hrc, mornings ana evenings,
lheh, ana not III then, ought hfes to cease
LOT the summer.
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4ealpl |'hu Soihet mes me ltseli IS olteh
loSI oy lay!h9 aslut winter ciothihg 100
early Lay lhS nahhel7 ASIDE III lhe spring
~ d lhosl per1lciouS practice- lhey are as
necessary III 1uly as III Jahuary' we can
oeI.el 90 "lIhout "oolehs next the SKIN IN
III hlu"'hler lhah III Hhiusulhiher- we 40 not
Set oVtrhealeu III winter; we 40 III SUM-
iheF ana Ihe most frequent exciting cause
vi coughs, eoioS' Ano consumption IS rapiu
lalline ol Che temperature Oh the pooy. All
are iaihillal WIN the iac' that suouen
chechIhs OF persplfaIloh Is Always DANGER
air checks the perspiration hence. eminent
French phvsicians have stated. after long
sarioC of obuaryat;ouc +I,,+ oo1l, .o,,o,, Il,