Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11

tn it contained the dose. Mr.. Jones re
turned to find his wife dead, and the boy
told him of the conspiracy. After Mattie's
attempt to burn the schoolhouse the faith
er and boy told the people what kind of a
woman Matte is. And Matte Jones is
still running loose in Arkansas.-Mtssourt
Republican.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Episcopal
Req5ster gives the following sketch of a
remarkable woman he met in Northum-
berland County, Pa: Some few miles from
Shamokin lives a character that those
manly people, the "wonIen's rights wo-
men," should certainly know, as she is
decidedly the champion. This singular
being is some seventy-two years OF age,
and is altogether the most manly wOman
[ ever met with. A tenantat-will, she has
occupied for many years the farm she cul-
tivates with her W hands and the as
s~istance Of hired laborers. She owns
about ~forty-two head of cattle, some of
which | saw, and are really fine stock.
She lives alone in her log cabin, her only
companions being two shepherd dogs and
her chickens, many of the latter sleeping
under the same roof with her, she calling
them her children, and training them up
in the way they should go, SO as to cause
the least inconvenience to her IN their
habits of life. She is utterly fearless, and
with her dogs and gun, which she can use
with unerring aim, Lie Schuler IS a
character that few would care to trife
with. Imagine, if you car a woman of
medium size, dressed in mems clothes,
with a soft hat variously indented upon
head, no coat, barefooted, and you have
this champion of "woman's rights" be-
fore you. Wrinkled though her face is
by the storms and trials of many years. the
strength and activity of this man-woman
of seventy-two is somewhat wonderful.
Voluble is hardly the term suitable for
the expression of her powers of talk, and
few men, however disposed for such per-
fiction, may boast themselver superior
to her or the score Of profanity. Much
and varied has been my travel, and
strange sights and objects have | seen and
met with, but the Hermit of Shamokin,
with her supernatural powers of tongue
and limb, far surpasses anything of my
previous experience.
THE yellow fever derives its name from
the deep yellow hue assumed by the skin
of the unfortunate victim of the disease.
1t appears to be confined within narrow
geographical limits. but why one city
oiIoaiu bC NCSoiotSb ny tIiS oCObI SC, anu
another having the same climate escape,
is a circumstance not satisfactorily ex-
planned. Apparently this terri bic disease
is not fully understood but obscure as
are the eauses from which it originates,
it is manifest that its most violeDtravages
have often occurred in localities where
there is a great lack of proper sanitary
conditions. A year or two ago Buenos
Ayres was visited by this malady, if our
memory serves us, and the mortality was
frightful. But it soon became known that
the sewerage was very defective, the water
was particularly impure, and garbage and
refuse matter of all kinds were suffered
to remain in exposed situations until the
air was filled with pollution. The I'm
wholesome conditions that surround
Shreveport have been often mentioned
since that city has suffered so severely.
Memphisssis said to have no proper sewer
age, the cistern-water which the people
drink is unwholesome, and the streets are
not kept in a clearly condition. All these
circumstances favor a pestilence, and
might easily e~ngender it. If suitable
sanitary conditions exist in any place, al
infectious or contagious disease finds it
hard to gain a foothold there. The yellow
fever has many peculiar features. Chill
dren are generally supposed to suffer
most severely from its prevalence, and
the severity of the disease appears to vary
with persons of different nationalities.
The Germans and Irish seldom lave it so
lightly as do the French and Spanish,
while Americans and the English are at
tackled with medium violence. Although
it is usually confined to warmer sections.
New York has several times been visited
by this plague, but it has not assumed IN
epidemic form there for many years.