Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-05-29

all around. lnere seeins W NC nv e0~NI>
from the man with the scythe, who hnai'
ly
"Cus down all.
Both great and SMALL
But man is full of devices to thwart
him, or keep him as far off as possible.
Many systems of medicine have been IN
vented to no purpose, it would appear
from the fact iliat the more of their So
called remedies we swallow, the worse
we are of. Still, men keep on expert
menting, now with poisonous pills, plas-
tiers, blisters, then with bourbon, bitters
or bugs, and so on. But what's the use
WHY not study cause and efiectY Why
not learn what are the causes of disease,
and remove or avoid them2 1T having
a "high drinking wine and going
without seep-gives one headache,
why not decline the "high -? If late
and hearty suppers induce dyspepsia,
why not forego the hearty supper, and
stay the stomach with little plain and
simple food 7 Ii is said that many dig
their graves with their teeth. This need
not be. Why not let Gods will be done,
by eating to live, instead, as now, OF liv-
ing to eat? If smoking gives one the
heartburn" or makes one nervous, why
smoke? Do strong tea and coffee keep
one from sleeping soundly, and render
one peevish, irritable, and fdgety, then
why not give up strong tea and coffee?
"BAD COLD"
"Oh, / have such a cold, and have no
idea how / took it "What have you
been eating?" sob, not much !! lit
tie hot soup, plate of fish, a few picked
oysters, a plate of boned turkey, bit OF
ham with couple of eggs, bit OF
broiled fowl with a few vegetables; a
hot biscuit, piece of mince pie, Gus
tard, and few canned peaches, plate
of prunes and orange, dish of ice
cream, and cup of coffee. | think 1t
nlusb nave nGtti VIC itO SiNohi ohSe 'iA
the business for me, for felt stuffed up
from that moment, and this cold has
been coming on ever since"
Bad colds come of over eating more
frequently than from any other cause
But what about
DEATH IN THE BARNARD
This: Careless and neglectful farmer
permit the accommodations of animal ex
crement, decaying straw, chat, and ha.
to lie and rot all summer in close prox
unity to the dwelling, whence bad odor
are waited into every room, and the IN
mates breathe the foul and pestilentia
odors, night and day, all through tn
year. In hot weather, windows must b
kept shut to keep out these sickenin
and deathly barn yard smells. FINAL.
one of the members has an attack of t,
phus fever. The doctor is sent for, an
prescribes what "a lot of poisono'
drugs The patient dies, and anoth
one sickens in the same way and go
through the same experience, with Il
same results and then another, al
that stricken family is left without
mother, daughter, or the younger oh
dren that made it happy. Those aw
at school, or at work away from t
house, escaped with their lives. Here
case of the most palpable cause a
effect, and yet it was not seen till dea
had thinned the ranks of that family.
CASE IN POINT.
In pleasant town in Massachuse
there was young ladies seminary. l
reputation of the place and the fame
the teachers drew large number
blooming girls there, to be educated d
trained to the accomplishments and
ties of life. High hopes animated al
parents, principals, teachers, and puI
But ere long pale death made his
pearance and claimed victim. L
another and another, until panic ra
IN the institution at beautiful Ma
wood" and all who could do so haste
to their homes some to die in their
family circle; others, with more col
tuition, to recover slowly and thank
for their escape. But What was the CT
of this epidemic? Was it the wa
No. Was il the food No. Overstg
No. Well, was it in malarious re
of country? No; for it was in the CHI
ing town of Litchfeld, an educate
center, from which have come som
the brightest intellectual lights of
age. 1t is a healthy place. Then
was the cause of this epidemic a
young ladies' seminary? We answ
was "a fully bdrnydrd!'
The institute stood near by and a
east of an uucleaned barn yard, wi
the sickening odors were waited thr
the house, and those young crea
breathed the death-giving fumes, a
conscious OF its fatal effects, till one
ell bnf.~ra tho