St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-13

with strong curbstOne, and the re-
mainder of the excavation filled i'll
with earth as before. There is an i'm
preston that wells require ventilation:
they require it only when they contain
organic matter whose putrefaction
would otherwise become apparent, and
a well built as above described would,
under all ordinary circumstances. con-
tain nothing of the kind; neither
would it require cleaning. In all places
thickly inhabitated the water should
he subjected to careful ANALYSIS,
whether it he from wells. streams or
lakes. In no other way can those who
use it be sure of its purity. Such an
ANALYSIS of the well-water of London
disclosed the fact that it was composed
principally of filtered sewage: and
could the water used in many of our
town and villages be subjected to SINH
lar tests. much of it would be found I'M
tit for use. 1t is the first duty of every
householder to see to it that those I'M
der his charge are protected from these
fruitful causes of disease, and that from
his premises there go forth no contrl-
buttons to these causes. 1t is the first
duty of eveiy physician, when he is
called upon to combat the diseases thus
produced. to point out the cause and to
insist upon its removal. He will often
find III houses. where all the arrange
meat are supposed to he perfect, that
there are vile odors in the bathroom. or
that the children have been making
mudpicS with putrid filth. He will Of
ten find that the overflow pipe of the
cistcru terminates i'll the cesspool, and
that nauseouS gases through this chan
ucl have been absorbed 10y the water of
which the family make daily use! He
will often lind dampness and decaying
vegetable matter in the cellar.
Morality and religion suffer in 40
small degree from these causes. and il
X the duty of every minister to wage
wal from the pulpit upon thesc forces,
which are such mighty allies OF evil.
ana 50 lrSisrlcSS in their power I" de
grade. Let the Church work with half
the zeal in the cause of sanitary re
form that it manit">tS in combating
other t"IuiS of sin, and ii will i'll Il short
time remove from the earth Il greater
ni,~t'cle To lis growth and influence
Than I'LL the forces of intidcllty com
hincd. Clra,linrs> is next to godliness
and necessary IL ii. In order to
make mcu gndll. the conditions of god
illness must he supplied :and these con
dill"m> coincide at many points with
those of bodily health.
1t i Il strange circumstance that man.
H. hi> search for the causes of things.
has nearly always attempted to connect
events transporting under his very eyes
with causes far removed beyond the
power Of his observation. In nothing
has this tendency been stronger than
IN his efforts to trace the cau>r> of dis
cl>,.. Fever and pc>tilcncc were ion
many ages supposed to hc caused 10y
The shafts of Apollo, OF to he sent from
heaven IL the punishment for SIN.
Nndcrn science. however. with ltS eN-
act mrthnd~ OF investigation and its
rigid exclusion OF everything mot
pTnVcn from its cuuclu>i"ns. has found
thtt car>c and effect are generally neaI
ucighhnr> to each other. and that dis
ease l. III most cases pI"ducCd 10y that
which l. near lis. even at our very
doors: and could the teachings of sci
cucc he faithfully acted on for few
generations. the average length of
mans life would Ice doubled. some of
the chief sources of his sutlcrings and
the greatest obstacles To his progress
would hc removed. and the advent of
that Golden Age he FASTENED. which
has in all time been the dream of the
poet and the theme of prophecy.
NJ. ID.
MoNTCLAIR. y. j.. Feb. 10, le74.