, 1874-05-29
TISIUHINA IN ILLINOIS.
Statements by n Correspondent OF n
st. Lo1ts Pnper.
Chester {5aV 11 H., Correspondenca ~ ths 81. Lous

Statements by n Oorrcsponuont OF n
st. Loatis Pnpcr.
Chester tsfav 1l, H.. csy,sspo'dsncs n tbs ST. 1oa's
The following ltom, givcn now only In Rsrt,
Of the 25th Of February last, has gained world
wiao notoriesy, having been copied by the Lon
don @ng9n ns ,oe asssoE sons sSsnA Ah a
as 1t appeared in tho London Times:
Ill.,, stating that In Kaskasha Dottom, district Of
trshtna hss beoa CO M rssne for several Months. During
dead hoss sroai sna small nd but fsv farmers had
hogs left to supply tho years dcnnnd for meat. 1t
il estimated that not loss hnn from 10000 TO- IS COO
head Of hogs have died Of trichnn In that neighbor-
assass has Ia az MEASURE ceased Is torrbio rsvagos,
!. has by no 1neana DISAPPEARED: A. can saaroSy y 10
with this loathsorne diseasc.
Strange to say, the atatements therein mado
ARC donted almost entirely by The three nons-
papers published In thia county. The oditor OF
the Sparta Plaindealer, speaking Of tho mattcr,
says: ,.
tho pork market the water, and finally attracted
cummeres u Londop nd Who wrota to H. g. Colo Co.
Of Chester to ascertain tho iscts In tho NATTER 1t
would s nn Our 9s as sorsn sG s m i
many md Spain, and tt seems the poope the
Kasksskia bottoms cover Rbout al tho Mississippi
Yalloy and that about a our posh 4 similarly affected
ve trust will bo satisfactory.
Nov, If tho people Of Germany aud Spain
don't know the geography OF this country better
than to suppose TINT 700 acres comprise tho
entire urea Of tho Mibsisaippi Valley, why. that !a
their fault, and not ou1s And in the face Of nll
these aovero attacks upon my report, I have only
to seiternta with the exception perhaps, that tho
number Of hogs that have died is too great, and
am not 30 Sure but that am correct upon that
point. Inatoad Of the urea Of country Affected
being H. 900 acres, 1t Is full Is 900, and hogs, big
and little, in that district are still dying at fear~
full rato, and tho disoaae, tricllDa or not, is rap
idly spreading into localitoa hereteforo lntoucl,-
ed.-in the hills opposite KaskaBkia, Doia Drnlo
Bottom, Mo-, aoross the river from Chester, and
throughout the country back Of here. I am
prepared to substautiato these assertions by
maily Of tho first men In this county, regardlosH
Of tho letter Of II. q. Cole l. Co., and tho denial
made by our county newspapers.
triohinn- Elint's 81 Practice Of Medicine" gives
the following description OF trichina, which OK
actly answerB the symptoms Of tue mAlady now
creating 80 much alarm: ''The disease in Bwin1
10 manifested by symptoms analogous to those
observed in man, viz: diarrhca, stiffness Of the
limbs, debility, nuacular atrophy, and frequent
cough. Tho Affection known In the Western
| be trichinixsiB,"
As stated in my report: " It can scarcely be
doubted but TINT nanrly, il not quite, every hog
| in tho region Of country spoken Of is morn Of
losa Affected with this loatheaomo disease !" aud
| our people owe it to themselves, owe it to the
community 1t largo, ewa ito humanity, to make
q thorough, fair and Square investigation, Of
| PETER ". BAKER.