St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-23

have MS believe the gangrcne will cut
Its way clean through the nation and
make leprosy as common with lis as in
oriental countries.
Some 40 Years ago. along with the
Introduction of Christianity, of trousers.
of whiSkcy and other institutions of
civilized nations. the seeds of the plague
were implanted among the gentle ma
tlvc> of the Sandwich islands. As the
story runs. Il German from China. with
the disease fastened on his bones. set
/ tied among the inhabitants. and. mar
rylng Il native wife, handed down thIo'
/ his rnsterity this dire inheritance.
About nine Years since. the disease had
become so alarmiugly frequent that Il
law WAS framed designed to check its
dissemination. \ secluded nook i'll
Molokai, girt roundabout by the sea
and walled ont from the main portion
of the island hy Il prccipicc 1000 feet III
hight. was selected for Il lcpcls' settle
ment. To this place. the law baniShcd
every one infected with the disease
and one of the most heart -rendimg
scenes. it is said. ever Witnessed in thc<,
Islands L. the separation of friends and
! tindrcd from the tainted wrethes whose
fate it iS To he transported to Molokal.
And terrible cause there i< to hrwail
this separation. To hc a lcpcr is to he
doomed to living death: all civil
rights are taken away from the infected
man his wife is granted an absolute
/ divorce and the remainder of his days
must hc mIScrahly spent i'll a desert
nook i'll companion>hip with hundreds
of other mortals as unclcan and mi~cr-
able aS himself. This decree of Scpara-
tion was almost Il dead letter till the
death of the late king. who was him
self suspected of being lcpruus. Re
Gently, however. the law has been re
lrntlrS>lN enforced. and there are now
-l3 lepcr> cnlnuiLrd at M"lokai. and.
according Ia the report OF Dr. Trnus-
>cau. win" has the unpleasant task of
searching ont and branding the mclcan
ones. there are now no more than 30
eases scattered about the islands at
large. ont of confinement &: and the doc
tor thinks that with six months more of
vigilance on the part of the authorities
the pest will hc entirely cradicatcd.
In Il recent letter from Charles Nord-
hot1 10 the New York Tribune. We have
this vivid description of the isolated
spot on M"lolai inhabited hN these l,I,-
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cr'>c "t the blood amp not Il SKIN disease.
It can he caught only. am assured. 10y
contact "t IN dbrad"d surface with the
matter nt the lrpr"uS sore: and doubt
less tho habit of the people. of many
smoking III the same pipe. has done
much To disseminate II. lis first notice
able sigu> are Il slight pmtlimc>s under
the ewes. and Il swelling of the lohrS of
the ears. Next follow symptoms which
vary greatly III different Individuals
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