The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-01
PoEsTI.ArI. OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1878.

New York, when I started upon my
long travelling expedition, more than
six years ago. bought it before l had
been in the city an hour" and he loosed
the chain from his button-hole and
handed it to Herbert, adding that its
use had been compound interest on the
money invested in its purchase. ~
'tBe sure to come back in time to go
with US to the INSTITUTED said Florence,
as he moved away.
"Trust me for that. I couldn't be
hired to remain away,n with meaning
smile, that was half-directed toward
Efie, who grew very deeply interested
in the newly-found watch.
"Miss Martin, you must be taking
items; you have nothing to say" said
Mrs. Welden, with smile.
"There is material for items here,
that is certain. Twas just now remark
ing the healthy bloom upon Mrs. Gran
dall's cheeks. We don't often see such
rosy faces among the married ladies of
Oregon"
tThe farmers wives are overworked
indoors, and the city ladies have too
little exercise indoors or out. I turned
a new leaf under Mrs. Stanton's direc-
tions, and from a nervous, half-sick, de-
pendent creature I have become
through the blessing OF God, and the
free use of His mountain air-restored
to perfect health.n
az have frequently written to my
friends in the East about the poor
health of Oregon ladies'" said Miss
Martin.
'If you had written respecting our
pure country air, which the farmers
wives are generally too badly over
worked to enjoy, and had used your in
fluence to induce those in need of en-
ployment, who would gladly work in
our kitchens, if they could get the
chance to come to us, your letters would
have done more good"
"I thank you for setting me right, for
I had concluded that women could not
be healthy in this country at ALL"
"We are not so strong as our mothers
were, but if we will work in proportion
to our strength, and use proper exercise
and healthy food, we can have uninter-
rupted good health. have too much
faith in God to believe that He would
send sickness or early death upon US, il
we did not violate His laws"
"But there are places where, if we
live in strict conformity to the rules fol
life and health, we will be sick, because
the air is impure. Who makes the i'm
pure air ?"
"God makes the cause that produces
the effect. The cause is the necessary
decay of vegetation, or oft-times, the
stagnation of standing water, etc. But
our natural senses Immediately warn us
to keep away, when we enter the vicin-
ity of such places, or to render the all
pure by drainage or fires, In our eager
ness to amass riches we settle in such
places and cannot take the time to drain
the marshes and destroy decaying mat
ter. Again, in places where ague i:
prevalent, company of speculators
with more enterprise than discretion
form huge mill-Gams, which they cant
afford to drain occasionally, lest theil
work should stop, and the water be,
comes diseased, poisonous. Sickness i:
a natural consequence; an effort of ma
ture to throw off the Impurities that are
constantly inhaled, eaten or drank
Doses of calomel and quinine are ad
ministered, that appear to check tht
progress of disease for a while, but ;
permanent cure is not effected. Th'
patient worries through a few miserabl,
years; blames the country and his God
nature gives up the struggle, and he dies
Mankind is the author of much mischie
and misery that are attributed to mys
terious Providence"
"But why are women more subject t.
disease than men?"
because they get less pure air, ant
let men say what they will to the con
trary, they endure more slavish toi
than, themselves. Whoever heard o
Oregon men working like slaves al
day, and then sitting up till midnigh
to sew, without having tasted the un
adulterated nectar of Gods pure atmos
phere for weeks ?'
Mrs. Welden had become so interests
with her theme that she did not motto
the interest she was attracting.
DR.. Stanton eyed her curiously owe
his spectaeles.
'Madam, where did you get you
skill ?" he asked, when she had ceased
"From common sense, from expert
ence, and from your son and daughter,
she replied, promptly.
"Did you eUer? Here are two wome
and an NJ. D. discussing hygiene, a
though life and death were at stake thi
moment, and they were judges of th
wager" said Hugh.
"Health and life and death are ver
nearly allied, Hugh" said Mrs. Welder
"Oh, if Pm going to get charnel
house lecture, pIl say no more,n he re
piled, trying to laugh.
''Why, brother! how can you be s
rude to ladies, and speak so jestingly {