The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-14

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THE Ionia Sentinel tells this little story "A
oo,ur1o 81 sarsnac youths, one . merchant's
son and We other farmers, In order to raise
funds 70 attend dance In = neighhUlng town.
oonhsootsd ten bushels of wheat from ~ gra~
nary o. Ne farmer lads father, which they sole
and divided the proceeds. The village ia hnd
hired . rig and went to the dance IN faoptylA
while the farmer boy, being more econonics1
worked his passage by driving one of the teams.
Returning, the village boy having spent all his
money induced the farmer lad TO sleep with
him in the hay loft of the livery barn, and after
the farmer boy fell asleep the town boy went
through his pockets and secured IS or S6 OF
the farmer boys share of the wheat money.
When the farmer boy found he had been robbed
by his companion he 'squealed on him, and
thus the matter came out" @ nsgti al
1n ,lIr $3.50 o------- w lu 11uoI
| l1e state Board of Health. tl
The third annual report Of the Secretary OF
the State Beard of Health has just been pub
lished. 1t is for the year ending Sept. 80,
1875 has little over 200 pages, and contains,
besides the report proper OF the Secretary, DIR.
II. B. Baker, eleven special papers on subjects
closely related to the public health. The Ian
sing Republican prints an abstract Of each OF
these papers, but we can find room for only
the titles, as follows Local Boards OF
Health" by DIR. Homer o. Hitchcock, Of Kala-
mazoo "Posons in Agriculture, by DR.. r.
c. Kedzie 'Trichine," by, DR.. Arthur
| - III De- ,Io 60 nH "a
Occupations upon Health" by Rev. G. II
Brigham, Of Ann Arbor; 1.-The Disposal OF
Human Excreta," by the President Of the
Board, DIR. II. o. Hitchcock two short papers
one entitled Failure to Prevent Deaths be
lieved to have been Preventible," and the
othsr ON 1.-THE Reproduction of Disease
Germs" both by DIR. Henry B. Baker, Score
tary Of the Board ; Progress of Oil Inspec
tion," by A. A. Day, State Inspector OF Illum
mating Oils "On Ozone" by Prof. Kedzie
The Water Supply" replies from twenty
five correspondents of the board "Infuenc,
Of Drainage" by DIR. II. +. Lyster, Of De
trot.
The Lansing Republican editor has this tt
say of the contents of the book: lin DIR
Bakers portion is given, first. synopsis OF thu
work of the board during the year, including
abstracts Of the minutes Of the regular meet
ings blank forms, circulars etc., issued ant
a financial statement which shows that durinl
the year the expenditures Of the State on &C
count of the board including the salary Of it
secretary, who is ex-officio superintendent o
vital statistics, amounted to only the meage
sum of S3,73421. A set Of sanitary rule
recommended for adoption by local boards o
health are printed In full, followed by remark
and suggestions concerning the same. Tn
subject of vaccination is dwelt upon at som
length. and interesting correspondence isgiven
including letter from Haratune, apreacher 0
Bitlis, Turkey in Asia, relative to the terribl
ravages of small pox in that country, wher
vaccination is not general Arguments ar
given in most lucid and forcible manner o
the efficiency of this greatest discovery Of pre-
ventive hygiene. The subject Of illuminating
oils is touched upon, and the efforts Of tn
board to secure safety in their use are brief
reviewed. Cases of burning and death iron
kerosene, which have recently occurred in thi
State are narrated, and series Of experiment
with different kinds Of lamps, burners, broker
chimneys, ETC., performed by DR.. Baker, witt
the assistance of H. II. Larned, are detailed"