The Republican journal., 1877-12-13
The New Hygiene.

AAS 40 iS'A'S -ASoo Ai'eo >AAoCo' VI W
that whiskey is a specific for the cure of
dphtheria and kindred disorders, and
further remarks
We add to this fact which we have learned
quite recently, that most successful medical
practitioners are adopting whiskey and milk
treatment in many Of fever and like diseases
with great success. Such facts go to show the un
reasoning warfare which is being made upon al
cohol, and the injurious attempts to deprive the
people OF it as medicine.
Whiskey and milk Why, that must
be the cnticing compound known to the
initiated as milk punch. And it is rare,
indeed, that medication comes to the af-
tlicted in d guisc so seductive. No dis
gushing black draught, no nauseating DO
lus, no diaphragm-rending emetic. The
apostle of drugs steps aside, and in his
place comes the brisk bar keeper, who
can mix his prescriptions with cunning
that Galen never knew For a case of
typhoid, after proper diagnosis, he beats
up with sugar the albuminous fruit Of the
hen, that it may have glutinous and Sc
NulC holu uPol al lLC OLl1Cl
then adds the rich and creamy contriou-
ton OF the dairy. Having mixed them we'll,
he comes to the last constituent, that po-
tent persuader ofall the ills that flesh is heir
to, which shall grapple and drive out the
disorder. Holding the glass to the light,
he places three fingers along its side, and
fills to the topmost bounds of the third,
with old Kentucky Bourbon. Placing
them all together, he gives that sleight-
of-hand shake, ending with the rainbow
like projection of the mixture into a tum-
bier, and making it fragrant with nut
meg, it is presented to the languishng
patient. The sick man may recover, or
he may not; for science has its errors, and
Of course it's victims. If he succumbs to
combined disease and remedy, his friends
may remember that "they never fail who
die in a great cause" and thus comfort
their grief. But it is evident that new
school Of medicine has arisen, whose pa
tron saint is to be the figure Of Bacchus,
mounted on a Jersey COW, with keg Of
Bourbon whiskey under either arm,
The reason assigned by the Journal for the Han
over Company cancelling its policies is not the
only one nor the chief one according to our in
formation. 1t was dissatisfaction with the risks
taken IN this city Progressive Age.
That is precisely what we say. And
tho CiSRc Of,
of the inadequate means of extinguishing
fires. SO there is no disagreement on that
point. The Age thinks there are some
unimproved local supplies Of water
In charging the reservoir on Franklin street an
important discovery was made of never falling
spring at the bottom, which rendered it necessary
to put IN slphon in order to complete the work
There IS room to enlarge this dozen times its
present size. which, if done there is reason to be-
| lleve 1t would afford a more abundant supply than
the muck hole. 1t would be easy to connect it
with the reservoir in Custom House SQUARE and
this would give large supply at all times the
whole length of Nam street i'll OF fire
That "important discovery" is as old as
the settlement of the place. During forty
years there have been repeated attempts
to make that source furnish regular sup
ply to a watering trough in the square :;
but in every dry season the thirsty cattle
have drank it dry. The empty stone fount
at the corner of Pierce Block is a monu-
ment ofmisplaced confidencei in this ''never
failing spring"
very large reservoir could be built near that
of the Mathews Brothews which supplies their
mill, where there are several never failing springs
And the Messrs. Mathews say that force pump
could be put into their mill by which the water
could be drawn from it, and forced into Main OF
any other of our business streets in greater quan-
tity than both our engines could throw
But here we are confronted by the
ugly fact that the Mathews Bros. were
last summer obliged for weeks to cart
water from a distance for the supply of
their boilers. SO these Enever failing
springs" also gave out, just at the critical
time
Anybody who will give the subject a
little thought, cannot fail to perceive that
supplies from the dribbling of these little
springs is tallacious In dry season the
thirsty earth drinks it all up, whether it
flows into such reservoirs as we have, or
not. The need is of steady, regular
flow, to which gravitation will give sut-
ticient head to carry it to the top of
buildings. Then fires can be controlled,
and not till then.