Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-11-07

uASIe tCI VA GNC 1Ou1u says w
are all bowed down under the NIGH
v hand Uf God, and crying TO him
to have mercy upon us. The yel-
low fever is no stranger Co us, and
is not usually greatly dreaded not
so much as typhoid fever, rnalarial
fever, scarlet fever, or small pox
and not near so much as cholera.
But this year the yellow fever has
assumed new character. 1t Is
malignant as never before. Many
physicians pronounce it not the yell
low fever, but virulent plague un.
der the form Of the yellow fever.
Children have always before been
exempt, but this year the fever
visits them especially. Negroes
have never been much subj9ct to it.
This year they were peculiarly at
tackled. Usually but few die, most
recover. This year iJ Is reversed,
and 10 some places all d g who are
attacked. Usually Il avoids clean
places. This year no cleanliness
and no disinfection guards against
it. Usually il avoids old inhabit-
ants and acclimed persons. This
year 1t ATTACKS indiscrimiuateiy.
Unsually it runs nine days, This
year sometimes not rs MANY hours,
and three days seems it's limit.
Uususlly 1t begins in September.
This year in July, and there 10 no
special reason either in the weather
or atmosphere tina; we know of to
cause this unusual deadliness. There
has been no usual am 'unt Of sick
ness at all of any other kind.
The terrible thing about it next
after its malignancV, is the season
of year in which it begins. We do
not look for frost eefnre the last OF
October OF the lst of NOvember-
perhaps not before the middle Of
NOvem6er-aud three mouths is an
awful time ! The l. rd once offered
David three years of famine, three
months Of war, or three days of
pestilence. We have three months
of pestilence to look forward tO.
But as The fever is new, it will prob
ably grow worse, spread wider, and
even grow more malignant. This
Is it's usual course, and it u With
sinking hearts that we look forward
down the vista of trouble, pain and
death. Poor Grenada two weeks
ago was q Iurishing little town of
some :, 900 people. Now 1t is al
most blotted oat of existence. It
was a pretty place, full Of h)wers,
with many houses, nicely kept
grounds, many happy families and
ull o generoslty-fOr when the fe.
yer became bad in New Orleans and
the people there baga1 to seek lef-
uge aud were quarantined out Of
many places. tue people OF Grenada
held meetings and sent invitations
to New Orleans telling the panic
stricken people there to come to
them. They opened every house,
provided against extOrtion, and sub
Jected themselves to crOwdiag and
annoyance not for profit, but for
humanity. The yellow fever had
never visited Grenada, and they
were confident that it could not
gain foothold among them. But
one Sunday morning they were
struck as il by lightning. Bfore
Monday morning many were dead.
On the next Sunday there were but
IA well white persons left, and now
but FIVE or six. Even the nurses
aud physicians sent from Memphis
and New Orleans fell victims, and
some of them, though long accus-
toned to the disease, fed in terrcr.
Many died through lack of atten-
tiOE. In two houses, close together,
lived two families, one of seven and
one Of nine persons. Some were
taken sick, then others, and finally
all of both families, and when dis
covered the next day it was too late
to do more than close their eyes and
bury them. Ole gentleman living
in Holly Springs heard that some OF
his fathers family Ware sick and
hastened to them. Tnere were elev-
en- in that family. Before 4 O'Clock
the next day he had laid out seven
with his own hands without help.
There were three brothers, BANK
ers, with families, named Luke, all |
go ID churchmen, whose three farni-
lies are utterly extinct, not one left |
alive. This is not yellow fever-it |
is the plague. Within an hour az
ter death the bodies turn black. The
negroes suffer TERRIBLY. Sometimes
they are taken sIcX Oil the street,
a ID turn and lie down on the near
est porch aud die there. They vii.
not help each other. The brother
fUrsakes his sister, and the wife her