The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-10-03

q missm wsy ~ Be amiss ln tbs re
port AmpBg ihsm tbe nasi lrgnent
are psrsosai slth, dirty, damp apart
a.ens, imperfect sisk drAins. priries
aahy waser. pig ssies. heuBenes Aat
piics 81 5ecomposing SaiisaI aud vege
tab'e matter G0d cmiuAsioss FROM ID,
slck. nc breath, e1PectorAtion. falls,
uaeubraaes and e1eteupBs.
A fosl sink drain, iupefiec, seweF.oI
cellar drsiu ohsiFeciei vita dead rata
q dee0mPosiEg vegetable, may food 4
house with the most malignant pest.
lence. wopdeB aoos 10 cellars arc
AwAys dangerous, not Only from their
decomposition. bot by covering a mass
u 9th. aad accompanying animal and
vegetable matter A damp, dark, un-
ventilated musiy cellar, or one contain.
ing deeAying potatoes, apples. cabbage
add squash, aud deoonposing meats,
aad musiy mes, barrels, 10 fearful
source o. miAsm. Many time have
Inquired into the condition Of the cellar
where disease was rife, and been as
sured by the tidy housewife that il " as
perfect, aud obtaining permission 10 60
luto Il, found the above picture not
oyerdrawn this is alike true Of the
farmer, ,lllAger and deniEen Of the city,
illustrating bow falsely our senses are
educated, in thinking that the closed
aud carefully busted parlor, aud pre-
ternaiurally scrubbed floor. are the es-
senuaIs Of neatness; or chance cob.
web, Or the children's Glitter of few
hours play, will outrank IN Nervousness
a defective drain, badly conducted
privy, a sour swamp or kitchen cess
pool
Priyies aud imperieotly constructed
water closets, are a more prolific source
OF miasm than is generally recognized.
Many one has no means Of yentilla.
ton, aud some vaults are not emptied
ia generation.
Underground sinks for the discharge
ui soil pipes aud other kinds Of sewage
may be fearful 10 their results, giving
rise to miasm producing the most put.
rid forms Of disease II is well estab.
iished fact that we not only have water
percolatiDg into the earth from oil
sources Of surface water, but il is
equally fact that we have subterra.
mean water streams OF various sizes Ia
great profusion meandering through
the earth, following the "dip or tilted
strata"
II may not be pleasant to know that
the subterranean stream supplying
your well prof. James d. Dana says
all wells and springs are tappings OF
these snbterranean waters may be re-
ceiving contributions OF surface water
from your neighbors privy, cesspool,
sink. drain, or back door, where all
kinds Of slops, garbage and excrement
are thrown year after year and allowed
10 ierment and seeth 10 a July and
August sun, giving rise to miasmatic
air that devaststes the household with
diphtheria or some other putrid disease
and miasmatic poison that sinks into
the earth with the water. TO be trans.
ported by those hidden streams ines
sengers of death) TO your we'll. or the
far away household With iautless SAM
tary surroundings. still this is too fire.
quently the case,
| Some OF the most fatal epidemics Of
| typhoid fever that ever visited England
were traced to milk. the poison being
conveyed in it TO the nonsuspecting
communities by the milkmen The
ash pits an appendage and part Of
the English priyy) of the dairy farms
were situated so near the water supply
that It became contaminated with sew
age. aud two persons having died on
one Of these ialms Of typhoid fever, the
sewerage from the ash pit contained the
+ germs 1T ths disease, the water thus
contaminated was used TO wash the
pans, aud possibly to adulterate the
milk. thus one OF the most essential
and wholesome articles OF diet became
the medium for the diffusion Of most
dreadful disease
The pig sly may be cIassed with the
prlyy, il being as near as cousin il not
twr brother
Slaughter houses, unless the great.
est precautions are observed, are pro.
lifc ia the production Of animal miasm
Of very yirulent character An illus
tration OF the effects OF animal miasu
was recently seen in a neighboring
State. A large tomb containing thou
sands OF dead bodies was 80 foul from
their decomposition that venlillators
were put 10 the vault; Immediately the
neighbofhood was flooded with the
most horrid smells, putrid diseases oil
various kinds pervAded the once
healthy section Tor several seasons
until the cause was discovered aud 70