The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-06-19

lhe tiasss wth pc rrni8eiian undcr the
Reese s1esYt gate lAfgg crack in ihe
G he d.a uilA which the hoase
sas backed uas shotele4 b elose
ssasJ tba hoase. And the pits COT q
aalch g ass dug ate partially ailed
WIsl The most Stay water The school
bgass wAs washe3 after fashion.
same days beisfe fbs eommsucemeu.
q school, asl lbea ugAuy closed uulil
schoal was 9peBed The pfivy is nosl
conveniently silsA,ed. slA8dlng about
twelve feet from tie front door 81 The
house j, is well ventilated, however.
- il stAsds on blocks % high that the
eitizeas can thoroughly inspect il every
lme they 50 past aad see Tor them.
selves whether i i ciogged, either
above o. beneath The aoot. Tie farm
efs usually draw load away from il
estfy spring. bat have not done 30
tai- yeaf Il looks as though il might
BE- guilty q much mischief. past aud
ptcsent kuuuiug along side the road
add iasi Ia The feag u the house, Is a
small brook. nov large enough 10 Oil a
spout one foot side anu four inches
deep few rods above the house a
road CROSSES the brook aud ruus up a
steep bill about fifteen rode to the farm
buildings Of ] II Cheney Near the
bridge tho children have been accus-
toned ~ get water Tor drinking pur.
poses. aud il was surmised al once that
there was poison Ia the water lives
legation shows, that il not poisoned,
the water was. at the time it was
drank, not wholesome Or clean. Mr..
Cheney barns are built III sag 10 the
side bill that at this season Of the year
10 wet, the water now working out
under aud below them in quantities
sufficient 10 be visible almost to the
brook, five hundred feet away. In the
ditch beside the road leading up the
bill past he barns, small stream Of
water 10 now runsing that is quite red,
either from oozing through manure, or
from oehre or other mineral substance.
This water reached the brook above
tue bridge. There IS nothing about
the house or barns Of Mr. Cheney that
shows any signs OF slovenliness. In
the barnyard, however. water is stand
ing ii the low place 10 the middle into
which large quantity Of muck has
been drawn Ii is possible that this
water ia slowly making lis way Into
the streams that run out from under
and below the barns. Another small
stream Of water makes across the road
IN wet times, aud falls into the brook
just above the bridge So much for
the bad water that finds its way into
the brook
Another source OF supposed contami-
nation Of the water, il the carcass Of a
horse that died one year ago last win
ter aud was buried, unbeknown to the
owner, three rods above the bridge, on
level with the brook bridge, and only
ten feet from it. The carcass was re.
moved year ago to a knoll forty or
City feet IRON the brook. where it now
lies partly exbumed by parties who
have been trying to discover the cause
If the disease, which has been called
poisoning The corruption is not fully
absorbed by the earth. and it is posi-
Die that during the melting Of the snow
some poisonous matter found its way
into the brook it may still be working
out through the low ground whore the
horse was originally buried
Another poison theory, perhaps the
most absurd. is that Paris green may
have washed from the hillside. sixty or
eighty rods distant, and been borne
along ia the water. The nature OF that
poison, aud the contagious character
80 far across the and, are sufficient to
lisproye this theory The last, aud AS
one physician thinks. the most prob
able cause Of the breaking out OF diph.
iberia 10 the school, is the fact that the
children Of one family. noted for the
terrible uusanitary conditions Of their
house aud persons, attended school IN
the 6Ilhy clothing that they wore,
while getting OPP from the diphtheria,
which they bad short time since. II
is thought that they may have brought
the disease in their clothing 10 the
school house, and hence its spread II
the above reasons are not sufficient TO
account ior sickness and death 10 this
afflicted community, others might be
suggested. The misfortune has been
tue result of ignorance or willfui negi.
gence 10 taking even ordinary measures
toward preventing this disease or some
other disease attacking the community.
A condition Of affairs about the school
house and the brook, that has created
or invited disease. uncleanly homes.
carelessness 10 regard to the further
spread OF the disease, and the peculiar.
tiles u the location may each have bad
something 10 do with the sickness.
THE is not the only place in Vermont
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