The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-07
THE FLIGHT FROM MEMPHIS.
squirting Carholio Acid Oycr tho Passen
Scr'--A Fever Case discovered on Board.

Squirting Garholio Acid ovcr tho passcn
Ecrt--A Fewer Case discovered on Board
At Eiiznbethtown the reporter met DR.
1. >. Bell. who expressed himself o,
pleased with the precautions taken b,
the officers. 1t was not long before thu
Memphis train came along with its fee
ing passengers. Tho health officers and
the scribe boarded this train, and soor
the work of disinfecting began. There
were not 80 many passengers aboard as
usual nevertheless there were enough tc
furnish picture of everyday occurrence
on the railroad. Business men and
young fellows just starting out in life
mothers, grandmothers, babies, young
| ladies, were all fleeing to the land Of ref.
| uge.
The fore car was filled with baggage
Into this DR.. Barnum and the scribe
crawlcd, and the former threw down q
bottle of promina. The smell from this
was so powerful that tho medicine and
the newspaper man had soon to beat q
hurried retreat. They then went into
the first passenger car. which was set
part exclusively for Memphis people.
These all seemed to be more or less tired,
but there was not tho slightest indication
Of yellow fever about any of them
The squirts lamps, however, were turn
cd on. These instruments arc not at all
the terrible tortures that they have been
pictured to be. They emit fine spray
of carbolic acid, and are, of course, disa-
greeablc to those persons who dislike the
smell that comes from that chemical. If
there is anything in disinfecting at all,
the refugees certainly get the benefit of
II, for the young men who turn on these
lamps walk up and down the aisles in a
Slow. deliberate way, unmindful of
growls, sneers or satirical smiles of the
passengers. A policeman on his beat
could not be more imperturbable at a
ncighboring fight than arc these disinfeo.
tors at the disgust their instruments
arouse,
The CbWier- Journal reporter was espe.
cially amused ut fiiie-;ooking old South
Sern gentleman, who regarded tho squirt
lamp ut first with sort of curiosity,
which changed into disgust as soon as b Q
experienced the first wave of the smell.
His feclings were evidently not suited
for utterance; he could only regard with
ironical despair the unrufllcd young man
who carried the lamp.
Several young ladies in .ii:o 1ars
screamed, "lIere he comes again." when
ever the young man put in an appear
anco.. They soon, however, got used to
tho thing and found the smell no: disa.
grecahlc. II is one Of those temporary
inconvonionces which should be submit
ted to without demurring.
In the second passenger car the C5u-
rtef -Joarndf man noticed young man
who was very yellow in the face, and
whose eyes had kind of glaze in them.
He was lying on his seat, curlcd up. DR..
Orendorf informed tho reporter that this
was the suspected case on the train, and
the only one. His temperature was Us.
certaincd, and this, with his general ap.
pearance, warranted the officers in be.
lieving that this was genuine case.
The young man said his name was u.
S. Lcdhetter. He graduated last year in
Tins city at The University of Louisville,
where he had the reputation of being
good student. He was, while here study
ing, of very delicate constitution being
subject to dyspepsia. Hc has been en-
gagged in Bennington in the drug dispen.
sary of the City Hospital; md has been
"subjectcd to the cause" of yellow fever.
He says it has been four days since he
was i'll Memphis, and he did not think
he had the fever, but he wanted to be
taken to our hospital. The poor fellows
voice, however, was unsteady and belied
his words, and his eyes had an appealing
look in them which gained the sympathy
of every one. He said there was not
much Of fright in Memphis, the gener.
al opinion being that tho plague would
only touch the city lightly. Capt. Rob.
inson, the conductor on the train, notified
tho officers promptly at Elizabeihtown
of the suspicious case aboard. Ho de-
served great credit for the care and dis.
cretion he has shown, in which indeed,
he has been as valuable as a health off,
Ger.
Dr.. Orendorf took DIR. I.edbctter off
the train at The Short Line Junction, and
placed him in the yellow fever hospital,
where he will re kindly attended to.
The young man got on the train at To-
cal station, and was not through pac-
senger. He said that he had first gone
TO Alabama, but the quarantine the.e
shut him out, and after wandering around
here and there, he had finally boarded
the train for Louisville from n local sta.
on.-LouisUiHe Courier-Journai.