The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-06
CARD FROM G. II. MANNING.
To the Editor Nep North Vest.

To the Editor Nep North-West.
Please say through your columns to the
| public, that now have my dwelling and out
buildings cleansed and renovated. / first
smoked with strong sulphur fumes, my house
throughout. Then whitewashed with lime
and chloride Of lime. took up my carpets
and turned them with my beds. After scrub
bling the floors with soap and water sprin-
killed. them with chloride of lime and carbolic
acid. then repapered the walls. Nv
barns, out buildings and graneries, have
fumigated with sulphur. / have not gone
into my cellars ont In the hill al all. My
chicken houses | have sprinkled with chlo-
ride Of lime and carbolic acid In other
places put lime and other disinfectants.
have alo put new floor In one room. Now
| If there IN anything more that a REASONABLE.
man can ask, let him come forward and ask
| Ii. / have burned three feather beds and
good portion of bedding, pillows and other
articles. For what? Not that we are afraid
Of smallpox any more, but that when left
Mr.. Charles wunderich's said eff this
proves to be smallpox 1t shall not spread
from my house." and was quarantined be-
fore many Of the town people knew we had
been exposed to the disease. But feel very
thankful to the town-people and their com
inittee for sending rne man daily to see
what we needed, and also to those who sent
us things they thought we would need. Such
kindness will never be forgotten.
G. III. MANNING.
Deer Lodge, Jan. g. 1882.
We cheerfully give place to the above. We
wish to say in addition that DIR. Terry who
attended Miss Manning, Mr.. Thompson who
has been the agent of the committee in COM
municating daily with Mr.. Manning and Mr..
| Preneveaa who was sent to assist Mr.. Man
| ming when he incurred the disease, all con-
cur that Mr.. Manning was very solicitous
| and careful that the disease should not
spread from his family or house, or be COM
municated in any way. He seems only to
have failed in any one suggestion made to
him by the Board Of Health and that was that
he should remove and replace all the floors
| in his house after having lined underneath
them. This was deemed desirable a. all the
scabs from person afflicted naturally fall to
| the floor and are liable to communicate the
disease unless their infectious properties are
| killed. Mr.. Manning cannot offer any rea-
sonable excuse for remaining at Wunder-
| lich's after knowing that the disease then ex-
listing there was believed to be smallpox.
| He should have left Immediately and have
| isolated himself and family until IL was DEM
onstrated his family were not infected. This
| he did not do and when he communicated
the fact to town that the smallpox was In his
family the town very promptly and very
properly determined to quarantine against
| the disease. As member of the town and
| county committee we desire to say that Mr..
Manning assisted in every way he could the
efforts Of the committee. 1t has been Sc
we're and painful trial to Mr.. and Mrs. Man
ming. They have the heartfelt sympathy. as
they acknowledge the assistance OF, this COM
munity which had determined that whatever
was necessary to be done would be done
promptly and unitedly to prevent the spread
Of small pox, and to care humanely for those
afflicted. Deer Lodge IN probably now bet
ter prepared with adequate and proper build
| ings and equipments to care for persons with
| infectious diseases than any other county In
| the Territory. 1t was not so much "scare"
AZ the appreciation of an existing peril and
| a resolve to meet it with all that prudence
and experience taught were proper precau-
| tions nd have ii treated with humanity to
the afflicted and protection to the commune
ty This was done. Let us be grateful that
| there are no more victims, and no more
mourners.