The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-10-08
IS CAIRO HEALTHY.
Mr.. Editnr

ducements for business, and | must de-
eide in very short time which place to
move to. much prefer the former, did l
not get the idea 10y reading your paper
that it is very unhealthy. Week after week
I see announcements Of Mrs. A. b. G. and
Mrs. Y. Y. z. gong off for their health. In
fact, think their names are mentiore ed 10
that connection as often sometimes as two
or three times week. ill am getting as
well acquainted with them as you are your
self have written some of my acquaint-
ances in your city on the subject, but they
are firm in the conviction that the place is
healthy, and urge me to "come on" on
| ly hesitate on my tamily's account as do
not wish to locate where they will have to
leave me alone most Of the time. l have
no fancy for home with only servants for
my company half my time. The death
rate of your city-is always small, and |
rarely ever hear of a man being sick. How
is it anyhow
know you haye the finest hotel in the
state, an Opera House that cannot be ex-
celled, fine public library, excellent
| schools and churches, the grandest rivers
and railroads in the world cultivated peo-
pie, and business enough for double your
population, but - how about the heathl
| have seen in your city numbers OF bright
eyed, healthy young ladies, and rosy, plump
little children; but I'm mystifcd about
the perpetual i'll health Of Mrs. A. B. G.
and Mrs. Y. u. Oblige mel you can
with some information that will decide me
in my business location. WI T,
Evansville, Ind.
THE BULLETIN assures "W-l r." that
he may rely upon the information received
by him from his Cairo acquaintance, as to
the general healtLfuness of the place. In
the absence of statistics, such as nearly all
other cities of Cairo's size periodically
prepare and publish, from record Of
deaths scrupulously kept, our opinion is
based almost entirely upon casual OBJ
servation, but we feel safe in asserting that
no city can show smaller death rate for
any given period, in proportion to popula-
ton, than can this city. We may go fur,
Their, and say without fear of contradiction,
that, upon a sanitary basis, there is no
comparison between Cairo and St. Louis
In the latter city the death rate per week
is, on fair average, one to every four thou
sand people. In Cairo it Is hardly one per
month among ten thousand people. In
consequence Of the late flood there has
doubtless been more than usual sickness Of
mild character throughout the Msss-
slppi valley, but, in this respect, as also in
respect to the material damage done by the
food, Cairo suffered much less than
her share. These foods and their
consequences, thanks to the passage,
in spite Of President Arthur, Captain Thorn
as and the eastern spectators, of the river
and harbor BILL and to the work that will
be done by its authority will probably not
recur. We would also warn
"W--l T. not to allow the personals in
any of the papers anywhere, about "Mr. A.
B. 9. and Mrs. X. Y, H." to outweigh the
written testimony of his acquaintance, or
to influence him in the least in his deter
mination upon future permanent resi-
dence. The expression, "left for their
health as applied to most Of the "Messrs.
A. B. c." and "Mistresses X. w" who
leave any city, is mere commonplace re-
mark; it has degenerated into as meaningless
a term as the thoughtless, ungrammatical
and doubtfully appropriate remark, sits
fine day." of your friend who, rubber
booted and umbrella covered, jostles you
into the overlooking gutter in a frantic en-
deavor to pass and avoid an imminent hur-
rCane and cloud burst. But, Furthermore,
while there is such a thing as "to leave in
order to regain failing health" there is also
such thing as "to fail in health in order
to gain leave of ABSENCE" and-well,
doubtless "W Il r." can imagine himself
as DESTROYS of making junketing tour,
without being encountered by his poor,
patient, really invalid better half, and then
he can appreciate the latter remark, and
understand the reliability Of ordinary news.
paper personals as Indicator Of tho health
| fulness of any locality.