The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-25
AaRaoULrURB.

HEALTH on FARsIs. Farmers arc won,
to think that mlasm ID mostly confined to
cities ana large Villages, aud that country
air is pure and farm houses necessary
hsalthfnl; but whoever has carefully In.
spected the premises Of the average farmer
mas found abundant occasion for tho low
levers which are the sc)urge Of the coun-
| Try as well as the city. In the fret place,
all farmers should look well TO their eel
lars. In too many Of them will be found
rotten apples, cabbages, turnips, onions,
etc. In some will be found old brine, with
pieces Of decayed meat, sending forth IN
odor, when the cover of the barrel ls taken
OH, vile enough to wrench tho stomach OF
pig. In others there will be musty cider
barrels, possibly vinegar casks, in which
| the vinegar has passed the putrefactlve
stage, disseminating the spores of decay
ana death, not only through the upper
part OF the house, but even escaping
through the cellar windows and polluting
the outdoor alr. .........
Decaying wood generates one of the
most subtle of poisons, because the odor
Is not particularly offensive, Rotten tim.
hcr in the cellars and mouldy wood or
chips In tho wood house fill the air with
spores. which. brcathed by person Ia the
full vlgor OF health, may be thrown of
with lmpunity; but inhaled by one whose
blood IL low may find congenial seed bed
and generate disease. Under the elder
ana vinegar barrels, and around potato
Dlns, may often be found old timbers and
ooards that are full Of dry rot, ready TO
| propagate Itself wherever the rotted payti.
cles may find lodgment. In the well,
| also rotten wood Is subtle poison, more
dangerous than q decomposing toad, as
the latter makes his presence known, while
few tnstes are 80 keen as to detect the pres.
ence of dccaying wood.
Probably the most prolific sonrcc of
| disease around our iarm houses Is the cess.
pool into which pass the kitchen and
| chamber slops. In the cities and large
villages these are carried of III the sewers.
but seldom does farm house have any
system OF sewerage. The slops arc too
often thrown out of the kitchen door, and
lett to generate vile odors on the surface of
the ground. TO keep the air Of the cellar
anu around tho hon: pure and sweet, we
nave meyer tound anything more cconomi-
cal, pleasant and eiacacious than a free
! sprlnkling, as occasion may demand, Of
dry, a,r-slaked lime. ChIorldc of limo is
greater absorbent OF vic odors, but this
ltsclt Is olfcnslve TO most oliactory nerves,
and Is also quite expensive. Common
lime Is cheap, and IT scattered freely in the
cellar and wherever there are impurities.
VIII render the air sweet aud wholesome.
| even Ill tile most decompo$ipg dog days.
1T IS not necessary IN this ago OF the
world for The farmer to rise IN the middle
ot The night and begin his work. ibis
getting up so early III the morning Is u
relic OF barbarlsm. 1t has made hundreds
OF thousands Of young curse the business.
| lhcre IS no need OF getting up at three or
| tour O'CLOCK in tho winter morning. The
tarincr Who persists in dragging his wife
ana cnlldrcn from their beds ought to be
Vlsltcu Dy missionary. 1t is time enough
10 l'sc alter The sun has set the exam pie.
| tor what purpose do gou get up? TO feed
the cattlt2 Why not feed them more the
night bolorc? 1t is waste OF life. In
the OLD times they used to get up about 3
O'CLOCK IN the morning, ana gone to work
| long before the sun had risen with "heal.
! ing upon his wings" aud az a lust punish.
mcnt they all had ;hc aguc; as they ought
| to have it now. The man who cannot yet
a living upon llliuols soil without rising
| before daylight on.ght to slurvc Eight
| hours day ID enough for any farmer to
"orN except IN harvest time. When you
| rise at tour ana work till dark, what Is
! HE wortlf Or what nse is all the i'm,
proved machinery unless it tends to give
inc tarmer little more lclsurcp What is
harvesting now, compared with what it
"as iii tic old timer i'nlnk OF The days of
fcaplng, OF cr0dling, OF Taklng and bin ling
ana moving. Think OF ,brcshing with
| he Hail and winnowlpg with the wind.
And now think Of the reapors and mowers
INC blnders and thrcshing machines, the
blows and cutivators, upon which the
armer rides protected from tho sun. If,
With all these advantages, You cannot gct
| ahVing without rising in the middle Of the
| night, 20 into some other business. You
| should net rob yonr family oil sleep. Sleep
ID the bes; medicine IN the world. There
| 10 no such thing as health without slccp.
"iocp until you arc thoroughly res ell and
restored. When you work, work. and
when you get through take good, long
and refreshing sleep.