St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-08-03
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TTHE VILLAGE WATER WORKS of st. Johns
Il bury desire to have ii understood that we
have plenty of Water to sell that our Pumps are
working we'll. Filter in good order and the
Water good. We are informed by a reliable party
that he made some tests one summer with a Their
mometer, and the Village Water averaged three
degrees cooler than the Stiles Pond Water. As TO
the comparative purity. the public are invited
to read the following extract from the New
York Tribune of May %. 1883.
Organic matter OF vegetable origin is not espe-
cially dangerous but that of animal origin, in
very minute quantities, is highly dangerous. Ii
may communicate no unpleasant smell or taste to
the water, but on the contrary may give it an I'M
usually fine flavor. thus destroying its victims by
a kiss" The first symptoms Of poison from the
use of such water are slight nausea and mild diar
rhRa; afterward typhoid fever sets in and the
struggle for life grows intense 1t is estimated
that water may contain one grain to the gallon of
organic animal matter without being fatally pois
| onous even thirty-hve grains of mineral and or
ganic vegetable matter in a gallon will not always
render it unfit to drink. The CrOton water in
/ New York City contains grains of impurities to
| the gallon, the Genesee River water supplied To
the city of ROchester contains l3 grains, the Hud
son River water in the city of Rochester contains
| 6 grains The water of the Mississippi contains 40
grains of mud to the gallon and is certainly whole
water TO drink. Peaty matter held in solution
| by water in ponds and swamps are harmless even
though they may color the water nut me dearest
and most sparkling water from wells in the vicini
| ~ of cess-pOOls or graveyards is To be regarded
with the utmost suspicion.
Oxygen is the greatest purifier The world is puri-
fed every day by fire, for the union of oxygen with
any substance is combustion. AS the rain falls
through the air it dissOlves the oxygen nitrogen,
| carbOnic acid and ammonia of the atmosphere, but
more oxygen than nitrogen, that the air dissolv
ed in water is much richer i'll oxygen than ordinary
atmospheric air This excess of oxygen supplies
fishes with the vital element, and also furnishes
material for the combustion of impurities in the
water literally burning them up. Sewage which
would poison an ordinary well becomes harmless in
the running stream and while the well is always
open to suspicion the river though it drain pOpu
lOus districts, will nevertheless supply wholesome
water" The conditions of this publication are
that the sewage must be mixed with twenty times
its volume in running water and flow ten twelve
miles at which distance from the source of imp ~
ity becomes burned clean of all injurious matter
The water of running brooks that have received
sewage is to be avoided unless the volume of wate
ID large enough to permit complete combustion o
all organic matters contained in it, The water o
ponds lakes and rivers is generally purer thai
, spring OF well water, because they receive thei
supplies from OUer the soil rather than through it.
Persons using water in large small quantitie
are desired to address
HORACE X. IDE, Sup't W. w.
or RICHARD DONAGHY. Asst,
t and prices will be made that are satisfactory.