The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-04-10
THE BLACK scouRGE,
Has Left the City And Is no Long.
er Spreading in the Country.

las Le1t the Glty ANA ID NO Long
er Spreading in the Country.
The four convalescent cases of
smallpox, on Sites Hill, have been
discharged and every yellow flag in
the city has been taken down. There
is not now case in the city and all
fears have passed away. The only
relic of the late epidemic is a case Of
varioloid in the hospital outside of
the city limits. When Emily Joiner
died on the 10Th of March, the in
mates of the house where she died
were promptly taken to the pest
house where they have been ever
since. There were three Of them,
who had all been vaccinated. On
last Friday Nellie Joiner, the de-
ceased girls mother, was taken with
varioloid and now has slight case.
She is not regarded as at all danger
GUS and as she is outside Of town
there is no danger whatever Of in
fecting others with the disease. 1t
may be that the other two negroes
with her may have 1t, but they will
be kept in the kpest house and no
danger need be apprehended.
| NOTES.
Now that the disease is gone 1t may
not be out of place to mention some
of the amusing incidents connected
with it.
A oountryman came into the city
from the Greenville road and seeing
a yellow flag displayed at the house
on Sites hill inquired its meaning
and upon being told that there was
case of smallpox in the house he laid
whip to his horse and never checked
up till he got into the business por-
ton of the town. AS he turned
corner he saw a couple of canvassed
hams hanging in front of a grocery
and thinking he had discovered the
locality of other cases, he turned his
horse about and disappeared in the
distance, believing and declaring that
every other house in town had out a
yellow flag.
The terrified country people, who
ventured into the city, magnified
every yellow object into flag to
mark the location Of the dread dis
ease. One merchant drove away all
/. of his customers for two days by
having a bolt Of yellow calico dis.
played in his show window to lei
people know where flag material
could be procured. 1t was not safe
for confectioners to set out sample
boxes Of lemons or oranges and even
yellow posters Of a local entertain
ment, put up in show windows, wer'
believed to be smallpox warnings.
A subscriber of the SoUTF KEN
TUcKIAN, in the southern portion o.
the county, ordered paid up papel
discontinued, until further orders
being afraid he would catch tn
smallpox from reading 1t.
1t was amusing to hear the con
fiictiIg reports from different portion
/, of the country. The people actual.
!, believed that there were from % t.
!. 100 cases in town and if it was de
MED they declared it was trick t
keep trade from being ruined. Whel
!. it was remembered that every cas-
in town was confined to Clay street
l and that there were not dozen case
E during the whole period Of its pres
ence in the city, the people can Sc
how silly they appeared in tn
1 eyes Of those who knew the facts.
The county court at its meeting
o last Tuesday appointed the magis
: trates of each respective district t
'' act in conjunction with the count
Judge as q committee to look afte
the cases in said districts. The
were authorized to procure house
and attendants to nurse the pa
! tients at the county's expense. l
}, the Pembroke and Longyiew dis
5 tricts this has been done. There WEI
y about ten cases reported in thei
: districts last week. There have bee
n no deaths, as we learn, and no ne
10 cases since. The two cases at Il
a poor house are getting well and Il
le reports are favorable from all par
of the county. The advent of war;
weather will put an end to the di
= ease and it is pretty certain that Il
:, worst is over. We understand tn
" there is one new case below Garrett
10 burg, but could not learn much abol
it.