The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14
4 PREVENTIVE.
RAIN WATER THE REMEDY
CIstcrns Better than Wells-Thosc VIII"
DRINK Ci-tern water EN"mpt
from the Cholera-Dr. Iiughs
to Captain Brown.


DAtt,s Aug. II-rEditor Herald r.
M. r',,I.,.t,,,. i,,,o, iron, nr n r.
inc following "'''' '''"' -
Hughes, of this city, now III NIrbllll"
,~nIoius itself and nj his request I,
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placed nj your lSpos"' me '"iI'
Spondance TO which hc refers M bcin-
u,,LIisbol In thn Irn,Ip i'm ,IUlv, 1873
I, nnt ~ mo mnsscss,ou. lint rin nm,
dnuhtcjIv Inc found in vnur nloS.
fnEe The occasion, however, we'll rcmcm,
hpriug lis contents, TO rcailirm every
.,.''n,1,ort tbnrrin made Inv Mr.. \. II
ITensinv. now of san Antonio, and my.
saIr Thn Facts 90 To nroye that cholera
i'm the Tuited states has never been cpl
Gemlc in town or community exciu,
Siycly using cistern water, rs I'M Lavaca
N,fnporjn and Galveston, Texas, Sa-
,,nnnSb acorgia and other places. No,
has if ~ existed in any piney woods
rrncstono wntcr district. as shown
IN SIohomn. Georgia. Florida,
Vorth and south Carolina. But the facts
-, III In ali durin~ d;trreent enidem.
i". In Tho rountrv, as DEVELOPED i'm thu
thrnn tn,vns of Galveston, Layaca and
In Iionn,l ord known personally TO =
nunInr OF inc most resptctanle citizens
p',ii.,s,n.i,,. lion ~, ident there. arr
W, Si',;n,,t -, ,,;.o,,rnTe Iii who can I.
,,''. nan" INF ,.jstnrn water should chol.
o~n roach tb,s country. either ut an early
I,,, as. NM, rnturn limo l. If. 4.
' I'M. ItI..rJgS' I.ETcrEp.
podrord surinas. M, Aug. / .iSI.-To Col
John Henry Rr.wl:
EsrEEM,.p F.lESD:- Knowing the in
terest you have ever taken IA the wei
n srS of Of 5Fe % o Gen to e THS 81 ta
- nnro,,.uI lknlw nt
one in our beloved State with whom
could so confidently communicate on tho
present occasion.
You will doubtless remember that IN
July, 1873, addressed Il communicable
to Mr. A. Il. IlenSley and yourself upon
the subject of using cistera
water as, preventive OF A.. Az
attic cholera, to which YOU Jointly
replied. These, papers were pup
lshcd in the Dallas Herald in the tat
ter part Of July, 1873. think we clearly
established, at least so FAR as the SOuth'
crn States could prove ANYTHING ON the
subject, the fact that the exclusive uSi
of cistern water gives complete lmmu
nifty from epidemic cholera, and th"'
up to that time, 1t had ohsN pteVaiieV
where limestone water was III genera
use. Your letter mentioned the fact tilaI
the eminent physician, the late DR.. war
fact that the cholera had never pre-
vailed in the treestonc regions OF HeorEla
Alabama or elsewhere in the, Union
whilst it had been SO often fatal IN
the Limestone sections, as Illustrated a
Nashville, Lexington, st. Louis and IN
Vulnerable other limestone places. >.
During my stay at the Bedioro
Alum Springs, here at thl
foot of the Allegaenlcs,
have had an opportunity OF comparing
notes with intelligent men from differ
ent sections and States, and the lnior
nation thus gathered overwhelmlngiS
strengthens these views, while not
single fact has been elected to contro
vert them. The great orator OF IhlH
state said, 'Let the lamp of experience
be Il guide TO our footsteps" IN tht
same spirit let our fellow
citizens be guided by its teachings