The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
Getting Ready.

wise as iU Is to take pfeC8uLlOn
against disease, yet there may be a
little too much solicitude As the
Irishman said, 1--WE might as well die
as be scared to death" Il hear that
the cholera is sure to reach us this
summer" said a man to his neighbor,
as leaning over the garden-fence, he
scratched his nose, contempiatively,
with the end of a hoe-handle.
yes, / suppose there IS no doubt OF
it,"
'Well, I'm ready for it when it
comes"
Ready"
Eyes; I've been reading the papers
and they say it is best to disinfect
your house and yard with chloride OF
lime and bi-carbonate OF potash, and
yesterday | laid in a barrel of the
stuff, and | guess that will scare OFF
the understood cholera microbes, any
way"
But, man, sakes alive, you don't
need a barrel OF the stuff"
81 don't Perhaps you know more
about disiniectants than | do. My
wife and | don't intend to have the
cholera around our house-now, you
can Just make up your mind We're
going to whitewash the premises with
that chloride"
"Well, chloride is a pretty good dis
lnfectant. | should think you would
be safe with all that lying around"
"Safe. Well, we mean to be. That
isn't all, either. The papers say that
it isn't healthy to eat fruit to any
great extent this summer, so we have
cut that off. And the doctors all say
that carpets contain the germs of the
disease, and we're going to take ours
all up next week and wash the
floors every day with carbolic acid
'"Then there was a cousin OF mine
came over from Turin the other day.
He says it Is dangerous to eat much
fresh meat. We shall let that alone
after this. ! always had my doubts
about the safety OF real fresh meat
anyway. My wife says she thinks the
milk isn't as good as usual, either,
and she's awiully worried about that"
''Why don't you disinfect it 2'
''NelI, my wife did burn brown pa
per on a shovel in the pantry, but it
didn't seem to change the character Of
the milk any. We may have to give
up using milk after awhile; | suppose
it IS little dangerous. But Id0n see
how you can be so careless about the
matter. Why don't you take some
active measures to protect yourself
from the cholera when it comes ?"
Owe have taken all the necessary
steps towards purifying the premises.
But [ don't intend to worry about
anything until it comes. I'd sooner
have the plague than die by anticipa-
ton"
"Wen, if you want some good re-
ceipts for driving off the disease, my
wife can give you some. I'm wearing
a pair OF insOles in my boots now that
are said to be great thing in case Of
cholera. They 'remade of the innerrlnd
OF cOCOanuts, and are a great disin-
fectant, SO one Of the English papers
says. They littleuncomfortablea
first, but Pm gettingused to them, and
wouldn't 90 without them now.
They're a great thing"
yes, | should think they might
be"
'And my wife is making a kind OF
nOse-prOtectOr, something to wear
over the face nights and when the wind
blows up from the city; something to
keep the cholera germs from entering
the system when you breathe, you
know. That's another splendid thing
the papers all advise people to get.
And we don't intend to omit any
measures which viii ensure perfect
safety"
'NO, | should think not"
Owe did think OF moving out West
and trying to get away from the choI-
era; but | couldn't leave my business
very well, and, after some talk with
my wife, we decided foreman and take
all due precautions. We've taken up
the kitchen floors, new white-washed
the walls, frescoed thefront parlor, put
a new gas meter in the cellar, and
raised the hired girls wages, and |
guess we'll pull through; don't you
think we will?"
81 don't see how you can help it."
And the meeting adjourned sine die