Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-07-13
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
The Eastern Shore Of Maryland
the Paradise ofthe World.

~ meeting OF the subsc fiDeiS 10 the
new hotel for Easton ON Friday. held for
the purpose of permanent organization,
DIR. &. W. Chancellor. secretary Of the
State Board of Health. was present by in.
viiation. and being called upon to express
his views upon the feasibility Of erecting
hoie: nj Easton for the accommodation
Of visitors and others seeking health from
distant States aud parts Of our country,
responded rs follows:
The statistics which ! have gotten to-
gether are from data furnished me by
physicians from different parts of our
State. and show very clearly that you have
good country to live In. Take for In.
stance. the disease known as malaria, and
upon comparison find that there Is
twenty-five per cent. less malaria on the
Eastern Shore than there is on the West.
ern Shore including Baltimore city ard
Southern Maryland. This. l think, is a
very gratifying exhibit to every Eastern
Shoreman.
Nor Ia this ALL The statistics of the
United States corrObOrate what ! say In
this regard
TIL eie l. a., th,r cyitl, nee al the health
full ness Of this locality, and that is there
are fewer ply sicians to the number Of In.
habi,ants on this side of the Chesapeake
than there are on the Western Shore, and
this, think, shows pretty clearly the free.
dom from disease which this section Of
the State enjoys, as they like other bust.
ness people, know where their interest
lies.
There is another thing worthy Of con.
sideration. and that is the almost entire
absence Of lung diseases on the Eastern
Shore OF Maryland. There Is hut one
place In the world tina, can compare In
this regard with this section. and that is a
place called Kergis S,eppes, in Asia.
Consumption would, In all probability.
be to-day unknown on the Eastern Shore
had Il not been imported here. Make this
fact clear to the:peoplc OF the United States,
and Il Is possible to populate your section
of the State like BELGIUM, which has one
person to every acre 81 land within It's
bounds.
There Is another fact in this connection
which will mention. Low countries
have not been considered rs the best place
for those to live who are afflicted with
lung diseases, yet the place which have
observation-disclosures Steppes. In Asia-is
really below the sea level. This fact ex.
plodes the idea that a low, level country
Is not good for cOnsumptive patients. In
conversing with physicians l find that
consumption h rare In this section out.
side some hereditary faint. Let this fact
be known aud you can increase your pop
ulaiion almost beyond computation.
have compared this section Of Mary.
land with the climatic conditions Of
those sections Of Europe which are con.
sIdercd the most salubrious and healthy.
Nice and other places of France are not
superior, nor does BAHIA. a favorite place
In lilay. excel Il. I have also compared
the isothermal lines. and find that this
place is about on the same line with Flor
ence and Genoa. in ltlay. The salt water
Of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays has
In great measure contributed to the TEN.
pera,ure OF this section, but while this Is
true the Gulf stream has contributed
more, II being not more than fifty or sixty
miles from Maryland Il comes nearer 10
Maryland than II does to any other point
In America.
There Il again another condition which
contributes 10 this salnbriiy, and that Is
the way which the land lies. the inclina.
tion being towards the south and south.
west. Ifit were otherwise II would lie
very different. II the land inclined To the
north the rays Of sun In winter would
have hut little effect.