Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-02-22

That AnalysIs.-It seems 10 afford kanv
persons amusement, not to say pleasu-elth tina,
u has been ascertained bv analysis that Water
'ahen rom some OF The wells near The village
OF lie Plata is bad. Many, for what elason
We nave been unable to learn, are circpisting
'~s report also that because Of the V alter,
which has been pronounced bad ali the
cases Of TYPHOID fever in that section sla an.
tributable. The physician, DR.. JobI T
Dikses' T" "nom tne analysis was sent, and
Tor whom il was made, states that altbbu0b
the analysis showed the water was bad vel h
did not show that It contained typhoid bae,a-
ria, and unless that was shown no statesnen,
that the typhoid cases in that neiehbodbooa
were attributable to the water. could b4 cor
rect. The doctor, in speaking of DISEASES
cited several cases Of typhoid which has come
under his observation, where the patieut had
drank only the purest spring water and lived
in the most healthy locations, and il yery en-.
phatic in bis opinion that If bad water was
the cause Of the disease there would hardly he
a person free from it in the country Our
opinion Isl that for the good Of tse cotnty.
ior 'ne gooa o. thriving little village, which
shows as much life as any in Southern harv.
land, it would be better not 70 magpiiy the
u'a"os0Ns 'ns' many portions ofonr county
may iaoor unoef, out ratherimitste othdr and
more progressive sections, which have many
ana more Vstied natural obstacles
TO overcome than our own. The
city Of st. Louis, for instance Ia
magnificent city on the banks Of the Mss
issipP river built up by progressive, ener vttic.
and brainey men, and at one lime aspirsd to
be the nations capital. The water in that
city ia SO bad, it has been reported, that
when the great Democratic National oooyep-
ton was held there last summer, the delegates
and visitors were forced to discard its use al.
together and drink only that, which evers one
knows, all Democrats abhor--whiskey; vet
they all departed delighted with the place and
had wondrous tales to tell of the beautiful
city in which the water has over and over
again been pronounced BY analysis Dad
IL Is also wen known that, in our own mag
nlhcent Baltimore which has made such rapid
strides in the past few years, has wafer khIch
at times, because Of its 6shy taste, lis 50
bad that thousands OF visitors, and resi-
dents, have to resort to the more pal Itable
mint j1lip. So, considering all the ciEcnm
stances and surroundings of thousands III less
favored sections than La PlataI or
Charles county, we think 1t Isould
be wiser policy, to strive by fair
showing Of our natural advantages
Of soil and climate to induce persons Of CAPT
tai and energy to come among us, rathel than
by contrary course deter them They you'd
help build up and make populOus and prbsper-
Gus the many waste places Of our beiu.ful, /,
healthy old county, upon whose soil live as
rs refined and intelligent men and
women as can be found on the globe. j
Send the croakers to the rear, and let
energetic men fight the battle Of progress and
soon the beautiful Port Tobacco VALLEY, with
its fertile soil and. beautiful scehety :the
progressive, thriving little town Of La Plata
the banks Of the magnificent Potomac and
every other section of the county, whose bills
and valleys we all love SO well, wiz bGaotted
With the homes Of thtifts, energetic audi tppg /
people. q" .