Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-04
Give Us "a Rest.
II ~

Do not for moment suppose that the
heading of this article is slang, for we do
not mean it 50.
We are in sober earnest, and we want a
rest from the shower of microbes. and
bacteria, and germs generally. which are
being fired ont from the brains of scientific
researchers upon a long suffering and III
offensive world.
Ifv can believe these learned men.
every i'll that flesh Is heir to, from yellow
fever, and total depravity, down to corns
on the toes and profanity. is due to
rerms, and doubtless we shall yet be
toto that our souls salvation depends on
the KIND of germs we spend our time in
prOpagating.
The world was very much happier be-
fore this craze originated. People. in
faith, believing that the God who created
them made the air for them to breathe.
and the water for them to drink, went
happily on eating, and drinking, and
breathing. and they lived to be eighty.
ninety, and hundred years old, and they
didn t begin to suffer half the aches. and
pains. and distresses which agitate the
people today, and render their lives a
burden.
Who can enjoy drink of cold spring
within it which the lens of the micro
scope reveals? Who fills his lungs with
oxygen, and takes any degree of satisfac-
ton in it, wher he has been instructed
that he Is breathing down typhoid fever.
and Pneumonia. aud malaria and Asiatic
cholera? 1t is enough to make man dis
cOuraged to realize the thousands of peris
which beset him everywhere. 1t doesn't
seem worth while to try to live. Unless
he Is man with extra good courage he
feels that it is best to give life up as a
hard job.
1t may be a good thing to understand
the laws of health
A man needs to know enough to keep
warm, to keep dry, to let intoxicating
liquors and tobocco alone. temporarily. to
go to bed before midnight. to work reason
ably for a living. and to be at peace with
God and man.
And, under these circumstances. he can
afford to let germs alone. And the less
patent medicine advertisements he reads.
which describe all the symptoms of all the
diseases known and heard of, the better
off he Is. And the same may be said of
medical works generally. Why. it is a
fact beyond question that people have lots
of imaginary diseases, simply from hear
my dDJut tLtlIl- anu IlbsL OI Us ulS lily
times over in Imagination before the time
comes when life goes cut like the shutting
Of a candle and there Is no time to worry
about it.
And if any scientific man is about dis
covering new germ, We most devoutly
hope that It may be such germ as viii
exc ute him on the spot before he has a
chance to record its existence, and peace to |
his ashes.
II you cannot give US something more
agreeable than disease germs, turn your
attention to something more lucrative
Invent i dIsh-washer. a baby-tender, or
even a new variety of soap or stove black |
ing; anything viii be preferable to any |
more disease germs.
And we feel sure that the whole'civilized |
world viii join Us In the modest request |
that we 5e allowed TO eat our bread and |
butter and drink our weak tea In peace.
and not have our minds filed with fright |
ful inaginings Of microscopic monsters, |
which lie IN wait to poison our blood, |
and destroy cur lungs. and send Us into /
early graves the victigls Of microbes.
Yes. gentlemen give Us a rest.