Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-05-13
Maine Farmer
A WARNING TO FARMERS.

last winter there came to our share. an
unw-lcotse aud unbtiden guest, In the
shape 90 Ia Grippe, which visited all
clss.e. and condition. of life. without
Invitation II entered the palscc of the
rich aud great. the homes ~ the middle
clsss, ani the hovel of the poor, and
swept away an army of people, leaving
q multitude weak aud exhausted from
their battle with him, aud easy victims
for any other disease that may s.c flt Ia
claim them. We are now warned that
another undesirable gue.t Will make q
tour of oar land this summer, but that
he will bs mor exclusive than Ia Grippe,
choosing to stop where Invitations. are
extended. aud entertainment IL provided.
The entertainment In wblchhe most de-
lights I. iilih of aay aud ,ssry dcscrip-
tlon. We ar- told thd u all our sur
roundings are pure, be- Will pas. "a.
by. hope that people Will take heel
10 the warning, AMI prepare Ia give him
such cold r-c-ption that he will quilt
our country In disgust.
This enemy to life and health '. the
cholera. The cities, perhaps, viii b.
watched hy the Bo,ri ~ Health, hut
aud II !. surprising the amount II Nth
that farmer. tolerate about their farm.
and houses. fir.t, there !. cellar; aud
I know bat ,.rv fcs that sr. What they
ought to ,c. They are w.t sni mould,,
aud filled With had air from dccs,e'i
vegetables. mouliy cider barrels, rotten
po,atoc. and apples. AMI roti"u bosrls.
Cellar ,-o,iom. ought to hc so dry that
on. coah walk over them without damp
Ing az .olling their shoe .olc.. 4 good
drain .hould - dug sH around the cellar
walls. ard the cellar bottom should
- higher. .o that there viii b.
M danger of u. being c,rriow~i With
water. u ought to D. c-menie'i. " pos
.lblc. Some lay ihem With brlcks, bat
unlcs. the cellar u so constructed that
the water wili Al no time o,rrf'ov ", th"
brick. ar- a nul.sDce, for when the water
.osk. away, they are slippery snd dirty.
I .hoali much prefer gooi clean boards
lah down frr.h every spring, to sticky
hricks. Every farmer should take time
In the .pring and tAorpugAy clean hi
cellar, ,r~no,ing everything mouldy ar 20.
f-nsiyr frIm H.
Second come. the sink drain. ani on
nearly al farms they are constructed Va
q most Disgusting and hlthy manner. apd
Ill through warm weather the stencil
that arise. from thru u simply cN,sp~r-
sting to on. who hs. sny s-nss of smell.
Not only Nv day. hu, all night u the
dreadful oior waited bv every hr-crr.
into the hou.e. a. - inhaled by N"
sleeping Inhabitants. - many sink
draln. detoslt their contents only q few
f~-t az yari. frum the house, wher-,
gliding like q deadly s@rpsn, through
N. tall. rank gra.., and oai Into the
sunshine, u lie = pool 10 black. .limv,
sticky nlih. q ~ brreilng place for f'lc.
snd disease. 4 rrm~iv could easily 10
found In q couple of hundrr,i f~.t of
c-msn, piI-, neatly laid under ground.
wher. u would last for years.
Thirdly !. the priyy and N thev wcr-
neglected. la the city as ih"v arr In the
country. some one would b. pros~~uiri
fof n. Aud slsh they had to D. ; they
deserve ". II hop- some one Will ."- a.
II thu, every farmer where the family
have had IL Grippe. hurles the contrnt.
~ the pri,y. snd cover. " up ihorougb.
iv. suppose every town has lloird
of Health. snd th~y ough, to ."e io
th~.s msiter.. Through ~" warm
weather they .hoali D. clsaBei oui as
often ss ong~ a mon,h. sni every dav,
.,nd .hould - plrnilfnllv u.el IN them.
rourthlv. the hog p-n and vsr'i shonld
- kept clean. and plrntv ~ frr.h turf
u.ei. sni m. hsrn sni hen hons~. ani
sll oni house. .hould b. strlcilv siisni-
~ io. that nothlng D. left to hr-"'l de
eass
Finhly. anil believing that when the
preacher come. a. firhly. I, I. time to
clo.e MI. sermon, I viii clo.e min" nv
.aVing thst th- wom,n ~ The farm house
.houli .e~ to u that nothing coming
under t~lr chrrgc should b. neglected.
bat that the hou.~ should be properly
cletn.ssl this spring. daily sirrSi, sni
everything rrmnyri that might tend io
csu.~ sickne.. ~ any klni, remembering
that "clcanlinr.. :. next io gollin"...
OLuN.