The Press., 1892-01-28
wILLINGTON

fCOr1esp0ndence.l asf#s l The Methodists connected with tht chapel, Holland side, held a large4sand pleasant sociable at Charles Nichols last Saturday evening.
 Mrs. Selden Curtis is quite lowy'al present. MT. Curtis' son and his wife are with them now.
 -J. B. Carpenter attended the funera of his sister-in-law, Widow Lucins Car penter, in Willimantlc, last week.
 "A portion of Gilbert Amfdon's famil, will occupy the Niles place In the Hollow recently purchased by him. A saw and grist mill in good running order witt prompt service, at the old stand there will doubtless be appreciated. A sub stantlal stone dam has, been built on the ancient site and new Hume, wheel, etc, have been put in. 5.a 1 Albert M. Root, ,the mason, was sum. lnoned to Hartford last week to attend the funeral of his father E ts
 On account of the recent death of ,the rich old miller, Lorenzo. Daniels, in Hart. ford, MT. Cowles, long employed ons.the premises, but whose family for some time have had their residence here on stfae Wheeler place, which he has greatlysim- proved of late, will himself come here to live. He will be a desirable addition to the community.
 George Snow leaves Rawitser < Bros mill in Meriden to work in their mill in Stafford Springs. x
 -E. H. Keens of St.. Lawrence Uni versity, Canton, N. Y., is in town visit ing friends. ....,
 Ut was a cold snap, that of Tuesday morning. y. e.s
 S. Taylor and L.. Preston were. sub pened to attend Milo Millard's case in Hartford last Monday:
 Services were held in the Congrega- tional church last Sunday, notwithstand- ing it had been considered inexpedient to open the church for the present, owing to the many cases of sickness among the congregation, as we stated last week, up on good authority.
 The following from the Springfield Republican of last Monday concerns a former resident, whose needy family char itably inclined persons here tried to assist. The man, a healthy, muscular fellow, could have made good living as a day laborer, but a brief peddling and horse trading career seemed to have tfefnofal. ized him: ...
 A bad case oi juvenile destitution has been discovered at Holland by Officer Henley and Agent Bullock, who paid a visit to the family Friday. The head oi the family is Edward P. Frost, an able. bodied man, who with industry would probably be able to take care of his fam- fly, notwithstanding that he has wife and six children. The children range in age from 1 year to 13, and it. is alleged that they are neither properly fed, clothed nor instructed. The officers report the house too filthy for pigs to live in and found but one bed. The mother, who is French and but 26, said she had other beds, but would not show them to the officers, as she said they were not fit to be seen. The children were EscaQtily clothed and not At to be out of the house. The. hearing in this case will come to-day.
 Miss Stella Potter, who has recently been at work in the thread mill, Willi- mantic, is down with the humps at ,hea boarding place, James Maofarlane's.
 Miss Maggie Nichols is teaching the Glassfaetory school in place of Miss Gibbs, who was obliged to relinquish t 5ns sais. count of iIIness slsss x IsFLuxHzA BRouaHrs rRon Rvsst .4ssfl is the opinion of Professor Meiklejohr that influenza In Russia originates in She churches. have just returned from Rus. sia Che writes and think Isscan thfou some light on the origin of the plague which has visited us during th6@last two years, and which wrought such havoc ir the house of commons. I believe f-gar also make suggestion toward diminish. ing it's ravages in this country. The most frequented buildings in Russia are the churches and cathedrals, and they are frequented by crowds of the poorest class es. They are stopen" from morning til night; but this being 'sopen', is strictly limited by the two or three doors whict separate the porch from the main portion l of the building. The windows, too, ars closed; they cannot be opened, and it. k doubtful if cubic foot of fresh air sue ! ceeds in making it's way inside in; thu | course of twenty-four hours. Just inside the doors the floor of the church is bese1 by number of beggars infected with va rious kinds of loathsome disease. The air of these cathedrals is effete, dead l clay-cold, and especially in the corners and side chRpels. The air, such as if is has been breathed over and over agai1 thousands of times by the dirtiest ane most depressed people in Europe. ane hence it forms the appropriate asidass fol the germs of such diseases as attaor ths mucous membrane of the breathing ap paratus. A poison Of the mtensest vir ulenee is brewed and rebrewed by the in halations and calculations of these miser | able people. The 6is decses distilled resul. is imported into this country by the steam CTS that carry the trade of the Baltic You will remember that Hull was ths l first place attacked, and that parliamen tary witnesses from Hull imported tn. disease into the house of commons Brewed in Russia, conveyed in Balti, ships, imported into Hull, distributed il the house of commons that is the shor story of the Russian influenza. Now tbl houses of parliament, as whole, are no much better ventilated than the cathedral of Russia. There are at present no meani of sending a wave of fresh air through tn, various rooms in the building so as tx clear out the poisonous germs that lurl in the numerous corners which are pro vided by it's architectural structure. If, great sweep of fresh air could be driver through each room every morning, tn, dead atmosphere in which disease germ grow and multiply would be expelled, ant the rooms would be tolerably healthy fo the rest of the day. have frequentl, observed the presence of dead air even il the lobby of the house of commons, and till this is remedied, therewin always b a danger of the return of the influenza an' other depressing diseases. Scientsfc Am I ertcGs1.
 Does the foregoing not go to shoy that the grip germs do not flourish fh tn outdoor air? And will not people talk, | the hint to let the pure air of heayel