Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-14

cHOlefdlc symptoms. Al ihll Use winch
seemed uuacc,,untaDle ternined me to
go 1t once to II restauru b, whose lights
blazed IN front uf t'ie 81, o.. and order
u good II, al, even thoL, 4 it shUuid be
my last. With the refreshment of food
and drink, the pain, anxiety and alarm
passed away, and before nv dinner was
done, knew that my cholera attack was
only hunger and faintness, which had
come as the natural result of no food since
morning and gloomy train of thought.
| went to Vienna, came back to Adels-
berg, found that both of the guides who
had conducted me through the cave had
died with cholera, and at Trieste the dis
ease had increased so much that the
path of wisdom led over the Alps into
Switzerland, where, amid pure and
everlasting SHOWS, we forget the plague.
Yet even in Switzerland / have been
quarantned. In the year 1881 cholera
was reported to be so prevalent in Paris
that according to English papers it was
hazardous to go there. had a friend
| living in Paris, aud learning from him
the actual condition of things in the
beautiful city, | went there with my
family without fear and remained with
out sickness or Inconvenience for several
weeks. until the time came to go into
Switzerland. We started duly on the
train for Neuchatel, and rolled rapidly
along until the frontier was reached
o,l,- a. nj h ho
fore arriving at our destination. Here
the officers unexpectedly announced
that all passengers from Paris must be
disinfected. We were weary after a
night in the train, faint and hungry,
and the announcement was unwelcome
and trying. 1t was vain to assure the
authorities that we had been in no con-
nection with the disease, that the agen is
of the company had told us that there
was no quarantine, that we were il per-
feet health and proposed to stop at the
next station. All was useless out of
the carriages we had to climb, and in
solemn procession we were conducted
to a row of dirty pine closets, with
VenllldlOrs over llle uOOlo anu uleil VI
burning disnfectants in each. Into
these purgatorial cells we were driven
and the doors were closed. Some of the
women tainted from fear, but most of the
unlucky passengers we're furious and
gave vent to their feelings in polyglot.
, The torture lasted from five to fifteen
: minutes, according to the temper and
2 Judgment of the officials, and then. deeply
sensible of our own vileness and the
9 uastiness of our treatment, we were put
: back into the railway carriages. The
, absurdity of such treatment will be APP
e preciated when add that not IA particle
4 of our baggage, nor the wraps which we
e had used on the journey, were subjected
: to any fumigation or uisinfection. This
s was. however, the only quarantine to
t which we were subjected, and as the
p cholera did not cross the Atlantic we
d reached home without further annoy
/ ance.
1 Such experiences suggest that there
y has not been so much progress in the
i prevention of diseases from spreading
/ and in the methods by which this is to be
e done, as many imagine; that fear is a;
: great an element of danger in the pres
y ence of plague as ever and that sani
). tary inspectors the world over are mucf
e alike, and as liable to make mistakes IN 6
e Swiss canton as in New York harbOr
h There is reason to hope that the stringent
: regulations which have been adopted re-
= specting emigration will prove efficient
y in preventing pestilence this year in oul
+ country. but radical change in the
e habits of mankind in those countrie;
: which have been for centuries the breed
= ing places of disease can alone guaran
e tee more civilized regions from sharing
: in the penalties which outraged nature
: inflicts upon communities which violate
: her sanitary laws.
d Meanwhile, let US be careful, hopeful
e and thankful for present mercies, and il
p quietness and confidence look for future
help. AUGUSTUS.