Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-11-09

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noise in front Of the house. A boy
comes by whistling-a performance in
which we must recognize a natural,
wholesome and boylike act, .whereupon
there ensues short, sharp fight between
the pair, in which oneis accidentally cut.
The upshot is not important; the origin
Of it is.
1t has long been usual TO accord spe-
cial privileges to invalids in relieving
them against noise. Formerly straw
would be strewn in the street, and thou
sands Of persons who were not sick
would be inconvienced to ease the pains
of one who was. In part, this custom
was one Of ostentation. It could be
practiced only by the influential who
We're exalted by making themselves a
nuisance. When death ensued, hatch
ment was set up in the same spirit OF
vainglory. All the windows in the
house were closed for term, the dura-
ton of which was fixed by custom, but
which bore relation to the estate OF the
deceased and the consequent degree of
exaltation descending upon his heirs.
All healthy animals delight in noise.
The description includes barbarous folk
and children. Dogs bark (curs only
sneak Off, birds scream, boys shout,
girls clap hands to their ears in sweet
confusion, horses paw, all animate na-
ture responds to the exhilarat4on of noise.
The sick do not. In every form Of sick
ness the nervous function is deranged.
As we have seen above mankind has
shown its appreciation Of this fact by its
customs. Excessive sensibility to noise
is thus one symptom Of neurotic degen-
Grafton. 1t is the mark of one broad dis
tinction between the state of civilization
and its opposite It testifes to one part
Of the price which that state exacts from
man on his physical side.
Within civilization itself indifference
to noise is one Of the distinctions OF a
system rudely healthful, both in body
and mind. The converse of this propo-
4 sition is equally true. Whenever a per-
son displays peculiar sensitiveness to
noise we may know that the case is one
Of an unwholesome mind in an unwhole-
some body. From the fact that the dis
turbance is essentially neurotic one it
follows that it is controllable to great
extent by the will. Much of the dis
turbance that is experienced from noise
can be put completely aside by exercise
Of the will. A barking dog may keep
one person awake while his healthier or
wiser neighbor sleeps the sleep Of the
just. Under the pinging of the cable
car bells valetudinarian subsidies into
frenzy while his younger clerk is Tapped
in dreams of the equally unconscious
typewriter on the next floor. The con-
trast here need not be one of relative
strength Of mind merely; one Of the two
minds is sick.
In such case the will power is i'm
paired. 1t would probably be found that
the complaining person is also irritable,
passionate, perhaps consumed by self
contemplation. In many cases of this
order relief could no doubt be gained
through treatment by suggestion. But
i'll vastly the greater number the patient
is competent to minister to himself. He
is still capable of exerting the will, and
i'll this exercise lies complete and per
manent cure. Furthermore, the cure
does not apply alone to the particular
noise that may have called for it. 1t win
be found to have influenced the mind
permanently. The injurious effects at
tributed to noise do not proceed from
without, but from within. They do not
inhere in the aerial vibrations, but in the
mental response made to them
1 Finally it ought to be observed that
the disease is one that increases by be-
ing yielded to. The noise that il first
noticed as an annoyance in some mo-
ment of irritation, anxiety or other nerv-
Gus disturbance can be nursed into an
\ object Of horror. Time was when folks
4 thought sensitiveness to noise to be evil
dence Of high strung character. They
\ were rather proud Of it and trotted 1t
forth in public The world knows bet
ter now. Iterects hospitals for the Mrs.
Wittitterlys, whom it rather admired
in Nicholas Nickleby's time. 1t no
longer holds poor Tom of Bedlam for in
spired, and since it has learned how
much sickness is either a fruit or phase
Of ignorance it is getting little sick OF
those sick folks, at least of whom it has
right to look for something better
New York Evening Sun.
\ a milking experiment is thus reported
in London paper;
Give cows were milked two weeks
each by two competent mixers. One
knew the milk was being weighed and
did his best to getTvery drop. Tho 9th
er milHed as usual The one aware of
the experiment got 267 pounds the more
milk"
A competent mixer leaving nearly
half a pound of milk in every COW he
nilkedl How much would he have 70
leave to be called incompetent?
In milking heifer the first year
want her MIXED rapidly to the end
and stop. | do not want her stripped
much. "A heifer loves to be stripped il
she is satisfied with her mixer, and she
soon learns to hold back the milk SO as
to make long job OF it. When shefinds
there is to be no puttering, she let's the
milk come down to the end.
Rapid milking satisfactory to the COW
is what gets the milk. A COW that has
been quickly milked often refuses to give
half her milk to a slow milker.
! Many dairymen forbid any talking
during milking. 1t is pretty hard rule
to enforce. Any talking or noise that
cows are perfectly familiar with does no
4 harm, providing the milker does not
slack his milking. Holdl | mean any
noise that means no harm to the cow.
believe with herd Of 40 good cows it
would pay to expend So day for some
good music, both vocal and instrumental,
at milking time, and let the mixers join
in. The tunes Of course should be lively,
1t has been proved to me that cows have
an ear for good music. can sing.
sI9l chase the D. round a stump,
And give him kick at every jump"
and my cows will just pour out the
milk, SO sing it lively, and my hands
keep good time A COW will never do
her best for a slow mixer even If he
claws out the milk
A rapid milker may also be poor
milker, if he lmlks with a jerking mo-
ton or brings his fingers upon her teats
in a manner disagreeablo to her. Not
one in a score who claim to be good
4 mixers really is.
have been milking half a century
about as regularly as I have eaten my
supper and breakfast and claim to be
an expert. An excellent milker who
treats the cows kindly is what always
am ready to employ at big wages. The
difference in the milking of 10 cows one
season by fair mixer or an excellent