Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-12
ELLSWORTH, MAINE, THURSDAY, APRIL 1894

drainage into wells or reservoirs or milk
supply, such as typhoid fever Others are
| not easily transmitted; there seem TO be
necessary two elements one, proper
| soil, certain condition OF the system,
that may be inherited, and second, con
tinued exposure to the disease germ, such
as consumption.
We need to heed this. Let me speak Of
this very practical truth, even II It do not
belong to the direct subject. There must
! he, ordinarily, two elements at work to
bring about that peculiar little mass that
we call tubercle. First. the proper soil.
usually inherited but sometimes acquired,
no doubt. by excesses and wrong living.
| Second, the presence of little colorless
| rodlike plant, so small that even many
thousands of them piled together would
make hesp still too small for the human
| eye to discern, that must gain lo1gem. Mt
| upon the affected tissue | may say iu-
| cidentally, though the words are charged
| with profound meaning to the human race
| that ,his germ Is easily destroyed. and
| consumption msy yet become as rare amcng
the people Of New England a. small pnx
| or cholera now il.
Standing at the threshold IT considera
| tion of the prevention of disease Is he
redity, that two-edged sword, which some
may bless while others carse. II ills
| hundreds of homes with robust health III
spite OF broken laws. while 1t suws dark
blight deep In the centres of life in count
less homes, How terrible becomes cur
| responsibility. Every child thst bears
our name, every life that follows our own,
that carries our blood has right to hold
Us responsible for a well kept body. For.
somew here lying far bsck of human vision,
ia .fs A.,
where hid IN those fathomless forces that
shape and control and make "a Whist we
are, is all too often the poison that shall
blanch the cheek of health and BY AMI hY,
when the home j. built, NJ eye di-cern-
the messenger that, standing there beside
the entrance unseen. unheard. hile- h
time.
Gladuess aud health have entered ~ ha
remains outside; and then children come,
welcome, perhaps tenderiy welcome q ti
SENS good, and All ~ we". % hrr chill
drcn follow and the sky T. >li fair sum
mrr -llll remains. Then the storm, Va
winter, the messenger whose SUMMONS We
ail dread. yet all must heed, knocks st th.
door; IN the full bloom of health, tn the
prime of years. in the sweet companion.
ship OF love and home and children. the
mother is stricken down then lhc sorrow.
the bAghtcd lSes. the ruinei home All,
nor yet j. its hand stayed; each child j. q
blight. an abortion, half me- other
homes All too often must feel the ruin and
drsu!atton.
Who l. 10 hlamet Some one OF more
fsr back in the past, consciously Or uncnn-
Sciou-iy, has failed 10 living rigut. A case
came to my knowledge httlr time ago
that illustrates courage that Viii some
Time, | Trust, be shaped into aw 4 youug
woman fair a. q June morning, had
father with uncle- and auntS WHO died Of
consumption. From the mothrr a.>o The
same sad tcudrncy was Inherited = the
fun She hah met aud loved with great
devotion man worthy of h.r kiui ARD
graceful self lie had a~ked h,r to he h!-
wife. Al thAt lofty and splendid rirmruI
Ia a woman- soul that makes her dv>irt.
home aud children and hu>paHh appealed
~ her all her love for him crri OUT yea
aud yet, with due thought. with cAim De-
lief in her course. she set these things
aside. Il was a struggle; i. took days, 1t
took strength, II took courage
This. this j. herOi>nt, NOT that which J.
bred u fauajicism, the most lntO.craut
and seld-h ~cutlm meut We have, nor " van.
iiy That men might see and know and al
mlre, hut the heroi-m that stands wsy up
on the heights, up where i2nnbie thoughts
aut selfish desires aui mean thing, wi;hrr
aud ~hrluk ana die aWay:tp hrie noble
and prurrou. Aut lofty thoughts live and
grow aud have Their 6rlug. Way up there
on the heights where the sun,ulue llSc-,
aud where wcare glad 20 Anow oiher Ip-
biz souls i've. She is In heaven now aud
| know how glad she was for The choice
she IN sdp | know that In th. serene con-
sciou-ness Of having duue right, her re
ma{rln, wears were uot All .sd
No man ha- the risht hot tn consider
tia, 10 making his phy>ical hfe whatit j.
h. j. making or marin. lives that ma,
com, after him. vet bow f.S arkuo4,
l,dy- ii by cuuduct Ibe father whp.daN
after INV drink. alcohol know. that some
one must pay the debt The parent Nnu
excessively iudulges the smoking habit, OF
vino hAbitualiy keeps away from sleep, r
gorges his digestive TRACK with all Binds
ami quantities OF eataolr, knows tile notr
must fall due; some one must pay ID
We do not know the exact condition ex-
i-t!ug In one person and npt 10 another
that renders the one susceptible to disease
or that exists al one time 10 the same per
son ana not at o hers. but we ~ Know
that No person is as nearly likely to con
tract disease of auy kind from small pox
To consumption " hose physical system j.
Kept up 10 nigh water mark. The man ~
correct habits, with neither brain nor
Drawn oyertaxed. with sufficient food and
sleep and pleasure and hard work. i the
one who uftcuest re>ist- The tucroach-
ments Of disease. Aud yet We shrink from
any attempt 10 make rules. oar larger
experience proves them To be - Idle and
for reasons so various.
SO many homes there are which are no.
what they are from choice. hut from The
hard, uny.elllu2 force OF circumstances
\ few pretty exceptions stand about "a,
but these need little guidance, aud yel
much OF the i!l-health might BE- avoided
even In homes where cark.ng care often
comes.
Ia the average house In our county the
father eats a hurried breakfast of coffee
and cake or doughnuts with a bit of meat,
and zoe, 10 hi. work at : (; hurries through
hi, midday meal Of boiled vegetables ana
mra, with piece OF pic, and 10 his work
again: home At 6. tired, half-cross, with
little mind for reading or guiding or help
ing either himself or the three or four
children that play about him. Il they will
only be qaet he can rest; if they will not
he will 20 down town or TO the lodge Till