The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-11-04

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Street, BroHleboro.
The meteorological Laboratory for
Vermont is now fact the bill having
passed both houses and will undoubt-
edly receive the signature of the gov
ernor. A few state exchanges say it
will be nice thing but do not tell
wherein others say nothing, perhaps
are thinking. The SITTER proposes
to tell its readers why this is nice
thing. Bacteria or bacilll, we believe
they are Synonymous, are of compar-
atively recent discovery. The names
signify rod-shaped therefore they
will be found somewhat lengthy say
about ten thousandeth part of an
inch Modern scientists tell US that
the atmosphere is full of them and
they are constantly on the watch for
chance to enter pool of pure water
so that they can convert it into an
unhealthy cesspool. They are also
inclined, under favorable conditions,
to enter the human body aud give us
the consumption, typhoid fever and
scores of other malignant diseases.
So it will be seen that it is the duty
of all good citizens when they see one
of these critters to hit it on the head
with club or at least to throw sand
in its eyes. 1t will be part of the
duty of the learned gentlemen who
will have charge of this laboratory,
at a good round salary, to tell the
people just whereabouts to hit these
things and what kind of club to use
whether red pepper would be better
than sand to blind them and to make
any other suggestions whereby we
can rid ourselves of these pests and
preserve our health and fresh meat.
Won't this be nice ? Who will be-
grudge big salaries for the men who
are to labor cultivating the bacili and
observing their growth and habits
through the microscope ? Aud i
may be that these gentlemen, if the
salary is big enough, will "get on to-
the language of the bacteria. Their
we can reason with them, try mora
suasion or enact a new prohibition,
law, The latter would be preferable
as it would furnish cause for the ap
pointment of additional suckers t,
office at comfortable salaries.
There is considerable comfort to b,
drawn from what we already know
about the bacilli. They make ths
cesspool and sewer to stink; they DO
Lutte our streams and jump into oul
mountain air; they give us the gou
and faint our meat. This latter fact
will lift load from some minds
Unthinking people have been led Il
wonder why swarm Of bees should
have made a hive out Of Samson's
dead lion. Now it is perfectly plain.
There were no baoili in those days
and consequently when Samson took
out the honey the carcass was as
fresh as when he ''rent it assunder. .
These are only few of the many
facts that might be given but are
enough to show the reader the i'm
mense possibilities of the Bacteriolo-
glcal Laboratory that is only to cost
US, after it once gets on its feet, eight
thousand dollars a year. So many
good things, and so cheap. The SIF.
TER IS ashamed of its brethren of the
press who haven't anything to say il
praise OF this benefcent legislation
One other thing this enactment has
forever settled, and that is that The
farmer is the chap to send to the leg
lslature. From our earliest recollec.
ton we have been told that all bad
legislation was due to the lawyers an6
no good legislation could be haC
while they were in control. We were
slow to believe this but this Bacteri.
oioglcal Laboratory business has
driven it right into and through {
mighty thick skull There are but
two or three lawyers in our entire leg
isiative body, and these of course
voted against this bill. The farmers
who are in a big majority, did The
business for us. Even Smith d
Londonderry, who is a druggist, voted
against this bill. Guess we'll see til,
next time that farmer represent,
us. They are the stuff
Queer issues get into politics some
times. For instance, what diferenc,
can it make to anybody, except him