The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-18
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Our allusion. last week, to the pes
house matter, touched the editor of the
Mirror on raw spot. That was the in
tention. He deserved it, and by his re
Spouse showed that he felt the sting. His
answer was characteristic if not convinc
ing. One of the weakest arguments in
existence is the favorite method of some
to dodge the issue and call some one else
falsifier. The statement of THE News
that the directors to the pest house on
High street had agreed to pay for the ex-
pense of moving it was based on informa.
ton given by Freebooter Durand, who
has supplemented it by saying he pro-
poses to present to the DIRECTORS the bill
| for the work. The question of veracity
| is not on this side of the street.
| Neither is there line in THE News ar
ticle to show that the editor of the Mirror
stood alone" in the matter. but that he
was earnest and active in the affair, doing
at least so per cent of the work, is sus-
ceptible of proof, and he knows better
than to deny it.
Perhaps it is foolish to again refer to
this subject, but the effort to turn it off
as good joke" requires attention. 1t
is no joke. 1t is very serious matter,
one involving the rights of the poor as
well as those of the rich. 1t is an ex-
emplification of the domination of self
and disposition to trample down that
precious admonition, do unto others as
you would they should do unto you"
The Mirror says 1t some time ago made
suggestion that IAN inirmary be built
within the Jail yard which could be
pressed into service for isolating any case
of contagious disease that might make its
appearance at the jail" Nothing better
right here than to produce the article in
full. 1t said:
For some time the Mirror has been
pointing out the need of an infirmary at
the Jail that could be used for the isola-
ton of smallpox patients or subjects
should the dreaded disease make its ap-
pearance at the county institution. The
Freeholders have at last awakened to the
necessity of taking precautionary steps
against an outbreak of smallpox in the
jail, and as first move it is possible
building in line with the Mirror sugges-
ton will be at once erected within the en-
closure connected with the Jail. The
cost of such structure will be slight but
it's advantage will be tremendous should
the Jail authorities be called upon to
battle with the scourge."
There it is. Do you see anything in it
which refers to ian infrmarY for isola-
ton of any case of contagious disease p
Is not smallpox the entire and sole theme2
The general infirmary" is all right to
divert attention from the other subject.
But the original words are in cold type.
The idea expressed last week that it
makes difference whose OK is gored still
holds. As an illustration of this point it
is only necessary to relate that the desire
to have ''an infirmary" in the Jail yard
quickly faded when the suggestor remem-
bered that the residence of relative was
within the distance that the wind would
blow the leaves"
The Mirror says the new location of the
pest house is where there lis no house
within several hundred yards of
1t. Neither was there a house within
several hundred yards of the first
site. And he also says there are mo
residents in the locality in which
the hospital now stands. In this we
differ. We are not yet ready to declare
''non-residents" those who have their
homes on Shreve street, just as dear to
them as the palatial residence of the
young man who was one of the main OBJ
jectors to the original location They
have as much right to be cared for and
protected as he has. The lives of them
selves and their families are as dear to them
as his are to him. True, he may not con-
slider them residents" but, fortunately,
this world is not composed of such as he,
whose characteristic of extreme selfishness
was developed in infancy and has in
creased with age.