The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-28

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f<&ss5 ffs fhe l<fefs n sss : -
sief<f riaer IN fAs his<leeiaf4 River
= desafisa sassf plantation
TIE SUE. however. = iHecnvssissf
besssise q q sif<eHis a. feash ffem SEES
orieaHs. aEf Il was firm New Offeaa.
thst fhs DFinefpsf Bedbsal adsIsa Nai
- oofne. Dr. Isteofs Dyer, the adv1sInf
physlefap and o14 ~ re gFssfess ~
inx Isys-oioyisss bsinR = resilient ~ That
city. The board IN cbafes Sf the ispers
accordingly bough, secretly = bsrne ~
The lepefs just above tbe city limits N
jefferson parish
- se,on as the ners Iesked ont there
~as Wild Excitement IN jefferson sn6 a
mob fnsrtssed % the plantation house
~ which Il wss proposed 10 settle the
Iepsrs and harmed II down. There Was
similar fhoSefaent N TDsfvffls n oust
the Jspers from tire indian Csfnp pfscs.
INT forfsnAfssy better eoBBsef prevailed
ana today the pfejad1s mas almost en-
tisesy Disappeared
There had Iorg been periodical sesfes
on tbs seDJsct. About Ten years be-
fore the orsanfzsfso0 ~ the board there
was sesch A scare IN and around 81.
Ms~tlnsv1Ile. one ~ the SJdess t1wHs
~ the State. the CITY of Evshgsifae." :"
the Paris of Aea6fa,~ a. IL has been
called. a physician ran seross a csse
Of IepYosy there. The facts were ezA
srxeTze46. and soon REPORTS spread
fk.ymxxh the aefxhts,rfnx rrsgntrv that
St. MarsfnsgIGSe was full of Ieprosy
The parfsh of ST. 1arsgn apsrsntsned
against the town of st, MafrfHsviIle.
the seat of Jusefce, ard armed men
ratrelreS tae roads 70 prevent any ref
uxess from escso ping from the town and
Spreading shs diseas4s II becsfse nee
esssry for the state Board o. FfeaIth
&c Intervene ard search the town for
Be5ers.
sy, 4osevh .rd-s4s ubiA orestderf Of
shA seaee BOARD az Ft4atss rsade a ssrsS--
Ear ta,vesrfxsfAan ~ rn~ k.ypav IA--
serr>ss whsve Al n,nsbsv ~ ler.r fan6-
ilt.sz were r1pors4d. Es4 nsade arr exs
re,,dsd rspa-r an, the subject, urgfne
4as.uesrlv ~, the state thae Il d, some.
rhf4,s, N, r4,s4SA these s.arIA anS to
Que an e,,d 10 a assxracefsJ csndseEor
os asxess Whfeh had orAvsgIsd for a
eArrnrv 1rha F.afns,reh.a lep.rs Ilved
hecn,,a any seetIsua..nr IN ere great
fs,,lf ,,,sr.,,, arsi4 oaoArto and gyTer-
10, ..,ks.essAd sran. th.fr natghborx
,eh,. areade1 sharn.. An. italian, prYest.
ss,,,s.4s !, tarar .Stsnd..d "a rhs relsx-
,,,,,,, ,,rai,., ~ fns,, lirtl.. e.,nry witch
tt,,ss ,,..g,.s,,, ,,.s s..,, ~, .a,.t ~ th..
,,,.,.t.,
-. "a, -, :.
Df. ZONES pr. F'o,s 400 ~ face ~ me
presidenes OF th*s bou'siana r''afa %
Ftesith rsporten again ana again Oh
rhis suoJect. They poinred OUT thao ehe
disease mad prsetlcai'9 oeeff crushed out
BY the spanish Governments oy the es-
tabsishnienr of a lazaretso and ehe go
lation and segregation OF aH lepers the
Frsaeh auVhori5ies showed iess Juos-
niAl1r- Fheir poliey was 70 erase the
lspers away, with me result thst tney
ied 10 slie swairps. beyond the hnpea-
tions OF nian. Where's they niarried and
brought up lepeT fanhiltes.
Thus Il Was thac fhe Lafourehe leper
colony arose. coi'tposed OF refugees from
The Acadian settlements who found
peace sad quiet in the swanips A
nuynber OF these driven frona New Or
lsans, found refuge IN the Aetairie
dountry back of the city now a pros-s
porous s1burb. hut kaown IN early