Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
FINE ROADS MEAN GOOD HEALTH.

ANY other part of the United States
than in Lenawee and Monroe counties.
So | believe that as good roads mean
good draininge-that Is, drainage of
the surface of the road, drainage under
the road and drainage along the sides
of the ,road-so we have good health to
those living along the roads construct
ed after this manner.
Man Is so constructed that when he
walks, runs or jumps the jar Is lessen
ed and entirely spent before 1t reaches
tissue or vital organs that are unable
to withstand it. This is so on account
of the arch in the foot and on account
of the elasticity of that arch This
arch Is a more perfect one than you
builders can make. Between each
joint are fluid buffers, and running
from one bone to another, keeping the
joints from spreading and to aid them
to swing, are guy ropes that assume a
lax or tense condition, as required, and
between each bone in the spinal col
umn are mattresses that make it pos
totbAN IVA WY w jump Lloli q NohaAo
cradle height, and. striking upon the
feet, the force of the blow is car
ried from part to part of the body and
the force spent upon these resisting
bodies until it is spent before reaching
the brain. | firmly believe that the
rough, bad roads of our country are no
small factor as cause of the large
number of nervous and insane cases
that our rural districts supply.
Catarrhal conditions are aggravated
by the dust from the roads, the decay
ing vegetable life along the roadside
breeds disease, and the stagnated pool
Is fertile field for low forms Of anil
NAL life. From these the air Is pollut-
ed, and man has only to be found in a
condition to be infected. 1t Is too bad
that these stagnant pools cannot cry
put to the passerby: "Unclean! I'm
clean"' If this We're SO you and
could turn out of the way and pass by.
Healthy plant life along the roadside
is conducive to good health in man. 1t
helps give unto man that which man
needs for his growth and for his living.
What Is pleasing to the eye gives
health. That Is one reason why the
tourist and travellers seek other climes.
The eye Is delighted. 1t is pleased.
That helps the body Every special
sense is helped. and so the great body
Is made more healthy. The nose smells,
ana we are pleased or displeased. We
are satisfied even gratiied or we are
disgusted and Sickened. The ear hears
the sweet songs, the mind becomes
Joyous and the heart beats stronger
ana fuller. and we are made to feel the
JOY Of exhilaration at the pleasant sur
roundingS; we are made to feel that 1t
i good to live. The keen sense or
taste begins to manifest itself. The
appetite is snarpened, the stomach
does better work, and the man begins
to feel his power and strength and
feels that it Is good to be here.
oan say to you farmers, | can say
60 you men outside of the cities ana
towns, that good roads are your saliva
ton. your health. | can say that that
which improves your everyday life and
that which improves your walks In lire
make you live longer, make you 1--we
easier make you live little better,
and thar which makes yor live longer.
Easier and better makes Il possible for
yoa ID die easier.