Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-02

wants to carry out this great work OF
both Catholic and Protestant asSocia-
tiOns.
John Schnable, who is president of
the Catholic association, you all know
to be man full of energy and per-
severance, is very enthusiastic over
the plan their society has adopted,
and when completed will be lasting
monument of artistic beauty in men,
DRY to our loved and cherished dead.
Mrs. George R. Gardner who heads
the Protestant association as presi-
dent, is an old time resident in this
city, and is known to be determined
and successful hard worker in this
community, and means business from
start to finish. Neither one of these
benevolent associations expect to work
miracles by changing the rocks from
your sand queries into gold bricks to
carry out this work, but they hope
and earnestly desire that every citizen
will feel it their duty and pleasure
to assist them financially as far as
their means will admit. No matter
how small the amount you think you
can spare, it will be thankfully re-
ceived and highly appreciated. Let
US all pull together to give encourage
| ment and lend assistance in making
our last resting place on earth, home
of unrivalled beauty. There is a
large amount of work that ought to
be done. We ought to have means
enough so we could commence at one
end of the street and clean the weeds
and brush off of each lot regardless of
whether the owner has paid or not.
1t is for our own interest to do it.
Those neglected lots are a frightful
source of damage to the owner of the
adjoining land, who feels just pride
in keeping his lot in neat and tidy
condition.
Undesirable plants are conveyed by
| different methods and gain a foot
hold where they are not welcome.
They are carried by the birds and in
sects; winged seeds by the wind and
are propagated by underground route.
There is another way they can be
brought, by flowers used in decora-
ing the graves. Plants do not mature
and ripen their seed at the same
time. Some may be in bloom and
have ripe seed at the same time, and
one should use great caution in max
| ing flower selections to avoid this
danger. The monuments that have
become soiled, dirty, and over-grown
with lichens should be carefully
cleaned, and if out of plumb should be
Strengthened up; if broken, being
blown over by the winds, should be
mended and reset.
All these things in an unsightly
condition, which have foresaken
appearance that mar the beauty and
loneliness of the Surroundings should
be corrected. The remains of persons
placed in casket should be buried at
a depth not less than five feet, meas
uring from the top of the box which
contains the casket. Earth worms in
thing from four to five feet, and come
to the surface to eject their castings.
They have been known to bring germs
from CHAMBERS horses to the surface
that were buried five feet deep, which
communicated disease to healthy
animals. After repeated losses caused
by glandered in the same pasture
from some unknown source, Pasteur
was called into council history, of the
! cases, he suspected the earth worms
might be responsible for this con-
tinued mortality. The contents of
the bodies of the worms were ex-
amined and the true origin was al
once established.
l ask you would it be reasonable
from the above facts to conclude that
infectious diseases that affiict the
human race can be disseminated in the
same way? Germs have been known
| to cause typhoid fever that have
been carried by water to distance
of 25 miles and still be active enough
to cause sickness and death. Water
should not be drank from wells To-
Gated in cemetery. 1t is dangerous,
and is liable to produce serious sick
ness
One well informed and educated
lady told me few days ago that she
would not dare to eat fruit grown in
| the immediate vicinity of a cemetery,