Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-10-06


fence. The word plague" has some
how come to be identified almost sole
ly with the great plague of 1865, pos
sibly by reason of the many record;
and histories of that particular vista
ton. Yet for hundreds of years the
plague paid England periodical visits
coming from no one anew where
For a century, perhaps. the country
would 60 free. The plague might be
heard of in other countries, now ir
the east, now threatening so near as
Amsterdam. And then, when the PEG
pie had come to feel safe, suddenly
there would come the pestilence
striking down its thousands.
Plaques First Visit to Britain.
OF the first visitation of the black
death in 1348 many terrible things are
related. 1t broke out in Dorsetshire
in August of that year From there
1t moved on to Bristol and Gloucester
shire. Then 1t made a sudden ap
pearance in Oxfordshire. From there
the infection was carried to London
and. while that city was busy with the
burying of it's dead, the black death
was sweeping it's way almost over the
entire country.
1t is curious to note in connection
with the recent outbreak in Suffolk
that it was the eastern counties which
after London, suffered most severely
from the visitation. The parsons Of
more than 800 parishes in East Anglia
were counted among the victims. and
In some cases these clergy had to be
replaced not once, but two or three
times. Nineteen of the religions
houses in Norfolk and Suffolk los,
their abbots and priors
Appalling as these figures NAV he
they are as nothing to the toll taken
by the black death from the inhabit
ants OF London. Details of that time
or terror are sparse enough. but snch
records as exist tell a grim story
Stow. In his Chronicle" saws that
the pestilence so waste. the neonle
that scarce the tenth person Of all
sorts was left alive, and churcbvards
were not sufficient to receive ~
dead" Still more STARTLING farnae
were set down by the same chronicles
and he states that more than so am
bodies were buried in one piece ~
ground bought for the purpose nv ono
Sir Walter Nanny. in spittle Croft
now known as the Charterbouse
The number. no doubt. wac
gerated. Indeed, such a death A na7,
would Almost have depopulated ,o ol'
don; but it is likely enough that n oua,
tnird OF the population of the who'll
country were carried off by the nastt
lence. VIC pesu'
Four scourses in 18th Century.
After that first visit four mora
breaks of plague swelled tho ,oh, out.
mortality during the fourteenth es OF
fury. Between 1890 and 144O II zen,
again four times. and there waro came
or three more epidemics hefo oe Two
great plague of 1865 0re the
With these Touring vis,t..,
some measures Of precaution "''ohs
into use. In its earlier staao came
plague probably had much e' the
way. own
1t was not until 1543 that ,,o
any evidence of an orgapized a.. e IS
tion The t arst spreading of the infec,
s,,oa IN me- ne MS. plague order was is.
sue" IN Una. year, among other thjr 10.
a Io.'' Gays quarantine fol- any tomsS
T Ther u ase i was case of ols yuse
nose ,,., o, Independent means st ae"e
keep within doors for one month . az. ID
c ot rot from ,,.,a plague Others who er
e cou na not live without their da,v w" NJ
Dor soould refrain as much as nnss,l IA
rom gong abroad, and for for, ',s s