The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-04-30

vaccinatel, and only 80 from
among tie unvaccinated. Does that
look like there's one certain pre-.
ventive?" The Surgeon General OF
she army reports that every soldier
in the Philippines is vaccinsted ev.
ny six months to make sure of his
immunity. Yet. Notwithstanding
this unfailing preventive. he reports
500 cases and 800 deaths. But. OF
course. the complicated idiot who
hesitates to have his arm or leg
rottod of By a revolving poison
should be consigned to eternal in
fanny or burned at the stake!
Japan is the hotbed of smallpox
and the Paradise of the vaccination
crank. II the Imperial Cabinet
Bureau of Statistics is to be trusted,
every inhabitant is vaccinated every
five years. Yet, in the 22 years
ending in 1907 they have had 2s5,-
721 cases. 1852 of whom died,
D anu the dtdln dNt 10 III
creasing from $50 in 1885 to 32%
in 1907.
But who halts is bastard, who
doubts is id" AS for me, ex-
cuse me, but prefer both these
latter alternatives. OF all places,
at least on this continent, Niagara
Falls is perhaps the most exposed
to contagious. as hundreds of thous-
ands flock there annually from ev-
cry quarter Of the globe. Within
the last ten years there have been
twenty-four outbreaks of smallpox
All were easily controlled by the
sane, humane, harmless and effec-
tive method of rigid. quarantine and
thorough disinfection. Strange to
say, they not only have had no cpl
demic in thirty years, but there's
not a single vaccine point or tube
for sale in that whole unvaccinated
city.
A former health officer of New
York, who has forced the vaccina-
ton of thousands, and who has liv-
ed in Niagara for years, makes this
bold ARD significant statement,
which serves me as Edwin Arnal
serves Lord Morely-"I read him
before making speech for inspira-
ton and afterward for consola-
-:'Observing the many disas-
trOus results from vaccination and
the prevalence OF smallpox among
those who have been successfully
vaccinated, even to a greater extent
than among the unvaccinated. l
went into the study of the subject
from different angle" &c.
Yet, like Lord Byron, if half be
true that is said about the doubling
Thomas, he is not fit for the earth,
and If untrue, the earth is not fit
for him. So kick lem off. I'm
aware that the mere layman must
needs have his nerve to suggest
that there might be remaining some
odds and ends, some tags and tat
tiers of fact about the mystery of
smallpox the vaccinationist even
yet does not fully understand; but,
lacking that temerity, shall pious-
ly refrain from even a hint
My object is to somewhat justify
and defend the benighted loon who
breads the risk of vaccination, yet
has no day in court Leastwise, so
it all seems to an innocent and. de-
fenseless bystander who sometimes
danes to have an opinion of his
own on questions of public interest,
even at the risk of being denounced
as bathering idiot in all his pro-
manifestations, ramifi-
cations and SIGH like.
Poor mere layman! Some flow
erlets of Eden he may still inherit,
but, the trail of the crank and the |
CRATER is over them all. Fact is, |
we have so many of this gentry, |
who. through some inadvertence or
oversight of Providence have been J
clothed in a little brief authority, |
seeking to do something-anythin
to parade their power, renew
heir grip upon the public crib and
escape the undertow Of oblivion,
hat we are swamped In a del1ge OF
avs that have wellnign extin-
shished the love of liberty, and
get so blue believe. if
ve>onIy had Noah. about the best
solution to the muddle would be
mother food. The other one work
ID like a charm and. so far as |
NOW. there was no kick against
hat method of clearing things up.
It least, after it was tried.
so many gods, so many creeds,
70 many ways that wind and wind;
While just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.
"A CHEERFUL IDIOT"