The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1116, 21 September 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1883.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus*. The pen is mightier than the sword.

We Jo not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents, and thank our lucky stars we are not held responsible. We hold, however, that everyone has a right to his opinion, and with a free Press should have the power of expressing same publicly. Thus we give ‘ Hygeia ” space for his effusion on the “ Public Health | of Clyde.” “Hygeia” is bold, .yet withall reckless, and we incline

i the belief that when ho reads his ■ecions production he will in a mea- hw ire rather regret having made such foi veeping charges of dirt, filth, and ah irruption. If we are to believe bo Hygeia,” the narrow cholera breed- an ig alleys of Damietta are as beds of 61 oses compared with the streets of Jo Hyde, and the feted, festering liquid oo hat belches from the main sower of be ny of our large cities, is as sparkling lr lectnr to the stream of water that C, ourses through and through, back ac nd front, of this little town ot Clyde, b' 3ut we do not believe “Hygeia,” and, ci noreover, are sure that no one else pi vill believe that the picture of dirt r< md disease is a tithe so loathsome as si lainted. That there are stables and w lung heaps, ash pits, and depots of w •nb l ish in our back streets, we s free'y admit; but where it is that c ;h«se necessary evils are not I —if p ?vils they be—and that the water \ that flows in the town race c is not so pellucid, clear, and free from i impurities as could be desired, we con- c fess; but we deny that any one, or i the who'e of them together, had any ( connection with the scarlet fever as i our correspondent asserts. Doubtless i a water supply from a higher level is needed, and steps are being taken to provide it, and had “Hygeia” confined himself to that topic, we should not have felt called upon to rebuke him as we have.