RECITATION: "MICROBES."
They say there's "mikrobes ' all around,, huntin' for their prey ; there's nothin' pure tew eat or drink, and no safe place to stay ; there's "miasmy" in the dewfall and "malary" in the sun ; 'taint safe to be outdoors at noon or when the day is done. There's ' bacteery" in the water and "tricheeny" in the meat, "ameeby" in the atmosphere, 'calory" in the heat ; there's "corpussels and pigments" m the human bein's blood, and every other kind of thing existin' sense the flood. Them bugs is all about us, jest waitin' for a chance tew navigate our vitals and tev. nav. us off !i''« plants ; there's men that spends a lifetime huntin' worms jest li';e a goo ;e, and tackin' Latin names on 'em, and lettin oo cm IOOTC.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 393, 6 September 1911, Page 3
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131RECITATION: "MICROBES." King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 393, 6 September 1911, Page 3
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