PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4645, 23 November 1883, Page 2

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.

A middle><aged negro, who seemed to be Is boring under considerable excitement, halted a policeman on Lamed street, yesterday, and asked :—" Say, boss, what 'bout dat 'Gypshun cholera de papers am makin' sich a fuss ober ? " " Why, they h«ve the cholera over there," was the j ivply. "An' she's gwine to spread to dis Uentvy? " "It may." » An' dey say it's powerful bard on de cull'd populashun. Man up Woodward avenue tole dat ifc J jumped right ober white folks to git at a bhick one." " I believe that's so." " Wall, f Ize gittin' ready fur it. Ize carryin' an onion in each breeches pocket.-Women-on de market tole me dat was a sure stand-off." " I shouldn't wonder.'- ---" An' Ize drinkin' a cup full o' vinegar' wid kyann pepper sprinkled in. Hardware man tole me dat w,aa a boss thing," 11 Yes." " An' Ize soakin' my feet ia sour milk free nights in a week an' rub- ! bia'iay spine wid.kerosene ile. Butcher up in Michigan avenue tole me dat was a" SRrtiri preventive."; "I should think it was;'" "An' Ize got ; tarred paper an' cutout soles to wear in my butes. One of de aldermen tole me dat the cholera allus stribo de feet fust thing. I reckon it won't git frew dafc tarred paper. An' Ize been she win' a gum made ef beeswax an* talier, f wid a -leetle camphor gum rolled' in, An'; Ize bin bled twice in de last rnoulhj an' had a tooth pulled, an' my ha'r cut| an' photograph takenj an' reckon if de cholera comes friskin' around Detroit I needn't beoneasy." ; ;-