SALFORD'S REPLY TO "CAMEO,' WEEKLY NEWS, MAY 4.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4743, 6 November 1872, Page 3

SALFORD'S REPL Y TO "CAMEO,' WEEKLY NEWS, MAY 4.

To the Editor : Sir, — Tho publication of the following correspondence, occasioned by statements which appeared in the Weekly News of May 4, will no doubt be of public interest, showing as it does that those differing from us are not so careful of. the truthfulness of their objections to our cause as we are of the means we take to advance it. — I am, &c, R. French, Shortland.

Bank Place, St. Philips, Sdiford, Manchester, August 21, 1872. Dear sir and brother, — I duly received yours of May 15, 1872, together with the extract. I have lost no time in obtaining a suitable reply. The whole lot from, beginning to end is a tissue of lies, Mr, Bell is, you ■will ace, in a position to give the lie to the whole. — Yours fraternally, C. HosasON. Mr. R. French, Shortland, New Zealand.

Medical Officer of Health's Department, Town Hall, Salford, August 21, 1872. To the Editor : Sir, — I have this morning seen an extract from your edition of May 4, which purports to be a. true (and it is a very remarkable) statement relative to this borough. With your permission, I will give a few facts which will show your readers and ! the misguided person who wi ote the report that it is utterly false. It would have b een more satisfactory if your correspondent had given the name and date of the English paper from which he says he obtained his information, so that we could have replied to it at home, but I very much doubt if any paper here would publish such a statement. I have not heard of any medical commission of inquiry into the cause of fever, therefore I could not have heard of the other absurd statement. The following facts I will give for his benefit. From the last published report of the Registrar-General, which refers to the year 1869, I find the population of Salford was 119,350 ; the total births, 4,681, or 39-35 per I,ooo inhabitants: number of illegitimate births, 246, or 260 per 1,000 ; average number of illegitimate births in the whole of England, 5-80 per 1,000. From this we find that instead of Salford being very high it is very low in the average, and not, as your correspondent says, "higher than any town in England." I also find in the report of the Chief Constable for 1869 the following :— 1868. 1869 Increase. No. of public-houses in borough of Salford „.114 114 — No. of beer-houses in borough of Salford ... 543 573 39 This statement also refutes your correspondent's, who says that " dozens of the publicans have been compelled to close and give up business on account of one-half of the inhabitants being pledged teetotallers. " I have no knowledge as to how many are total abstainers, but 1 should not think onetwentieth of the inhabitants are. With reference to the increase of chemists' shops here, I don't believe they have increased in proportion to the increase of dwellinghouses, for from our records the increase of dwelling - houses for the last five years has averaged over 500 yearly in this borough I can give no opinion as to the amount of opium and laudanum sold by each chemist, but your correspondent says one chemist alone sold weekly in Salford 3,000 grains of opium and three quarts of laudanum. This statement seems to me a cram, and not sober truth. I ask any reasonable man could this be done and the authorities not hear of it and an official inquiry be made ? I say no. I may state I have been for 14 years one of the sanitary inspectors in Salford, and in that capacity have visited nearly all the houses of the labouring classes, and have only just learnt that the large employers of labour have made the statement that " the men and women in their employ went through their work for weeks together under the influence of narcotics." And this startling information to come frqm the other side of the world. I trust none of the residents in your delightful country will swallow that pill. lam afraid the maxim ia fulfilled in this case, viz., "That to know what is being done in England we must go abroad." I cannot tell the end or aim your correspondent had in publishing such a statement, for I think no sensible man could give a moment's credit to it. In conclusion, I should recommend your informant to study and try to induce others to let truth prevail. — I am, &c, John H. Bell, Sanitary Inapeotor. Town Hall, Salford.

New York confectioner, who a few years ago taught his parrot to say "pretty creature" to every lady who entered the store, is now veiy rich. Ringworm in Calves : Calvea affected with ringworm are usually too poor to make good veal. A lotion applied with a brush or feather, composed of equal proportions of turpentine and spirits of wine is a safe remedy. "I'm so thirsty," said a boy who was at work iv the corn field. "Well, work away," said his industrious father, " you know what the prophet says — ' Hoe every one that thirsteth.' " A Philadelphia paper comments on the weather thusly : — "The showers of the last three days will cause every stalk of corn to carry ears like a jackass, while every watermelon will fancy itself a. lager-beer keg dressed in Paris green." A lady of New York of French parentages bright, witty, and good, became the wife of a gentleman whose business called him regularly every summer to Paris. In his youth his pace had been rapid, and the lady'» relatives gave many shakes of the head when talking of the marriage. He told her very frankly that he had been of naughty habits, but promised to be proper. And he made a .very good husband. On each return from Paris he brought her some nice little present ■ — sometimes a bonnet, sometimes a dozen of Alexandres, sometimes a dress. But on this, his eighth return, he surprised her by placing in her hands a magnificent lace shawl, the cost of which could not be less than seven or | eight hundred dollars. Well might her bright eyes sparkle, as they did, over the exquisite gossamer-like gift. Putting an arm tenderly around hia neck, and giving him a soft, sweet kiss, she said : " Ah, what a good, kind husband you are, to bring me such aj beautiful present ! But, Charley dear"( with a roguish smile), "how bad you must have been in Pans this last time." She knew him I The effects produced upon the rose by carejiul cultivation are known but little. It ij a | pl*nt which, requires the richest soji and close pruning to show itself in perfcqtion. We can hardly plant it in too rich a c >mpos{/, and frequently. Te» foaea are plantedin two-year- ' old horae manure with only a. little 'mixture of sand, and,' thus fed, they will "grow and bloom luxuriantly. Roses not only require y 'very rich soil when' first planted, but the* | need to haye it frequently enriched; and also require good drainage ; and, if the season is dry, copious, waterings are also needful. Soap sqjds are particularly beneficial to roafee, as the potash they contain is essential to the 'growth, of the plant. The soil should be frequently stirred About tbe root! to giro ttymiau. wrlnj, • - ; - J