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lead paste. As a consequence my whole family was 

 poisoned, one son almost fatally. Lead poisoning is 

 one of those fearful dangers, involving terrible suffer- 

 ing, that cannot be too carefully guarded against — 

 not only in well pipes but in faucets and receptacles. 

 An ignorant or careless plumber may undermine 

 the health of a household, even while apparent- 

 ly providing against danger. Let the water which 

 will be used for drinking purposes be brought 

 through iron pipes, carefully cemented with 

 graphite mixtures. Water obtained from a deep 

 well is always as cold as it is safe to use, and 

 you may cut off your supply of ice. Ice-water 

 is always more or less dangerous, while cold well- 

 water is almost never injurious. It is of an even 

 temperature, and sufficiently cold for rational 

 purposes. 



One of our ablest sanitary writers tells us that 

 *' Well-water, as it is found in the ordinary com- 

 munity, is rarely safe — where it is safe is the ex- 

 ception. One well of absolutely untainted water 

 may be found to ninety-nine that are more or less 

 impure.'* The same writer, speaking of reservoirs, 

 urges that, while possibly they may be suitable for 

 human use, the probability is that they contain 



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