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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent §tre filmds d des taux de reduction diff^rents. Lorsque le ii^ocument est trop grand pour dtre repro'^uit an un ssuJ clich6, !! «»st film6 d partir de I'angle sup^rieur gauche, de &auche d droite, et de haut "jn bas, en prenant le nombrd d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 n 22 1 6 CANADA ^^^^^^^ NATrONALK STORY OF A^^rTme "^ Deed without a Name" /x. Montreal, 1885. In the land of the Canucks, In the valley of St. Lawrence, In the city of Mount Royal, Lives a people, French and English, Lives a people fond of pleasure, Lives a people so neglectful Of the dirt and filth abounding In their streets, and lanes, and alleys, In their houses, yards and bodies, That the dread disease zymotic Waich delights in dirt and filth- Found a dwelling in Mount Royal, Found a home in filth aboundino- T *" In the east end of Mount Royal. There in filth it luxuriated, Grew in strength and virulence, A^or p-5 O'^Q pi'¥^4' Whilst the City Fathers busied^ Busied o'er the spoils and contracts. Cared not, thought not, of the monstt^r, That was knawing at our vitals, Slaughtering children by the score ; Till their cries for help and pity Reached the papers, Star and Witness — Star and Witness^ of Mount Royal. Then these papers, moved by pity, Cried in tones of fear and frenzy. We must find a powerful magic, Magic that will save our people From the horrid plague small-pox, That is killing off our children, — Children of both French and English, In their homes of dirt and filth. (Still the filth and dirt abounded, And was left to accumulate.) What the papers looked for, sought for. Wished for, longed for, was vl fetish ; Not clean homes, and lives and bodies, Something wonderful and magic, — i e. :s- or. :S, To hoodwink and fool the peopl People of both French and English. So the papers, S/ar and Witness, Called on doctors learned and wise Asking and beseeching of them Something wonderful, mysterious. To - stamp out " the plague, small-pox. All the doctors met in council French and English came together. Looking owlish and mysterious. To prepare a powerful y9//>/; ; Fetish that would save the people From the dread disease zymotic Now grown strong, in filth abounding. They selected for their chairman Dr. Peacock, noted for his arrogance, Who appeared upon the platform Holding in his hand a paper. On which was written words of magic ; Words describing a volvq fetish That would save, would save the people From the dread disease, small-pox. Dr. Peacock read the paper Which described this powerful y^/zV//, And in tone of voice comnaanding He directed all the doctors, All the doctors, French and English, To accept it as thoir fetish — As the true and oxAy fetish That could " stamp out " the sniall-pox. All the doctors bowed their heads, Bowed their heads in humble worship All save one, who said he couldn't — Said he wouldn't — bow his head to any fetish^ Bow his head to naught but Truth, Then the doctors made a rumpus ; Such a roaring, rousing rumpus. In which the dainty Peacock joined ; Strutting up and down the platform, Scolding like a market huckster, Crying out in fretful anger, It is Dr. A. M. Ross — (our Nemesis) — Who dares to doubt this mighty fetish — Dares to question and defy us I '■ ox. fetish, 1 In our council hall this day ? Cries and shouts of " Put him out!" Rose from doctors French and English. Put him out they didn't dare to, Thought the jv,b too heavy for them ; But they passed a vote of censure, Hoping that would crush and ruin him,- Crush and ruin the only doctor Who had dared to doubt the fetish. Then the papers, Star and Witness, Took t\\Q fetish from the doctors: Took t\i(i fetish to their sanctums : Welcomed they the powerful /^/'/>//,— Fetish that was sure to save them. Save them from the plague zymotic. Then the papers, Star and Witness, Joined in daily song and chorus O'er the virtues of their fetish ; But the people, French and English, Were both slow and apathetic To believe the Star and Witness— Though these papers cried Alarm! 6 NauGjht can save you but ^m fetish / Fetish that yt)u must believe in, Fetish that you must bow down to And receive into your bodies, In the innermost recesses Of your very souls and bodies, And the bodies of your children. Still the people would not listen, — Listen to the threats and urgings Daily made by Star and Witness ; But these papers were relentless, And determined that the people Should en fnasse be made to worship, And shell out their hard-earned dollars To the Vaccine Calf erected By the doctors as thair fetish. Meetings of the rich and powerful Must at once be called to aid them, — Aid the papers, Star and Witness, In their crusade 'gainst the people Who despised and loathed t\iQ fetish. Came the rich men of Mount Royal, f ' p Cairiu tlie Sinitliora, Gaults and Allans, Cumu tlK3 Torratices, Orummoads, Stephens, Came the Clergy of Mount Royal, Came the Methodists and Presbyterians, Came the Baptists and Episcopalians, High Church, Low Church, met together, Joined the doctors and the papers In their fetishacss and cries ; Brokers, bankers, merchant tailors, Manufacturers, grocers, nailers, l*riests and doctors met together And denounced the anti-vaccinator Who alone in all Mount Royal Would not bow down to t\\Q fetis/i, Or acknowledge that the doctors Had tbe right to force the people : iVce the people, French and English, To receive into their bodies. And Mie bodies of their children, The foul virus of a beast. Tiien die papers. Star and Witness, -Bolder -rew and more defiant; 8 They demanded that the workmen — The poor workmen of the city — Should receive into their bodies Tlie filthy virus of tYidiT fetish. Not a murmur must be uttered, Nothing but to bare their strong arms, And admit the ^\i\iy feiish In the innermost recesses Of their very souls and bodies. If the workingmen refuse Thus to sacrifice and worship, And shell out their hard-earned dollars To the Vaccine Calf erected By the papers and the doctors : Turn them out of their employment, Let their wives and children starve ; Workmen have no right to think / Their's it is to toil and labor, Yield obedience to the doctors, Who grow rich at their expense. Day by day the Star and Witness Lashed the people into fear ; M 9 i IS. - irs M Lashed them into dread and panic, Till the clerks, both men and women, Rushed in hundreds to the shambles, Shambles of the jjjreedy doctors Who are gathering in the dollars- Dollars from the poor and needy. And the school-boys brisk and hearty, They must yield their little arms And admit into their bodies Vaccine virus from the fetish — Fetish that now rules supreme. And the little girls so pretty, Pretty, innocent and pure, They, too, must receive the fetish, Fetish that may mar their beauty. Health and beauty for their lives. Still the dread disease, zymotic, Nourished by the filth abounding In the lanes, and streets and dwellings. Where the Board of Health had left it, (While they worshipped the sham fetish Set up by the greedy doctors,) 10 Grow more destructive day by day, Slaughtering children by the score, Till eight hundred empty cradles Spok J in tonei of solemn warning 'Gainst the worship of a fetish ; Fetish powerless to save them From the dread disease small-pox. But the doctors and the papers More remorseless grew each day — In their purpose that the people Should 671 masse be vaccinated, Or they'd know the reason why. An old and barbarous law was found Suited to their brutal purpose : This the doctors brushed up, fixed up, And in working order got it, That they might break down the spirit Of the people who defied them — Who despised their filthy fetish. Then the vaccinating doctors Sang a song of joy and gladness, Rubbed their palms in expectation ! I 11 T P» it I Of the dollars they would capture From the people of Mount Royal. Orders now were issued quickly To the greedy vaccinators To begin their loathsome work, Backed up by the law and papers. At this, the people, stirred to madness, On September twenty-nine, Rose in anger and defiance, Stormed the office in the East End Where the fetish had been set up, Tore the doors and windows out. Burnt the Kingston vaccine pamphlets (With other rubbish of that kind,) And the hated " Picotte " cards — Smashed the houses of the doctors, (The vile, vaccinating crew) Marched in triumph through the city And attacked the City Hall, Frightening doctors and policemon Till they shook with fear and frenzy, Till they found a place of safety 12 'Neath the tables and the sofas Where the Aldermen preside. Now the people, French and English, French and English of Mount Royal, Hate the papers, hate the doctors. Hate the vaccinating robbers, Who have brought them to this state By their false cries and alarms. All the merchants, bankers, millers, Find their business going to ruin. Find their notes and debts increasing. Find their debtors cannot pay, 'Cause the city is '• boycotted " As a plague spot, foul and bad ; All the railroads, hotels, steamboats, Going to ruin and decay, All because the greedy doctors, And the papers, Star and Witness^ Made a panic without cause, Urging faith in a false fetish, Fetish, powerless to save us From the filth disease, smallpox. 13 .. Orders now are issued daily, Issued from the Health (?) Department, That the doctors and detectives (Companionable creatures) Must, like bloodhounds, seek their prey ; Go from house to house together, Searching every hole and corner, Prying in each nook and cranny, For the babies and the children Whom the mothers and the nurses Have secreted from the Herods — Worse than Herods — vaccinators ! Now the people of Mount Royal, Coralled in their doomed city. None can 'scape the vaccine doctors, Without worshipping the fetish. Fetish that has failed to stamp out. Fetish that has surely stamped in The filthy plague smallpox. Hundreds of our little children, Hurried to untimely graves, Have been sent there by this fetish, u Since the tweniy-third of May. Never yet was a great city Cursed with such imbeciles As rule to-day in old Mount Royal. Shame ! on the cowardly crew, Who have wrought our city's ruin By their panics and alarms ! Now the people, French and English, French and English of Mount Royal, Are surrounded on all sides By a corps of vaccinators, Armed with lancets, slips or points. None can 'scape their filthy fetish. All the railroads, steamboats, crossroads. Leading from the doomed city, Guarded are by vaccinators. Vaccinators on the right, Vaccinators on the left, Vaccinators in front, — None can 'scape the vaccinators. Except, through fine or prison ! Now V e story I have told you. bi 15 Of the cownrdly crime committed By the papers Star and Witness, Instigated by the doctors, On the people of Mount Roval. 1, H > ads, fi Montreal, 1985. In the city of Mount Royal Lives a people, clean and healthy, Who have read in books of story Of the follies of their fathers- Just one hundred years before — How they trusted in a fetish ; Fetish they were told could save them From a dread disease zymotic, Long since banished from our planet By the use of soap and water. Now the streets are clean and tidy, Nowhere now can filth be seen ; All the yards and lanes and alleys Free from smells and sights unclean. Now the doctors are kept busy — 16 Not in forcing vaccination 'Gainst the wishes of the people, But in teaching little children How to grow up strong and healthy, Strong and healthy, good and wise ; And the papers. Star and Witness^ Star and Witness of the time, Are employed in teaching people All the virtues of hygiene. And the people they are happy In their homes of health and beauty ; Homes, where Cleanliness presides. C>C^ 'C*««>A^>/ JU^- /o ys'r^