Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-26
THE CATTLE nIsTEMPER.



Commissioners Lothrop and Walker had
consultation with medical practitioners of
Boston and vicinity, Wednesday forenoon, in
the Council Chamber at the State House in
Boston, to investigate matters in reference to
the cattle disease. There were present Drs.
Ellis and Cabot of Boston, Dr. G. A. Bates of
Worcester, DR.. Jeffries Wyman of Cambridge,
and Drs. Thayer and Dadd, veterinary sur
geons. They had before them, for examine
ton, specimens of the lungs of different ami
mails that have been killed while afflicted with
this malady Among others they had the one
weighing sixteen pounds, four times the usual
average weight. In consequence of the alb
sence of a number of medical men, whose
presence was desirable, and the fact that the
alcohol in which the lungs had been kept had
penetrated the mass and rendered it difficult to
dissect them, no definite conclusion was reach
ed in reference to the object of the meeting.
Another meeting will be held at the same place
this morning at nine O'Clock, when it is hoped
there will be a larger representation of the
medical profession present.
ers with the governor, yesterday, it was decid-
ed to endeavor to raise guaranty fund, say of
100000, to enable the commissioners to pro-
coed and extirpate the disease, as they have the
utmost confidence they can, by killing the
infected herds, or killing them on the owners
agreeing to rely for remuneration on the ac,
ton of the next legislature. In fact this mat
ter of funds is the only thing really needed,
to enable the work to be done. If the next
legislature will not pay the damages incurred
by the commissioners in going forward as in.
Dictated, then it is proposed to have the loss
apportioned among the subscribers to the
above fund 1t is thought one fifth of the
sum named will answer every purpose, and
there can be little question but that the next
general court will do the fair thing.
One of the commissioners, with character
istic liberality and public spirit, offers to sub
scribe $500, if Others can be found who will
follow it up so that sufficient amount may be
raised. Meanwhile, Dr. Dadd, acting for him
self and on his own responsibility. has by de-
voting little time to the matter, obtained the
subscriptions of nine gentlemen of wealth in
Boston and vicinity, who have put down 500
each, on the condition above stated, to enable
the commissioners to proceed. These nine
gentlemen are Marshal P. Wilder, E. P
Tileston, Edmond Munroe, Abbott Lawrence
Moses G. Cobb, Geo. b. Blake, Henry a
Rice, John G. Tappan, Charles McBarney
He proposes visiting others in that vicinity
and in other sections of the Commonwealth,
confident that he can greatly enlarge it,
On Tuesday afternoon, while the commits.
sioners were absent at Boston on official bust.
ness, they left DR.. Dadd to prosecute his inves.
ugation, in the infected district of North
Brookfeld. He visited the barn of J. c. Ayres.
who has thirty eight head of cattle, and found
them all free from the disease. The herd of
Mr.. Tucker was also found to be all sound He
killed a calf in the herd of Mr. Whiting, who
has several suspected animals, and found the
right lung enlarged to twice its natural size.
The left lung was studded throughout its sub.
stance with large spots of red Repatriation, and
had about one half pint of serum in the cavity
of the chest. Subsequently, he ascertained
that this calf was bought of Leonard Stoddard
in November last. The barn of Alanson Ham,
ilton in West Brookfeld, who has fifty
head of very fine cattle, was next visited, and
they were found to be all sound This stock
was inspected because the owner had been
drawing wood with his oxen through the in.
fected district.
The commissioners believe now that they
have ascertained the precise limits of this dis
ease, and it does not appear to be spread over
territory with radius of over three miles.
and that it is entirely confined to North Brook.
held, with the exception of one farm IN. w.
hookers) in New Braintree, adjoining North
Brookheld 1t is estimated there are remain.
ing three or four hundred cattle in the berds IN
the infected district contaminated with M.
disease, and it is thought by tho con,.
missioners that by summarily disnosi,a =,
them, as has been done with the otbers a.
proper remuneration TO the owners 10 oa.,
them from incurring the whole loss. the ds
ease may be entirely cradcated.
Commissioner Lathrop on Tuesday examn
ed several herds in the neighborhood Of NJ,