Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-24

The citizens of Westboro at public meet
ing on Monday last adopted resolution re-
| questing the governor to call an extra session
of the legislature. committee of three from
each school district was chosen, with instruc-
tons to prevent the entrance OF cattle from
suspected quarters, 10 correspond with neigh
boring towns on the matter, and to take such
other precautionary measures as may be deem
| ed necessary for safety A general resort to
| some such course as this, by all the towns, is
the only safe policy. The people of Northboro
and Millbury, among other towns, have been
alarmed at the reported appearance of this
malady in their respective localities, but
proper medical examination shows that no
cases exist there. The suspicion, in both in
stances, arose from the fact that certain cattle
had been purchased from the neighborhood
of the Brookfelds, but no instances of expo
sure to diseased animals could be traced in
either case. So all cause of alarm in those
quarters is dispeled.
Some of the Connecticut papers express
fears that the disease has gained a footing in
that state. To remove all doubt, DIR. Dadd
of Boston visited the suspected district (Staf-
ford Springs day or two since, and exam
ined one or two animals, and pronounced
them infected with pleuro- pneumonia of the
worst type. The people held town meeting,
which was addressed by DR.. Dadd, and a COM
mitee was appointed to confer with the State
Board of Agriculture upon the subject. The
animal butchered was imported from Stur-
bridge in this county. The Hartford Times,
Diet aiing the circumstances Of the cases in
Stafford and vicinity, says:-
The legislature must pass more arbitrary law,
prohibiting the movement of cattle from one town
to another and from farm to farm, and stopping the
ngress of all cattle from other states, except under
special permission of the commissioners, the de-
structve disease will spread over the state, and
| make general sweep of cattle in its course. The
disease may already be- in its incipent stages, in
| half the towns of Connecticut.
1t is very important that these persons hav-
ing in charge the examinations Of the cattle
supposed to be diseased, should know all the
appearances of the lungs of healthy cattle
slaughtered for the shameless In North Brook
field and New Brantree many cases were ex-
amined, in the lungs Of which were found
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er and in others the lung or lungs seemed to
be filled with congested blood not much higher
colored than usual, the lungs retaining more
nearly the size of the chest than ordinarily, and
moi collapsing on being taken from the chest,
as much as usual. These cases were suppos-
ed to be lobular pneumonia, and enlargement
of the lungs, from the incipient stage of the
contiguous disease DIR. Bates and DIR. Mar
tin of this city, examined four cases of cattle
from Illinois, killed for the market, and pro-
nounced by the butchers to be healthy, in
which cases these appearances, of both kinds,
showed themselves in marked degree in the
different lungs. The butchers informed them
that this appearance was apparent in large
per cent. of the cattle killed for eating