Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-04-28
MISCELLANY.
From the Springfield Republican,.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.

'A'' N-h iAsiA biA'is-ht'ls.
Tho Coniagion and Excitcmcn, Incrcn.ing
.-OVcr Seventy Cattle Killed and One
hundred more TO be killcd--Thc Appro-
Priniion Exhausted.
The commissioners for the extirpation of the
cattle disease are again this week at North
Brookfeld, and find cause for increased anxiety
in the development of the character of the dis
ease and the extent to which it has spread in
that region. We joined the commissioners
there on Thursday, and give some new and i'm
portant information on the subject. Drs Dadd
of Boston, Thayer of Newton, Bates, Bemis.
Woodard and Sargent of Worcester and Brecll
OF Springfield, were in attendance. and about
fifty of the neighboring farmers. The first
place visited was Leonard Stoddard's, who has
~ head, mostly young cattle, all of whom are
supposed to be affected. Since September last
Mr. Stoddard has lost thirteen head, at intervals
of two or three weeks. Six animals, chiefly
low in flesh, were slaughtered and dissected in
the course of the forenoon. They included, as
was supposed before killing them, some of the
extreme cases, the worst and lightest specimens
of the malady. All were found to be bad. worse
even than was feared The last one Slaughter
ed was II good -siaed Aeri,,, u, ,;njivI Gov, wnUm
Mr. Stoddard claimed was ireest from the dis
ease of any animal In his herd. Her lungs
proved to be on one side tuberculous and heavy.
1t was thought she might have lived some
months, as does person in consumption. In
the afternoon, the herds of W. III. Ayers, T..
Haston and Alden Olmstead, were visited. At
the two former places the owners only suspected
the presence of the disease. At the latter place.
five out of twenty-three head had died, three
had been killed by order of the commissioners,
and two Others a COW and Il calf, were Slaugh-
tered at the time of our visit. The calf was
'Vi! sim i''''il'ins u hc uoWH' WIN
uoulpiis aPPcHiahce' snort; sasP'hS oreath'
.''N 'no 'io' iouuei,lo NUN" ,Iu souh" Wheh
e:;Epeu upo" =! e ene "nSGrs. Inc COW nau oe,h
"'i,"s S'"Ne '"e "'e' Vi '"Iua'!' u, H'st si'c
Iolus'u " cat 'hS' urooPeu her heau' ana lor
some ulhe was Gaiiy expected TO dle' some
."o o! 'iree weeks since she sol oei'er' went
~ ea."s, u"' n's elnoe saileu III hesh IN OF
uel 'H'' '''e P'! sIe'"s "il.' PoPui"ce niSht see
.i .'e ie.uPei"'Ne power oi iuture III case OF
.lIs hinu' ,.ic u'i'u'a. was s,a'h' She was taken
i''o al uuJoii,inS neiu' "oouhdihs III already
ueep' P,ep"I.u Sastic-Sra,es' rapped upon tne
heau' p'Iu' ,he icit irot ieP removed the mae
sAinheu oack 10 the mlodie OF the oody, and
several OF r the RIOS nearest the shoulders with
orawh' me nrst thihg houceaole was the ib-
ious aunes'oh vi the lungs 10 tne rlos' Inc
ieil iu"e was fehoNeu' ana iouhu TO De soiid,
neaN!' "'u " ooiii"iii Il ueeP aoscess, Oh cut
'ns ~ oien, !e,'eWiSii mater n. oi the cohsis,
fence ol Tar r issued ireeiy; MS lung was found
I" MeiSn ~ Poulus, "hiie tnat on tue rlght side
wtlsneu Shy - pounds me heart was
UNI tl,n ana haoo!' anu me iHGr studded with pus-
.uieS' anu its surface plt'ed iike case OF small
pvH. Inc uoclors nave saved II Tor further eX-
hip,1loh ana examination;
w we were toiu oy Dr' mayer gentleman OF
ski,l' Mhon the commissioners employ IN these
examinations, a i, Inat mus lar he has iound the
leiI iurg most diseased IN recent acute cases.
Si,u ,e IishS .un8 ch9hy III SLOW CHROME cases;
~. .ir Vnsleau tens US lnat the iirSt symptoms OF
the uiSease arc drooplnS OF the head' cough,
reiu:ai re- l, 10 eat ana painting Tor breath Some
Si nis a.'i'ilals haNe aoS'aiheu rom loon LOT
1Ir.n'snl, iI ana W others nave eaten on the day
tne! uleu' we houced that Mr. oimsteads
.; Ga," was new uslt ana without any Venhie'
;ol, ",lG M Ia'e no uouot lhat want oil proper AR
iS o'le VI II'e Inducements Oh the disease ihat
LILY, e u''1.uer r ~ conlaslous' Inere can De little
uou'i' ou' az Tnat s'age II Is trahSmlssaole' no
o,le I h"ows, 1--WE, from ON nve 10 ten Gays usually
.n"pSe ,s oe'"ee" '"e exposure anu 'ne symp-
'o'h.' .. A.. Ill.,.
ht present the uisease is cohhneu 10 terrl-