Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-16


The article from q" Stakeholder Cf the lZ.b,
II unanswered, w.ll deceive many lie says
"W hen WAIKIKI Chief wa brought here, sst
spring. be hsi severe coi' I admit this Re
says further d" This Wss allowed % continue
abou, the horse through the summer, either by
the neglect or inability - the Superintendent 90
cure HIN
When We purchased abe horse. he vas hut
Just over hsri attack # influenza THE left
him in condition TO tske coli easily. On the
cars be wa very restless sweating proflssl j. ~
times, snI 10 spite ol my best efforts, be took
some cold on the wsy home to-k immediate
pSius 10 get him On TO nash Diet, giving the
usual mild medicine Of tsx-seei tes, sud small
doses Of c.ecsmpaue, poWderei le11rice end
slippery elm. The horse sU0n meuiei, AMI
took him to Weeds Hotel, IN Sae.durn, May ID.
Some tea Or fifteen days after be went 20
Weeds. be took quite severe coll. / .m-
melistely ordered m.shes Gud remedies, same as
before, and the horse Fss soon relieved. On the
18th Of June. / took him 20 the farm Here, I
could watch sni manage BIN. I soor found
thst although his general health was good, that
A slight cs.arrh would sppeir ST Que n5stril o,-
casioually damp day or two would increase
il considerably, and 81 times taere would seem
TO be slight bronchial trouble. Then a wees or
more OF fine, pleasant weather would cause il 20
disappear, and on the whole, (th0ugh the csfsrrh
seemed obstina;e,) It diminished. During thiC
time no father could be much more anxious for
= sick child than ! was for this horse Notice
that the horse came TO the farm the 10th June,
snd on the 9th Of August Dr. Bry len gave him
active medical treatment Some three i IS be-
fore DR.. 3 saw him he got some ncw cold,
though, slmost unacc0uuisby, Dr.. b. did not
consider him in immediate danger, bat thought
be ought 20 hsve sctive treatment The Doctor
prescribed and followed OUT his prescriptions
faithfully for the time being In : lev weeks
the Doctor called and pronounced the horse
doing finely. And he i-1s relieved Of HE cold,
and the weather vas dne. But be hsd been 81
well al summer, save few days Al time. AZ
be then was, for two al lesst Of our executive
committee, though seeing HIM often, in the
stable and at exercise, failed 70 notice any siiug
about him But few damp, chilly day
suticei to return his cstarIh worse han ever.
This worried me. and I said 70 ilr. blodgett.
that fesre1 Dr. b did not understand his case.
But Blodgett hsd ell confidence in the Doctor.
[ wrote to Dr. Dryden and told him
the condition Of the horse, ani received
package Of medicine with instructions for use.
This was about October lst We could &c,
but one half a dose down the horse by
using Sll the means ordered. / then examined
the medicine, and Immediately discarded It al
together. | DO not nov believe If was the thing
for the horse As soon as | discarded this, put
the horse or. to the ssme medicine that Dr.. Dodd
gave 70 horse Of mine, lsborins under the
same difficulty. | wish to be understood tnat A.
this time the horse was in a worse state than he
had been since his arrival in Vermont. | wish
it also understood thst took the liberty to dis
card the Doctors treatment altogether and fJl-
low my own judgment in the csse. The horse
recovered under my care and treatment II
proof is wanted. We will shos all the MEDICINE,
now on hand, left by DR.. B. or sent by him, since
about September 20ih. save one-hslf dose Pos
sby the presence Of the medicine in the stable,
worked a subtle, incompTehenEble cure.
As to misrepresentation, have stated that
knew nothing Of DR.. Z coming the last time
till he came. supposed because his home is in
Boston that he was ordered from that place
But It makes no difference It Is to be hoped
thst cur company will be 20 fortunate rs to Sc
cure Superintendent capable Of knowing the
condition Of the stock and when to call in vet
erinsry aid.
am very veil aware that the closest watch
has been kept over me for the lsst few months,
for the sole purpose of finding fault with my
management here. Notwithstanding this, |
have enteavorei to 90 my duty without fear or
favor LEONARD 7. TUCKER
Shelburn, Feb 18th, 1872