Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-05

Trustee Of P,,5hc Money VIM. $. New
ton.
Fence Iie,rers, Geo. II. Harris, Emory
Chamberin, Oscar Fisher.
Grand Jurors, T.. +. Perry, Bdrna y.
Clark.
Inspector Of Leather, ;. II. Warren.
Pound Keeper, George Bishop.
HighcdV Surveyors, H. NJ. Cutting. II.
ii. Newton, w. NJ. Chamberlin. j. II. Sar-
gent, Henry Warmer, Daniel Sargent, III.
&. Shepardson, Charles Howard, Ed. {.
Duuklee, Charles Harris. l.. 4. Barney,
Dexter Ames, !. Il. Tan, John p. Sargent.
Z. w. Fisher, Chas. II. Winchester, s. n.
IIcrrck.
To,rn Igen,. +. Il. Campbell.
superintendent schools Chas. y. Div-
export.
Inspector OF lumber Alonz) Church.
The town clerk aud sclectmen we're elect.
ed riUe r0cc. Lowell \. Barney was chos-
en- Overscer of the Poor amer three bal
lettings, but declined to serve. The ballot
was rcsorted to in The cases of the second
aud third listers. u. +. smith, falling Of
election As one OF the listers. was compli-
mentel with the Office of pound Keeper,
but declined 10 serve.
In the matter Of grading High aud
Green streets, the sclectmen were author
lied TO act in their own discretion.
Voted to raise a tax Of TO cents on the
dollar Of the grand list in accordance with
the recommendation Of the auditors.
For County Commissioner, George Slate
had y votes and Geo. L. Gale {.
pr. HoLroN's LECTURE.
a good. sized audience was present in
Harmony hall ON Tuesday evening to hear
DIR. Holtou's lecture On doctors aud Pa
iiculs." The adde's, while being SUM-
| c,enuy spicy and varied to interest the av-
| erAge listener, VA, in the main Of practi-
cal turn. II might, in fact, properly he
termed AN cirne., plea for preventive sani-
tIry measures A. regards the health OF indi-
vidual> and Of communities. In opening
| the doctor said that the trne physician does
! not visit his patients as belonging 10 any
| special "schOOl' Of medicine, but simply as
| a scientific man " no i bound - use every
! known remedy or means for the alienation
! OF pain aui the cure Of disease. a hearty
! chats 50" from the audience greeted the
reference 10 the old poem which says, in
effect, that "when a patient j. very sick the
| doctor is a god when the patient is better
! the doctor j. an angel when the patient re-
| covers the doctor Is man; but when he
| presents his bill thu dOctnris 4 rcry derH -
! The history Of medicine from its origin a.
| nong the ancient Egyptians down through
the days OF the myth cal E>culapius and of
| Hippucrltes, to the lime Of its final sepata-
| ton frotd the science Of philosophy, was
! briefly skctched, aud he rapid advances Of
| modern times referred To-. The science OF
| the present day does not look upon sick
| ness, plague or pesti!guce a. the visitation
! r al an Al - IN T. ~ a
| inevitable result Of the violation Of Datural
laws. The efficacy ot prayer, the doctor
said, in enabling the sick 10 bear their suf-
| fetings with patience, to prepare them for
death. or TO comfort the beTeaved, j. be-
I yOud question, but 1t cannot turn aside the
fixed law OF nature. Tue explicit state
! mCnis and sound arguments on the point
Of proper sanitary precautions in which
the lecture abUunded. are worthy Of care
fUl cJn liberation by the people of this COM
muuity. The doctor said that this country
needs 20 bo Taught that il is 4 crime tn poi
son the air Of 4 town, city or ncighbOrhOod
bv bad sewerage or any sort OF filth and
uncleauuess. Amer pointing oct the fallacy
! OF the usuaI course VI reasoning ON the eco
monte effect Of high rate of mortality, the
! last legislature was sharply criticised Tor
its unWise course in refusing to establish =
State board Of health because 1t would cost
the paltry sum Of perhaps 5000 or $500.
1t is quite likely that the doctors assertion
| that no community has any business 10
have typhoid fever in its midst may have
startled some OF his bearers, but the idea is
unqucslionably in accord with the best sci
entific thought of the day. The old notion
that a man has a bad cold or a sore finger,
and it "runs into" typhoid fever, was pro-
nounced entirely wrong. Bad air, eNhaus-
ton, improper living, may prepare the
way. but typhoid fever itself must invaria-
bly, come from specific germ, and at no
distant day this disease VIII he eiiectually
stamped out, just a. j. now done with
cholera IN our large cities. The necessity
OF a better water supply for our village than
that which now comes from a side hill. re-
ceiSing the drainage Of barns aud out
buildings, was referred To-. ard in closing a
brief glance was given az the medical sci
once Of the future. In the good time com
ing when the laws Of health are universal
Is observed, the doctors employment will
BY no means be gone; lie will all the more
be looked upon with Difference and respect.
At least nr. HOlton said, the coming ply
stefan will not need the advice given him
by his old master, Dr. Mott Of New York,
who, in bidding hun good speed a. he was
going ont into the world, said: "ln your
waiStcoat you must have two pockets-One
verv large one. and one very small one
the large one FIR insults, the small one for
fe9s-pprket them both"