Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-30

they are intelligent, honorable men. lie
then spoke of the relative size of Vermont
among other States. and then noted our
influence in the national councils. amt 0ur
influence i'm the nation ut large. The
vast amount of produce sent to our East
ern markets from the West. came early
from Nermontcrs. Ncrlnonters manage
the custom houses iii Boston ami New
York, the great commercial cities oil the
land How much of President Hayes
sterling sense comes from his Vermont
ancestry is larger than many think. He
thought the nation might with rare WIS
dom como directly to Vermont for our
next national executive. This alluslon to
Senator Edmunds was received with en-
thusiastic applause. He then urged upon
the society ut some time careful attention
| to the care of orr forests.
Col. Whitaker and others spoke on the
topics presented.
The committee appointed 10 prepare
resolutions on the death of the late ex-
Governor Peck. reported as follows, by
ex-iov. Smith, who prefaccd the report
with some brief but appreciatlve remarks,
dwelling especially on his personal friend
ship and regard for the deceased:
WHEREAS Ey the inscrutahlc decree Of an All
| Wise Providence. this socIey has lost one Of lis
most distinguished and valued members 10y death,
| the Hon. As.hel Peck therefore.
Er~oircj, That. a. an association. We deeply de
plurc the loss from our membership OF one whose
nuSirOuS character added strength and dignity To
! our body and whose wise cuunSels contributed
much To lis success.
| EesoLrei That in the death Of Gov Peek. We in
common with all the people of Vermont, have lost
one of the best examples oi pure. simple anu up
right life. On the bench. al the bar "a Il legislator
AMI The chief Executive Of the state he Ills
played eminent wisdom and intense and unialiering
| devotion 10 the highest welfare OF the Common
wealth 10y his practical attention To agriculture.
one oi his most iavortr pursuits IN the intervals
Of retirement from the duties of public life, he FUR
nished an example of conirntment and simplicity
Of character worthy of imitation bv ali our people.
Resoired That as a token of onr respect TO his
memory these resolutions he entered on the records
of this ASSOCIATION, aud that the secretary he IN
siructed 10 furnish copy TO the press o the state
for publication.
y. 7. SPEhGUE, Committee
H. ". VAL.
Gov. Proctor spoke briefly of ex-Gov.
Peck and his personal regard for him.
Hon T.. ID. Mason, who was a lifelong
friend and almost nrighbor Of Gov.
Peek, spoke at length Of the eminent
worth Of the deceased The resolutions
were unanimously adpptrd
FRIDAY MORNING.
The session opened with a paper by
DIR. Englehardt, the chemist of the On
: ondaga salt works of Syracuse, \. Y.
! entitled Hygiene of NIilk' He spok,
first of the chemical principles involved
, in the production of milk, of its rar,
sensltiveness to odors, its ready absorb
) ton of the germs of contagious disease
After having elaborated these points, h
: passed to the consideration of the prope
surroundings and care in the handling o
r milk. and the evil results arising from
: neglect of these essentials. Typhoid feve
: is often spread 10y tainted or decease,
milk. \ destructive epidemic of typhoi'
t fever broke out in certain families of
town, who were found to all have ha,
l their milk of one man, and an examina
5 ton proved that the focal discharges of
= Young man sick with typhoid fever pass
! ed near or through the stables wher
/ the cows We're MIXED Dampness breed
1 fungi, spores of contagion and disease
He has found in his experience as
health officer that milk and butter ar
constantly tainted by kitchen odors
| swill barrels, etc. People have com
t planned of their salt, when examination
: showed that it had been kept in cellar
= where salt fish, kerosene oil and othe
4 strong smelling substances We're kept
t He urged the necessity of plenty of ligh
and air i'll stables, to prevent odors tina
: faint milk, AMI promote funsoid growtl
2 which breed poison, disease and death
/ He would have all cattle eXcrements r.
= moved from the stables. and the liquid
: conveyed into tight cisterns- Stable
| shuuld be occasionally whitewashed
and fumigated The best way to fumi
| gate stable is to put a quantity of oh
D sulphur in an iron dish. pour on a fey
ounces OF alcohol, set fire to it in tn
I tightly close stable, leaving it close
, from twelve to twenty-four hours. TIL
I fumigating process kills all the spore
= and fungi. 4 milk room should hav
these three qualifications, freedom frol
> all unceanness. cvenness of temperatur
irrespective Of the weather, and absolut
/ ,lryueSs