Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-03

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A Maine doctor, who weighs 2Vo
uounds and wss stationed ~ an IN
snsctor IN the woods near the border,
recently told me in an interesting way
ecme Of the sdyentures--and Adven-
4nrss they were, indeed--which he had
during bis Official stay in the wilder
ness during the late smallpox scare.
~ was sent" said he, ito I.owell's
township. through which the Canadian
Pacific railroad will pass. My station
vas near Gordon's camp, whore about
eighty men employed on that railroad
we're epcamped. The nearest railroad
station was at Lake Megantic, twenty
eieht miles away. i built . log cabin
and constructed . gate across the road.
No man went through that gate with
out being vaccinated. / had to deal
with . rough class Of men, and had
some scrapes that would read like
dime novel. Ny two assistants, riiie'
q revolver, . Newfoundland dog. and
suit of clothes with brass buttons,
which Iprocured after I'd been there
q while, helped me out. You see, no.
body lived near, and j had no moral
support. had to rely wholly on my
display Of physical force.
" Soon after we were established we
went down to Gordon's camp. and In
one day vaccinated every man oil the
eighty five employed there. They re-
belIed against it. but we made no talk
with them, going through them like a
flock of sheep. Several days afterward
word came to me that q crew was com
ing from the camp to tear down my
cabin and send me home. Some OF the
mems arms had swollen and become
exceedingly sore. went down to the
Camp at once and found mutiny i'm
pending. Many of the men were SICK
and angry. Several Of them were iaid
no and suffering severely. explained
the nature Of their trouble to them and
told them if they would keep calm |
would relieve them Of their pain. With
the help of morphine was able to pre-
vent the rumpus. | tell you it was an
excited crowd. They were afraid that
all of them would be taken down.
"a burly Scotchman swoTe he would
PASS my station without being vaccl-
mated one day. He was one Of a dozen
desperate fellows. had pitched
battle with him at last, and actually
vaccinated him with my foot on his
windpipe. Meanwhile my assistant
kept off the others with his gun. We
stuck the quill into every one of them.
"Often the Canadians tried to get by
me by stealing around through the
woods. One man, in making such an
attempt, was lost in the night. We
heard his cries and started in search OF
him. With the help Of our Newfound-
land we were able to rescue him, but
we did not arrive at our cabin till 4
o'clock in the morning, and the fellow
was nearly dead with cold and fatigue.
lie would have persisted but for the
doctors and the dog. A more scared
man than he was when We came upon
him you never saw.
"They adopted a curious way to
sneak by the Moose-river inspector one
day. Four men concealed themselves
in load Of hay and passed without be-
ing noticed. They crawled out too
soon. At the forks they were stopped
and sent back to be vaccinated.
81 was surprised to see the prejudice
those fellows had against vaccination.
1t existed among the Scotch and Eng
lish as we'll as among the French"