The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-19
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While Frank Lockwood and Do
M. Putnam were coming home iron
hunting Thursday forenoon,they scare,
up a flock Of partridges. Will
watching for chance to shoot tn
birds, Putnam made a misstep ant
fell backward, striking Lockwood
gun, which was discharged, the sho
striking Putnam in the back anC
! bowels, killing him almost instantly
Mr.. Putnam was 2l years of age ant
a bright, active young nan.
| Two barns belonging to the estate o
the late HI. H. Walker, in Grafton
were burned Friday, together with &C
tons of hay, farming tools and two valu
Bile cows. There is no insurance
Cause of the fire is unknown.
The 18th annual banquet of the
Chicago Sons of Vermont was held
at the Grand Pacific hotel at Chicago
January II.
The State Board of Agriculture
hold meetings at Ludlow on the 23d
and oath of this month and at Graf
ton on the 25th and 26th.
Edgar Chiott, an employee in the
Burlington postofice, has been arrested
and lodged in jail, for burglarizing
letters,
The railroad commissioners gave a
hearing at Brattleboro last Friday on
the petition of Holden & Martin
against the Central Vermont Railroad
company for alleged discrimination in
freight rates. Decision was reserved.
Two lives were lost by a "head-on"
collision on the Bennington and Rut-
land railroad, about mile north of
South Salisbury station, soon after
$50 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The dead are
William Smith, engineer.
Earle Matteson, brakeman.
The injured. are:-
Ernest Waitmeyer, fireman, bruised
and scalded.
Harry Benson, express messenger,
one rib broken and leg badly jammed.
George Harrington, baggage master,
head cut.
The accident was due to a mistake
made by James Archer, train dispatch
er at Bennington.
Three COWS at the experiment sta
tion at Burlington, affected with tu-
berculosis, were killed Friday. The
state cattle commissioners, the board
of control of the station, DIR. F. A.
Rich, Drs. f. H. and G. A. Miller
and DR.. j. H. Hamilton of the state
board of health were present. In two
of the animals the disease was far ad-
vanced and was perfectly evident,
even to those not posted on it's symp-
toms. In these cases the tuberculo-
sis adhered to the ribs, lungs and I'D
ders. In the other COW the presence
of the disease was only detected in
the lymphatics. Prof. Hills says that
no butcher could perceive the disease
in such a case and the beef would
have been sold anywhere as sound,
healthy meat.
The calcasses of the cattle were re-
moved to wood lot about two miles
from the city and there burned. The
rest of the herd will be either buried
or burned in this lot. There are no
buildings near the lot ana Prof. Hills
says there would be no danger if there
was, as either burial or burning will
destroy the germ.
In speaking of the condition of the
herd Prof. Hills says that it empha-
sized the need of cattle inspectors in
this state such as are appointed in
Massachusetts and New York. More
tuberculosis Beef, milk and butter
was consumed than most people were
aware of and an inspector of cattle in |
the state would prevent great deal
of it. In most cases the disease couldi
only be detected in the living animal.
Prof. Hills thought an attempt would
be made at the next session of the
legislature to secure legislation to
protect the public health from the
evil.