Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-12-02
STATE HOUSE.
Pork Poisoning Case Report
ed to Health Department.
Suggestions of Better Cattle Inspec-
tion in This Country.
Tough lime Experienced by a Surveying Party
at Lake Sebois, in 1926.


reported to Secretary A. G. Young of the
State board of health from a Maine ply
sician. 1t appears that on one Saturday
night, short time ago, family freely
partook OF baked beans, which had
been cooked in pork. Immediately
after this, the members became
very sick. Investigation made it evi-
dent that the whole family were poi
soned by diseased pork. Why was the
pork diseased? The people want to know,
and especially the family who were affect
ed. The health department., too are
somewhat curious on the subject and, in
reply to inquiries, DR.. Young said to a
Journal reporter, Saturday, that some
thing needed fixing
1.-The poisoning" said DIR. Young,
was, beyond the shadow of doubt,
caused by diseased pork. There Is no pos
sibility that the beans were infected, as
hurt anyone.
1.-The inspection of pork and cattle in
this country is not stringent enough
Foreign countries won't take cattle from
us without certificate that the animals
are perfectly free from disease. Most of
the foreign countries, if not all,
have a careful eye out not only
for any they may receive but also
any they may raise, and see to 1t that
none are killed for eating purposes un-
less they are all right.
SIN this country there IS little of that.
In the West, at Chicago for instance, the
big dealers, it Is generally believed, are
absolutely critical in regard to what they
receive. They have careful men, who ex
clude all the unfit There is nothing, how
ever, to prevent the less scrupulous deal
ers from taking animals which are dis
eased However much it may be within
the province of the dealer to refuse to re
csive cattle which he may have had of
fered him by the raiser knowing them to
anyone else's to have them killed, and put
out of the way, before they go further.
"While many dealers may refuse to re-
ceive q diseased animal, after IA time he is
likely to fine buyer, and be converted by
some INSCRIPTIONS dealer, to inestimable
harm
5,"There should be a commission created by
the United States, or, better by each state,
with power to stop this. 1t is ridiculous
that cattle which are refused by foreign
countries, as being unfit for them, should
be retained here, to be distributed.
A journal In the possession Of the Land
Agent, Charles Il. Oak, tells an interest
ing story of the meanderings of party of
eight men while surveying, in 1896 the
wooded regions, in the northern part Of
Maine The writer of the journal, one
Joe Norris, was in charge of the crew.
They had for guide, an Indian, called
Captain Francis" Francis was what
would now be called the Grand High
Monkey Monk of the expedition. He 1t
was who gave the orders, and they, in
course, obeyed at least all orders regard
ing the conduct of the march He it was
who had the endurance of iron, the
bravery of the lion, he the woodsman,
hunter and all that.
1t was in the latter part Of November,
1926, that this enterprsing party found
itself in the neighborhood of Lake Sebois,
In the northern part of Piscataquis
county, laying ont boundary lines, estab-
fishing landmarks, and doing many other
things that, at that early date were get
ting to be d matter of great necessity.
1t had been arranged that boatload of
provisions should be forwarded into the
lake to a point near its outlet Accord
ingly, the party had started away from its
last post, with a light stock of provisions.
On the appointed day, the party
arrived at the appointed place; no boat
was there, nor assistance.
The story goes as follows; ITO our
intense dismay not a sign of a boat could
we discover Up and down the shores OF
the lake. we searched in vain. 1t was
cold and the sharp wind sighed miserably
in the great trees, as the sun sank, that
unlucky night, But this night proved
TO be only one of many.
One Of our party because sick, and,
without proper nourishment, soon ialieu'
and finally, matters came to such pass
that we had to carry him. We followed
alonr the east shore of the lake, towards
the outlet in hopes of finding the boat
sThe stock of provisions grew scantier
than aver. We made a kind of soup OF a
small piece of pork, cooked IN WAFER
with pulverized bread, for thiokening'