The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-30
The TuberculOsis Record.

Victor |. Spear, of the state board of
cattle commissioners. says that from
March s to August -, G15 cattle in
the eastern half of the state have been
tested with tuberculn. Six per cent,
ar n animals, reacted the test and
have been killed. and all were paid for
at one half value. The total amount
paid was S1S7. 80, AN average OF nearly
sl6 per head, representing an apprais-
ed value of So. The herds tested
have been those in which disease was
suspected, and of the 40 herds tested
disease was found in only II, which
indicates something of the deceptive
nature of the physical SYMPTOMS OF the
disease. In all cases where tubercu-
losis has been found, the source OF the
disease has been investigated. and IN
no instance has tuberculosis been
found where there was any reason to
believe it had generated in the herd.
1.-The state has reason to be grateful
that investigation has SO far removed
so few cases. says the commissioner,
"though it is impossible from data
vet obtained to estimate the per cent
age for the state. Still, enough has
been done to make it reasonably sure
that the percentage is a small one.
The fears expressed by many persons
that the present law upon this subject
would prove weak and useless, because
! il did not permit the use of tuberculin
without the consent OF the owners of
the herds. seem to have been without
cause. In the work so far done the
owners of herds have co operated with
1 the board and. with few exceptions,
wherever the disease has been suspect
ed. the owners have requested and in
sisted upon having the animals tested.
The greatest difficulty SO far met with
has been a want of sufficient force to
do the work applied for. In IA few
wears. with the assistance of the farm
/ ers of the state, | believe that the dis
I ease can be eXterminated.
( A Tale of Assault.
Mrs. Lora Knipes. who lives at the
! foot of Bald mountain, about three
miles and a hale from Rutland. tells Il
curious tale of an assault made upon
( her a week ago last Thursday night.
She says that two days before two
young men, one light and the other
dark, undertook to carry several pals
of blackberries away from her place
/ and would have done SO but for DIES
perate resistance on her part. The
young man in light clothes threatened
to burn the house and Kill her, and
drew revolver to emphasize his
threat. On Thursday night, the house
was set ON fire and she and her nephew
say that as she ran out she was knock
ed down by the same young man and
remained unconscious for some time
Ia, ri, IA fire
quickly extinguished. Mrs. knipes
assailant escaping in the confusion
Mrs. Knipes was removed the next day
to the home of Mrs. Charles +. Ems,
low. her sister, in Rutland and did
not recover from the shock for several
DAYS. Her husband said he should in
form the authorities, but neglected 10
do SO, and nothing was known about
the matter till last Wednesday, when
the Rutland police were notified.
Mrs. Carlos True of Derby Line, is
fatally i'll as a result Of her somnam.
bulistic tendencies. She was just re
covering from severe illness when she
walked out doors in her night clothes
and laid down on the ground. PERI
tonitis SET in and she cannot live.
The Lamoille passenger train was
bombarded with stones thrown by per
sons secreted in a corn field near EsseA
Junction, and every window was brok
en- in one side of a combination car,
Fortunately. there were no passengers
in the car and no one was hurt
Arthur Sheehan of East WalingforC
recently got home from the House o
Correction. where he had been serving
= term of eight months for assaultina
an officer and battering two of his
neighbors. He naturally felt LITTLE
hilarious at being released from con
finement and proceeded to fill himself
up with some LIQUID which added Il
his exhilaraton. Then he got into ;
row with Frank Sweeney, and aftei
thev had interchanged few blows h,
seized Sweeney's lower lip with his
teeth and tore off piece of it, making
an ulgv wound. DR.. HaZen tiXcC
Sweeney s lip as well Us he could, bu'
the piece of flesh which Sheehan hi
off cot lost in the shuttle or else Shee
han swallowed it, and Sweeneys face
will be badly dishgurcd. Shechan fec
and cannot be- found.
4. j. BAIL. in charge of the Bur
Gngtou CITY barns, was struck in tn,
forehead by an ugly horse Tuesda!
morning and was unconscious for som'
time but does not seem To have suffer
ed permanent injury.
George X. Rogers of Morristown, y
j.. recently indicted for abandoning
James Milton Rogers at hotel II
New York, as told in the Reformer
pleaded guilty Friday and will prob
ably be sentenced 10 two years impris
onment