Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-16
A DOCTORS ADVENTURES.
vaccinating at the MuzzIe of a Gun

VaccinAting at the Muzzle OF n Gun
Morphine for n Mutinous Camp.
A Maine doctor, who weighs two
hundred pounds. and was stationed as
an inspector in the woods near the Dor
der, recently told me in an interesting
way some Of the adventures adj
ventures they were, indeed which he
had during his official stay in the will
derness during the late smallpox scare.
81 was sent said he, 'to L0wells
township, through which the Canadian
Pacific railroad will pass. My station
was near Gordon's camp, where about
eighty men employed on that railroad
were cncamped. The nearest railroad
station was at Lake Megantic, twenty
eight miles away. | built log cabin
and constructed Il gate across the road.
No man went through that gate with
out being vaccinatcd. had to deal
with rough class Of men, and had
some scrapes that would read like u
dime novel. My two assistants, rifle,
q revolver, Newfoundland dog, and a
suit of clothes with brass buttons,
which procured after I'd been there
awhile, helped me out. You see, no.
body lived near, and 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 yaccinated every man of the
eighty employed there. They rebelled
against it, but we made no talk with
them, going through them like flock
of sheep, Several days afterward word
came to me that crew was coming
from the camp to tear down my cabin
and send me home. Some of the mems
arms had swollen and become exceed
ingly sore, went down to the camp
at once. and found a mutiny impending.
Many of the men were sick and angry.
Several of them were laid up and suf-
fering severely. | explained the nature
of their trouble to them, and told them
if they kept calm | would relieve them
of their pain. With the help Of NOR
phine was able to prevent the rumpus.
| tell you it was in excited crowd. They
were afraid that all Of them would be
taken down,
"a burly Scotchman sworc he would
pass my station without being vaccin-
atcd, one day He was one of dozen
desperate fellows. | had q pitched bat
tie with him ut last, and actually vac
cinated him with my foot on his wind
pipe, Meanwhile, my assistant kept off
the others with his gun. We stuck the
quill into every one Of them.
Gotten the Canadians tried to get by
me by stealing around through the
woods. One man in making the at
tempt was lost in The night. We heard
his cries and started in search of him
With the help of our Newfoundland
dog we were able to rescue him, but he
did not arrive at our cabin till o'clock
in the morning, and the fellow was
nearly dead with cold and fatigue. He
would have persisted but for the doctors
and the dog. A more scared man than
he was when we came upon him we
never saw l. r .u |H r
They adopted a queer way to sneak
by the Moore river Inspector one day.
Four men concealed themselves in a
load of hayand passed without being
noticed, They crawled out loo soon,
At the forks they were stopped and
sent back to be vaccinated
II was surprised TO see the prejudice
these fellows had against vaccination.
1t existed among the Scotch and Eng
fish as well as the French. "--LeWiSt0n
(Me.) } JoHr8aLta .sa. ROB a..