The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-28

Another consumption cure is an
nounced by DIR. Cyrus Edison of New
York among the most famous of
American physicians and especially
accomplished in baccraiogical studies.
The correct number of the medical
record gives a full description.
He tells the case aseplotics, and its
has is phcnol constituent of human
nrine), any solution of which for
effective dosage hitherto known to the
profession has been considered as
poisonous DR.. Edison has discovered a
composition, however which admits
of hypodermic injections without evil
results, as he believes. DIR. Edison was
attracted TO the medical possibilities
of phenol by the fact Of its increased
secretion by the human system in the
presence of disease. He interpreted
this phenomenon as showing phenol
to be lone of natures many devices
TO cure the underlying con lition. to
destroy the germ Infection, = Z =
to cure some, at least, il not all of the
go called germ diseases. - Pheuol and
It's hoologue, rescol, are the only known
antiseptie agents of which the amount
! in the system is increased during i'll |
ness. Creosote has already been used
extensively for the treatment of
| tubcrculous disease. more especially
! for pulmonary tuberculosis and DR..
Edison believes that the Phenol which
it contains has been the cause of its
success. He says:
The effect of the solution when injected into
the organism of patient suffering from dis
ease caused by active germ infection is to direct
ly inhibit bacterial development, and conse. |
diminish production
bacterial products. Its beneficial effects are so
quick and positive, in the great majority of
. cases, AS 10 convince any one who uses II OF .hc
correctness of this conclusion.
The potato patch' experiment in .
New York was u splendid success last
year. Three large tracts in Long Is /
land City, comprising l3S acres, were
loaned. a part of this area was allot- /
ted to families to raise what vcgcta-
bIcs they could, instruction, tools.
pioughing, seed and fertilizers being
furnished, with rent of land. gratis.
More than enough vegetables were
raised TO support these families
through the winter. y cooperative
farm of thirty eight acres was also
tried, conducted by the planters
on the other farms. Each worker was
paid eight cents an hour, with half
interest in the crops. This, too, sue
ceeded well. The committee state
that some of the cultiyators who kept
count of the number of days they
worked, show the surprising conclusion
that they earned, not farm wages 10
cents a day, with board and lodging,
but skilled mechanics waees-2i q
day for every working day.
The monthly report just issued by
the agricultural department shows that
Vermont leads the New England
States in the corps of corn. wheat,
barley, and stands second on the list
for oats, rye. potatoes, buckwheat and
hay. Maine leads on oats, potatoes. hay.
and buckwheat. while Massachusetts
leads the list on rye. The corn crop
was the largest in l6 years, while the
average price is the lowest in the same
period. The wheat crop was less than
usual and the price lower. There were
no oats during the last year, and the
price WAS ten cents lower per bushel.
The barley acreage exceeded any pre-
vious year, while the buckwheat crop
was the smallest since 1879 The
average farm price of corn, rye, cats,
barley, buckwheat and potatoes WAS
lower in 1885 than for the previous 10
years. and in no year since 1880 was
corn so low as in 1885. The potato crop
of 1885 was unprecedented in magni-
tude and the price was also way below
the average. The farmer certainly has
not profited by the low tariff
Among those whose names appear on
the board of editors for the Yale Daily
News for the coming year are Robert
c. Gilmore of Rutland and Robert H. :
Gay of Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs B. Howard Smith of
Gouverneur, n. Y, celebrated Oh
Sunday the 10th anniversary of their
Although close to the ce /
fury marx, both are possessed of their
faculties in a remarkable degree. and
they are splendid examples of happy
Did age. Mr.. Smith was born at Will
Jamestown, Orange County, VT, on
June II, 1900. He came of right good
New England stock and thorough Dem
ocratic, faith which he retains I'M
Mrs. Smith was also born
in Vermont. being a daughter of
Deacon and Mrs. Jackson OF Randolph.
She vas born May 5, 1906. The fam
lies went to St. Lawrence county, ,
then for the most part Wilderness,
where they were married in 1926.
They have four sons.