The Press., 1896-05-28

Arthur Meyers, who has Qone some very good work as bicycle rider, will be handled this year by Dr. Middleton.
 George Shea, clerk at the Springs House, leaves tomorrow for a vacation at his old home in Newburyport, Mass.
 Mrs. w. W. Lathrop went to South Manchester this week to attend the fu- neral of her grandmother, Mrs. Gleason.
 Josiah Converse is moving his old house about 300 feet to the south, as it inter- feres with the view from his new resi- dence.
 Those who have not paid their borough taxes and wish to save interest must in- terview Augustus Spellman, the collector, before Monday.
 All the stores in the borough, except the markets and dry goods stores, will be closed Saturday, after II p. m., for the rest of the day.
 Regular session of Wauseon Lodge, |. O. o. F., next Tuesday evening. The semi-annual election of officers will take place and the second degree will be worked.
 At the democratic caucus held last Sat urday evening the following delegates to the state convention were chosen: B. C.. Pinney, w. E. Hanley, Myron P. Avery, and John 0. Booth.
 Relatives of John l.. Hunter, from Meravia, N. Y., have been in town mak- ing arrangements for the defense of the prisoner, who will probably come before the superior court June 9.
 J. $. Arnold, an employe of the Warren Woolen Company, had two fingers badly hurt in blaming machine the first of the week. One of his fingers was cut off and another was badly wounded.
 Parties wishing to have their herd of cattle tested for tuberculosis can obtain blanks of J. Carl Converse or at The Press office. Every herd of cattle should be examined in order to prevent the spread of this disease and for the safety of the people.
 The Lincoln Athletic Club will have a social and dance at their hall tomorrow evening. Lynch's orchestra will furnish music; B. J. Mullins, prompter. M. E.. White is to be the floor manager, and E.. Slater, F. Bourie, P. Mccarthy, P. Bren- nan, L. Suenderhauf and c. Kretchman are the aids.
 The concert and strawberry festival at the Congregational church last evening drew good attendance. The concert by the choir was first class, and much credit is due the participants. An intermission for the enjoyment of sociability, straw berries and ice cream proved a pleasant feature of the evening.
 Mrs. Rosanna Roach, 50, died last Sat- urday of an apoplectic shock. The de- ceased leaves two sons and three daugh- ters. The sons, John and Charles, both reside here. Of the daughters, Mrs. James Kennedy lives in Millbury, Mass. and Miss Maggie, and Mrs. Thomas Mul- lin, reside here. The burial was at Bos- ton. The deceased has been a resident of Stafford for many years.
 Much surprise was felt last Saturday to learn that large proportion of the Wood lawn herd of cattle had been killed be- cause of tuberculosis. The herd was one of the finest in this section, and has al- ways won prizes and attracted much at tention when exhibited at the local agri- cultural fairs. The late Julius Converse bought the first blooded Holsteins for the farm, and since his death the heirs have always maintained a good herd of this kind of stock. c. c. Ellis, who manages the farm, thought some time ago that two of the herd were affected, and he sent for the state commissioners to come and test them, but they were not able at that time to come, on account of other engage ments. He immediately separated the suspected cattle from the others and kept them so, destroying the milk, and en. deavoring to avoid all possible taint tC the rest of the herd. Later, on fattenine and killing a COW for Herbert Royce, the meatman, which he supposed was all right, it was found to be badly diseased and he requested the commissioners tc come immediately and test the wholt | herd. As 8 result State Commissioner l Peck and Dr. Storrs came on to apply the test. The injection was made last Friday | evening, and the test was made Saturday morning. Out of the herd of twenty-six sixteen were found to be affected. Most O. the cattle that had the disease were, to al outward appearance, in perfect health Sleek and fat, it seemed hard to believe that such fine looking animals were taint ed with the deadly germs. Evidence O | the disease was found in nearly all, al though it had made more progress il some cases than in others. The bull haC been ailing, and it was thought his was { severe case, but it did not prove 10 be so A peculiarity of the disease is tha thOrOughbreds are more likely to bC affected than the common mixed breeds and the headway reached in this case may be accounted for by this reason. ThC owners of the herd are to be commended on the course taken, as it entails heav, loss. Before the test the cattle were ap praised by Lyman Cushman and J. D. Fen ton, and satisfactory agreement wal made with Commissioner Peck as to tn, value of the cattle. A disagreeabl, feature of tuberculosis is that it ma7 be communicated to human being through the milk of COWS infected and it is very desirable that the diseas should be stamped out. MT. Ellis vii probably continue the milk business. he does he will buy more COWS, but vii sell milk only from COWS that have beel tested, and are known to be all right Under these conditions he will probabl, be one of the safest men to patronize, a there are but few large herds that are no more or less affected.
 The program for Memorial day is a follows: 'Busses will leave the G. A. R hall for West Stafford at 7 a. m. Ser vices at West Stafford at 8 a. m.; Hill side, 9.30; Staffordville, 1O.3O; Staffor Street, 11.30. Arriving at hall in the bol ough at 12.3O, collation. will be serve by the ladies of W. R. c. At 3 D. m procession will form under command ( Reuben Burley, marshal, and march t Stafford Springs cemetery where tn graves will be decorated, and an addree will be delivered by Rev. J. I. Bartholc new, after which line will form and go t hO o1i 4oS