The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-29
is ON THE INCREASE.
Two More Cases Reported
To Board of Health at
n. Brookfield.

| North Brookfield, April 28.-PeoDle
living along st. John and North street
and North Common as well as Willow
street, in the vicinity of the town where
diphtheria is most prevalent, are find
| ing fault because the members of af-
! flicted families are not being kept more
closely in quarantine. Some state that
| If the board of health cannot keep such
people away from the public, they Will
take the matter into their own hands
and apply to the state board for pro-
lection and remedy from the evil.
Today Thaddee Ribardy, who lives at
the corner of st. John and North Com
mon streets, told The Spy reporter that
the members of the Hart and Mar
tin families who live near him. go
about without taking the least precau-
ton. Yesterday, Mrs. John Thuotte
complained to DIR. George r. Spooner,
clerk of the board of health, that the
proper means were not being taken TO
prevent the spread of the sickness, and
she does not feel content, although DIR.
Spooner told her that the board was
doing it's best to suppress diphtheria.
The Davis family is the one on which
most of the complaints are conferred.
Blanche Davis, the fifteenyear-old
child who has the disease, is now well
on the road to recovery, but during her
illness the rest of the family have been
at their work in the shop, and the only
precaution that has been taken, ac-
cording to their own statements, is to
have kept as much aloof from her as
possible. In justice to the board of
| health, it should be stated that its
members are doing everything possible
and exercise great vigilance to prevent
the affection from gaining a stronger
hold than 1t now has.
Two more cases of diphtheria were
reported to DR.. George R. Spooner of
the board of health today. They were
: Matthew Carey, whose Illness was re-
ported in The Spy this morning, and
| the young child of Michael Burke of
! Gilbert street Until today Carey was
supposed to have no more serious ILL
ness than an aggravated sore throat,
but DR.. Thomas J. Garrigan, the at
tending physician, now says 1t is a
clear case of diphtheria. Cultures
from the Burke child were sent to
Boston yesterday and word has been
received that they show diphtheria
without doubt. Neither is at present
supposed to be seriously i'll.
A cock fight that delighted the
hearts of nearly half hundred gilt
edged sports, took place about a mile
and a half east of the village, last
night 1t was for a purse Of $25, both
birds being owned by North Brook
field parties. The fowls were both five
pound Shakes" one a round head and
the other brown red. When the
feathered gIadiators were breasted a
battle royal began, which lasted about
10 minutes. Both birds fought with
science and pluck, until a we'll directed
fhn hrnNA-n red rlnnhnl
brain of his antagonist and sent him
to ROSTERS paradise without even a
crOak. Besides the purse for which
the fight was arranged, there was
wagered about 500 in side bets.
Post Office Inspector White was in
North Brookfield today looking up the
status of the men who are on the bond
Of Postmaster Charles F. Maxwell.
The bondsmen are Samuel A. Clark
Sumner Holmes, William Fullam, E.
A. Harwood, Freeman r. Doane and
all were found to be all right by In
spector White.
A horse belonging to the firm of
Brosnan & O'Leary took a lively run
along North Main street this morning
hurdled Jonathan Bush's fence and sue
ceeded in getting away without hurt
ing himself or doing much damage to
the wagon to which he was attached.
The fence, however, suffered. about 10
feet of it being knocked down. The
whif1etree and a couple of straps We're
broken. The animal ran from Church
street.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Method
list church elected these officers last
night: President, Mrs. NJ. E. Stowell;
vice-president, Mrs. NJ. A. Wheelock;
secretary and treasurer Mrs. Hattie