The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05
SPANISH DEFEAT.
Gardner Company to
Celebrate Event
July II.
STATE COMMISSIONERS TESTIFY.
Interesting Case Tried Be-
fore the District Court
at Gardner.

Gardner, June Accompany f, Second
Massachusetts regiment, Spanish War
! Veterans Association, is making elabO-
rate preparations for an appropriate
celebration of July Il, the anniversary
of the surrender of the Spanish troops
to Gen. Shafter at Santiago. The event
will take place at the Windsor House.
In the afternoon there will be d bus
| mess meeting at o'clock in the hotel
parlors, and there will be a banquet
in the evening. Invitations will be
sent to Col. E. P. Clark of Springfield,
Maj H. b. Fairbanks and Lieut.. Col
E. r. Shumway of Worcester.
Yesterday morning was busy one in
! the district court Seven cases We're
brought before Judge Charles Field of
Athol. After minor cases had been dis
posed of, a suit brought by B. H.
| COombs of East Berkshire, Vt, against
John Doherty of Templeton was begun
The suit was to recover the price of %
COWS which the plaintiff sold the de-
| PENDANT in January, 1898, but the latter
refused to pay for them, claiming
they We're defective. The plaintiff was
represented Nv r. 3. Dunn and c. R.
Wariel5 represented the defense.
The plaintiff testified that he tested
the cows before they were shipped to
Mr.. Doherty. He said that they were
Isent in cold weather, and that Mr.
Doherty fed them ensilage instead of
dry hay to which they were accus-
toned
Barber / Caswell, a brother-in-law
OF Mr. COcmhs, testified to converse
lions he had heard between the plain
TN and defendant when he went with
the former to the latter's house.
The last witness for the plaintiff was
I. l.. NORM, a veterinary surgeon of
st. Adams, Vt. He said that on Jan.
Is, 1898, he tested some cows for Mr..
Coomos, and that the result was salts
factory, there being no traces of tuber-
culosis.
He stated that the method used inI
testing cows for tuberculosis was to
inject tuberculin. If the temperature
rose to 212 degrees, about the normal
temperature, 90 to 100 degrees, in two
or three consecutive tests. after a few
hours, the COW was condemned He
sald ne tested the cows sent to Mr. Do
herty five times, but found no traces
of tubercu' osis.
The plaintiff s case was rested lust at
noon. The case was continued through
the noon hour in order to get tho tes-
sachuse+ts CettIa cn,,,,,ii ss EL 'iI1 I
F HerricL Of y1ToTca+a,. 80 ~,
tin Peters Of Roston bef f,s adi,. - Us
ment.
Mr.. Herric5 said he had been one of
the commissioners for five years On
March 8, 1898, he went to Mr.. Do
40 ~ ~ soiIle cdIlIe Whlch
i,.- ds,.'i IiiIeu 'IIeI tHe poafu nav
t. ~ ne, c, IN lileu ny lhe local lnspec-
" ~ vi eelIM oou' OF some suspicious
ootte' MI Duhh OBJECTED on the
9toHilu9 IilaI me IacL Jhat there were
suspicious c&ttIe there. did not prove
IIaI they were the cattle purchased of
MI CoomDS. Mr.. Varied argued for
ms witness and Mr.. Herrick suaran-
teed Mr.. Dunn that he would make no
statements which did not bear on the
case.
lie said that each of Is cattle pointed
out to him had a tag on its ear and the
numbers corresponded to those on Ger
titicates sent to the cattle commission
Urinary making the test. Mr.. Herrick
came to the conclusion that two of the
cows would never be able to get up. He
advised Mr.. DOherty to have one Oe
them killed and he (Mr. Herrick) killed
| 1t. He found no evidences of tubercu-
| losis on examination, but there were
evidences Of garget, and he sent speci-
mems by express to the chairman of the
commission, DIR. Peters. Mr. Herrick's
opinion was that it was case of
| chronic garget.
| Mr. Herrick notified Dr. A. S. CleaVes
OF West Gardner to test the cows for
tuberculosis that night, and he did so
and reported to the cattle commission
efs. Mr.. Herrick notified DR.. Peters to
! go there saturday March r. and an
other COW was killed that day. Bunches
! were found on the cows liver but no
! Signs OF tuberculosis. Six or seven of
| the other COWS were found defective.
| The cattle were poor and thin. The sta
bic was found in filthy condition.
Or. Peters testified to the visit %
March L and said the Inflammation in
the COW which was killed extended in
70 the ABDOMINAL cavity and the COW
had peritonitis- He noticed spots that
might be tuberculosis Of the liver. At
l.30 the court adjourned and the case
was continued to the latter part of
next week.