Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-17

Health Officer Kilmartin said to-day that there was nothing new i'll the smallpox situation He was at the hos pital the greater part of last night with one of the women patients, who was seriously i'll, but her condition IS improved to-day.
 In reference to the communication ol L. J. Carver, which appeared III yes terday's Democrat relative to the post pohement of the Third church enter tainment, the health officer said: ne fact that an entertainment was to De held in the Third church was reported to me by prominent taxpayer i'll tlat ighborhood, and upon investigation 1 found that some of the members ol the cast who were to have taken part in the performance lived in the quaran- tined house on Alder street and had been associating with the others. Cn- der these circumstances l considered II my duty to request them not to holu the entertainment. l didn't inquire what denomination the church 5e- longed to, and if the question Were pnt to me now 1 couldn't answer 1t. hope this explanation will be sufficient 10 satisfy anybody who might have had an idea that 1 was actuated by any motive other than to do what I con sidered my duty as health officer"
 While there are no new cases Of smallpox to report, there Is no end of talk regarding smallpox matters, and things look as if we are going to have q whole lot of sport before all the bills now presented, to say nothing of what we may expect later on, are paid. Ev- erybody you meet is up i'll arms in op- position to the payment of Dr Frosts bill, amounting to S2,430, for one month, which is considered about twice and half as high as the charges made by the health officer for the same time. One man told q Democrat reporter to- day that he thought there was some thing wrong in this whole matter. He thought the health officer was working too cheap or Dr Frost was asking too much. But, of course" he added, as he ground his teeth and walked away, apparently too angry to say any more, they won't pay it.''
 By the great Scott" said disciple of Blackstone to the same reporter d trifie later i'll the day, II made the mis- take of my life that I didn't take up the study of medicine instead of law. Father fought with me for over year to be q doctor and never mind dabbling in law, but at that time I thought that 2 physician wasn't in it with a lawyer so far as making money was concerned. used to think of q doctor as a skinny little fellow, who had to sit around a patients house all night to earn a $10 bill and make couple of calls after it was all over, and if the patient died. have to sign a death certificate for nothing. The attorney appeared to me as fellow who raked in money fast and did mighty little for it. But I don't think that way any longer. In fact, I was disabused of that notion years ago and if I had any lingering doubts in my mind they were knocked into q cooked hat when I heard tnlt Dr Frost was charging $10O for driving up to the town farm and taking a squint at smallpox patient. If an at. torney should be called up there to
 write out q will and spend half a day trying to get it in shape, he would be drummed out of town if he should ask over S1O for his service. When my
 boys come to me for advice regarding q choice of profession I'll know how to direct them. You can bet your boots none of them will take up the study of =