St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-12-10
VERMONT NEWS.
Cattle Disease Can be Cured

OF simple remedies. He says the disease
appeared in this vicinity about 80 years
ago and that it has been cured by wash
ing the afflicted parts with preparation
made OF common ingredients and giving
generous deses of sulphur. By giving
doses of sulphur three times a day to
COWS that have been exposed, they may
escape the disease. The disease breaks
out IN tie mouth in blisters from about
the size OF pea to that OF half dollar.
In day or two these blisters break,
making sore. While the disease, in the
majority OF cases, breaks out in the
mouth hrst, it is sometimes found in the
feet, forming blisters in much the same
way. The disease runs from 10 to Ia
Gays, and while it is not necessarily fatal
10 the animal, in the case of the COW all
OF the milk has to be thrown away, and
the beet is OF no use. If the milk IS used,
1t is more than liable to result in persons
taking the disease, and with them it
often results fatally. Little children are
likely to contract the disease from drink
ing warm milk from infected animals. 1t
Is likely to affect their stomachs or in
testines with fatal results. On the
ANIMALS young it has like effect. The
disease is communicable to man and the
great majority of warm-blooded animals,
largely, however, by direct incubation.
Swine and sheep, together with COWS,
are particularly liable to catch it, and
horses when brought into direct contact
are also liable to contract it. The United
States government stands ready to de-
fray all the EXPENSES of the slaughter of
diseased cattle on the basis of 70 per
cent of the valuation of the cattle.
Programme for State Grange.
Z. ]. Bell, master, has issued the pro-
gramme for the 31st session of the YER
mont state grange to be held at Morris
vile, December 1912, as follows: We'd
nesday, II a. m. Opening Grange in
ski h degree. Calling the roll. Appoint
ment OF committee on credentials. 100
p. M, annual address of Worthy Master.
Reports of officers. Introduction oil
resolutions without debate. Reports oil
deputies, Pomona and Subordinate
Oranges; p. IN. Banquet, c. F. Smith,
toast master. Music by Elmote orchts
ira. Governor Mccullough and N. J.
Batchelder. governor elect and master Of
New Hampshire State Grange are ex.
pected. Thursday, 8 a. m. Announce
ment of standing committees, election Of
officers and two members of the execu.
tive committe. l 80 p. m. Introduction
of new business and resolutions. 2 &c
p m. Installation of officers, exemplifi
cation Of the unwritten work by tbs sixth
degree. Exemp li6cation of fifth degree
by Lamoille Grange. Other degrees may
be exempli6ed. Friday s. 80 a. m. Re
ports of committees. Transaction of al
necessary business. lmparting the A
W. The hotel rates will be $3.50 and 81
per day. The several railroads will, it i:
expected, give convention rates.
Pnrdoned by the Governor.
Eddie L. HolIenbeck, Edward Gonyer
Lewis Comstock, and Stephen c. Wymat
have been conditionally discharged from
states prison through the executiv,
clemencv of Gov. Mccullough. HolIen
beck had nearly completed ten years
sentence for rape, imposed by the Wind
sor county court. Gonyer was convicted
of perjury in liquor case and SENTENCED
by the Windham county court to a mini
mum term oil two and one-half years
He was commit ted to prison Nov. |
1901. Comstock, convicted by the Wind
sor county court OF rape, was COMMITTED
Ian. 9, 1902, for minimum term O
TWO years. His release was urged b,
his friends. Wyman, at the June term O
Windsor county court in 1884, was con
victed of murder in the second degre
and sentenced to life Imprisonment a
hard labor in state prison. The prisol
trustees recommended the pardon. Wy
man is 81 years old is veteran of til
civil war, and badly broken in health
He is still suff ring from wound receivet
at the Battle of the Wilderness.
WaitsfeId Wants Railroad.
A secret railroad meeting has been he'll
at Waits6eld, which bakers dozen c
the most influential townsmen attended
Railroad matters were discussed at
great length and a committee was ar
pointed to confer with a prominent raj
road official for the purpose of interestin
bin in building steam road throug
the valley. 1t was stated at the meetln
that a stock company had been torme
to erect large summer hotel rear tn
Fayston landslide, should a railroad b
built through the valley; and one gentle
man stated that one or two cannln
companies were watching the outcom
with a view to erect factories theT
should this line be an assured success
; After a three hours session in whic
various industries in that and otht
towns were discussed the meeting brok
up.
Progress ON New Vermont.
Messrs. Andrew Fletcher and Andre
Fletcher IT,, of the firm OF w. &.
Fletcher Co., of Hoboken, N, ] haV
been in Burlington inspecting the m;
chinery on the new steamer, Vernon
The engines of the Vermont were foun
, to be in perfect running order. Andre
Fletcher who was present and starte
the machinery, aided in setting up tt
, machinery of the steamer United STATE
, in 1S47 and has had some part in built
ing every engine which has gone into tt
, steamers of the Champlain Transport;
! ton Co. since then. There are no
J about IS men at work on the steam'
and excellent progress is being made
the construction work. Electric Ugh
, have teen put in all over the ship to al
the workmen, ard steam heating a
paratus heats the boat while the me
are employed. The woodwork is beir
2 delivered by the Champlain manufactu
: ing steamer, and the boat will be enclose
in a few days. The machinery is all
o,,oao+;,o, +la DunoDs ond electric lipl