Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-27
ONE CASE OF SMALLPOX
C. A. BOYDEN HAS VERY MILD
FORM OF DISEASE.
Is Supposed to Have Contracted II
from an Italian, Now III in a Boston
Hospital, Who May Have Visited
the Vermont National Bank.

\ case of smallpox, the first TO
make its appearance in Brattleboro
for several years. developed Sunday
the victim of the disease being Charles
A. Boyden, teller in the Vermont Ma.
tlonal bank. Mr.. Boyden was taken
III at his home on Walnut street early
last Friday morning and on the fol-
lowing day suspicious symptoms be-
| gan to develop. on Sunday morning
Dr. II. l.. Waterman, Mr.. Boyden's
! physician called DR.. Henry d. Hol-
ton in consultation and both came 10
| the conclusion that the disease was
varioloid or a modified form of small
| pox. Dr. Henry Tucker, health off,
Ger, was at once notified and the
house was posted i'm accordance with
the provisions of the law. Since then
very strict quarantine has been
kept. and the local health authorities
do not expect to see any further
spread of the disease, barring of
course, members of Mr.. Boyden's
household who have been exposed
and may possibly come down with t.
Mr.. Boyden himself is only slightly III
and has improved steadily during the
week, but the house Will have to be
quarantined as long as If the disease
mad appeared in severe form.
The news that a case of smallpox
had made its appearance in town
caused some excitement Sunday, and
large number of people were vac
cinated Immediately among the num-
Der being the employees of the Ver
mont National bank. The banking |
rooms were thoroughly fumigated |
Sunday by DR.. Tucker and on Mon
day morning the contents Of the bank I
vault including the money, were also /
disinfected. The money at the Peo
ple's National bank was also fumigat
ed, as 1t was at first Wrought that Mr..
Boyden might have contracted the I
disease from handling bills.
The latest theory is that the dis
ease was brought TO Brattleboro by
an Italian, who recently came to this
country on the steamship Cymric,
which landed at Boston several weeks
ago Among the steerage passengers
on this boat was an Italian who de-
veloped smallpox and died with the
disease one Of his associates is said
TO have come to Vermont looking for
work, and later returned to Boston,
where he Is now III with smallpox in
a hospital. 1t Is supposed that this {
Italian was in Dummerston for a day |
or two and that he stopped In the I
Vermont National bank on his way \
back to Boston, and If this is so Mr. !
Boyden very probably took the dis t
Ease from him. In that case other !
people may have been exposed at the /
same time but II is not likely that G
my of them viii come down with 7
as the period of incubation G
5 from 12 to IA days and that length II
If time has passed, Fisk G. Rogers,
manager of the West Dummerston o
quarry, says that no strange Italian e
las been seen in that neighborhoOd | L
his winter and does not believe that q
he man in question visited this sec b
ion at all. @
During the week many scare" a
tories have been circulated TO the r
fleet that other people have come h
own with the disease but there is
bsolutely no truth in them. It is Il
,ood policy, however, TO be vaccinated V
s a precaution. Ii