Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-15

Judging from letter which has been
received at the office Of the State
Board Of Health from DR.. NJ. l.. Young,
Who is engaged i'll the work which is
being done al NauccborO in the way of
inspecting persons who come into the
State from the Provinces. in order to
prevent if possible TIL Introduction Of
smallpox int" Maine and which con-
tanned som" clippings from 4 St. john
paper, III" editor Of that piper does
not seem to consider the situation IN
TN" vicinity of Fredericton Junction
rs v",y serious. in Speaking of the
matter III" paper states Hat there are
at present but two cases Of smallpox
i'll the Vicinity of the Junction, each
h"inG about 20 miles from il. The paper
also states that but one death had nc-
CURED from The disease. tn" patient
being u woman aud that her death
""uli not he wholly attributed 10 IL"
dis. aeo KS Slrc HAD b"cit i SIlff, r,.r from
c"nSumrtiun for several years.
I'r. Young says, however, il his let
ter tli1t the facts do mot exactly coin
end" With the ahov" statement. as TIE
W"Ddn VINO died weighed 20 pounds
after suffering as above stated, for
several years" She WAS also found to
hay" been i'll perfect health until
smallpox had Developed.
In speaking Of the inspection by tin"
sat" authorities Of Naucohoro, tlr
paper seems to u" satisfied with til"
methods employed and states that the
inspection Of people entering the state
from New Brunswick is conducted with
Due regard to the rights and feelings of
Passengers, that the inspectors are not
over ohiCiouS and that no complaints
have reached st. john. The inspection
applies only to PERSONS from the conn
ties Of Kings. Queens. SunbUry and
York.
Dr. Young says that iii" condition at
present seems to be improved. Tho
most serious danger is due to the fact
that the New Brunswick officials have
left tie disinfcC tion Of houses where
the disease has existed in the hands
o. the families themselves and this
danger Is exemplifcd in the case of a
young man who went into one Of the
houses which had thus been disinfected
without supervision. 1t was thought by
the authorities that in this case the
origin OF the infection was ''mysteri-
Gus
DIR. n. G. Young. secretary of the
state Board Of Health. states in con-
necti"n with the above that all the
health authorities in the Provinces
should not be judged by those in the
vicinity or Fredericton Junction. for
while the latter seem a little lax in the
work of restricting and killing out the
disease. Others are fully awake to the
situation ana are doing good work
Col. y. :. Purinton. private secre-
tary to Coy. Cobb. has recently caused
to be made tor himself a cane which
he prizes very highly. not because of
the beauty of the cane itself. for it
certainly is a Very pretty walking
stick. but because Of the associations
connected with it. The shaft of the
cane is made of the wood of the wild
orange and was made from a sapling
which was cut by Col. Purinton near
the site of the Old prison pen at An
Jacksonville, Ga. on the occasion of his
visit to that place with the Governors
party in November 1904. III the time of
the dedication OF the Maine soldiers
monument. The head Of the cane is