The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-18

The deaths Of 43 hogs in the last two
months owned by men who have been,
or are, garbage collectors in the vii
lage of Brattleboro has caused some
of them to retire entirely from that
business and others TO cut down the
size of their routes. IL is certain that
If the village is TO require the eollec-
tion of garbage this year, as it has
since last May, it viii require q con
siderable expenditure of money. To
date the village has paid out for this
work only total of sl33.25, all of this
TO Wilson !. Brown, who undertook the
Job Of collecting some of the garbage
himself and being responsible for the
work of the other collectors
! Mr.. Brown estimates that two teams.
each with two men, will be required
constantly TO collect all OF the village
garbage At the usual rate paid for
men and teams this would call for an
expense of something over $1,000 annrl-
ally, but contracting for q year woula
undoubtedly reduce this expense ma
terially. At no matter what figure ii
would be a tremendous increase over
what II will have cost for the year
closing at the end of next April.
Ludz q Lose5 q Hogs.
George Ludzus, one of the collectors,
had - hogs two months ago, and since
that time every ore of them mas died
all apparently from the same SIC c1nyss.
&. IL. Morse of Hinsddle, y H., NJ
lost all OF MS drove OF seven. e.
Iubbs OF Dunmersson has Iss seven
and Mr.. Brown is poorer ~ seven oat
of them a valuable brood sow ;n:..
would have dressed 400 pounds.
The animals appear to be in .rea.
pain in the abdominal region and a.
the sickness increases it is very eyI-
dent they are in agony. Veterinary
physicians who have attended several
of them declare the disease is due 70
some form of poison, although what ii
is they have not determined One of
the animals was opened and the small
er intestines were found to be very
hard and stopped up. The symptoms
of this case were identical with those
in all the other cases In the early
stages the animals refuse food and
drink scarcely any water. They curl nj
as if in pain. Some OF them live II
days and even longer, becoming steadi
" worse.
1t does not seem possible TO trace this
sickness to garbage collected from any
particular section of the village. II /,
noticeable, however, that the men who
have lost hogs are those who hav,
E Ihabitually boiled their garbage befor,
feeding it. One or two others, who hav,
? been accustomed to feed it raw, lettin;
e the hogs root it over and eat what the,
would, have escaped having animal
sick.
; Grape Fruit Suspected.
!. Some of the men have noticed that
y when they have gathered garbag,
e which has stood two or three days
+ blue mold has formed over the rinds OF
I grape fruit, and whether this is tn,
o eanse of the trouble by poisoning othe
a garbage with which they are boiled i
a question.
Several of the men who have beer
collecting garbage have given motto
e to Mr.. Brown that they will no longe
= do the work. They say they cannot al
/ ford to do it and then have no pork lef
TO sell. Mr. Brown has been doubling
on his own work, but said this mornin
that it would be absolutely neeessar
for him TO put on another team and