New Britain herald., 1916-12-02
PeaAmVgaEe NeVNS FIREMEN ARRANGE
 FOR ANNUAL FAIR
Hose Company Also Elects Its Of-
 hCers for the Coming Year
BLAME WATER FOR TYPHOID
Health Officer, However, Declares All Evidence Points to Milk As Source Of InfectiOll-Youthful TrampS From Far West Arrested Here.

Plans for the annual fair of the Plainville firemen were started at the : regular meeting of the Hose company held last evening in the Town hall make the necessary arrangem ents The fair will probably be held in
 January and will last three nights, the fremen offering cash prizes in addi- ton to special premiums. At last nights session decision regarding the amount to be given as prizes was l made, the company voting to leave this matter in the hands of the com- mittee.
 It was the annual meeting of the company and most gratifying reports
 were presented by the officers. The company has had very successful year. It's finances are in satisfactory
 shape and the general conditions of the organization are reported to be excellent
 Expressing confidence in the off,
 cers, the company voted to re-elect them for the coming year and to recommend the disappointment by the fire commissioners of M. A. Norton as chief and Edward F. Prior as his assistant.
 The election resulted as follows: Foreman-MichaelS Sullivan. Assistant foremen-George A. His cox and Frank O. Thompson. Secretary-John Skinner. Treasurer-Charles Smith. No New Cases Reported According to reports from physi- clans there were no new develop l ments today in the typhoid epidemic The condition of the several victims of the disease was unchanged this
 morning. All were reported to be very ill although the doctors advise it will be several days before it will be possible to tell the outcome No new cases were reported, sign that
 gave considerable encouragement to the health officer.
 Positive diagnosis of Henry Bryant's
 illness as typhoid fever was made last
 night at the Hartford hospital where
 the young man is receiving treatm ent.
 MT. Bryant had been sick for several
 days and while his case was sus-
 picious from the first the doctors
 were not ready to state their diagnosis
 until last night.
 Members of the Barnes family on BrOaQ street are unwilling to admlt
 that the disease has been contractd
 through the milk delivered by Lyman Burt. They cling to the theory that the germs were lurking in the reser- voir water and were distributed when the supply from the wells in Mountain View was cut off few weeks ago. In support of their theory they point to the fact that Miss Alice Bugbee, a boarder at their home, who Is now at l the Hartford hospital suffering from 1 the disease, never drank milk, al- 1 though they admit that she might \ have used glasses or cups in which | the lacteal fluid had been contained.
 Miss Gertrude Barnes Is also ser-
 ously ill with typhoid She is now
 under the care of a trained nurse. 1 According to the health officer
 nothing has happened since the dis l ease broke up to change the belief l that the victims drank milk in which 1 the typhoid germs were contained. Many of the townspeople seemingly
 do not share his belief and they con-
 tinue to hold to their suspicious re- 1 garding the water. They argue that 1 water carrying such an odor and nau- | seating flavor must contain disease
 germs
 The health officer is inclined to dis l miss this theory in view of the re-
 suits of his investigation and the fact 1 that analysis has shown the water to