Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-12

IL view diseases are yearly appearing afnei
he human family. OF old ones present ne
phases Under the influence of climate. Eivf
zatlon with its Accomplishments Of luxul
and suffering. III The way the artificial life
those animals that tnHil has SUBJECTED Of Il
use, which minleter to his ayafiee. pleasul
= or vanity, seems TO pay dearly for the dislinl
ton.
Affiofg these the Horse stands pfsaem,
ieitt from his high value, and the expense BE-
. slowed on him, in the same ratio diseases lal
fassiig, painful, or fatal seem TO asHail him
! n II state Of nature, hd Enjoys almost nnin
J tHrfilpted health among the wild herds q
ffis West, line condition is tho universal al
: peafapee, go far as we have beer, able to ~
certain great %longFrity. dying from old age
or nflder some accidental injury. become tht
prey Of The Prairin Wolf. The tt15st nuot
servant t~rsvellef must be struck with TIN
fact that fewer skeletons Of the horse are
seen where herds Of thousands roam
than tnay be observed In the vicinity Of ana
small village. or even d single large fHttn
Take for instance n stable Of ten race her.
seH, Compare it with a farm having in con.
atant use 20 herHes. | am certain there will
be- inore invalids among the first, from dis.
ease and accident, although The Objects Of in.
tessant care and attention, while the latter
afe often suffering ffatn neglect, nay abso-
lutte abuse ; among Theses diseases many can
be traced To causes, which prudence may
avoid, while others are produced by that sns-
asptibility for disease to which. their changed
habits and artificial life renders them liable.
Thus the Big Head is caused by early grain
feeding no one has yet seen o Prairie bred
horse suffering from that complaint, and |
doubt much ifa horse that never knew the
luxury of Il warm stable, ever yet became d
u Roarer' OF suffered from a bad cough yet,
no person Mt this day h~esitates TO feed well
on grain, least bis stock may suffer from big
head. and those who breed stock truly fine. al
ways afford them the shelter Of comfortable
stables experience has shown that feed
and protection from The Yieissltudes Of Wea-
Their. are indispensable To tho early and full
development Of The animal. and although
training stables seem fat6d 10 suffer from a
long list Of accidents, losses and expense, yot
such are the destinations Of tho Turf that It's
pleasures once tasted. arc never abandoned,
There are some diseases that as yet, no
Trarrisr has boon able 10 trace to all acknoWl=
edged cause, such as blind teeth these usti-
ally show themselves in young horses from
three to five years old, though sometimes at
n mucl, later period. This disease was first
observed about 30 years since, at least 1t was
the first time | had heard Of 1t. About the
year 1916. a Mr.. Taylor saw q eolti then
blind in d 3 year old stable, a, Camden, South
Carolina. On examination 1t was f6uids he
had n small sharp tooth in each upper jaw, a
short distance in advance of bis grinders, and
some one present from the West called them
blind teeth. and suggested that If they had
been extracted In time, the sight Of tho horse
would have been saved. The teeth were exs
tfacted, came out without difficulty and
Haenlea to have no root ms no ore could see
how the eyes donld be affected from d cause
apparently so trilling. and at suel, a distant
location from the organ said 10 DO injured by
them, few then present believed they had oe-
raHionsd the loss Of sight in The horse. Mr..
Taylor then mentioned, that he had another
well bred colt at home with weak eyes. and
that he would examine and experiment on him.
He did 30, found the blind teeth, had them
knocked out, his eyes became strong and bis
slyi,t restored. This was the first time !
heard OF blind teeth Hinte that, many in.
Of horses going blind, from the teeth.
have come under my observation the same
treatment has always boon followed by the
san,e results.
1t Ia strange, that until the tase OF Mr..
T'ayiof'e no instance Of tooth blif1dners had
been noticed auiaug The herHes in The Attain
tic cities. and that among the English books
on F~afriery, ut least such as have fallen
into nv hands. has the disease been mention.
cd. yet some imported horses, after coming
have had blind teeth, II 1t D disease oil
.nedarn origin1 incident alone to our Indian
Corn feeding region ! IL iH not to be sup
posed it could have escaped the observation
Of the English Farriers and Trainers. many
Of them men Of education and good sense,
Now, If the diseaes is found among maize
fed horses must We not attribute It to TINT
cause. Yet we should tiIfd It difficult 10 eat
any reasonable flnn. That riastieatian Of
my particular food by the grinders, should
sat,se a horse To- throw outEanother tooth Of
no possible use, and scarcely attached to the
bones Of the head !; and still tnofe strange
md inconprelieneible IL its influence on The
sysH, with which there seems to he no con-
and only to be accounted for by the
superstition Of their pressing on some small
tervo passing TO The ege-wllen by constant
they may c5eate fever in that most
organ, attended by weakness, weep
ny, and final loaB Of sight
This ii tho result, of the cause we know
aud atill less can WI account for it's
mysterious Influence on the eyes-all that we
do IT,, to recommend an examination Of the
mouth in cases Of i%nciplent blindness, and
tho blind teeth, If any appear-and if
hey can only be felt, it would be the safe
to cut. [
These teeth may be easily known from
heir position, being always found between
he tusk or bride tooth and the grinders ;
harp, slender and tusk like in shape, can be
extracted. ! regret that some man
IF science has not investigated this matter,
10 as to fix OF, the cause but in tho absence
If such information, | can only assure you
hat the malady exists, Of which many are
till skeptical and the remedy here recon-
certain. Very respectfully ID.
NoTE.--It is a strange fact that many new
seases among horses have been observed
the settlement of the Western States,
it was the received opinion in Virginia
lnd the Cardinals, that those same diseases
,ar.ded by the horses driven from the West,
spread among the stock hitherto exempt from
hem. II is thought BY some, that these dis
Eases existed among them from the settle
incline to a different belief, and think that I
,ad complaints, like bad habits are often the I
consequence Of bad associates Tennessee
AgrieuAnrist,
Davidson Co, July 1643.
ELoouENcEs-The following is an Grafton
If q gentleman in Missouri, delivered in the
house on the glorious 4th of July /:
Fellow citizens-Shouts Of victory Came up
rom the neighboring rnashes-the cry Of free
lom defends the voice of %nature,' and all ma