The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-01-30
Hor nhelara.

This epidemic, which left, ia many
parts Of Southern Ohio, not enough pork
70 grease skillet, has made its appear
ance in This place. The alleys are strewn
with defunct porkers, which, however
arc promptly removed.
No clue to the mysterious distemper
has been obtained, and no cure is known.
The safest cure is to cure fat porkers in
the smoke house, before the epidemic ap-
pears.
The pig is attacked with vomiting
draws his back up TO a semi circle, and
goes where all goOdpiga go 10 from twelve
to twenty-four hours.
A near relative Of ours, lsst fall, left
his porkers well and happy one evening,
and the next found about sixty head Of
them among the dead, disabled and dy-
ing. A very few, not more than two or
three, Of those attacked survived. They
presented very scrswny appearance after
their recovery.
We find the following on this subject
in the Indianapolis Journal:
The Natinal Agricultural Society, at
lis recent meeting in Washington City,
has offered q premium TO induce inyesii.
cation into tho nature and remedies for
this devastating disease, now rapidly di.
minishipg the number Of hogs in this
and other States.
We are not informed Of its precise his.
tory, but believe that il irst made ts ap.
pearanoe near Aurora, in this State. 10
June last II was supposed 10 have been
produced by feeding slops At distilleries,
but subsequent experience and irVesti-
CATION showed that 81 ops were q better
food than dry corn. The disease IL high
ly infectious, aud like human cholera, ap-
pears 10 be atmospheric. Its symptoms
are various, acting, sometimes, and most
generally, as cholera, at others, as inaa-
matory, affecting the lungs or stomach
or intesIines, or all Of these; and then, a
gain, the seoretions, producing outward
swelling and inflammation Of the skin, ,resul.
ting in The formation Of sores, hence the
namo Of plague.
We have recently conyorsed with far.
mers from Jennings aud Marion counties
the facts are mostly the following.
Hogs, both young and old, eat we'll
apparently in usual excellent health. and
after eating 60 to the water drink about
as much aS usual, but Immediately after
drinking. strike their teeth together, thoa
make efforts 10 vomit, then jump up, lift
ing all their feet from the ground. OF for.
wards ~ a.rabbit. accompanied by Efforts
10 vomit. Immediately loose discharges
Of thin aud highly yellow color take
place, and sometimes IN few minutes. al
ways in very short time, the animal falls
down and dies. AT other times the frsl
symptom is seen ia the hog standing still
with its ears down. and nose resting OF
the ground, followed by Efforts to yomit
and the symptoms just noticed.
The inner or muous coat of the stom
aoh 10 generally found much diseased ,anC
destroyed by high inhamalion. The
probability is that tho whole intestinal ca
hei - hAANNhNA Ah bho hhuid tlhuioFt Anl
the secretory system violently diseased
We learn that some persons in this cit,
have been mado sick by eating pork sup
posed TO have been laboring under th
disease whom slaughtered. The col,
weather does not seem 70 check the dis
ease.
A writer from Aurora, in the Cinoin
natl Gazette, estimates that upwards o
60 900 hogs have been destroyed by IL
within a circuit Of one hundred miles o
that city. Such fatal disease, especial
tally when hogs are so very scarce, MAJ
well demand the efforts Of the Nationa
Agricultural Society. and all other agri
cultural associations. TO have tie tru,
character and efficient remedies asoer
tanned.
A miller on Friday informed ua tina
he had fed sulphur, which seemed TO hav
checked tho disease, aror losing man,
fatted and other valuable hogs. From
other places we see that this preventativ
has been efficient, and We therefore com
mend its use 10 our farmers.
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