Litchfield enquirer., 1857-07-23
That mxster;ous and fatal disease. the

hog cholera, yet prevails at some of the distil-' leries along the Ohio river and at other places. It IS still destructive among the farmers ill the interior. A correspondent in Kentucky in- 1 forms us that he has lost over hundred i another has lost over half his herd, and anotb- | CT nearly all of his. When this scourge will pass away no one can predict whether it will continue until there is no longer any material to act uIon, or whether it will have its period and pass of like epidemics in the human fam | fly, remains to be seen. We regret that its 1 presence has not yet led to more full and thor ough investigations into its cause and charac- ter. It is said that remedies have proved !! etfcctual We give below the following cure fer Aog choiera, by 6 resident of Chic Two i quarts of flaxseed boiled in ten gallons of water till the seed is thoroughly cooked let it stand till cold, then give it to the hogs as fast as they eau drink it-turn it down if they refuse to drink. Repeat the dose for week or so. | and 1t will effect cure. Pulverized charcoal and sulphur mixed in milk has also proved be- neficial
 A New York lady, named Mrs. Fitzger- aid, was robbed of her porte-monnae, in a very adroit fashion, while riding in one of the city stages on Tuesday evening. A lady very fashionably attired, sat beside her, and soon after Mrs. Fitzgerald had replaced her or-noanaie in Ter pocket upon paying her fare, the lady took out her handkerchief and passed it with apparent carelessness two or three times across the face of Mrs. F., who observed peculiar odor to be emitted from it, but was not at all excited until she fouud herself waking up from q sleep and observed her paraso lying on the floor of the stage, and her porte-monnaie gone. It is needless to add that the lady who used her handkerchief so effectualIy had found it convenient to leave the stage before this There is little doubt that choroform was the agent used in carry ing out this cunning scheme of pocket-picking.
 During the first three days of this month nearly nine thousand emigrants were landed at the port of New York. It is stated that but few of these remain in New York or vicin- ity-stuations or locations having been pro- cured for them in advance of their landing.
 Few of them are in indigent circumstances, and some possess considerable means. We are receiving q better class of emm- grants than in former days. There is room enough for more--there will be for century to come. We cannot have too many if they become Americans instead of foreigners:
 Samuel Clay, Jr, of Bourbon County, ky. has returned from Mexico, where lie has been purchasing mules and horses He suc- ceeded in purchasing about three hundred mu'es and forty horses which he drove to Hi nois, through Texas, the Indian Territory and Missouri, distance of about two thousand miles. The stock is on the prairies recruiting. When they are fat encu, they will be driven to New Haven, Connecticut, and then shipped to the West Indies from the Rio Grande
 A lady in New York, few days since, was saved from the bite of a mad dog by that much ridiculed apeudage to the female dress, a hoop. The dog was of the bull dog species, ard bore every mark of madness He sprang upon her and attempted to bite her but he encountered large whaebone hoop, took a mouthful, passed on, and was soon after killed. l This shows one advantage of wearing hoops.
 William Murphy, an Irishman employed in putting up the wires oft new line of the American Telegraph Company, in ascending tree in the upper part of Newtown, Tuesday, | to saw off tie top of one of the poles, stepped on u dtad limb, which broke, aud he fell to the earth, a distance of eighteen o2 twenty feet, striking his back on a hard spot of ground. | His spine was severely injured, though it is thought he will recover. He was taken to his home iu Waterbury on Tuesday.
 -Antioch College, over which Horace Mann presdcs, is in trouble and has made an assignment of it's property. There is a heavy debt to be paid, and the income Of the institu- tion does not meet current expenses. The col lcge will, however, be kept open the current year.
 Jacob WilIetts, Esq. of Flushing, son of Samuel Willetts, Esq, the well known hard ware merchant, in Pearl street, died on Sun day last at o'clock, F. NJ. of hydrarhobia The circumstances connected with the case are peculiarly affecting. Eight weeks ago, Saturday last, a dog came into Mir. Willett's yard and attacked him. His hired man, mo- ticing the occurrence, came to MT: Wiett's rescue, but before he could get the dog off he had succeeded in biting Mr. WilIetts severely in the hand. This noble servant caught the dog by the jaws and held him until another servant came to his rc lief and killed the dog with gun:
 No unpleasant symptoms were manifested until last Friday morning, when Mir. Willetts to his wife that his arm felt heavy and painful. Dr. Hodges, of Flushing village was at once sent for, who upon learning the circumstances of the bite, was at once conVin- ced that the disease was clear case of hydro phobia The best medical advice was obtained from the city, but all was of no avail
 The people of Flushing feel great sympa- thy for the family and relatives MT. Willetts, a young man, thirty-nine years ofage, surroun- dcd with young and interesting family, pos sessed of large fortune, capable of gratifying all his and their wants, was suddenly saerifc- ed, and all his kindred and relatives rendered unhappy, forever in the reflection that miser- able dog, without real value in any case, is the cause of this misfortune.