Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-10-06
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The f,llowing thrilling incident was related
to us 10y lady who is now a resident Of Bath,
and we give it tvery nearly in her own words:
! was very fond of pets when | was a girl,
and the feeling grew with my growth
! Lambs aud kittens were my constant play
fellows in childhood | owned and pcttcd Il
colt when was oldcr nor did | suffer my
attention tr he turned from my dumb com
pauiouS until tod blessed me with child oi
my own. When nay little Freddy was born
a ncw louut OF love was opened 10 me, for
| had found the true object of woinans care
and sulri'uhr And then. III Tie years fol-
| lowing. two daughters were given unto me
| whom called Nate and Clara. While Clara
was still an infant, my husband brought home
dog 1t was II beautiful animal, If medium
! size with lorg silky hair, and cul"rcd brown
and white. ii ! remember rightly. Charlie
| told me- that II was a cross between the Span
! leland newfoundland. At all events, the
doc was II beauty, anl was rs kind and in
trIIgcmt is he was handsome. lie very suol,
| hrcamr attached to my children, and would
spend whole hours at play with them, bear
! ing with all their tormcnlnG pranks, and re-
! allv seeming to be hest satisfied while cndu-
riug the m'St of their annoyance. And then
he would watch 10y the cradIcoF my darling,
rocking her gently when she WAS I,stcs, in
her sleep, aud keeping all iutcrlopcrs al dis
! tauCc.
And 50 lidu-fur thus we called the .!og--
| became not only member Of our household,
[ hut an important member, and We all loved
! him very much. He was fut ful as faith it.
self aud we taught him many curious tricks
which hr performed to the cdlticGtiun and
woruI,Imcnt Of visitors, and always to the de-
| light ol himself and my children.
Time passed on. and Clara was fur years
old. Kate Vas six, ard Master Freddy L.pi
crown to bca Young lad of eight To bcsurr
he was only anclc boy; but he seemed very
old to me--so old that called him my little
man, and felt quite proud Cf his gcntceI APP
lcnraurc and plcCu.lurs attanIucuts. One
dav--it va in the iuIcmoon-my husband
came in. and as he took seat near the table
by which was at work, noticed that some.
thing troubled him. waited awhile for him
to speak. but as lac did not, asked iun what
hc was thinking Of
III tell you, he sail, trying 10 assume the
carcc.sncss, which he did not feel; 4 have
m'h l"'hN''S "'' We '''' 'c'tcr P"'t WIN
lido.
'iaft--"ltn l'", '''e'' ~ a'haHeiheht.
4 mean sell hlm, continued my husband.
Sell him! Why, are You crazl, Charles Z
'No, Hannah. am IN earnest.
'I"rn, sal! !, meaning to make avery short
matter "i II, ior was determined, we shaIi
keep that dog just as long rs he lives. 1t Is
ny dog. aud cannot part with him.
Charlie made 10 reply To TINS, hut sat look
ing at hl,iiagers winch were drumming upon
the table, and asked INN Il he was III EARL
est about selling the dog
NO, hc said; TO tell You the PLAIN truth,
was not.
| WAS about I" chidc him for having startled
me so, but he stopped me and resnngd--,
i was not IN earnest about selling hlm, but
! am i'll earnest about getting r'd OF him.
We must not Keep hlm.
sat down and asked my husband to eN-
plain.
lave you not noticed, he sad, Tor tWoor
three days, that frdo has appcared different
from his usual hahlts|
nj. had noticed that the dog had been unWll-
ling to play-that lie seemed iract"uS and
lazy and, now that thought OF 1t more
particularly, remember that he la" been
dropping, with his head down, and his limbs
weak,
'4cs, think Ildo must have hccn sick. /
answered, after had Thought of all this.
Very sick-clanscrously 50, am afraid, !
added my husband. His tone startled me,
aud asked him what he meant ,
Why he replied, ! think the dog is going |
mad? AIN confident that he has hydropho-
bia
Oh, no, no. could not believe that. 1t .
was too terrible. The very love had for the
dog would not let Inc be too easily convinced.
But Charles assured me that there was every /
Of the truth Of his statements and
he said it was our duty to kill the animal at
once He had noticed the peculiar change in !
Fidos habits some days before, and he felt /
sure that the fatal malady was upon him.