Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-09-15
The ,.a,,.r Plague of The oia Word.


Ma. an. d,, del ciu,l-ra j. a.ssIr. %, wy
sieSiiiy and retuti--iv i~.'nr - pr1-afai hca,e
to the countries OF tn Wei. another .--rilence,
apparently Of IN. plaques Of ancrtt Egypt,
tine mlrrain of cattle. j. prec-,ii, Z ~. spy
renily to prepare the way ana mske 'he pitEs
strai- GIT
A year ago, 1t Ssr "a Egypt, and million
seven hundred thousard ca'tl. perishcl fom the
herds Of thai country PAs,iug around the
Mediterranean, l. made its way norrhWari INTO
Russi1 sn'i the countries Gu the Danube Poland.
Silesis. Gilhcs, Hungary, Austria. Boheniia.
and MoraSis were visited and drpopulaIel 81
their cattle with Astounding rAp'dity. In the
esgerness 10 avoid total les, the owners Of
nen, stock sold = large number # their animals
to be Transported 10 Hamburg. and thence 20
England
4 correspondent Of tne LONDON Times. writ
ing from Vienna under date Of August 7th, says
that II s called the Lu genseueie. or pulmons-
~ disease, and discourses concerning it as fol-
lows:
1.-The FIRST symptom II pneumonia pecorum
epi>OOfi00 fyph0sa |oeiuln,ss and feeble
ness. with ffi;uity Of breathing. The animal,
stand with their hcl'ls hanging down; their ears
are penduious, their eyes fixed The inner ska
OF the nose s pale, the inner part of the mouth
Shiny: Tie body, herps, tars ant leg, are ccsi,
the SKIN Is dry. and the hair rough snd hrisily
The first stage OF the maady, during Ahich
there Is litIis or fever. :asts from 4 f5rthigbt
TO three weeks. The symptoms during the sec
on1 stage, are feysrish movements, violent shiyer-
ings ami exlc,.i baton towards the evening; in
creased difficulty IN breathing. with a dry, hol-
low, spasmodic cough. In very maus cases
there l. no cough curing the first stage vi The
malady. The appetite is generally good. though
the animals rumnste but little The gives
much milk a. usual, bu; it IS thin and OF
blush color. As the mslsdy progresses, the an
FINALS get very weak and faint; sometimes the
ex;remI'ies are hot, sometimes they cid
the ha'r on the back and witbers stand on end;
the eyes red and wide open, the neck and
head are stretched out, the excretions are par
tally suppressed. The second stage, during
winch there is still chance that the animal
may be saved. lasis four OF five DAVIS. The third
Stage, during which the fever ASSUMES a putrid
character, need not be described, as it inSaris-
bly, ends with DEATH
Slch murrains have occurred over ami over
again in Europe. aud infectious disiemper is
p,ost.l to prevail permanently among the vast
herds which ure pastured in Siberia and on the
sieppes Of Asia II depopuhted the pasturages
OF tie cshrinent in The tine Of Theodosius; il
followed Cbarlemagne back from Denmark, and
made havoc Of the French herds; 1t scourged
Europe in the years 81, m 1928 and again in
1875. The worst instances Of all however oc-
CURED from f1ie TO III - On that occasion the
s,eppe-murrain passed BY way Of Iartsry, Rus
.ia and Poland, ally over the West; and in the
first three year. 1900. o06 Oneu persisted.
In i745 II prevsiiei.in NeE Zealand; in ITO
Holland loet in one year S75.4sl OF her horned
cattle; and in 1874 it followed Napoleon into
Italy. and Piedmont alone paid for HE march
with with S,59e, 09a head. iausi, 40 the Eeuiiie
du Ctftircfenr, estimates the loss 70 France and
Belgium, between l7lS and l7s6, at the enor-
nous total OF 10, 000, 900 animals. In 1s06,
when the Cossacss OF The Don mustered on the
yistula, their ballscks brought the pest1ence
again, and Sehwar1enberg's invasion Of France,
at the head Of The allied forces. In 1872. import
ed il. 80 49, - .ss------s5 $3.50.
II is rela.ed that in II ~ the. same pestileDce
crossed The sea in a parcel Of distenpered hides
from Zealand, which were forbidden sale there,
and should have been buried; but 8 oove.ous
knare cold them for leather, and the plague
struck the cattle and spread IRON Eesex all over
the Kingdom On thar occasion Il ragged for II
whole years, but not Till the third year did the
government take up the matter Sc reriously rs to
. order that every Infected animal ehouid be in
.tantly destroyed, and il this way sione SO, 600
head we're killed and paid for. while at least
lo0. 600 died OF the mslady - - sie ~
In l747. 40. 900 persisted IN Nottughsmshre
and Leioestershire. and 90. 900 ip Cheshire with
in six mopths.- Deiafond computes the loss Of
stock By that visitancniih Burope At 5000. 600
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