The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-11-15
A Fearful Adventure with a
Mad DOg.tc uIsd1poH
A Gentleman ,c:o0inifribut,s fbe follow

A gentleman contributes the follow
ing bit of unpleasant experience to an
English paper: -Fd '',''''a.' ,. '''oI11
"When went to Hsnlbstea4, / saw
my dog, Prince, covered with mud,
and running furiousIyE,a AN and biting at
everything. % I saw Eim bite at least a
dozen dogs, two Boys and A mai. OF
course | was exceedingly ALARMED" Be-
ing persuaded that6hep was mad. Ptfied
evsry'efoft tdDstopp Ainf2o kill him, 6f
to- drive him to- some outlhouse, tbht II
Fain.'riAtlsst';hs Hsprang up at a boy
and seized him by the breast; ahappilyd
was near himaud knocked him off with
myIwhpr He sat off toward London,
and l rode by his side, waiting for
some opportunity of stopping, him, but
ne paid mo, regard to ceaxing,eF iscoldr
ing YoN may may suppose I WAS seEiQusly
alarmed, dTead4ilnlgI the immense, mis-
chic. he might, do, having seen him do
50 much much in few preceding minNttes-
| 81 was terrified lat thsl idea of his
getting into Camden Town and London;
and at length considering if there ever
was aP occasion that justified, a risk Of
life this was it, I determined to. catch
him myself: Happily he a,l ran ,gps,tq
Pryors gate, and Threw myself from
my horse upon him. and caught, him by
the neck; 6e BIT at me and struggled,
but without effect, and l succeeded in
securing him without his biting he.
WhenI seized the dog His Struggles
were SO Idesperate'tha It seemed 9aFt first
almost impossible to- hold him. I'll ]
lifted him ina the air, q when he Was /
more easily managed, and c6ntriVed To
lring the bell l,euo"Issl-l'io us bod y"tF
au''I wasbafraid chat the foam which
| was Ipodringi from Ifs mouth in furious
efforts to bite me might get iJhtot' SOME
scratch and do me injury, SO with great
difficulty T iHetd him with one hand,
while put the otherin my pocket and
forced on my}glove, iahdn then did the
same,with my otber,hsud,i and at last
1.-THE gardener opeiedlthe door, saying,
E'What do yoir 1wantGr 9've brought
you alma4idog, replied l, and telling
him to setasstrong1 ehaingwalked into
the yard, carrying the dog blythe neck.
III was determined not to kill him, as j
thought if he should prove NOT .toI be
| mad, it would prove such, a satisfaction
to 19st the three ips4 persons whom he had had Bit
tell'sw la siasl ,ipsiftib aes 't..i,uu gysa cd
| ~ made the gardener (wAo was ina
terrible fright secure thereeIlar arouBd
! his neck and fix the other, end to a tree,
and then walking to its furthest range,
with all my force, which was nearly s4-
hadsted by his frantic struggles, i
flung him away from I, me and
Isprang back, He made a desperate
bound after me, but finding himself
| foifed he uttered the most fearful yell
/ ever heard. All that day be- aid
nothing but rush to and fro, ,ehamping
the foam which rushed from his Jaws;
We threw him meat, and he snatched
at It with fury but instantly dropped It
again. The next day, when 1 went to
see him,71 Thought the chain seemed
worn, SOIL pinned him to the ground
tbetweed the prongs of a pitchfork, and
then fixed much larger chain around
This neek;'but when I pulled up The
fork, he sprang up and .madeus dash1,a at
Fme which snapped therold chain in two.
tHe died in forty-eight hours from the
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