Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-16

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rsbid dog - Ioag ago - the night o. tbe
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the calf of the Lex, biting clesr through
the boot NJ. xlsxsadse succeeded iD'
kicking him -, bit he eauAsst HIN stsiD
and BIT his hard, the Asseh neoeiag
through il He did not know II The ti.s
thst thsdog was mad he sought pro
fsadonal advice, but was assnred By the
physician that be wss In no danger. The
scratches and wounds healed quickly, and
be thought no moro aboas the matter M
til last Taesdsy night vAsn. s1tse os1ng
initiated . meabsg Of DE Ashlana Lodge
Of Good Templsrs hs sxPssisnced, .
taking q drink of wstes, 0ost sisgelar
and unpleasant feeling in his throat, bss
he soon got over it. He was trosbase
with nothing more unpleassnt until
Wednesday afternoon 1t about four
o'clock, when, ON sgain attempting to
take glass of water, he found he could
not drink. He then immsdiatsly s0s-
pected the cause of his sickness, and de-
termined to fully test il. He trisd -
force water into his mouth with spoon,
bat his arm gave spasmodic jerk, ssad-
ing the spoon flying through the air, and
he fell back unuerved, and Wild, and sick,
both from the effects Of the nalady and
the horrible certainty of his rapidly ap-
preaching fate.
He was confined to his bed all Wednes-
day night. On Thursday morning he got
rapidly worse, and continued to sufflsr
most terribly till the time of his death.
The agony he endured NO words can de-
scribe, and the physicians attending him
said his were the most fearful suffsrings
they lad ever witnessed. He howled.
and snarled, and barked like dog. he
scratched and elawed at the bed cloth
ing until IL WINS almost torn TO shreds
Spasms and commissions succeeded each
other, racking his tortured body, and csu--
ing him 10 foam ut the mouth like a wild
and rabid animal. and, in his frenzy, the
veins would swell like they would burst,
and he would bark aud cough ~ though
bis lungs would be forced up. and blood
would gush in streams from his mouth
and no-trils The bed on which be wa
held down by strong men, was saturated
through and through with the Grim on
stream
Strange To- say, be was conscious nearly
tho entir. time, and, devoted and self
sacrificing, be firmly insisted that none
If his svoDizing. and weeping relations
should bs allowed 20 come near him, a.
he wa- afraid be might ipjure them. His
father, Who had been strenf, arrived .
Iittl. before his death, but GU being told
that he had come, he exclaimed, "Dcn't
let him see me"
About two o'clock his eufferipgs be
came even more Intensified, and he
screamed and rbri.ked. Water water
force it down met Oh, DEATH hurry
hurry" HE attendant physicians. again
administered cbloform most copiously
and its soothing and pain-deadenins
effects came with thrice bleesed power
| bros king mo s.~oo of the iasr fearful mo-
ments of suffering, and the unfortunate
victim of that mott horrible Of all mals
dier, hydrophobia, escaped fIom his tor
ture at quarter past two o'clock Thur
day morning.
Mr.. Alexander was only nineteen year
old: had lately joined the Baptist church
and was known as a most excellent and
industrious young man. He frequently
pointed. his finger heavenward just befor'
he died. and declared his desire 10 be q
rest. His invalid mother, and all hi
stricken family have the lively sympa
thies of this whole community.