The New York herald., 1872-10-24
HERALD THURSDAY OCTOBER a.

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How many are affected nf
FIFTY and eleven disabled 30 far.n
What remedy do you use ~
''well, am h0meopath and believe in hom9o-
pethy, and use Humphreys SPECIFIC Letters "A and
throat. We have reduced each car TO one trip per
day less. The horses that eat and cough work as
better e exercise sss sssm We ss as
1sa.s6 heard the coughing on Monday, and lin was va
out snnSt s tell I neW M u w go
the horses in 1854 and 1855. This disease, in my
opinion. is fever with catarrh and the eyes OF the
horse become dun, the n0strils become red and the
head falls down. 1t lasts about ten days and has
TO be treated like fever on human being. Any old
ws
work like o Young horse, for fear OF bad conse-
! quences II we worked the old horses while this
disease Is prevalent 1t might end IN pneumonia,
just as man might fall into consumption who had
contracted severe cold and neglected himself"
CoAMIssioNER-How much do you value your
MT. wALLAoE-well, we have pretty good stock
II msns @ has
q car. We have some old horses that are extra.
and that We use on pinch, but as general thing
our horses are valued at 5000 head At present
we have lessened the quantity OF food which we
used to give them. That is necessary, az sick
are giving them now bran, warm drinks, cut
hay and little corn meal. We cut all our own hay
with an sngne the rst G S cK animal an ma tina snSt naq
that we give the horses first Some OF the horses
began TO cough and choke and gave them homeo.
began by breaking out in the nose when run.
ming. and the tongue became furred and
has STRUCK us az last When fenna ' ts rst case
| IN this stable. do my own work and look after
the horses, and that is the report, as have been
looking aBh0rses for twenty-eight years or there
warm ana Shiny. but many Of the
the homeopathic treatment This is a regular
old influenza, this is. l never lost horse under
IN the Homeopathic treatment IT. M tried aopathy pat NV 9n,
sore throat and diphtheria and it must have about
the same kind OF treatment Step In again and
look at the horses as soon as you can. Tne HERALD
Is always welcome.
The sixth Avenue Railroad.
At the depot or the Sixth Avenue Railroad Com
| pany the HERALD Commissioner found Mr. Supertn-
| tendent J. b. Bidgood, who stated that they had
| $50 horses and that they had taken on nity
horses which were sick and twelve cars from
/ their regular trips He said :-"There has been q
horses by this sickness. That is false. We have
| lost but one horse in month, but we have great
treated carefully. The disorder or whatever il
may be called struck us first on Monday"
| The Broadway Lines.
This company is q large one, and owns the lines
that terminate at Broadway and Barclay street
enth avenue line. They have l,lOo horses running
constantly and 100 cars. They have sixty sick
| horses. Mr. Leadbeater, the superintendent,
stated that their horses were generally in pretty
good condition and that he does not think II rl is
in the atmosphere. Some OF these horses are get
ting better, numbers have been sent to the hos
ptal; but he thinks that the disease Is spreading
and will spread for few days. and then will de-
cline and fall away entirely. Mr. Leadbeater Is evi
denty quite hopeful, but still he has large mum.
enough to compel the necessity OF singing them up
Eighth Avenue, vesey and Canal Street
Line.
The HERALD Commissioner called at the depot OF
this line, which occupies the block from Forty
ninth to Fiftieth streets on Eighth avenue and had
an interview with Mr.. Wilson, the superintendent
of the road, who received him very courteously and
yielded him all the information In his
power. His statement was as follOws:-''We
have 1000 horses on our line. We have
taken eleven horses of the road, and as near as
can Judge about two-thirds OF our horses are
slightly but not seriously affected. They were
Monday night with all the symptoms o.
having what is known among horsemen
remedy chiorate Of potash powaer,
and little lniment to rub their throats and mus
tsra also We cannot gags their throsts where
ness come to our horses In such shape as this
| before. We have made no change in the trips and
there are no cars taken on. We sprinkle the stable
| with lime, and keep down the effect of any
| urine or other matter, and have the stable
thoroughly cleansed every night. We use carbolic
acid as a disinfectant, and we have sent for some
this afternoon. Some OF the horses have been taken
with the chills and have behaved as If they had the
'stranges' choking at times and coughing heavily,
like man with heavy cold. Ihave used belladonna
and sweet spirits Of nitre as a remedy. Our horses
cost from $l65 to $175 apiece. As general thing
| believe the stock on this road are in very fair
shape, with the exception OF three horses, who are
@ ss 81 s Sed Mr Mson
| the HERALD Commissioner very good day.
The Fifth Avenue Line OF Stages.
| The depot OF the Fifth Avenue Stage Company
was visited by the Commissioner, ana one of the
principal officials was interviewed, who did not
want his name given. His statement was as fol.
| lows
ave have 400 horses on this line, which are valued
at from $3.50 to s1s5 piece, and large number
| have been taken with the chills and colds and
| coughs that are so prevalent just now. ! am
using aconite and sweet spirits OF nIre for cure
and think that as soon as the fever has developed
This distemper appeared on Monday and
they have been coughing ever r.oIan since we We
not before We are running sixty-nve stages, two
less than usual and instead OF seven trips per day
we are now making but SIX until TINS blows t over
| had year or two agO-I mean the cerebro-spina
menengits. horse that won't. eat for two OF
three days is sure 10 be sick on our hands. We use
! mustard and warm mash for our horses and give
| them warm drinks. That Is all | can say al
| present."
| The Twenty-Third street Line OF Stages.
| The last visit made by the HERALD Commissioner
| was to the stable Of the Broadway and Twenty
third street line Of stages which is located In Ninth
avenue, at Twenty-sixth street. little boy, who
was quite smart and voluble, called the " stable
boss,n Mr.. Edward Gaynor, who put his head out OF
door and declared himself ready to be interviewed
at once and on the spot. He made his statement as
| foows:-
"There are ATS horses on this line of stages and
| sixty-three stages are run. We have taken four
stages of to-day on account OF the sickness OF the
| horses The first we knew oil II was on sun
! day night, when heard the coughing. have been
| giving them liniment and mustard as well as AGO.
| mite and belladOnna Some OF the cases are worse