The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-31

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The disease seemed to make no excep
tons. The best attended horses in that
city, such as those of the Fire Brigade,
were seized with it.; but as the rule Of
the disease seems TO be that the fatality
is greatest among horses not properly
cared for, the Fire Commissioners or
dcred that those horses should be taken
back to their stables US 0 as they had
reached q fire, and remain theIe blanket
ell, until it was necessary to bring the
steamers back. In this manner many
OF them were saved From Toronto,
the disease spread with alarming rapid
i:y to Montreal on tho one side and
Western New York on the other. Each
mornings news u its appear
0nce in new places. From Niagara Falls,
where it WIS very violent leaving hardly
a sound horse, it spread to Rochester,
soon causing an almost entire suspen-
sion OF. business which was dependent
upon houses, such as horse-car travel
and railroad freigLtaga. From Roches-
ter it spread West and South. 1t Don
reached Albany, and by railroad and
canal mediums was not long in reackiNg
New York City and Boston, where it
has but just commenced to manifest it.
self. Westward, it Travelled to Buffalo,
whore it Las ragged with extreme violence
for the past few days. The Commercial
Adccrtiscr Of the Dist says that nine out
Of ten horses III the city are affected by
it. Nearly al the livery stable-keepers
i'll the city have closed their barns tenn
porarlly, so that it is a matter of diff
Guilty to obtain horses for funerals, and
those which have turned ont have been
more OF loss diseased. The street rail
way and omnibus companies have ceased
using their horses altogether, while the
haGkmen, cartmen, and cXpressmon are
all similarly afflicted. 1t is rather re-
markGble that, while horses, both i'll the
public and private stables Of the city,
are suffering alike, the canal horses have
not caught the disease, and according
to the general testimony it las not made
its appearance at all among the horses
or mules used as towing purposes
Having reached Buffalo, it is certain that
it must also reach Detroit and Chicago,
notwithstanding the order Of the Score
t4ry Of the Treasury, forGidding the i'm.
portation of horses from Canada into
Michigan. The disease has anticipated
the order, and is already in the United
States, advancing in all directions; and
while The official prohibition may serve
to mitigate It's raynGcS, tLCre IS little
hope that it can prevent its appearance
hero, and that speedily. Itmay he we'll,
therefore, for owners'of horses in this
city to understand the nature OF the dis
case, the treatment Of the horse under
sickness, ard the remedies which have
thus lar been used with SUCCESS. Ac-
cording TO the Toronto papers, TIE dis
ease is Il kind Of catarrhal fever OF I'll
epizootic nature tie result OF some at
mospheric influence, as is shown ~ the
fact that it oppoms in Ulious places at
once, and attacks borscs oftli conditions,
whether old CT young, strong or weak.
Tie best veterinary surgeon tom it
tTiz0ottc a4fucn.a. Tie ~Tlcmonitory
symptoms ale duIncss, Il starirg, coat,
and Il wateiy discharge from the nose.
These are followed byaa>Ictllcat, slight
swelling OF tie glands, loss Of appetite,
a severe lacking cough, with discharge
Of brownish yellow matter ircm the res
tlils, a QuicEcncd pulse tad rcsl nation,
fccblcness and yclloNrlsa Of lie eyes
and en- unnnturil ccldn1ss Of tie et1a
and legs. The respiratory orgars Glo
principal parts affected, hut Tic G%jacaec,
being o blood poison, ary animal which
has had previous diseases affecting GER
tain organs, will lie sire to show Il de-
r~angeulent of these organs, vi en- al
tackled by The irGucEza. C,lctlniue
the remedies, the LoHdop &C, W Eoc
Press says;
with medicine given Ly advice Of n
surgeon, tie following leat1ucLt vii, it
is said, hardly fell ocfcct a cure or pre-
vent tic progress Of The d~iceace, Oh tic
taking Of it. The hoses quito wtll CT
slightly affected should not be takcn out
in wet weather, end if thoy have TO he
so, should he woimly covered. Affected
animals Should be kept in a well-vcnti-
hated static and fed upon hot soft food
easily d.gestod, such rs ltrsocd ton, oat
meal Cruel, rrd boiled oats or barley
Tho appetite OF Inyalitls sliolJdbo tmpt-
by carrots, apes, or any other nelicacy
or sick cuadruped friends is Known to
have u failing for In al ssnblcs n car
bolic diainfcctant should be Hbcraly
used"
One Of the Toronto papers adds the
following sEggotions to the aboyc:
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