Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-29
The Horse Disease.

The Boston Journal Of yesterday has the
following note on the horse disease:
One marked indication of the extent of the
pIostration of business by the epidemic was
seen in Court square. AT noon when even in
stormy weather there are usually fifty teams
standing there, at the same time Saturday
just three were counted.
All over the city human muscle is conRs-
Gated for draft purposes. large team load
, ed with marble passed through the streets of
| the West End on Saturday drawn by a long
line of men in double ranks. Plenty of work
for the sidewalk committee.
Farmers are coming in from the country
with their OK teams, for the use of which they
| are bewildered with the prices paid. The
fear, however, is that the oxen will not be
able to endure stone pavements for any length
OF time 1t remains to be seen, also, whether
they will not also fall victims to the epidemic
\ large load of coal was brought to the
Sherman House on Saturday, drawn by men.
There is no doubt that the epidemic has
attacked the human family. and there are
plenty of cases all over the city.
As an instance of the practical way in which
the epidemic is viewed by some men whose
business is injured, the following is a good
one; baker at the South End announced
| his position Saturday as follows: / have a
horse worth $3.50 sick with the distemper.
can't hire a horse for love or money. |
have $500 worth of bread, ETC., which will
spoil unless delivered. l shall take the risk
Of using up my horse and deliver my bread.
\ gentleman driving horse which was
free from the distemper was seen in the city
Saturday, bat his name could not be learned.
One OF the scverest and most uncomforta-
bic features of the epidemic is the fact that
the ice carts have stopped running. In cases
of sickness. now so numerous i'll the city, this
want will be painfully felt
The Homeopathic system has been found
very successful in the treatment of the dis
temper.
In Philadelphia, several years ago, dis
case broke out among the horses similar to
this, and while numbers died several valuable
horses were cured by inhaling the smoke and
fumes of burnt leather.
valuable horse belonging to Mr.. +. w.
Netf, manager for the Wilcox & Gibbs sewing
machine company, has died from the prevail
ing disease.
Sturtevant Brothers, provision dealers of
Someryille, whose horses are affected with
the disease, were out with handcarts Satur-
day delivering their goods. One of their
carts, hauled by three men in white frocks,
was seen in East Somerville about mile and
a half from the store, leaving goods and TAX
ing orders as though it were an every day oc-
currence.
Stonehenge, the noted English writer on
the horse, describes the disease among those
animals in this country. He says the mala
,ly usually prevails after wet season. 1t is
not dangerous unless neglected, when it is apt
to end in typhoid fever, and then is often
fatal.
On Saturday afternoon Messrs Jordan,
Marsh & Co. invited number of gentlemen
to ride uptown in their OK team as far as the
Commonwealth Hotel. a merry party avail
ed themselves of the opportunity, and the
novel turn -out was escorted by the rag-mutfn
brigade. and received with cheers on its tran
sit