The Portland daily press., 1872-10-25
THE HORSE EPIDEMIC.
uts Auuearancc in Portland.-A Whole
Stnbio-fuIl of Horses Sick.-Ths Disease
SpPeadimg.

consequences. 1t commenced in Canada; from
whence it spread.all over New York State, thence
proceeded to Massachusetts, and is now in oul
midst. In New York. stage lines have been
abandoned, horse car lines have stopped run
ming, and travel has been seriously impeded.
In Boston and vicinity thousands of horses are
afflicted and the probability is that Portland
will soon find the ma iority of her horses in the
same condition.
From all accounts, several horses in town
hBve been troubled with cough for some days
back, but their owners thought it only cold
and paid little attention to them. Yesterday it
was satisfactorily decided that their sickness
was none other than the horse distemper. The
veterinary surgeons were kept running all day
and had their hands full of business. DR.. Rip
ley yesterday morning had five cases on hand
how many he had at night we cannot say, but
we know that all the horses, some twenty in
number, in Record, Latham & Young's stables
formerly Gordon & Ricker) on Silver street
not Pearl, as stated in the Advertisements
sick yesterday afternoon, and among them were
many private horses whose owners boarded
them there. Mr.. Record informed us that the
cough of the horses first taken seemed TO be
better, but the animals themselves appeared
weaker. His remedy has been to give them
shorts, and a teaspoonful of muriate of am
monia three times day in their feed
| Mr. Albert S. Fuller loaded his truck at noon
on Commercial wharf, but when his horses got
to India street they began to sweat violently,
cough, and exhibit unmistakable signs of the
distemper so that he had to send for another
team to convey his load, while he took the sick
horses home.
A truckman, who drives for John P. Farrar,
said that ten of Mr. Farrar's horses were sick,
and that the team he was driving had the dis
temper. We asked him why he didn't let
them rest, and he said they had so much bust
ness they couldn't get other horses to take their
place. A horse belonging to Mr.. Wyer stood
on Commercial street blanketed, and when the
blanket was removed, preparatory to driving
away the team, the horse was found sweating
violently and coughing.
| The horses that have died were not victims
to the distemper. A fine animal, belonging to
the firm of Cummings, Leavitt & Widber lum-
Der merchants on Commercial st died Wednes-
day night of collie, one at the City Farm from
other causes, and one on Bracket street YES
terday
About eight o'clock last evening two horses
were attacked in the livery Stable of Mr.. Davis
on Preble street.
The disease, We understand, is not contagious
and if bleeding is not resorted to and the horses
are allowed to rest, no fatal results need be ap-
pretended
Col Sager thinks that it is partly owing to
the poor quality of the hay that has been made
this year. The following prescriptions may be
useful. They are given by DR.. G. Elliot, of St.
Catharines, Canada, where the epidemic has
been experienced in its most aggravated forms.
DR.. Elliot advises that the stable be well ven
tilated, the horses blanketed and chloride of
lime sgrinkled through the stable every morn
ing The nostrils should be sponged out two or
three times day, if the mucous adheres there
to- The food should consist of bran with lit
tie oats. and a moderate quantity of hay. If
the bowels are costive, half-pint of raw lin
seed oil may be given; but it is probable that
the mash will cause sufficient relaxation
Prescription No. (given below sheuld be
administered every evening If the the throat
should be sore-which can be ascertaned by
the pressure of the hand upon the Iarynx-
about two tablespoonful of prescription No. 1.
(also given below should be rubbed in. So
long as the disease is confined to the larynx
there is but very little danger, but should it de-
scend to the lungs-which will be indicated by
extremities and labored breathing a half
pound of mustard should be mixed with two
ounces of turpentine and water to the consis-
tency of thick cream, and the mixture rubbed
well in behind the fore legs or over the region
of the lungs. The legs should be bandaged if
cold. If the pulse should be more than fifty
five per minute, fifteen drops of Flemming's
1ncture OF aconite should be given every two
hours, and if the breathing still continues Ia
bored and the pulse grows more rapid, apply
the mustard again, and give one and a half
drachms of calomel for two mornings. The
following are the prescriptions referred to-:
HPrescription No. L-Linseed oil, 10 ounces;
turpentine, IL ounces liquor ammonia fort
l ounce. Mix all together in fur vunve but
tie and apply to the throat, if you think it nee
essary to do so.
ounces; tartarized antimony, IL ounces dig
tails, IL ounce. Pulverize all together and
make twelve powders; give one morning and
night.
P.S. If they are not very bad, you might
omit the last ingredient, namely, digitalis.
This has been tried, and a gentleman who
had $50 horses saved them ALL
Macbeth.
The well-worn simile of "sardines packed in
box" will apply admirably to the audience in
Music Hall last night Not only were par
quette and galleries filled to OVERLOOKING but
the aisles were also filled with chairs, rendering
it very difficult for late corners to reach their
seats.
Booths "Macbeth" is splendid piece of act
ing. The ambitious, scheming Thane, whose
valor on the field of battle has won him high
honor at the hands of his king transformed in
to the conscience stricken man, frightened at
the creations of his own imagination, was most
/ ably depicted by the great tragedian. The
scene with Lady Macbeth after the assassina-
ton of Duncan, and the rendering of the soll-
| guy when about to commit the fearful deco, was
one of the finest delineatons ever witnessed in
Portland. But why attempt to point out all
the beauties of this superb effort? 1t is enough
to know that in stormy gusts of passion, or in
exhibitions of fear, Booth displays two of his
strongest points, and in Macbeth both have
full scope
We were agreeably disappointed in Miss
Crampton's "Lady Macbeth" Notwithstand-
ing she lacks the noble physique and masculine
sternness of feature, that at times mclts to
womanly softness, of Charlotte Cushman, yet
she showed very good conception of the char
acter. Her information was rather peculiar and
her emphasis marked, but nevertheless it was
very fair bit of acting, and her scene with Mac
beth, where she reproaches him for his timidity
after the assassination, was very well rendered.
This was especially to her credit since we learn
she had been suffering much physical pain all
the afternoon.
The rest of the characters With the exception
of Mr.. Ogden as Macduff, do not call for spec
ial mention, although they were all acceptable.
Mr. Ogden, who took Mr. Bangs place, render
ed Macduff very well, and was especially good
in the scene where he receives the information
of the murder of his wife and children.
There were but few bitches in the play, which
was iudiciously pruned. The most amusing
contretemps were in the incarnation scene in
the fourth act, when the apparation failed to
put in an appearance on time. But these are
trifing matters.
We are pleased to hear that at the suggestion
of many of our leading citizens, Mr.. Booth
will appear here on next Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings, in "Richard Ill.," and ''Tht
/ Stranger"
THE late robbery of the Bank at Waterford
by which so heavy loss was suffered by thos,
who had left bonds with the bank for SAT-
keeping, should be warning to the public t
deposit their securities with the Safe Deposi