Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-10-30
The Horse Disease.
The cities along the Atlantic sea bcarf

IN consequence OF the epidemic among
horsee. The Government is using al,
efforts to prevent the spread of the dis
disease Secretary Boutwell, has issued
the following Instructions to the collec
tors at Rochester. Burlington. Cape Vim
cent, and Port Huron "You are direct
ed, so long as the existing horse disease
prevails in Canada, to allow no horses to
be brought into your port Or district from
that country. unless you are perfectly
satisfied they are free from contagious
diseases"
The symptoms appear to be bad
cough, with running atthe nostrils, and
horses afflicted with the disease cat aud
drink but little There is 10 question
among horsemen but this is a Canadian
disease, which has swept through Mon
treal, and still exists in the latter place.
DR.. Girdwood attributes the disease to
the unusual amount of rain that has fall
len of late, saturating the soil with mos-
lure. and Gays the consequent continuous
dampness in the air has cansed an unu-
sually large development of fungoid
growth. everything being mildewed that
can be. He thinks that the mildew at
most of the stables is the cause of the
cold affecting the horses, and say. he
would treat the horses the same as he
would himself if similarly placed. by
keeping the stables in as dry condition
as possible and using every possible
means to purify the air to prevent the
development and growth of mildew.
The disease is not considered fatal un-
til it reaches the lungs.
The following dispatches show the ex-
tent of the disease:
TORONTO, October 22-The hors.
disease epidemic which seemed to have
first started here, has nearly disappeared
from the city. but is spreading through
cut the Dominion. The few deaths
which occurred here were among horses
that were kept at work or in poor con-
dition. Horses that were properly cared
for escaped with but little injury.
BUFFALO, October 22 The horse
disease is still on the increase, and over
seven-eighths of all the horses in the c-
ty are afflicted The disease appears
everywhere, breaking out as severely
among private coach horses as in car and
omnibus stables. The street car horses
have been Withdrawn from all short trips,
and The cars are making fewer trips and
slower time. Among 220 horses owned
by Catheres, not a single animal s free
from disease
The E-rpress this morning publishes a
table showing the number of horses sick
in twelve livery stables in this city.
which shows that out of Ais horses only
l3 are able to work, and out of twelve
all but one are closed OF one hundred
hackmen in the city only ten APPEARED
yesterday. and there are none at all visi
bic to day. Omnibus Companies trips
are suspended for the past three days.
and truck horses all laid up Out Of 81
horses owned by the Express Company,
only one is being worked The disease
has appeared among she fire department,
horses, but not to general extent
Back in the country the disease has not
yet appeared
NEW YORK, October 23 The horse
disease is spreading rapidly in this city
| and is becoming more virulent every
hour There is not horse car or stage
line in the city that does not suffer more
or less from the disease No horses
have yet did from the disease. and eve
ry effort is being made to coufne the ep-
idemic to its present limits
A despatch from Toronto, Canada, un
der date of October Gath, says:
An English gentleman in this city
states that the horse disease is now ra
ging in England, where the mode o
treatment is simple and effectual Sui
phur is used as prophy lactc, burned
on pan of Goals five or six times daily
in stables, so that every part may be
come fumigated. the animal a: the sam
tine well cared for and blanketed. Thi
simple remedy never fails to cure in
few days.
PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CURE or tn
DISEASE.
The following description of the dis
ase and it's treatment is taken from tn
Buffalo Commercial, and is worth pre-
serving:
The early symptoms of this diseas
IRE said to be light, hacking coug
and general dulness, with an indispos
lion to move; cod ears and legs, wit
4 watery discharge from the nostrils :
At first the nasal membrane is pale. bu
is the disease advances it becomes higl
ly colored, and the mucous. discharg
changes to a greenish or yellow colo
and the pulse becomes more rapid. A
-oon "a these symptoms appear the al
NAL ehould be kept warm in the stab
by blanketing. and warm bran mash'
? should be given.
a letter from DR.. G. Elliott, veterin
~ surgeon, of St Catharines, contain
what have proved to be valuable sugge