The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-27
Gas4ntslEtqertter:
CREEPER'S HYDROPHOBIA
Remarkable Experience OF n New
York Herald Reporter.

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clanking Of the great cylinder press. turn,
irg out Intelligence by the roam, mingled
with the rOsr Of early market vehicles in
the street 1t was habit OF the "iorce"
10 sit around for an hour or two, smoking
aud exchanging lies, after the work was
done, instead Of going oil to bed like "a
tonal creatures. No matter how great
The rush, or how labOrious and exhaust
ing tue work had been, the boys all SEEM
cd 10 get their Second wind" about this
time, and were never more wakclnl.
Longing about the desks, or sitting with
their feet cooked up on tho window stills,
The staff INDUCED In a wide range Of dis.
cusslon, embracing all the local topics,
and often degeneratiug into "chatf" On
the night IL question the subject hap
pencd 10 be dogs, and some OF the "WhOp'
pingesl" dog stories ever listened TO
were told. Finally the "Hydra," so.
called on account Of the numerous heads
that had been put on him, led the con-
versation TO the subject Of hydrOphobia
and VIC were all narrowed up in the most
distressing manner by q series of interest
ing "reminiscences OF that distressing dis.
ease Finally the "Creeper," who had
heretofore smoked his cigar in silence,
occasionally mixing little Of the old
FrenChman's Frontignsn with m equal
quantity Of whisky in u glass and drink
ing it, spoke. The "CrCeper" was Q new
accession to the force, and came to us all
seedy and red.eyed with indications OF
recent "wnllOwrn in the slough OF daapnnd.
We called him the "Creeper" on account
of his soft, cst.like tread. He was usually
retiCcnt and unobtrusive, but the usual
animation Of the conversation, and the IN:
SEPARATION Ol-the mixed Frondgnan and
bourbon scanned to have inspired himsy =
"Boys,n said the Creeper, 81 have lis
tened TO your conversation with painful
interest. FQnAmateursy you arc unusually
well posted IN hldPopho9i9. l am giau
none or Won have quoted YOu0tt, who
was the iuiefnalest liar on earth. But,
bows, you can'tleSrn all about hydrophO'
bis from books and papers, or even from
observation. There is one thing lacking,
and In thAtI haYe the advantage OF you.
Pve'had iE!P y A.-l 49,. "a
We all startled, and looked to sec II the
Creeper was quiZziDg US
Lne III 'Hn navel 0''" wv '''
"Well, it was several years ago when |
first came over from England; had
brought with men little Scotch terrier
which I'd raised from pup, aud to which
was very much attached. 4 got work on
tne neI ,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ,s,T ySn didn't
PoGE Pay y %a'I ~ =, ~ ~ ~ TISro,o3 conn'
uhueisses - ~ ~, ~
.tyISg htgS ~ ~ 1iSn snSn-
'nG I w Uu' os,a-,,himS ahead If mo and rmsh.
PfG uP Ste 'n VIZ 0 t'~St Grnwo rcnor,er
gu " L WIZ ~ o,oIoI r nirS H Who cr,;ses
" haIu VI s9et"Cn n P'iS go w." orIv %o,o
a.G GI ,a os - Same ,ucsl,s Lc
paaa % 1o - Irnio s%;io o,hnt weeks hc
may ue ~ u iIT TS,SnS Pile tSSi WAS
HS VS. hoI M and
tue uo E,i,o IaS opty one Observation-Disclosures
WIZ ntS%S M noIiv ~ sobk nm airv
nv aI'U' ,i"%t rooN IN; SjIfiSlS stoIg mi
S 9,iSS;oHs s,roC, IodG;F, and an oul
,,.oaia " ,,SsreySr we conIl irpt 'rm. one
t ~, h " .j,,"CnrSSeT Sftpr a 't,,Tee-
JSya' fast and beCap 10 think OF a plunge
from The East River .ferry-bOat, sol,
GoJ d :sSt5 I IhSsfI stesi or siarvs. az
Irown ~ Prince heard me, and weak as
Se wso from want Of ioOd he started
Jown aWbere are'you poiiig, sir 7" But
tor oncc tho doc ,disobeyp3 me, and before
conId arrest him. lie was gone, He, too
JeseTtS ma / ,tbouaht Even the boosted
tidelitv If Inc doc X 4 myth, Bat l did
noor Prince an iniustice, n, subsequently,
spnnearcd In Rbonf fifteen minutes he re,
inTned SLOWLY dro05inS Win him a beef,
stsst 1eiObISv Sbe5t three pounds,Whicb
bs ISId Al INV iect ana thcp tainted from
sThsMs,ion AIter eating about a mound
If raw heeisteak. I Threw some wafer on
Prince and revived hin, after winch We
t;sno TS I"o of ' ISo SaISncs al The beei be.
tween ma and feIt bett1J 5'SOl course /
tnew pr;nco nod stn,cn tbel meat from The
hntcber aronnd the Gamer but A starving
man Tss M Coincidence and I1iot oufY
;n 'In T 80 ronrove Kim hut absolntely on.
'a,rvH ~ Nm III nlso took him abound
sou'a IA. IS,-ojI ,,Ssd M, 10 baker
IN a.%u otts 80 IbSt "a ma b6ih bread and
auu "'" Iuo ~, olon0 niceIr FIR somr
lueS S w w b. An, Prince CANA home
o mv9Asi ~ i,,L ny kioSd and tSithnbf ans
S;Ool, :. h " enJ 1itb M tail to speaE
oT 9A T NJ hSS {rcS FRAT Wa ian vas hand
~, ,Io MV uE H,anO;rS The bn,Chcr lad
49, Tot ", m,s sEn ~, on5 biS cieaver haf
nm IN n ~; sn0 49, aSS H ~ SnSscb Tsbed
" lISt VI w otsau u = ~ A. IN N
shenI teAr, anu pES Sl.. ~ ~ oo ~
Soty remnant IN huSsIA saaEs' ~. ~ ~
FRINGE, however, Iang9Snea anu De aSsila
elllant one Gay WINE / was u 1Iesstl''t =
MS tail he Dit me IN the hano. II was