, 1878-01-11
Good Night. Papa.

Another death from that horrible ,,,s
mysterious disease. hydTophobla. hn. ~,
CURED, this victim ia this instance l-in,,
a child ui tender years, and the cause :
bite los one at that yillAinou, bte.B a
dug, whose presence 10 a city in Nb,sh
they literally sWHim j. almost a., dana,
Gus n that oi Sn many cuhra,.
Mr. Charles IclhuCk, a salesms, H.
the hardware store Of Shield, A Br,tb.,
llg North Third street, reside. win hi,
family At M. lj4l North Twenty. f,pr,.
street, and II IA hs youngest child, Cbarl,..
Edward LeihriCk, unusually biiyb, a.,
hi~ only two wears and eight month, az
life, Who l. the victim oi the ,rtrilJ.
calamity. Last evening Mr.. LcibrrL
Was called upon and related the story oF
the child's suiterings aud death, as fol.
lows:
six weeks ago to-day Charley wss
playing with other children on the pave
mcut in front of the beer saloon OF Jo-
seph Eichman, on the southwest corner
OF Twenty. third and Bolton, about two
squares away from here. Ecbmsn's
chlId was playing with spi'zer dog, be-.
longing to him, and the dog afterwards,
Jumped in an apparently playful manner
from one child to another, when sudden.
ly my boy cried out that he was bitten.
He was taken into Eichman's house an6y
then brought home. He was then AT
once sent to my family doctor, and word
was brought back that the doctor did mo
think it was "a dog bite. saw the marks
when | came home that night; one WAS
on the left eyebrow and the other on the
left cheek, just below the eye. Both
together were not as big as the head of
ten-penpy nail. did hot think them the
result Of a dog bite, because oman
who saw the child as the dog jumped At
it, said they were caused by his face
striking against the wheel of baby
carriage. The marks disappeared in
twelve hours.
II had been for a long while in the
habit Of carrying my boy after he had
awakened every morning down stairs.
piggy back, practice he enjoyed very
much, but on last Saturday morning, for
the first time, he showed fear of falling
50 marked and unnatural as 10 excite my
notice, He played all that day with his,
sisters, as usual, but his mother noticed
he was dropping. Sunday morning be
was still evidently out of sorts, but moth
ing happened of note until the afternoon.
Then his mother stripped him for the,
purpose of washing him all over and
dressing him. The instant the water
came in contact with his body he gave
yell unlike any sound she ever heard be
fore. | came home about six O'Clock,
and she reported to me what had hap
pened. | took him up stairs and sat
with him on my knee for an hour and n
half. | then asked him to lie down with
me. He consented, but when laid him
down he gave yell such as never heard
anything like in my life.
"From that time he would never lie
down and it was then that his convul-
sions began. These were from seven to,
ten minutes apart, lasting minute at IL
time. The sight and touch of water
caused them the worst tear that
dropped from my eye upon his cheek
threw him into convul,lon. The CON
vulsions lasted all Sunday night and Mon.
day until ten minutes past six o'clock in
the evening, when he died very easily.
He was sensible all through his sickness
and just before his death he said to his
little sisters who were crying beside him ::
oh! don't cry. will pray for you all
when get to heaven. His last words,
were: Good 'night,papa.' PhHadclphIS
Times.