Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-22

the attention of many persons and his chief
aim seemed to be to get hold of and bite ev-
cry dog within his reach. Several of the
smaller dogs were badly bitten and severely
shaken up by him, and he had repeated scrim-
images with larger dogs about town. In all.
at least % dogs are known to have been bit
ten by him in the village, and as he paid
visit during the day to almost every part of
the village it is only fair to suppose that he
bit many dogs Of which nothing is known.
Some anxiety was felt on the subject on Fri
day and Saturday, but nothing further was
heard of the animal until on Monday after
noSn Mr.. Wheat of Putney came to Brattle-
boro to say that the dog had gone up through
that town, biting large number of dogs on
the way, and that he had been followed and
finally killed in the edge of Westminster. AS
is related by our Putney correspondent. On
Wednesday party of young men from this
village went to Putney and visited the place
where the dog was killed but they could gain
no special information further than is here
stated. Public opinion is divided on the oues
ton as to whether the dog was really suffer
ing from rabies. Many of the owners of the
it was best to be on the safe side, and have
accordingly promptly killed their dogs. At
lenst dozen such animals have suffered the
death penalty during the past two DAYS, and
it is only fair to say that many of the dogs
thus killed were highly valued as family pets.
Others of the bitten dogs are kept in close
confinement, and still others are now wearing
muzzles. Nothing like panic exists on the
subject, and it is simply felt that every owner
of n dog in town should take every reasonable
precaution to protect the public from any pos
sble danger from hydrophobin. We believe.
and so do the people generally, that, for the
present, no dog should be allowed to appear
upon the street without muzzle, and every
dog known to have been bitten by the strange
dog should either be killed or kept securely
chained at home. In justice to the dogs and
their masters it may be said that the general
public feeling on the subject has had the eff
feet to thin out the dogs upon the street to
greater extent than has been known before
for years. But very few dogs, by COM
parison, are now seen running Mt largo and
good many of the precious ours are wearing
mu2zles.
THE BRATTLEBoRo PUBLIC LIBRARY.
We heartily commend TO the careful at
tention of all our readers the following an
nouncement from number of public spirited
ladies, relative to steps which have been taken
with view to the improvement and increased
usefulness of our village library We hope to
see large and interested attendance at the
meeting appointed for Saturday evening.
There is no reason why Brattleboro may not,
with the excellent foundation already POSSESS
ed, Mt an early day come to have a library
with such accommodations and appliances as
shall render the institution a credit, and a
source of education and usefulness to the whole
town:
AN urgent appeal is made to our citizens
to aid the Brattleboro Library Association in
their projected attempt to procure better ac-
commodations for the village library. All
those interested in the prosperity of the asso-
citation are strongly of the opinion that if
library building could be erected or, at the
least, rooms procured that could be devoted
exclusively to the uses of library, its useful
ness could be more than doubled and the
number of shareholders greatly increased
Papers have been circulated in the village the
last few days in which the consent of the
shareholders to the future removal of the
books, in case of better accommodations
being provided for them asked, and
these have been signed by large majority
of the shareholders who have manifested
much interest in the project. public
meeting is called for Saturday evening, Feb.
23d, at seven o'clock, in the parlor of the
Brooks House, which all who interested
in public improvement, both shareholders and
non-shareholders in the association, are urgent
ly invited to attend. A working committee
of ladies is to be appointed, aud the ways and
means of raising the money needed discussed.
BemardSton and places of still less importance
have their public libraries in Greenfield we
learn that six thousand dollars has just been
raised by the citizens for similar purpose,
and Bnttleboro certainly will not be behind
its neighbors in enterprise and public spirit.