Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
From the Farm and Fireside.
RING BONE, ETC, .,-THEIF
TREATMENT.

The horse is our noblest domestic animal,
perfect in structure, imposing in appear
ance, full Of intelligence and, when kindly
treated giving in return an affection almost
human in its nature, and performing to
the last point of endurance the tasks i'm
posed, and we may add is too often sub.
jected to the hardest and harshest usage
Of any Of our animals, and probably for
this reason is the most liable to disease and
blemishes,
Many an otherwise valuable horse is dis
figured for life and rendered more or less
unfit for service by ugly spayins, unsightly
rlng-bones, splints, etc. Sometimes these
difficulties are not of serious nature,
that is, do not lame the horse, or make
any material difference in the ability for
performing work on the farm but such an
imals are rendered unsaleable, or il dispos
ed OF, it must be at a sacrifice Of price
Generally, however, the horse is permanent
ly famed, unless the cause is removed,
which is very seldom-and often entirely
ruined for travil or work.
Spavins are most generally produced by
strain or overwork in drawing, The bo-
ny eXcrescence or substance Of which it is
composed will grow quite fast and some
times give the appearance Of an enlarged
joint, and unless attended to i'll season will
soon become difficult to manage, Many
remedies have been devised for this Difficult
ty, but usually with very Indifferent sue
cess. Blistering is generally resorted to
when anything is attempted, and will in
some cases, when properly performed, stop
the growth of the SPAWN but will not re-
move the bunch already formed or Gu re
the lameness, besides the process is pain
full one producing soreness and renderings
the horse more or less unfit for service.
Some four years ago DR.. B. j. Kendall
Of Enosburgh Falls, VT, having a horse
troubled with SPAWN tried blistering to
cure it. The operation appeared so pain.
| full and unsatisfactory that it was abandon
ed with the belief that remedy less tortur-
| ing in its application and more certain in
its effect might be devised. Accordingly
the Doctor set himself to work, and being
practical physician and druggist, sue.
ceeded in preparing a remedy that since its
| introduction to public notice, has achieved
a success that is Of the most satisfactory
character. About three years since, hear.
| ing CT several cases where "Kendalls SDav.
in Cure, as the remedy is termed, had
been used with good effect. / took some
pains to ascertain the facts in the case, and
reported the same for several OF our leading
agricultural journals. l give few in.
stanees to which l am personally knowing.
Mr.. B. A. Gains of Berkshire, Vt, owned
a valuable horse having a spaYin Of the
size Of half hens egg, and producing Sc.
we're lameness, After trying the usual
remidies with no effect, learning Of "Ken-
dalls SPAWN Cure, bottle was obtained
and used according to directions. The ap
p,ication produced no blistering, did not
appear to be painful, and left no scar ol
Jealous. A one dollar bottle was used anC
it cured the spawn, stopping the lamenes:
and removing the bunch. examined thu
legs carefully and could find no differences
in the size Of the joints, and could not tel
upon which the SPAWN was located. Tn,
horse has been worked hard since and upoI
examining him the second time a Will
since, after an interval Of three or fou
years, was pleased to find no return Of tn
difficulty in sny shape or manner; one lei
is as sound and perfect to all appearance
as the other.
| Mr.. N. F. Weld, also Of Berkshire, Vt.