Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-11

spasins. Ming Bone. Ets.. with Modes .
Tr4Atu1ont.
From the Farm M Fireside.
The horse Is our noblest domestit
animal, perfect Ia structure, impos.
ing in appearance, full Of intelligence
and when kindly treated giving In re.
turn an affection almost humansin it,
nature, and performing to the last
point of endurance the tasks imposed
and We may add is too often subject
ed the hardest and harshest
usage q any OF our animals, and
probably for this resson Is the mos,
liable to disease and blemishes.
Many an otherwise valuable horse
is disigured for life and rendered
more or less unfit for service by ugly
spavins, unsightly ring bones, splints,
etc. Sometimes these difficulties are
not of q serious nature, that is, do
not lame the horse, or make any ma
terial difference ia the ability for per-
forming work on the farm but such
animals are rendered unsaleable, or
If disposed of, it must be at a sacri-
fee Of price. Generally, however,
the horse is permanently famed, I'M
less the cause Is removed, which is
very seldom-and often entirely
ruined for travel or work.
Spavins are most generally pro-
duced by q strain or overwork in
drawing. The bony excressence or
substance of which it is composed
will grow quite fast and sometimes
give the appearance of an enlarge
ment of the joint, and unless attended
to in season will soon become diff
cult to manage. Many remedies
have been devised for this difficulty,
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 remove the bunch
already formed or cure the lameness,
besides the process is a painful one
rendering the horse more of less I'M
fit for service.
Some four years ago DR.. Ken
dali, of Enosburgh Falls, VT, had a
horse troubled with SPAWN and tried
blistering to cure it. The operation ap-
peared SO painful and unsatisfactory
that 1t was abandoned with the be-
lief that . remedy less torturing in
its application and more certain in its
effect might be devised. According
ly the Doctor set himself to work,
and being q practical physician and
druggist, succeeded in preparing q
remedy that since its introduction
to public notice, has achieved a sue
cess that is of the most satisfactory
character. About three years since,
hearing of several cases where "Ken-
dall's SPAWN Cure" as the remedy
is termed, had been used with good
effect, l took some pains to ascer-
tain tile facts in tie cass, and report
ed the same for several of our lead
ing agricultural journals. l give a
few instances to which I am person
ally knowing. r.. A. Gaines, of
Berkshire, VT, owned a valuable
horse having . SPAWN of the size of a
hens egg, and producing a severe
lameness. After trying the usual
remedies with no effect, learning of
Kendall's SPAWN Cure, a bottle was
obtained and used according to d.
rections. The application produced
no blistering. did not appear to be
painful and left no seal or callous.
A enc dollar bottle was used and it
cured the SPAWN, stopping the lame
ness and removing the bunch. I ex-
amined the legs carefully and could
find no difference in the size of the
joints and could not tell upon which
the SPAWN was located. The horse
has been worked hard since and upon
examining him a second time a while
since, after An interval of three or four
years, was pleased to find no return
OF the difficulty in any shape or man.
ner one leg is ii sound and perfect
to all appearances as the other.
Mr.. N. F. Weld, also of Berkshire,
VT, treated 3 bad case of spawn
with this remedy and in six weeks the
lameness was gone, the bunch nearly
removed and he considered the horse
cured. There has been no return of
the difficulty since, although the
horse has been worked hard. A. A.
Simpkins, of West Enosburgh, VT,
has had IN experience similar to the
above, and others might be given,
but these may be considered sufi-
Gent to establish the fact of the cur
alive powers Of this remedy, and also,
which is equally important, the per-
Torrance of the cure the relief af-
forded being not temporary, but
lasting in effect. Equal success has
been had with Kendall's SPAWN Cure
in the treatment of splints, curb, ring
bone, bruises, strains of different
kind, callous, etc. / wish to call
particular attention to this as a hu-
name metho1 Of treatment, the reme-
dy. while it is efficient In operation
yet does not produce pain or sore
ness, as 10 the case with most appli-
cations. This feature Is deserving OF
notice and is receiving commenda-
ton from many prominent gentlemen
in this country, among whom / would
mention Mr.. Charles A.. Currier,
agent for the Massachusetts,
society for the prevention OF cruelty
to animals, Boston, Mass, and others.
Although this remedy was origi-
nally designed for the treatment Of
horses, yet it has been used for hu-
man ailments, such as different forms
Of rheumatism, o. deep seated pains
Of long standing, with equally good
effect.
Kendall's SPAWN Cure has been In
reduced throughout the most of this
country, and is being put into the
lands of all the leading wholesale
druggists from whom it may be OBJ
or through whom it may be
ordered by every druggist. DR..
has also compiled a small
work or "Treatise on the Horse and
lis Diseases" Of about 100 pages,
'ully illustrated. and giving in n small