The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-01
Bitten by Mad Dogs!

Tuesdays train brought Mr s. r
Harrison from Salisbury after hi~ son
William a young mau 26 years of az.
who arrived here last SUNDAY aud who
rad been bit by a little yellow a X, hall
fee and cur. -upposei 10 be mad. at his
fathers residence in Salisbury last w ed
nesday evening the 18th. They were
luut,ug the Pointer mad stone In Per
,on county about twenty-Odd miles from
this town. Mr. Harrison found his son
,ireadv gone on. M Harrison Is a fl Inc
looking silver haired farmer looking 2 "a
tlemau OF about 55 aud while he live.
nut of the heart of Salisbury he has a
arm out OF three hundred acres aod is a
progress farmer. raising only a little
)f cotton aud an abundance OF rich sweet
Srass. lie gave the reporter the t How
my ccoun Last Sunday week, sir,
| noticed something strange in Ben , he
would raise his head at the slightest
noise and appear unduly excited. and
from that time until the following Wed
nesday he got worse and worse; he wuuld
break off at times and run fully a mile
with all his might and then fall down
perfectly exhausted, aud he ran through
several neighbor's houses a mile of and
bit some of their dogs, and they killed
the dogs. You see Cen Was a very social
little dog. aud the dogs he usually
played with when they came to caress
But he never loaned atthe mou, b,
though he would not drink milk
and although he seemed to want water
he would not drink it. but he show
ed no signs of a spasm at the sight
M NJ hnnr that - not
have read encyclopedias on the subject
and they say that the sight of water does
not necessarily throw a dog into spasms.
ga W ednesday evening my on Willlam
caught Ben BY the nape of the neck to
Tie him up, he was running biting the
iour mat and gnashlng at everything he
could get hold OF. aud as William llf ed
him by the back of his neck Ben struck
his teeth clear through his right thumb.
My SOU who Is not easily frightened Wa
very much alarmed anu ran al once t.
DIR. julius Caldwell who stuck an instru
ment through the wound and then cau
terlzed it with nltrid of silver. DIR Cald
well, who dos,n t touch 4 drop himself.
also advised my son to take three drinks
of liquor a day. | carried William up III
lrsdell to a Mr. Harriss who has a mad
stone and it was applied but it didn
stick though he said he felt a tingling
sensation-they said they had never seen
II applied to a poisonous wound but What
it struck. William left Sunday morning
for Milton to try.
The Pointer mad stone was left in the
Pointer family in Person country nearly
a hundred years ago by an old Indian,
hat the family had Hospitality entertain
ed. The Indian told them it was a sure
cure for all poisonous bites. A piece OF
this stone was presented By some Of the
Pointer family to the late & n. B. Evans
of this paper some five years ago aud last
summer sometime. it was during the
snake season, Mr.. Evans loaned the stone
we think it was to Mr.. John Lip,comb
tn apply to some of his family for a snake
bite. We trust that whoever has it vi.
think to return it.-Milfon Chronicle
A gentleman who was at Morv. n. An
son county, last week. tells u. that earl,
on Friday morning Mr.. Charlie Ratlif,
VINO lives two or three miles from Murven
NH { out in the yard noticed a small DO.
approaching him, aud al it appeared [,
want To ute him, he began kicsirg at II
but the more he kicked the ha dr. /
tried to bite him. Finally he stoope,
down to pick up u stick when the do,
seized him by the neck just back of tn,
ear, biting him severely. The dog theI
went to a Leighbor's house aud began
running the chickens, where it was killed
Mr.. Rstliff at once w,nt to Wadesbor,
for medical treatment. DR.. Ashe returned
to M1rven with him, and assisted by Nl-
enheimer, dissected the dog which ha'
been killed, and they gave il a. thei
opinion that 1t Was not mad. Thus did no
satisfy Mr.. Ratllff, and on Saturda
morning he went to Charlotte to consu
the doctors there. When our lntormau
left Morven on Friday he said they wer
making a wal of determination on tn
dogs.
We learn from the Charlotte Journal
Observer that MI. Ratlif went to ct al
lotte to consult DR.. Brevard. The JON
nal OJserrer seys:
Mr.. Ratliif fe Is sure that the amin;
is rabid. DIR. Brevard treated hum Il
best he could. and Mr.. Ratlih felt quit
relieved. .Jno. Buffers maidstone "
procured and tested for n couple
hours. tut did not adhere to the woun,
Mr.. Ratlitf was restin. Easy i'll his rooi
at the Charlotte Hotel during the atte
noon. He is drinking heayliy rs Il ir'
cautionary measure. He lett last nl.l
for hi. home much relieved"