The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-18
BITTEN BY A RABID DOG.
How q Man Feels While Waiting
for the Fatal Ninth Day.
Huntsville Courier Journal.

Louisville Courier Journal
Solomon Pifer, who lives in the
country, near Old Deposit, was in the
city yesterday seeking a remedy for
the bite of a mad dog. Ae was seen
by a Courier Journal reporter last
night, to whom he told the story of
his casualty. On last Sunday morn
ing, while out in the woods near his
home, he spied coming through the
bushes a large Newfoundland dog,
that appeared very tired. The Jog
stopped at little spring, lying down
in the water, and Mr.. Pifer, who
saw that he was verv fine animal,
conceived the idea Of making a cap,
tive of him. supposing that he had
wandered from home and was lost
Peeiing a piece of bark for rope. he
went up the dog and began to tie it
about his neck, when Carlo snapped
him on the hand. The bite was not
bad, mere scratch across the fingers,
from which the blood trickled freely,
and did not intimidate Mr.. Pifer at
all from securing his prize, with which
he started at once to the house. Gu
the way he met his wife coming to
tell him that a mad dog had bit his
his dog and three or four hogs, and
she at once recognized the animal he
had In tow as the mad dog. Of course
there was at once great anxiety on
the part of both Mr.. and Mrs. Pifer.
and she wanted the dog killed at once.
Mr.. Pifer thought it better to secure
him and determine by his actions If
he was really mad. He had him ex-
amined by number of people, old
and young. and the universal verdict
was that he had hydrophobia. This
verdict was confirmed by the fact that
after refusing nourisment of all kinds
for two days the dog died a violent
death Monday evening, chewing his
foot nearly off before his death.
Mr.. Pifer secured the use o: Mrs.
Jennie Jones Cunningham's mad
stone by calling at her residence, 222
West Jefferson. It acted well, ad.
herring at once and remaining nearly
three hours the first application.
When asked how a man felt after
being bitten by a rabid dog, Mr.. Pifer
said that the feeling was anything but
pleasant. He said At first, though
a little bit excited. l didn't feel much
scared, but I seem to grow more anxi
Gus as the time goes by. The nearer
get 10 the fatal ninth day the more
uneasy become. Whereas / was a
hearty eater I now eat scarcely any
thing. I have always been sleepy
headed, going to bed early and to
sleep at once now I sleep only little. |
I feel that I would do anything to
avoid the horrors of such q death, yet
cannot get rid of the fear that such
a death is in store for me. / am not
only willing, but am anxious to try
every remedy offered me. I have
tried one maidstone, which seemed to
act we'll, but am not satisfied /; II
want to try others and other remedies
too, i'll can hear of any. 1t is a very
feeling. l am not sick,
am not in pain, but the waiting for a
certain brief period of tine to 60 by to
determine whether it will bring me
death or release from an overhang-
ing shadow of death, is by no means
pleasant.
Mr.. Pifer returned home last night,
having done all he could in the way
cure, to await the expirati n of bis
probationary period, hoping against
hope that the reputed magic of the
maidstone was not mythic.