The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-03
horrible Hydrophobla! Poware
of Mad Dogs.

that a. many as one In every county OF
the State were reported last year and
quite i large number have already &C.
Cured this year.
Now, as 1t happens that animals bitten
by mad dogs sometimes go for months OF
even wears before any developement of
r,bies. it is easy to see that d family
might find 4 furious cur among lis house
f,IJ nets without d moments warning.
The animal that seems all right at morn
ins may bo swapping and frothing under
the MONDAY sun
We repeat, Now IS good time to
keen all such pets" at a distance.
Rockingham Rocket a We are
very sorry TO hear that a son Of Mr.. John
Robinson, OF Arson, was on Monday last
bitten severely Cd his wrist by a dog that
was supposed 10 be mad. Other persons
are sand to have been bitten by the same
dog. Young Robinson was tax Gu 10 the
doctors at W~adesboro, who Immediately
cut out the affected part and thoroughly
cauteriZed the wound. He was carried
ON Monday night to Charlotte for further
treatment"
If this refer to our friend Maj. john
Robinson, we tender %siDcere sympathies.
Il Is scarcely a year since he lost a young
sou by an accident In the stables of A re-
Iative.
Other cases are reported from Castor
and Rowan counties.
Eufaula, Ala, Aug. 2s.-The people
10 this neighborhood are in a state of
tremendous excitement over the whole
sale spread OF hydrophobia. DIR f b
johnson has Just returned from Mr..
DoughtIe ; plantation, where he has been
summoned. He found thirty two per
SONS suffering with Il disease which he at
once pronounced hvlrophobia in a mild
form. All the sufferers were negroes
Three Of them are desperately sick, one
being in the throes Of delirium. and 80
low that the Doctor says he is liable to
die at any moment
Nr. poughtie says that on July - one
Of his dogs Wen mad and bit a mule aud
several hogs. On Aug Is the first hog
died, aud was eaten by the negroes. Two
more died on Aug. Is, one on Aug. -.
and all We're eaten except the last. The
mule exhibited signs of madness on the
nineteenth day after being bitten. Eleven
d,ys after the first hog was eaten ten of
the negroes were taken sick. Two DAYS
ago another dog was discovered 10 be
mad, aud was killed after having bitten
4 mule. Another dog on the lot Is now
housed, and will be experimental with
for a cure. The dog that bit the mulo
aua hogs disappeared, and the whole
p.rrhharhnnl - IN tArrar Lost hn w., .
among cattle and hugs throughout the
b"lt before dying.
Or. Johnston, an able physician, says that
worst. He says that it would not sur
prise him if the greater number Of the
thirty two persons should die.
4 few days ago Mr.. Doughtie rode ou1,
al the request of a field hand, 10 inspect
the condition of one of his mules, which
was acting strangely. On reaching the
pasture where a dozen mules were, the
animal Mr.. Doughtie was riding ncighed,
which attracted the attention ofthe other
animals, and the sick oDe particularly,
which Immediately rushed on the mule
aud rider, and seized the saddle of the
animal with his teeth. Mr.. Daughtie
dismounted and succeeded in l~oosening the
mad mules hold, but no sooner wa tbs
done than the Infatuated beast turned
upon his owner, who fled for lis If,
pursued by the mule. There was a de-
perlte race of a quarter a mile through
underground, and Mr.. Doughtie oniy saw
ed himself by lodging around saplings.
\ small stretch of clearing interviewed be
tween the woods and the house, and the
terrified man took a lite-and-dea chance
on making it. Before leaving the woods
the mule had bitten out a piece Of Mr.
DOuChtie's coat, and, while m~an@uvring
around the tree, the animal bit himself
s~avagely in several places, tearing out a
mOuthful OF flesh each time. The race
for the house was a close one, and Just as
Mr.. D0uChtie reached the top of the
fence the mule overlook him on a dead
run, but instead of reaching his victim
struck his head against a fence post In a
Wild rush and was knocked senseless.
The mule was afterward killed by Mr..
D3ughtie.
IL is DOW reported that the whole herd
of mules are affected. Many Of them
have leaped the fences and will. doubt
less, spread the disease among other ANS
mails in the neighborhood. The commu-
nifty Is at a loss how to arrest tie disease.
WILL HE DIE?
About a year ago, Charles Erickson
at Hartsville, Pa, took pity on a log
which had been crushed by a wagon. The
cur bit him, and he nearly lost the use
Of his arm.
IL was found necessary to perform a
surgical operation, which was done by
DR.. Derudon.
The wound finally healed, but Mr..
Erickson always had a dread IF hydro
phobia, and frequently expressed his
fears. Nearly Two weeks ago he com
planned of pains in the wounded hand,
and several days later when the pain Ok
tended UP Lis arm toward the shoulder
he grew greatly alarmed. At the dinner
table on Wednesday he complained Of
feeling very badly, and after the meal he
left the house. A few hours later he re-
turned home greatly excited. He ran 20
his wife and exclaimed to her Il would
rather die now than die the death IL
store for me-" With this he seized a
razor from the mantel, but the woman
took it away before he could 10 any
damage. She also took the prccautian
of removing the cartridges frors his ris-
toll He searched the house for tie car
tridges and failing to find them he cane
da4u stairs and tell % the floor III con
WV SONS
He soon recovered and at once called
for water, large quantities of vhich he
has consumed since the attack. Al in
t~5ryals he would sleep for a SHIRT will,
tut the slightest noise would waken Inn,
Ar these periods it required tie com-
tsucd efforts of four men to hn.j hlu'.
When water was handed to him. a'tel
luuAine 1t he would bite the dlink.t 8
vessel. BE also took Il sudden dislike &c
"a pet cog that had been kept in the house