The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-18
DOG MEAT.
A Newly Discovered Cure For
Bright's Disease.
Sam McGregor Receivers His Health After
Eating Fifteen Dogs-An Ex-
cellent Thing for the
Sheep Industry.
[St Louis Republican,

Samuel McGregor, a farmer residing In
the northern part of st. Clair County,
Illinois, near the Monroe County line,
yesterday related to a reporter his re-
markable cure Of Bright's disease. He
had been robust and healthy man un-
til about two years ago, when he began
to decline in health, and, though he con-
suited the physicians about his locality,
they could afford him no relief, and he
continued to become more sickly and
feeble. He came to the conclusion that he
was victim OF consumption, but he re-
solved TO fight 1t with the best medical
skill he could procure, and for this pur-
pose had consulted and been doctored by
the most eminent physicians in st. Louis
and Chicago, but TO no avail. He had
by this time expended nearly all the
property he was worth in doctors fees,
patent medicines OF all kinds, and nurses
bills, and yet he was steadily approaching
the grave. AS last resort he visited
a physician who periodically visits
st. Louis and had his case by him
diagnosed, and this physician declared
that he was afflicted with Brlght's dis
ease and that 1t had progressed so far that
there was no chance Of curing or even
checking It, and he returned to his home a
most detected human with no hope but
speedy rest In the grave. While brooding
over his supposed inevitable fate one day
an old German woman happened along
and in the conversation McGregor related
TO her that the doctors had all given him
up for death from Brights disease. With
the announcement that he had Bright's
disease the old German woman's eyes as
sumed great brilliancy, and she most
earnestly declared that there was no need
of his dying at all with that disease, no
matter what the doctors had said to the
contrary. She knew Of remedy that had
cured people suffering from that COM
plant, and that 1t was using dog meat for
food. She insisted that he must commence
feeding on canine flesh and she would
guarantee his complete recovery or she
would die in his stead. The idea of eating
dog meat was most nauseating to Nc
Gregor, but, like drowning man grasping
at a straw, he resolved TO commence diet
ing on dog flesh as q last resort, and par
so sanguine of its efficacy and so persistent
that he should follow her advice. Nc
Gregor's trouble, In addition TO his sick
ness, was TO get the dogs whereon TO feed.
But he related his wants TO a young friend,
who agreed to produce the dogs as they
were wanted, for SO much head. The first
canine brought TO the slaughter was large
and noble Newfoundland, which was prop
orly dressed, and McGregor entered upon
his canine diet. Horrible the idea was to
him OF eating such flesh, but when he had
tasted Of the dish as II had been broiled by
his wife the nauseousnes5 previously en-
tertained precipitately vanished, and
when he had finished his first dog meat
feast he pronounced It the most delicious
and pnlatable food he had ever par
taken OF, and therefore he could
scarcely get dog meat enough. Dog
after dog was corraled throughout the
nelghborhood and led to the altar Of
Brights disease. The youngest dogs were
selected II possible, but once In a while q
tough old stager was run across, and then
McGregor's dish was not quite so relish
able as II might be; but even then he pre-
ferred II to veal, lamb or frogs. He kept
on eating dogs, and from tho very first in
Judgement he commenced to improve and
rapidly became well man, and to-day is
just as robust, strong and healthy as he
ever had been, and his good fortune he
ascibes to the old German woman and the
martyred dogs, after he had been pro-
nounced inourable by the best of physl-
clans and was already with one foot inthe
grave. He had become so infatuated with
dog meat that he could scarcely give up
eating IL, but the furor that had been
produced in the locality among the
people who were missing their dogs
and the threats made against the
party, II discovered, who was taking
them warned him that he must
call halt on subslsting on canine meat,
lest he, being saved from death from
Brights disease, might experience vio-
lent and bloody death at the hands Of the
owners Of the CANNES. In all he ate If
teen dogs, and, though the owners Of all
greatly bemoaned their mysterious loss,
the most affecting case was that Of young
lady who was thus bereft OF her poodle,
and whose grief became so great over the
loss that she had to be taken on an ex-
tensiye travelling expedition TO prevent her
grieving herself 10 death or carrying QUIT