New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-30
Kretsch & BerrsS Saw.


Kretsch & Berg i Say.
In reply to an article in the last issue
OF the Review relative to the late gland
ers scare as cited BY DR.. Fritsche we
would like to give our side Of the story.
The statements as regards hiding the
place of burial Of the diseased animals
or any parts thereof are absolutely false.
The place of burial was described to
him as closely as possible in the presence
of several witnesses.
Two horses were placed in the same
hole to save labor; the one claimed to
be affected with farcy died from being
cast in a stall over night. In regard to
our horse supposed to be affected with
| CHAMBERS we were surprised one day on
walking into our barn to find Drs. Frit-
sche and Mueller examining one Of our
horses. @
The next morning he injected Malleine
into the same animal with the desired re-
pctlon, whereupon. he ordered the animal
isolated and put in quarantine. This
was done after having heard the diagno
sis of DR.. Behnke who claimed he could
not detect,any CHAMBERS. To satisfy our
selves we called DR.. Donaldson from
Mankato who expressed the same opinion.
and when DR.. Mueller was called he
agreed with the former gentlemen but
claimed it case of CHAMBERS on the reac-
ton of the lymph. We then asked of
DIR. Fritsche time and again to send for
another veterinarian when we would be
willing to have the animal destroyed and
post-mortem made, but he absolutely
refused, saying he needed nobody.
Finally he decided to kill the horse
and hare postmortem made in the pre-
sence of Drs. Mueller, Koehne and Lipp
Thereupon we concluded, if the board
| OF health could not call a veterinarian,
| we would call one for our own benefit
and have him make post-mortem with
| DR.. Behnke, (which was DONE When DR..
Fritsche was informed of what had hap
pened he had DR.. Schwartzkopf here on
the evening train. The diagnosis of the
DR.. has been given before, but his work
seems to us very superficial when he de-
clares a BAN free from CHAMBERS when he
has not even examined the horses in that
place. Since then DR.. FritscEe and DR..
Mueller have been around our barn after
10 O'Clock at night, when we had gone
to bed, with the intention of injecting
Malleine into DR.. Strickler's horses, but
seemec: to loose courage in their under.
taking and left without accomplishing
thei: purpose At present the Board OF
Health has forbidden him the use Of NAL
leine unless it is satisfactory to the own
er of the horses, which fact has ceased
all trouble in that direction. Dr.Schwartz-
kopff, late state veterinarian, Informed us
that he had used the lymph but twice in
his life. We wish to state that it would
be credit to DR.. Fritsche both as mar
and public officer to come around in DAY
light through the main entrance instead
of the back door and inform the owne,
or men who are in charge of the stock Of
his intentions before he proceeds.
As regards the diagnosis of Drs. Don.
aldson and Behnke we are satisfied that il
was correct since we have watered SO
horses daily for the last 4 months with
the disputed animal at the same water
ing trough and though the longest period
of incubation as given by the best auth.
critics is only weeks we fail to detect
a single diseased animal in our barn. AL.
though DR.. Fritsche claims one of his
horses, which licked UP the blood of the
animal shot,to be affected with CHAMBERS
he is driving it on the streets every day
On using the Malleine on this animal or
both sides of the neck he obtained the
characteristic swelling on one side only
| .- 49, Kretsch & Berg