The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-31

would lauHh 1t out or practice. Fer
haps the very sceptical ones would at
least cease to laugh or even smile
should they become familiar with the
history of the famous Columbia Coun-
ty, Ga, mad stone, for many years
owned and used, at a small charge,
by the Bcntons Of that region. They
live not far from Appling, the County
seat
Now and then some ovcr-bold ply
sician, endowed with the rather abun-
dant faculty Of being blind 30 positive
and sclf-assertivc facts, fills up col
umn in a yellow journal pooh pooling
the existence, at any time or place, Of
such resultant from the bite Il. dog,
in whatever abnormal condition, as
hydrophobia is commonly described
and universally believed to be.
What would his Magnificent Medi-
cal lmpudcncc say to the story here
subjoincd? 1t is true, notwithstand-
ing, and many unimpcachablc witness
cs are living to vouch for it,
In 1884, in Aiken County, S. c.,
eight miles from Augusta, Ca, at
Cherokee Ponds, on the old plank
road, stray little black dog was seen
to bite COW confined with her calf in
a small, grassy enclosure adjoining
the horse lot. Directly after the dog
had "a mad fiji and was killed. Be-
fore week had passed the COW began
to act strangely, believing, galloping
wildly and foaming at the mouth. This
mood would leave her and she would
Craze, lie down or stand quiet as be-
fore. But soon again the "mad fit"
would seize her and her unusual pro-
ccedings would be repeated On the
second day she died in agony. With
in the week succeeding her history
was reproduced, not only by The calf,
but also by dozen or more chickens
which ranged in the same lot. The
intelligent people Of the vicinage be-
lieved that all Of these got the infec-
tion by means of tho 'cow's slobber"
on the grass.
A PREVENTIVE OF HYDROPMOBIA.
But this prolonged prologue must
come to an end that we may give earn
est heed to proposed plan, q suggest
ed possibility, Of worldwide preven-
tive of hydrophobia. Doubtlessly
some reader is ready to surmise the
repetition Of the recommendation to
cut off every dogs tail Immediately
behind the dogs ears. Not so, for
the writer recognizes that that recon-
mendation is as impracticable as it is
supremely wise. IF people will not
have laws to limit the expansion of
6ogdom and so enlarge the domains Of
tho harmless and helpful sheep,
which touch directly the pocket nerve,
it is vain to hope that DEGREES of cx-
termination against the dogs will ever
issue from any law making body Of
mon for the protection of the bipeds
OF whom, in these strange, faithless
days, every newborn bipcd' father
and mother, with true cynical Malthu-
sian enthusiasm. is ready to say that
the world is even now too full.
The subject matter of the proposed
preventive will prove to be an exem-
pliication, but Of the most extraordi-
nary kind, Of the often quo ed, but
oftoner forgot and seldom practiced,
maxim: An ounce Of prevention is
worth pound of cure. Not to delay
longer, in plain words i. is credibly
declared that dog can be sterilized
by an easy and almost painless surgi-
cal operation, so that mover germ Of
hydrophobia will be bred in his body.
Should this allegation be proven then
the imagination of the creates. poet
or painter could not properly portray,
with brush or pen, the relief from anx-
iety of the most distressing kind that
would be given to the race of man.
Were it made only by degraded saw
| ages, even then the most eminently
learned should vic with one another in
ascertaining even possible modicum
of truth therein contained. But it is
made on the basis of indubitable
proofs by some of the most respecta-
BILE people in South Carolina.
These are the Langstons, whose
family has lived for century and a
half four miles from Film Church,
which is three miles west of Fling
ham on the Northeastern Railway, and
IS the hallowed spot where Luther
Rice, the companion of Adoniram Jud-
son, and founder Of Columbian Uni