The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-11
Fairfield County News
Cows Had Rabies.

Another aftermath of the reign of terror which was spread throughout Bedding and the surrounding coun- try about three weeks ago when a bull dog owned by c. A. Day, of Red ding, tore through the country, bit ing right and left, was seen a few bitten by the dog, developed pronounc- ed cases of rabies, and had to be shot by their owners. One of the cows was owned by MT. Day, owner of the dog which did the biting, and theN other was the property of Everett I. Cor ham, of Bedding. J. H. Jennings, at the Bedding station, was the next per son to suffer from the mad dog: MT. Jennings dog got in it's path, and was bitten severely. It had to be shot later. In west Bedding, two dogs be ed. Both animals were later killed, when they showed signs of rabies. From the station the bull dog ran down the railroad tracks, and. disap- concerned It later turned up in Flor ida district, near RidgefeId, where it is understood to have done some bit ing. The dog was later seen racing through Ridgefeld. where it crea ted a big scare, but did no biting, so.s far as was reported. The manner in which the animal finally met it's end is not known surely, but the story in Bedding is that it was killed at Can non Station by farmers whose COWS it had attacked.
 By Horses Kick.
 Kicked by a horse her husband was the Stamford hospital, one kneecap shattered and both limbs badly bruis- ed They. were bound for Syracuse at the time of the accident. Mir and to the railroad station A motor truck passed them and it frightened the horse, a spirited animal. MT. Tay- Tor had to check the horse sharply As he did so the break piled up on the animals haunches. The horse lashed out with it's hind feet two or three squarely on the knee. Before the an imal was quieted, it had kicked Mrs. Taylor two or three times.
 Destroyed by Fire.
 Charles H. Osborne's gang of paint CTS finished the painting and decorat- Briggs in Sherman Center, Tuesday evening Friday morning the place caught fire in some mysterious man ner, and in short time was in ruins by insurance.
 Struck by Lightning.
 The storm of Saturday, night was a very severe one, in Shelton, the, ex- cess of electric fluid in the air being extraordinary and it caused damage in a number of places. What is known as the WIellS-Allise place, at W els Hol- low, was struck by the electric fluid and but for the eXertlOnS or the MISS es Anna and Lavinia- Beard the house and contents would have been sun7 doubtedly destroyed. MT. and Mrs: George Warner, who reside there were away from home. The two worse n seized a fire extinguisher they had in the house and went to the scene of the fire They found that the house was afire from just above the founda- tions clear to the roof, the electric fluid having apparently cut through the c1apb cards. for a space of about two feet the entire length of the fouse from top to bottom. Managing to, get a window opened they entered the house and by means of the extingtsish- CT soon had the flames inside under control, and then the two women at tackled the flames that were eating fast into the outside of the house, practically getting the fire under con ,trol before any of the men in the neighborhood appeared. A COW owned by O. G. Beard which was out to pas ture struck by lightning and in stant1y killed, and a. number of trees in that vicinity was also struck ty the electric fluid.
 A really effective kidney and bla d. der medicine must first stop the pro- <f