Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-06-05
ANOTHER
EASTBURN
HORSE DIES
DR.. Ewes Makes Public Cor
reSpOndenCe With Veteri-
narianS Over Cases
BACKS UP CLAIM OF
FORAGE POISONING

J. T. Ensthurn, the Hamburg Cove
farmer, who lost twelve horses re-
Gently from disease. has had more
misfortune. On Tuesday Mr.. East
burn had another horse TO die The
animal was one of the new ones re-
comfy purchased. It's complaint was
hot the same malady that killed Air.
Easthurns other hon sos.
After the other horses died. friends
OF Mr. Eastburn took up collections
In various parts of the county for his
assistance and yesterday Howard
Jordan, of HOckcssin. gave him S56
which he had collected. j. Thomas
Moore, OF Pleasant Hin, also turn
cd SO over TO Mr. Easthurn.
The following has hcon received
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir Aly attention was drawn to an
article published la your issue of juno
.3, entitled "Upholds DR. Kuhus'
Views which crlticiscs Mr.. A. ID.
Nandcvcr of this city and myself Such
articles are vory unfair TO say the
least. The writer of the letter rs one
W. G. Di1cr who seems TO DE very
much exercised over something that
he apparently kDows nothing aholt
In my opinion II would have been bet.
ter for him TO have kept quiet ! did
not care 20 be Obliged further &,
"hash" over this very unfortunate oc
curronco regarding the death of horses
on the i T. lcastburn farm. hut an
forced TO do so. II was my intention
TO drop the matter entirely but | con
slider Il my duty now 10 further eN
plain. In doing so J propose 20 shoy
how foolish and mcddlosome some per
sons can be.
Mr.. Dizer evidently has some littl
knowledge OF mixing paints and like
publicly to ridiculc practical me
like Mr. A. ID Nandeyer in "a very un
kind manner The worst feature {
the case is that IL draws Others int
the controversy unwillingly. do nc
wish it TO he understood that ] an
never wrong as Mr.. Dizer has int
mated. but ! can prove that this tin
am right My diagnosis was M
singlc-handcd as other veterinarian
. confirmed H. The letter signed
Dr. j. r. Mohier and addressed
Or Kuhns fully explained thi
imaginary disease diagnosed by ID
= Kuhns which did not and docs not e.
isl on tho Easthurn farm. The Kuhn
diagnosis Is not favored by all th
veterinarians al Washington. Ia fac
it, Is contradictcd and should be.
do not want Il understood that
have performed "A great amount q
veterinary art IN making a diagnosi
as this particular disease (forag
poisoning) Is very easily diagnosed
AS far as Mr. Dizer Us concerno
he had better stick TO his paint bust
ness. and the veterinarians vii
quietly attend TO their own affairs
certainly feel assured that DI
l<uhns was not partisan to the on
slaught ignorantly porpctrated by Nh
Dizer. and feel assured that boiOr
he tMr. Dizer) writes another ar
ticle debasing the unguilty he vii
learn the facts In the case.
To be brief, ! was called TO tn
, Hamburg Cove farm by Mr.. Eastbur
10 see horse. and told AIR lGastbur
that the animal was suffering wit
forage poisoning or the so-callc
spinal meningitis. u was no groa
feat on my part, as the disease is Yer
common Mr.. Eastburn was told .
the time that ,he animal would di'
and that others might contract th
disease, probably one. and possibl
all; that IL was not contagious i'm am
manner, shape or form. that treat
lmcnt was of no avail. that the diseas
was not thoroughly understood b
anyone as TO the direct cause. II
was told 10 remove tho horses ian
lmediately from the stable and :
lohange feed entirely, as it was tn
Continued on Second Tage.