﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuee. 
  405 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  case 
  wliicli 
  came 
  to 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  on 
  July 
  22, 
  

   when 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  notice 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  that 
  a 
  mad 
  dog 
  had 
  bitten 
  three 
  

   persons 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Lancaster 
  and 
  Alden. 
  I 
  requested 
  Agent 
  

   William 
  B. 
  Reading 
  to 
  go 
  there 
  and 
  find 
  out 
  all 
  the 
  facts 
  in 
  the 
  

   case. 
  He 
  reported 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  day 
  of 
  July 
  a 
  large 
  St. 
  Ber- 
  

   nard 
  dog, 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  Mr. 
  Cook, 
  of 
  Alden 
  village, 
  left 
  home, 
  

   went 
  through 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Alden 
  and 
  on 
  to 
  Sand 
  Ridge, 
  and 
  from 
  

   there 
  to 
  Wende, 
  where 
  he 
  bit 
  one 
  John 
  Getz 
  and 
  a 
  horse 
  and 
  cow 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  James 
  Vine. 
  He 
  was 
  traced 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  Looney- 
  

   ville, 
  where 
  he 
  bit 
  a 
  horse 
  belonging 
  to 
  Henry 
  Erbs, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  

   boy 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Siehl. 
  From 
  there 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Winspier 
  

   road, 
  where 
  he 
  bit 
  a 
  Walters 
  boy. 
  The 
  dog 
  also 
  chased 
  some 
  

   cattle 
  belonging 
  to 
  John 
  Amburst 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   road, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Lancaster, 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  developed 
  rabies 
  

   and 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hausser, 
  V. 
  S., 
  on 
  August 
  11. 
  Later 
  

   on 
  it 
  developed 
  that 
  a 
  horse 
  and 
  cow 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  Vine, 
  

   at 
  Wende, 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  bitten 
  by 
  this 
  dog 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  

   July 
  21st, 
  for 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  22d 
  Mr. 
  Vine 
  noticed 
  marks 
  

   on 
  the 
  noses 
  of 
  a 
  horse 
  and 
  cow 
  belonging 
  to 
  him 
  as 
  though 
  the 
  

   animals 
  had 
  been 
  bitten. 
  This 
  farm 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  direct 
  path 
  of 
  

   the 
  dog. 
  Fred 
  Vine's 
  horse 
  died 
  with 
  symptoms 
  of 
  rabies 
  

   August 
  22d. 
  The 
  horse 
  belonging 
  to 
  Henry 
  Erbs 
  and 
  the 
  cow 
  

   and 
  horse 
  belonging 
  to 
  James 
  Vine 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  shown 
  symptoms 
  

   of 
  the 
  disease. 
  The 
  dog 
  went 
  from 
  Wende 
  back 
  to 
  Looneyville, 
  

   where 
  he 
  was 
  shot 
  Sunday 
  morning, 
  July 
  23d, 
  after 
  having 
  wan- 
  

   dered 
  around 
  two 
  nights 
  and 
  one 
  day 
  and 
  covering 
  a 
  section 
  seven 
  

   miles 
  long. 
  Dr. 
  John 
  Wende, 
  V. 
  S., 
  wired 
  Dr. 
  Kelly, 
  V. 
  S. 
  

   at 
  Albany, 
  and 
  he 
  came 
  on 
  and 
  investigated 
  the 
  case. 
  He 
  took 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  brain 
  of 
  suspected 
  dog's 
  and 
  inoculated 
  several 
  rabbits, 
  

   which 
  developed 
  rabies, 
  proving 
  beyond 
  a 
  doubt 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  

   rabies 
  here. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Kelly 
  returned 
  here 
  August 
  2d, 
  and 
  we 
  investigated 
  the 
  

   reports 
  of 
  rabid 
  dogs 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Lancaster 
  and 
  Marilla. 
  In 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Lancaster 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  heifer 
  suffering 
  with 
  symptoms 
  

   of 
  rabies, 
  and 
  she 
  died 
  after 
  being 
  sick 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days. 
  

  

  