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  Skventii 
  Annual 
  Kepoiit 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  At 
  Marilla 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  a 
  strange 
  dog 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  yard 
  of 
  

   Ml'. 
  LaSaDe 
  Tabor 
  on 
  July 
  2d, 
  and 
  laid 
  down 
  under 
  a 
  tree. 
  

   Mr. 
  Tabor 
  thought 
  the 
  dog 
  acted 
  strangely 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  pitchfork 
  

   to 
  drive 
  him 
  away. 
  The 
  dog 
  then 
  ran 
  into 
  a 
  barn 
  where 
  there 
  

   were 
  two 
  calves, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Tabor 
  saw 
  him 
  bite 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  Mr. 
  

   Tabor 
  then 
  aroused 
  the 
  neighbors 
  with 
  the 
  cry 
  of 
  " 
  Mad 
  dog 
  ! 
  " 
  

   and 
  they 
  gave 
  chase 
  and 
  shot 
  the 
  dog 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  

   there. 
  The 
  calf 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Tabor 
  saw 
  the 
  dog 
  bite 
  was 
  taken 
  

   sick 
  nine 
  days 
  aftenvard, 
  liaAdng 
  fits, 
  bellowing, 
  etc., 
  and 
  died 
  

   after 
  being 
  sick 
  six 
  da^^s. 
  The 
  other 
  calf 
  was 
  taken 
  sick 
  after 
  

   fifteen 
  days, 
  with 
  same 
  symptoms, 
  and 
  died 
  after 
  being 
  sick 
  two 
  

   days. 
  Mr. 
  Tabor 
  said 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  calves 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  bitten, 
  

   for 
  the 
  dog 
  got 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  yard 
  and 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  sight 
  for 
  a 
  

   moment. 
  

  

  I 
  had 
  also 
  had 
  rej)orts 
  of 
  rabid 
  dogs 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  East 
  

   Aurora 
  and 
  Wales. 
  These 
  facts 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  you 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  thought 
  best, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  stop 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  disease, 
  to 
  

   quarantine 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Alden 
  and 
  Marilla 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  Lan- 
  

   caster, 
  East 
  Aurora, 
  Wales 
  and 
  Elma. 
  This 
  you 
  did 
  on 
  August 
  

   3d, 
  sending 
  us 
  notices, 
  which 
  were 
  posted 
  throughout 
  that 
  section. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  Yth, 
  Otto 
  Tressler, 
  an 
  eight-year-old 
  boy, 
  living 
  in 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Sloan, 
  just 
  outside 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  died 
  of 
  hydrophobia. 
  

   We 
  investigated 
  this 
  case, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  bitten 
  on 
  May 
  

   15th 
  last 
  by 
  a 
  dog 
  owned 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  thought 
  

   to 
  be 
  vicious. 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Barry, 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  boy's 
  rescue, 
  

   was 
  also 
  bitten. 
  The 
  dog 
  was 
  killed 
  immediately 
  afterward. 
  

   When 
  the 
  boy 
  died 
  Mr. 
  Barry 
  began 
  to 
  fear 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  danger 
  

   himself 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute 
  in 
  ISTew 
  York 
  for 
  treat- 
  

   ment. 
  It 
  was 
  too 
  late, 
  however, 
  the 
  poison 
  having 
  worked 
  in 
  

   his 
  system 
  too 
  long. 
  He 
  died 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  27th 
  day 
  of 
  iVugust, 
  

   after 
  suffering 
  great 
  pain 
  for 
  three 
  days, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  strapped 
  to 
  his 
  bed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Wales 
  Hollow, 
  about 
  twenty-two 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Buffalo, 
  a 
  strange 
  dog 
  was 
  seen 
  snapping 
  and 
  snarling 
  at 
  every- 
  

  

  