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  thing 
  he 
  came 
  near, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  jaded 
  and 
  starved 
  appearance. 
  

   He 
  was 
  shot, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  noticed 
  that 
  he 
  wore 
  a 
  Buffalo 
  tag. 
  On 
  

   investigating 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  he 
  left 
  Buffalo 
  the 
  day 
  before. 
  

   The 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  was 
  there 
  when 
  

   he 
  was 
  shot 
  and 
  opened 
  the 
  dog, 
  finding 
  his 
  stomach 
  filled 
  with 
  

   bark, 
  grass, 
  etc., 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  snapped 
  up 
  as 
  he 
  ran 
  along. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Middletown, 
  in 
  Niagara 
  county, 
  about 
  twenty 
  

   miles 
  from 
  Buffalo, 
  on 
  August 
  24th, 
  a 
  strange 
  dog, 
  upon 
  which 
  

   was 
  a 
  Buffalo 
  tag, 
  appeared 
  snapping 
  and 
  snarling 
  at 
  nearly 
  

   everything 
  he 
  could 
  get 
  at, 
  but 
  was 
  so 
  weak 
  he 
  could 
  hardly 
  move 
  

   and 
  was 
  promptly 
  shot. 
  The 
  tag 
  was 
  'No. 
  3556, 
  and 
  on 
  search- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  records 
  in 
  Buffalo 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  dog 
  was 
  owned 
  at 
  

   No. 
  1212 
  Clinton 
  street 
  in 
  that 
  city. 
  The 
  owner 
  was 
  seen 
  and 
  

   he 
  said 
  the 
  dog 
  left 
  home 
  on 
  August 
  21st, 
  but 
  had 
  been 
  sick 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  days 
  before 
  leaving. 
  So 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  this 
  dog 
  had 
  been 
  

   wandering 
  around 
  for 
  three 
  days. 
  How 
  many 
  dogs 
  and 
  other 
  

   animals 
  he 
  had 
  bitten 
  in 
  that 
  time 
  we 
  cannot 
  tell. 
  

  

  Several 
  consultations 
  with 
  Mayor 
  Diehl 
  and 
  Health 
  Officer 
  

   Dr. 
  Ernest 
  Wende, 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  were 
  had, 
  who 
  requested 
  this 
  

   Department 
  to 
  quarantine 
  that 
  city, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  help 
  them 
  to 
  

   stamp 
  out 
  the 
  disease. 
  They 
  said 
  an 
  order 
  would 
  be 
  issued 
  by 
  

   the 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  forbidding 
  any 
  dogs 
  to 
  run 
  at 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  

   city. 
  This 
  was 
  done. 
  You 
  were 
  advised 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  facts 
  and 
  

   consulted 
  with 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  here 
  and 
  you 
  deemed 
  that 
  

   necessity 
  demanded 
  the 
  quarantine 
  of 
  all 
  Erie 
  county. 
  This 
  you 
  

   did 
  on 
  September 
  20th, 
  sending 
  us 
  notices 
  which 
  were 
  posted 
  in 
  

   all 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Erie 
  county 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  wards 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Buffalo. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  later 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  had 
  taken 
  a 
  strong 
  hold 
  

   in 
  the 
  town, 
  of 
  Pendleton, 
  toAvn 
  and 
  city 
  of 
  Lockport, 
  and 
  by 
  re- 
  

   quest 
  of 
  the 
  health 
  authorities 
  there, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  

   agents 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  here, 
  you 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  quarantine 
  

   those 
  places. 
  This 
  you 
  did 
  on 
  September 
  28th, 
  sending 
  us 
  notices 
  

   which 
  we 
  posted 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  cases. 
  

  

  