﻿Commissioner 
  or 
  Agriculture, 
  505 
  

  

  ceived, 
  that 
  morning, 
  a 
  telephone 
  communication 
  from 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  E. 
  

   Bowman, 
  health 
  officer 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Alden, 
  informing 
  him 
  that 
  a 
  

   dog 
  had 
  died 
  from 
  rabies 
  the 
  previous 
  day. 
  I 
  immediately 
  went 
  to 
  

   Alden 
  and 
  called 
  upon 
  Dr. 
  Bowman, 
  and, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  him, 
  vis- 
  

   ited 
  several 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  rabid 
  dog 
  had 
  been; 
  also 
  consulted 
  

   several 
  persons 
  who 
  had 
  seen 
  the 
  rabid 
  dog, 
  and 
  obtained 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  information 
  : 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  said 
  that 
  dog, 
  owned 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  named 
  Munn, 
  acted 
  

   strangely 
  and 
  bit 
  a 
  St. 
  Bernard 
  dog, 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cook, 
  while 
  

   in 
  company 
  with 
  other 
  dogs, 
  following 
  a 
  bitch 
  in 
  heat. 
  About 
  

   two 
  weeks 
  after 
  this 
  the 
  Cook 
  dog, 
  which 
  had 
  always 
  been 
  

   noted 
  for 
  its 
  good 
  disposition, 
  snapped 
  and 
  snarled 
  at 
  chickens 
  and 
  

   other 
  animals, 
  and 
  fought 
  all 
  dogs 
  that 
  came 
  in 
  his 
  way. 
  As 
  he 
  

   had 
  not 
  eaten 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  the 
  o^^^ler 
  thought 
  the 
  dog's 
  strange 
  

   actions 
  were 
  due 
  to 
  sickness. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  the 
  

   dog 
  slept 
  in 
  the 
  cellar 
  — 
  an 
  unusual 
  occurrence. 
  During 
  the 
  

   evening, 
  according 
  to 
  ]\Ir. 
  Cook's 
  custom", 
  he 
  called 
  the 
  dog 
  

   on 
  the 
  piazza, 
  liad 
  him 
  lie 
  down, 
  and 
  used 
  him 
  for 
  a 
  pillow. 
  Mr. 
  

   Cook 
  slept 
  until 
  about 
  10:30 
  p. 
  m. 
  That 
  was 
  Friday, 
  July 
  four- 
  

   teenth, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  Mr. 
  Cook 
  saw 
  of 
  his 
  dog 
  alive. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Cook 
  dog 
  bit 
  a 
  dog 
  oAvned 
  by 
  F. 
  Asmus, 
  and 
  

   that 
  this 
  dog 
  acted 
  strangely, 
  and 
  disappeared 
  Tuesday, 
  July 
  

   eighteenth. 
  

  

  Prior 
  to 
  Asmus' 
  dog 
  being 
  bitten 
  by 
  Cook's 
  dog 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  

   quiet, 
  and 
  never 
  went 
  away 
  from 
  home. 
  The 
  Cook 
  dog 
  was 
  seen 
  

   next 
  in 
  the 
  cellar 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Idsardie, 
  town 
  of 
  Lancaster, 
  on 
  

   the 
  pavement 
  road, 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  miles 
  from 
  Alden. 
  AVhen 
  first 
  

   noticed 
  he 
  was 
  asleep 
  in 
  his 
  cellar. 
  Mr. 
  Idsardie 
  tried 
  to 
  drive 
  

   him 
  out, 
  but 
  the 
  dog 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  driven; 
  he 
  then 
  shut 
  the 
  door 
  

   to 
  keep 
  him; 
  later, 
  the 
  dog 
  made 
  such 
  a 
  peculiar 
  noise 
  that 
  

   Mrs. 
  Idsardie 
  determined 
  to 
  let 
  him 
  go. 
  Upon 
  opening 
  the 
  door 
  

   the 
  dog 
  sprang 
  at 
  her; 
  Mrs. 
  Idsardie 
  stepped 
  to 
  the 
  side, 
  and 
  he 
  

   went 
  by; 
  he 
  then 
  bit 
  a 
  cat; 
  afterwards 
  fought 
  with 
  Idsardie's 
  dog, 
  

   crossed 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  George 
  Walters' 
  blacksmith 
  shop. 
  

   Idsardie's 
  dog 
  and 
  cat 
  were 
  both 
  killed. 
  Upon 
  reaching 
  Walters' 
  

  

  