Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1911 — Sam Duvall's Pointer Pap. Developed Raines Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Sam Duvall's Pointer Pap. Developed Raines Sunday.

Sam Duvall, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall, was the owner of a pointer pup from the Eger dog. The animal suddenly developed hydrophobia Sunday at noon and Was killed. The dog had been tied in tbc back yard and was released to eat Us dinner. The Duvall family were attracted by its peculiar noise and went to see what was the trouble. Suddenly the dog‘dropped over and seemed to be dead, then it jumped up, frothed at the mouth and snapped at its feet and chewed at its tongue until it was almost bitten in two. He snarled and snapped at everything and evidently had developed a case of real rabies. Sam got a revolver and shot the pup and an examination of the legs and tongue showed that it had bitten itself in several places. Van Wood’s little fox terrier dog also developed hydrophobia symptoms this Monday morning and Van being without a gun went after the dog with a club and killed it. The dog frothed at the mouth and snapped at everything about it. Van and Duvalls aflg neighbors and the fact that the two dogs developed the disease at so nearly the same time indicates that they may have been bitten by the same dog.

Gangloff brothers lost a calf last Saturday from what appeared to be rabies. The animal was j&bout 6 months old and was in fine condition. Suddenly it began frothing at the mouth and snapping at other calves in the lot. Then it ran through a barbed wire fence, snapping the wires and tearing its hide on the sharp barbs. It ran into a large pile of split wood, knocking the wood down and ramming its head against it again and again. Finally it ran into the wire again and became fastened. Clemens Gangloff, not knowing what was the matter, went to release the calf from the wire and finally succeeded in doing so, but the calf died a moment later. Clemens got the froth from the calf’s mouth over his hands, but he had no scratches on them and there is small possibility of him becoming infected. However, himself and family are feeling much concerned. None of the other calves have shown any indication of the disease and it is not believed that this calf inflicted wounds on any of them. It is not known how this calf contracted the disease, but it is supposed to have been bitten by a dog.