Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1883 — Puppies’ Bites. [ARTICLE]

Puppies’ Bites.

St. Jamra Gawtte. The verdict of death from hydrophobia returned from an inquest held on the l»ody of Thomas Jenkins, a boy fourteen years of age, is a warning to persons who are in the habit of teasing puppies. The evidence showed that the deceased pointed at a retriever of three months old — now dogs of all kinds hate to be pointed : at—which thereupon snapped at him,and i caught his finger, the skin of which: was gtuzed. That was in September last, and on the 16 h iust the buy showed symptoms of hydrophobia, and died in St. Mary’s Hospital on Saturday last. It was staled in evidence that bites from puppie« were wu,be and more dangerous than «'ites from uld dogh—a fact, if it be a (ret, b' no meuUH generally known hs it should be. If puppies' bites and scratches are more dangerou’; they are certainly far more common, especially jf a graze of the skin can be called a bite, and it appears from this inquest that it is sufficient to induce hydrophobia. No man or boy is fit to have charge of or handle stock unless he is able to control himself u well as manage the animal entrusted to his care.