Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1879 — A Struggle With A Mad Dog. [ARTICLE]

A Struggle With A Mad Dog.

Near Gold creek, Faulkner county, and about seven miles from the railroad, lives a man named Rhea, a farmer on a small scale. Last Monday everting, while Rhea and his wife were sitting in front of their door, two dogs jumped over the fence and ran under the house. At fint very little notice was taken of the animals, there being several fox-hunters in the neighborhood, and the Rheas supposed that the dogs belonged to them, but preasently a terrific howling and fighting began, insomuch that Rhea threw chips and pieces of wood under the house. The howling and fighting continued for some time, when at last one of the dogs darted out, leaped the fence and ran away. The other dog, a large brindle 'of decidedly ugly type, followed as far as the fence, but stopped, turned around, and started toward Rhea with ! mouth half open. Rhea stooped and

picked up a chum-dasher lying on a stump, and as the dog sprang at him struck the beast over the head. Stunned, the animal recoiled, but only for a moment, for he sprang again before Rhea had time to prepare himself. Grappling the dog by the throat, and hold- > ing his mouth as for away as possible,a desperate struggle began. The dogs eyes glared”andhis mouth emitted that froth only know to hydrophobia. Mrs. Rhea ran into the house and soon returned with a case-knife, which she handed* to her husband. Then the “oombatdeeepened.” The blunt-point-ed and dull-edged weapon went time and time against the animal’s throat without drawing blood or lessening his fory.| The strong grsap of the man kept his teeth away, out such a grip could not last long. Again the woman entered the house and this time returned with a shot gun. Cocking it and running up to the dog she placed the muzzle dose to the animal’s flanks and fired. There was a sudden give way, and a seemingly additional glare of the eyes, but no sound. Taking advantage of the first shot the gun was again fired and the animal fell over dead.—[Little Rock Gazette. * • '