Illustration of the Irish horror of hydrophobia—Thomas Palmer, of
Rushhall, Esquire, magistrate and land-agent, &c.—A substantial
bill of fare—Dan Dempsey, of the Pike, is bitten by a mad
dog—Application to the magistrate for legal permission to
_relieve_ him of his sufferings—Mode of relief proposed—Swearing
scholars—Permission obtained—Dan regularly smothered, by way both
of _cure_ and _preventive_—Fate of Mr. Palmer himself—Allen
Kelly, of Portarlington—“New Way to Pay Old Debts” 42