Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-12-23
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following, which we copv f, sA'I
nibal Journal, is the best +: , from y
the season. If we were no, . ~ Y
lean kline of old Pharaoh. ' 60
have shaken our sides till ,bs h. ". We
have quaked beneath us. A. t'Ilh
~ shoqk the Office. Blu, be,. w.
,y.-St. Louis Gag. u
FRlcHTruL SNAKE sroav.-o
lowing incident was related ;. y
er day, by one whose versc;,v i >
toned, by one who was a,n. ~
wines to the fact. 1t is mo-
than any we recollect TO have sr, y
the history # these terrible renal NIL
Sometime last summer tho f ;s
Of Manchester, Mississippi c, ,"4'
becue, which was attended bv sa n
fashion and beauty of the town. "'.a
rounding country. 1t happened ,I, -
the guests there was younc la'
NJ, recently from one of the ea a..
les, who was on visit to her ,a, ,'
the neighborhood of town. Ms. ~
a gay and extremely Fashionable
lady, and wi'Fal possessed an n:.,.
share of spirit and courage, cycsn, '.
matter of snakes sand of these sb h. i,
great dread that she sc,reol NJ.
to walk any where excem in !,
frequen.ed places for fear Of enco,,.
them. Every effort was made. bra
ont avail, to rid her childish fears =
haunted her continually. until a, bs,
came the settled conviction Of b,
that she was destined TO fall a victim
fangs Of ra,,lesnake. The seond
show how soon her terrible prc,pr,
was fulfilled.
Towards the close of lhe dav
scores of fairy feet were keeninG n
the dance to the merry music M
whole company were in the full
joymen', a scream was heard from
NJ, followed by the mos, agoaizr
for help. The crowd gathered an
her instantly, and beheld her slanlp,
perfect image of despair, with her
grasping a portion Of her dress vii (
tenaciiy of "a vice. Ii was some Inn
fore she could be rendered suficiienLy
TO tell the cause Of her alarm, and
they gathered from her broken excl
tons that she was graSping the had |
smahe among The folds e bar Gra]
dreaded 10 let go her hold for fear a
ceiving fatal blow This inleH:1
caued many TO shrink from her ba
most of the ladies, TO their honor be 4
remained with her. determined no to 4
her in her direfui- extremity. Thg
sought her TO not relax her hold al
safety depended upon it, until sonei
could be found who h. ID tic c0uag
selzc and remove the terrible ani1a
There were none Of the ladies A0ae
who had the courage TO perform Mel
and the condition of Miss II was hr
ing more and more critical every NOM
II was e, islent that her strength wall
ing very fast. and that she could net ID
tain her hold many minutes LONGER
Il hasty consolation among The cdn
Of the ladies was held, when i. was d
mined that DR.. I isan. who was pnx
shold be called to their assistance.
was quickly on the spot, and beiBsa
OF uncommon courage, he was not Oh
moments within the circle of weepIns
half fainting females until he lad caq
the snake and wourd it firmly around
hand TO make sure of his hold lie d
told Miss ii. that she must let 60
moment he jerked ii away, and 10 Git
the act as instantaneous as possible
told her that he would pronounce
words one, two, three, and that 4! lhe'
ment he pronounced the last word
must let go her hold, and he doubsii
that he could Withdraw the snake be5r
could have time TO strike. 4 sioa
GREATNESS horror awaiting the act lie
death. and at the moment the word Al
was pronounced, the Doctor jeTkea
the largest and most diaboIicsl IoasI
bastle that was ever seen in Ms:Fsf
The whole affair was a. once eSpiaa
The fastening Of the machine bad sP' !,
loose during the dancing. and ii had 81 p
ed It's position in such way thai F"
dangled about the lady's legs. and "aa'
The belief that they were snake WI"
enormous head.
The Doctor fell RICH! down ii his ''''
and fainted-he did
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