The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11
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wound ;fand the same taken inward
/. II 8sistil ammonia, iii as great uuan, ian
Etity as the condition wili4bear. II
Ehartstioris be not at hand, and .eaitu,
dc lace'is tie sslstter fotliis a. 4, good g,
sulbpssttls,ltae. Certain i,lants have been
yaunteais rs speci6cs,s as egg, 4pas
/ tolerhia serpenta,la aud IfIieyeeseun,
geat9sunl ,against Eihe poison OF tho
I5rattle:snake, and tic. Libama Ccdroi,
against that Of the cobra; bnt their
tamefits have hot been established by
1slue3dnii succcssfnlls t,ial. It an
pears that tile unfortunate victim,
of the bite of the cobra had gone Of
the Li6ama Csufont in his POSSES.
sion, but it WAS not used. -
| I 10 revert TO Tie melancholy occur.
renee which has led us to l,en the
|fprcsent iartiele PGrlaPsl tile most
|greivus features of the case are
those revealed a. the. searching ui,ad
exact inquiry yintc all the parlicnlasl
of il, Ml'irhFled 70 HE Iyctdict of the
Coroncr's Intrlst, rccoldcd in the
| Times, Of Saturday, October twenty.
tliid, & and citelSat The end Of this
latcr. II aEpeals that this acci.
dent las such occurrences are
terned by which .an. apparently
stcady%man whoilad previously per.
formed his duties III the main salts.
fact"ril!y has been hurried to an un.
timely grave, leaving, at tie aye 6f
thirty, Widow ard young family
bereapcat their natural protector
aud I,rpyli'cr-is one OF the, CONT.
less calaml'ies Detailing the weekly.
wage classes lainly .rcfcrahle to III
toxicatlon. Curling had lett his home
in company with another keeper, or,
theie igtihig befVre tie .acci Lent, and,
,as his EopE widow delosed, ssShc ncv-
ersaw him afterwards alive" Ac.
i:cortliiig to- the; eSiatncc ocsl,is com,
pani'nls they had spent the night at
4 devastating / aiityso friend go.
inS to Austraia. On returning to
;;lteir duties at tie Zplogical Gar.
aehs,IE Estbey had! aIquarternof gin at
tile nnblic house lii Shoe Lanc, an.
sotheiI afterwards, aid again another
at sight o'clock., The gillla,len
blood circulated through the brain !;
and reason, prudence, tho ),lainest
sense OF imminent hazard, Heregover-
lowered. The exhibition, during
the previous year. of the Egyptian
snake.charmers, who acted their
PARTS with cobras deprived Of their
loison fangs, had left a vivid imTrcs-
slolr Oh the, mans uind {; this imfres.
sion carc uprelm6s' When lie enter.
ed on the scene ,ofahis daily duties,
ana he must needs try to'emulate
the Egyptians. A newly arrived
Morocco lrison stake was first sclcc.
ted. 1t was taken out Of the cage,
vas g'aspcd by lis middle, Raurishcd
aI"ft, and thrown. like a lasso round
the neck of the younger erforlncr;
fortunately for him it was not reused
to bite. An assistant-keeI.er, who
tarl cned to enter the room at this
jnnc,ure. begged Curling, "For
Gud's sake, to tut back the snake.
The infatuated man replied, II am
lnsrlrcd,' > and laughed at the warn.
ing,!!,
Having replaced the, Nlnrocco vc.
nom,snake in its cage, Cutting then
cried, "Now FOR the cobra, and,
lifting up the glass front of the cage.
removed it as lie had done the other.
The, cobra was somewhat torrid
from the cold Of the preceding night,
and the man llaccd it in his bosom !:
it there revived and g'ihcd down
ward round his vast, its head emery.
ing frnm bencat, the back part of
his waistcoat. The man graspcd
the cobra by the body about foot
from the head. with Que hand drew
it ont seized it lowcrd down with tho
other hand, and was in the act Of
furnishing it talnft, as lie had -four.
lshed the other snake, when, as he
held it up in front Of lis face, the
cobra suddenly expanding is hood
struck him ike lightning between
the eyes, plnpslns the roision.fanss IS
INTO the skin OF one side of the,
bridge Of the nose, aud scratching
tie opposite side with the teeth of
The lower jaw. The man was stag,
gered by the blow the blood stream
ed down his face ; lie called for help,
and his companion Acd; but chow
long he was away he could not tell,
being in a maze
When assistance arrived. Curling
was found seated in chair having
restored the cobra to its cage and
closed down stlie ront2slass This
return toa sense of. duty. and this
performance (perhaps insthetiye9 y of
Sthe prudent,act which VAS his last on