The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-10-21
4 CaDifai snake story.

One evening ( returned, mnreqthan u.aa'y
fatigued, TO my bungalow, and hastenei to bed
wa. sooa asleep, aai, a. asa.l dreaming Of
Europe and her {. armes, Suddenly Iva. awak-
ened by a coid object resting easray arm la
-val.,ntar.ly 4 raised my sthst armtowards it !:
glid-d rapidly off, not, however, till ishM h'-
fiicted i,s dreaded bite; for / plainly felt the
pain, though not acute, was singing, re.em-
bling the puncture OF a hot instrument. or =
sudden scald. The fact, however, sas obvicns
had been bitten BY . snake, an: was prebA bly
dead man. Isprang from my bed, rushed
TO nv dressiag-tabie, seized one Of my Racers.
and without hesitation cut out the bitten p irt.
! actually scooped out a piece nearly a. large
as nut; then, my am blse ling profasely. |
rushed towards the lamp, and, catching
it up. burnt the woiinde d part for several
seconds. By this time several OF my servents
had arrived. alsrned BY my cries. Ole has
tened Of Tor our assistant surgeon, who lived
next door, while ,hs4 others began 10 question
me. Ia broken sentences, Iexpialned to them
my situation. They were horrifsd. While
one poured eas de Ices into the dreadful SELF
indicted cash. the 9th xs prepared . portion Of
the sam. medicine diluted ia " tier, which
hastily swallowed. BY this time was. more
calm. and when Dr.. Lisson arrived, I Was
collected enough ia. view my situat,op with
beconing philosophy. sacsf7q go 80
While he was dses.ing my arm ard binding
[ il up, took advantage Of tbs. silence, the awe
Lss the aonsMt, 30 signify % him ssy isst wishe.
IN case Of my death. ] stated 10 him the man-
ner in which desired to b. buried, the style
Of letters wished written to my relations; the
way in ,whsch wished my iittisl rsmai4iag
properly Il ,ts disposed o. The doctor was
ainost tempted to shed teats. The surropn-
ding khitmutgars stood in the mute sgony Of
woe. ksspn, however, hopsd azhs6d cnt deer
enough, and assured me he thoughl the virus
hsa ask had time to enter the systsn. Gle,
10, at least" said be, sshsve ths consolation
dsstroyias tAes.atil Z that hsa sess seaansere ed
your fife. Here; my men, bring each sef
cane, and ist d attack enc monster tosathef.' .
The msa ~ s6t lsxd'es1s Issk, ssch armed
with ! PLANT bamboo, ! single stroke q wsich
kill tho most dreaded snake In India. Sand
now, surround thu. bed; the reptile cannot have
90, sway Gently; 9sntlys keep yoaf eyes
Stssaily Axeds Ne mast be dsdept NE psslcw
Directly raise it be ready TO strike. Yes,
there de isi" The ssrvents at once struck Ct
tie object pointed out. and suecesdsd IN killing
II, They held \ M, when 70! i psesed e. -
. poor little lizard. harmless ANNA, which
bsyosd the blistssing drop hs had let on NY
an, hsars 40 venom. The aectee burst inas
! roar u lapghtr. TIE basck tascais Joined
IN Il. The next week I was forced to get two
noathss lsass, Ter whenever sppsard with
nyssn n Il AtsGs ~ lyiaGi Ns1pe yees
quoted TO me, 4 wee pl9sat tsesrd to dsa'h
becapss, syhse l fsneii bad hsse eMisi hp ~
snake, he'd chosen 10 take "precautionary
measures ~ fneidsnts * Lits = Iadls:
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