Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-12
Horrible Occurrence.

From the Bowling Green tKy.) Democrat
A sad affair happened about the 18th uls., in
from the Warren County Line, and in the Vie
cinity OF AnthOnys Mil.
Some two months since Mrs. Blankepsnip,
lady OF responsibility, lest her husband from
disease, and was left with three children. two
interesting boys and q little infant girl, inst
large enough TO walk alone and begulle the
lonely hours Of the mother with Its innocent
| prattle.
On the 10Th ultiuo, the mother, Mrs Blank.
enehip, for the purpose Of washing clothes,
repaired to the spring branch, near the house
children with her, the house dog following
behind. She had been engaged In washing but
| short time, when the dog was heard barking
necessarily on the hil near by. Thinking that
the dog had possibly freed a raccoon, or had q
rabbit at bay, the two little boys proposed
gsIng at once to secure the game.
| started OF In high glee. Alas! better had they
| never been born. On reaching the spot where
| the dog was barking, they saw, short dis
the foot of ssumn in boss uIe stt i9so ksen
| ing the dog at bay They looked but mo-
| ment. Eager only to capture the supposed
game, and not thinking of danger, nor know
Ing the nature Of the prey, they approached
the hideous monster, that in fatality Of attack
| "outvenoms all the worms of the Nile"
The Oldest OF the two boys approached first
with his little hands outs tretched and his face
| aglow at the prospect Of his prize; he said,
"IIi get him, brother" One step more, and
he rushed to q death more terrible and speedy
| than were the tortures OF tabled LAGOON.
| With one dart Of his forked tongus-with one
| death rattle OF his tail, the huge rattlesnake-
| tor ii was nothing less-drew back his scaly
fold, and with one dart forward, planted his
| envenomed fangs in the flesh of the boy, and
| left the deadly poison coursing hot through
his young VEINS. Again and again was the
boy bitten by the fatal REPTILE till he fell ex-
hausted in the coils of the monster.
| The other little fellow rushed forward to the
relief Of his little brother, and he also received
the deadly fangs Of the serpent In several
places. The screams of the boys alarmed the
mother, who was still washing at the branch,
and leaving her baby girl she ran frantically
to the spot What a sight there met her gaze !
| Putrid with poison, swollen and black, and
bitten in many places one OF her boys was al
| ready dead. and the other dying from the same
! cause. The snake had erawled away, and the
! living boy lived Just long enough TO tell the
| circ INNS stances of their death. Overwhelmed
| with an intensity OF agony which mothers
alone can feel she remained ct the fatal spot
a short time, when she betheHght her Of her
| little girl at the branch, and hurried back
! On reaching the spot, horrible it may
be- che found that the little girl had walked to
| the wash-tu b, into which she had fallen head
| foremost and was drowned, land it too was
! gone" The mothers cup Of misery was full,
! children and almost of reason, she sank under
| the accumul" ted horrors of the hour Assist
ance was procured; the heart crushed woman
| and the remains OF her nestliDgs were taken
| charge Of and cared for. short time after
| large rattlesnake, with thirteen rattles, was
| killed near the spot where the boys were bit.
| ten,