The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-24
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'7-a----'---7=H HDEADEY KISS
Another singular practice obtains
among Llaneroso; it is that Of in0cd-
lation with the juice of certain plants
possessing nalexiphaianic virtues, iaftern
which the most poisonous snakes may
be handled with impunity 7iii y sf1L4
1t appears, nevertheless, absolntehi
Unnecessary to renew tile inoeulatienf
ton at different epochs of aman g iife,1
lasin the case of vaccination itqlosesG
its power after a time. 1t wasiiio
doubt owing to his 'neglectiof the fule
that gentleman in the town of 'Oca-a
mare some years ago fell victim TO liisf
blind confidence in this sort of inocu-
latieH.p Don N. Ugarte had kept al ratIf
tlesnake in a drawer during four
years, with it he occasionally amused
himself, no more harm resulting there
from than if it had been a kitten.-'5
One day returning home from his
rounds in the plantation, he felt in the
the hunor of playing a little with his 0
old pet, and accordingly took him out 4
of his berth and placed him upon the
writing desk before .hinls One of the
children who had also been inoeulated
happening to be near, the father sug-.t
;gested that he should kiss the reptile;y
to this the child objected very decid-.l
edly; the foolish parent, however, in
sistinS, the mother interfered land Il
| begged that her child should not be, Al
compelled to touched the, loathsomel
creature whereupon the. father EXIT
claimed: Chow foolish You. aret Il
will show you how, it,kisses me. Nowi!l
then, pet give me a. kiss 81 and SO ,sayraa
ing, he, leaned forward toward the
snake. True to its instincts, the fep-fI
tile sprang to his lips and implanted, ii
such kiss that ,fits master never re-
covered from the effects Both fangsgl
of the snake went quite through his
upper lip, and he at once felt himself -
to be mortally wounded. A physi- =
clan was sent for without delay, butcll
he expired before assistance ltcouldai
reach him. Paeat's IragelS and 14d-"
ve,sturss IN South and Central "a i.,
tcd.nons adi h5Ir AdIm1 if3sWiyd Yil
no ~ ~ sgis5
% ELECTION BETs.-On October57, 1868 aa
w. C. Shirley, Esq, made four differ-Af
ent bets with Thos Smell, of Dewitt ~
county, on the result of the Presiden7.ds
tial election. The bets amounted toi-a
$4,000 Notes were given for the
amount and they were made payable
some time after the election. al Mr.
Smell won all the bets, and sold, the Il
notessbefore they became due. AIr.d1
Shirley refused to pay them, and the lis
parties holding them brought suit in
the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit Court !
to recover the amount. The case was
tried BY the court. The defendant
set up that the notes were void; on the
ground of public policy, and relied on !, :,
the statutes against gaming for his
case. Judge Edwards held that the
plea was not good against the holder
of the notes, he being an innocent y
| third party, and gave judgement for :.
the plaintiff: A motion for a new,
trial was entered, the bonds to be
filed in thirty days.-Spriqgjfe1d- Reg ;,
Gster.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY. e Y estefday SO
evening a freedman named Thomas los
Hart, was brought into the city under 10
guard of two citizens. The gentlemen y
who arrested him disclosed one of the II
most awful barbarities it has ever Ia
been our lot to record. The. negro
went to the house OF Jack Glenn, a
white man residing on q Kitchens
Greek, about fifteen miles below this y;
city, and attempted tq, raYish the per-.
son of his wife. He was baked in +
his fiendish purpose by the cries and a,
struggles of; the woman, and. becom7
ing exasperated by her resistance, N
savagely beat her, and to cap the eli -roi
max ofthe tragedy, cut her throat and r..
left her dead. Mr.. Glenn found the =
culprit and chained him to tree, and
was in the act of beating him to 6
death, when some of the neighbors
interfered and brought him to. the ciY=o,.
il authorities here. eferson. (Tepqs) -.
Jimplecute. 2Sth. ...l.... -,
The following is respectfully conn.,
mended to the Society for the Pre- o.
vention of Cruelty to animals:.
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