Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-07-22
THE MID STOVE,
AHUNTER'S STORY OF ITS CURE OF A RATTLESNAKe
BITE.
ny JANUARY sEARLE.

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on n fine farm of n,, ovv, IN ,ho boor, NJ
the Wisconsin hunting orounds Ono day
young friend-a how about seventeen
years old-accompanied mo ON a buntino
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have shot tbe sn,to ot onco a,,, 80, '.,' ~
row. but bo was beadstronp and ,vantod ,,,o
run. So he got it. He went deIibe-o,oIv
ND TO the reptile within tbe length ot his
stick. perhaps a ward long. and began TO
plague him by poking the end in his mouth.
This got him .'awful mad - and be leaned
Mt his prosecutor. meaning TO dart that
forked fiery tongue into his flesh. and so
get himself revenped. But he fell short.
and as the lad sprang back he trod upon
the slut setter, and trying to get from her
he unconsciouslv and most wofullv got into
the range of the snake. which hissed and
ratified, and finally (all done in second. rs
it were,) the beast bit him.
| shall never forget his face the longest
day l live. The PalIida anors of VIRGIL
was Just the color oft. up gun and shot
the snake in a moment, and then looked at
his hand. Two tiny punctures were there,
and no more; but now what was to be
done? "My boy" said /, "let's hurry
home am afraid this wound is mortal
but keep your heart up, and there may be
hope. We turned back instantly, and on
the way gathered some leaves of "A plant
called by the country folks "rattle snake
plant" this | chewed at nv own risk and
made into a poultice and applied it to the
wound. 1t had already begun to look in
famed and angry, and he felt scintillations
of main. like the stinps of sudden electric
shocks, all up the arm. When we got i'll
side the house | poured n half mint of wbis-
kew. made on tho farm. into n basin and
made him drink it as fast as he could. In
the meantime Cracked Ron nm ancion,
servant of the place. whom I found on the
estate and bought with it, as used to tell
him. ran ont of doors the momept bo hoard
what vos nm and was seen trudoino down
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