The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-06-28
FROM PINE HILL.

We have underworld r. kccp Won l,,.ir.l IN
,e..,rl ~ current event. ~ Fin. llill but ,h.
lo,al brcyily in your lat weeks paper. vbich
said Pour hirtha in town lot. week. This
boat, Pine fIill,7 h. o. sufficient evidence that
you are not we'll posted. We have often had
ix and eight births per week hcrctoforc, aud
cxrcct 10 materially increase The business
hereafter.
II Is bcouming quite fashionable IN ML
Vernon to have moonlight pic-nics.' The
last oncwas grand aud splcndplalair About
twenty of the young ladies aud gentlemen
took their haskots we'll rcplchislcl with the
delicious viands, aud assembled the tall and
beautiful mountain, now celebrated A. bcing
the point selected by the Cincinnati a.trono.
mcrs IN 1879, 10 view the total eclipse "
the sun. This party was gotten up by an Old
bachelor fricnd anil talented lawyer. Mr..
Chnrlcs Curtley and the telegraph operator.
Mr.. u. y. Ray. Tn this occasion the moon
was most magni6eently grand and beautiful.
and the scenery sublime and picturesque; and
everything passed of extremely lovely. and
after a few very eloquent and Appropriate re-.
marks On "loyc and IT, allurcmcnt.," by Mr..
Ray, the party retird b. their respective
homes about u O'Clock.
some timc ago we spoke Of the capture of a
large rattlcsnako IN Sculilc and now We can
speak of the capture Of a larger one till by
Dr. james Dillon, 0f Stonesburg IN pcram-
hulating around through the forest Cor his
health and Pleasnrc Dc b. a gentleman Of
plcashrel, h. Discovered the audible sound Of
the mt,liug of one of these venomuus reptiles.
lie succeeded finally IN capturing this huge
aud dangerous monster, and carried him tri.
umphantly inio Stoncsburr alive. The snake
possessed sixteen rattlcs mj one button. Il
was about 6sc feet long, anil proportionally
large, aud is said 10 h. undoubtedly the larry
ct reptile ~ H. spccics that has ever been
captured, dead OF alive, anywhere IN this part
Of thu mountains The doctor Gagged his snake
dip, aud wls contemplating sending him TO
some of his blnc r.ass friends for a pct. but
the idea occurl 10 him ~ have some fun. (hc
:. m antic- gcniusl, before hc parted from, hi
captive, consequently he uncared his snake
ship, and procured a large and well known
tom cat forThc occasion, and the snake being
cuilcd in complete striking order, tom was
cruclly tossed ou this huge mo.sicr. which
forthwith struck tom, and completely fastened
hi. fang, which vcry morn than an inch long.
into the flesh of The unfortunate animal. II
YOU never Jaw a cat do manly lighting and
scratching. pehaps YOU never win until Won
witnc-s % similar occurrcncp. However. the
.imrfl, appeared Ia bc about crual neither
one appearing % gain any adynntar, over hi
antaroni., the make continuing hi. first Grin.
aud tom biting anil -cr1tching in al dircc.
tions Finally tom GOT out II the clutchc. OF
the snake, mols,l oa. aud appeared t. b, very
sick, aud in aiaiutng condition. The Doctor
began to nlmn.,,r "moon.hincp whisky
which be- always kccIsI, for the purpose Of
allcviating toms suffering. Ne aid ihi. was
a complete auudoto Tor Ia. bite Of a rattle.
snake or coppcrhcid whom uscd IN profu-c
quantti,-; however biz a--iduous cxcrtion.
proved unsucc-sful AMI tom finally gave ~
the ghost, shook oa III, m"rtal coil, ahd de.
Ioucl 60 "that bourne from whence no cat
Ger returns" In the moan time il was dis.
covcrol ihai hi- snakrship was affected just
like tom, an be- Ton departed this life. Tn,
css-, of ,su.s DENIS, Is apparent, but what
killed the ,uakcy l. a cats bite or scratch,
naturally poi-onous to a -nakey Or was IN,
,,l q % iI,i-rr,i irufp d,, ...sAe, haii esri-s
qucntly made the scratch and bse Of ton
poisonous in return, b. the snake II 80 th'
Doctor ran narrow risk In administering M
moon-hnne. We tFn| some medical MAJ
or an ana'omfi ~ill '"i'e the nny-iery' 1T
'i'lloh j. 'n a u''s"'n'''' am '"'lSue'ii! a""'u
% wrly'
lh'Tv was q b's cr''' in .fa' Orchard o'
l'-' saturday and ~ our citizens 'T heavy
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