The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-31

duced by the poison.
And now here was another fine,
strong young fellow-sinking fast when
he reached the tent, and only just able
to tell how he had lain down, and then,
at almost one and the same moment
heard the rattle and felt the sharp prick
of the beasts fangs. had hard fight,
the poison having obtained so strong a
hold; but perseverance and science
proved the victors in the end, and there
were tears of gratitude in my patients
eyes as he took his leave.
That night, so serious was the panic
amongst the men, that the general of
the brigade consulted with his brother
officers concerning the choosing of fresh
ground; but from the strength of our
position, this was negatived; and the
next morning the men were encouraged
to hunt out our reptile foes, the result
being the exhibition of four large-sized
rattlesnazes, whose career of danger to
man had been brought to a conclusion.
There was no respite for me, though
before many hours had'elapsed, an Irish
man was led in, with a strap tightly
fastened round one arm to arrest the
spread of the poison, while his hand dis
played the customary punctures, and
the sufferer the usual symptoms of pros
tratiOn. In this case, though, the effect
of the stimulant exhibited was to send
the patient into profound state of I'M
| consciousness, which somewhat alarmed
me, from its being contrary effect to
that usually productivity power of
the poison being such that a pint Of
strong whisky did little more than re-
vive the sufferer
The Irishman was dismissed, cured,
the following morning; but two hours
after, another poor fellow from his COM
pany was led in, crying and moaning
like a child
80 docthor, docthor dearl" he cried,
A" isn't cruel to keep the boys here in
such a nest of snakes I'm kilt intire-
ly wild one of the little pison bastes wild
a rattletail, and it's such small place
ye hardly can see it. Wirrasthrue
why did lave oule Ireland at all at all:
where there isn's a vinimOus haste tC
come and devour boy, is he's iver Sc
hungry"
"There, there! stop that bowling
my good fellow" I said, and let me
look"
els it bowling We call it, doethol
dear, whin the pison's running al
through ye?@@. But place be a-lookin' a
it before I'm kill intirely. There
docthor, dear, it's thin two small bowls
iist as if some one had brogged 'em il
wild two pins. o docthor dear, shall
die? shall I have to be berrid in til,
cowld airth widout bein' dacentl7
walked? Ochone! why. did I come on
at all at alp"
"There, confound it man, be quiet!'
1 exclaimed; and then with a little APP
plication of bandage and lancet, I CAV,
the poor fellow the stimulant, which Ia,
seemed to gulp down as if it were s,
much water, until at last insensibilit,
ensued; and I noted down in my it'll
case book that the effect of poison an,
antidote was different upon men of tn
Celtic race, and lay down that nigh
in my tent very quiet and thoughtful
Not a single rattlesnake had bee
killed that day, in spite of the most en-
ergetic search; and I began to hop
that the peril would soon be a thing O
the past-the snakes fleeing from tn
presence of man; but the very mex
morning, directly after leaving the mes
tent, the colonel come to me himself
accompanying another Irishman froI
the same company.
A." 1t will never do, Ellison, " the cole
mel said; 81 really cannot stand it.
is not just to the men. We must move
for there's a perfect panic amongst til
poor fellows.
"Don't be uneasy" I said, assistin
the stricken man into the hospital-ten
CT fancy the evil is nearly at an enc
Here, hold this poor fellow up, e:
claimed to a couple of the dresser
Now reach me that bottle Quicl
man; the poor fellow is fainting.''
g Yes, for heavens sake be quick
cried the colonel, as his private gave
4 hollow groan.
,, e No, no, nor said to my aid
7 "nOt that bottle; there's another whit
II 1 prepared this morning That's RICH
70 No, never mind lancing the place. No
% then, hold his head up a little highe
Does your throat feel CONSTRUCTED
!. swelled up-my man? Do you thin
!, you can swallow ?"
! "Shure yis, yer homer, just little
:, "Drink that up, then, every drop
I I said, placing in an assistants hand
!; tin cup containing about pint of Il
! mixture 1 had made ready. "No
= then no finching-every drop-not
drain left. All, would you! Hold h
= headi"
! After the first taste, the unfortuna
patient shrank back; with my help h
head and nose were firmly held, and Il
! whole pint of fluid poured down b
throat; when, with a howl resembIiI
. that of wild beast, he kicked on
= sprang up, and then ran out of the ten
, to the great establishment of the col
;; mel.
What, turned hOmepatist!' he sa
q q giving poison to cure poison?"
- 80 dear, no. That was only pr
, paration of aloes, ialap, and tart
= emetic don't think he viii wa
. another dose.
;. my dear Ellison, how can you do
tors be so brutal and callous when a f.
: low-creature's life is at stake?'