The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-05

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perilous Situation of Robertson coun-
ty lady Terrible Struggle with an
Adder wonderful Presence Of Mind
Under Perllous Ciroumstances.

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ty Lady Terrible Struggle with an
Adder wonderful Presence Of Mind
| Under Perilous circumstances
From the Springfield Record May H.
From reliable gentlemen Of
Coopertown, Dr. r. g. Glover, we
| get the following particulars
On Saturday, May 2, Mrs. Eliza
Wilson, wife Of Andrew Wilson
who lives some four miles south Of
Coopertown = and daughter of Robt.
Head, Esq. all Of Robertson county,
stepped outside the yard into the
edge of grove to get tooth brush,
and while in the act Of breaking a
twig she felt something move about
her right foot She stopped forward
TO see what it was when large
spreading adder struck her in the
breast fastening his fangs in the
bosom of her dress. ltthen dropped
back, and to her horror she found
she was on the reptile, near its tail.
Her first impulse was TO run, but she
discovered that the monstcrwas him
self coiling around her ankle. She
stopped, and, with great presence Of
mind, seized the only opportune mo-
ment offered, that of putting her left
foot upon his head, which she did,
Thereby fastening him securely to
the ground. There she stood, all
alone, with one foot on the reptiles
head, while nearly his whelo length
about three feet---wa tightly
wrapped around her ankle. She
screamed at the top Of her voice, but
there was none near enough to hear
her voice or come to her relief
Her husband was in distant field
blowing, and il being no later than 8
o'clock, and having failed to make
any other neighbors hear hef--some
of whom lived within a few hundred
yards--she stood in suspense--not
knowing what to do or how to act.
During her meditations thousands of
thoughts rushed across her mind, and
not knowing, but she, in all proba-
bility, was bitten; but after all, so
far, she had been victorious; thus
encouraged she resorted to the only
alternative left which was to un-
wrap him with her hands. She COM
menced the loathsome ordeal, the
rusty monster writhing, with great
force--unwilling to quit his hold. =
She finally succeeded, but another
crisis awaited her. IL she lei hin,
20 he would, perhaps, recoil himself
around her ankle before she could
disengage her foot from his head
and escape. If she took her foot off
his head, while she held him with
her hands he would, more than likely,
bite her before she could release him
and escape. With the same pres
ence Of mind and undaunted courage
that had fortified and saved her thus
far, she looked around and saw that
she was standing in few feet Of o
small sappling---and, with heroic de-
termination, she resolved to sling his
head against il, She made the effort
and succeeded--which stunned him
so much that he had but little Of life
remaining, she then took stone
and mashed his head off and e.
capped unharmed. She reports his
head as appearing as broad as her
two hands when he struck in the
bosom; notwithstanding, she thinks
she was not much alarmed until after
she got back into the yard--when
she turned sick. She managed to
get into the house and took dose
Of nervous st;mulant, which relieved
her. For several hours after her
hands and arms seemed to BIO swol-
len and Of d dark color--which
made her apprchensive that she was
bitten but finding not the least
scratch On them she was soon con-
tent.
TO our certain knowledge we
never before heard of case where
more courage and true bravery was
displayed by either male or female