Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-25
PERlLOCS SITUATION.
A Terrible struggle Between - WO.
wan aud am A,lsIer-llcr Wonder.
Gul Presence Of Mind.

IFrom the Springfield (rcnncssec) Record
May H.
ON Saturday, Nav I'd, Mrs. Eliza
Wilson, wife of Andrew Wilson, who
lives some four miles sourth OF Cooper
town, and daughter of Robert Head,
all of Robertson county. stepped out
side the yard into the Cdg" of Il grove
to get a toothbrush, and while i'll the
act of breaking twig she felt some
thing move about her right foot. She
s;oopcd forward to sec what it was
when large spreading adder struck
her in the breast, fastening his fanys i'll
the bosom of her dress. 1t then
dropped back and to her horror She
found she vas on the reptile. near its
tail. Her first impulse was To run.
but she discovered that the monster
was himself coiling around her ankle.
She stopped, and with great presence
Of mind, seized the only opportunc
moment offered-that of putting her
left foot upon his hcad-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 whole length--about
three tcct-wasi lightly wrapped around
her ankle She screamed at the top of
her voice. but there was no one near
enough to hear her voice or come TO
her relief. Her husband was III dis
tant field blowing. and it being no
later than nine o'clock. and having
failed To make any of the neighhors
hear her-sonle of whom lived within
n hundred vaidS--She stood i'll Su>-
pensc-not knowing what to do or how
to act. During her ineditationS. thou
sands of thoughts rushed across her
mind. and uot knowing but she, i'll all
probability. was bitten: but after all,
30 far. she had been victorious; thus
enc Nuraccd she reSortcd to the only
alternative left - which WAS To I'M
wrap him with her hands. She com
mcnced the loath>onc ordeal, the
rusty monster writing with great
force = unwilling to quit his hold.
She finally succeeded. but another
crisis awaited her. If she let him 90
he would, perhaps. recoil himself
around her ankle before she could dis
engage her foot from his head and e>-
cape If she took her foot of his
head while She held him with her
hands he would. most likely. bite her
before she could release him and Cs-
care. With the same presence of
mind and undauntcd courage that had
for flied and saved her thus far, she
looked around and saw that she WIS
standing within a few feet of small
sappling. and. with heroic determra
ton. she resolved to sling his head
against it. She made the effort and
sucrceded-whieh stunned him so
much that he had but little o" no life
remaining: size then took stone and
mashed his head of, and escaped un-
harmed. She reports his head rs ap-
pearng a> broad As her two hands
when he struck her in the breast; not
with>tauiing she thinks she was not
much alarmed until af.cr she had got
back into the ward. when she turned
sick. She managed to get into the
house and took il dose of nervous
stimulant, which relieved her. For
several hours after, her hands and
arms seemed To be swollen and of a
dark color, which made her apprehen-
sivc hat she was bitten; but finding
not the least scratch on them she was
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