The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10
SOME SNAKE STORIES.

of rattlesnake few days since IN
Todd county, KY. When first discov-
cred little child was playing with it.,
the snake meanwhile dartlng out its
tongue.-Elktoo Register.
A DAUGHTER Of Mr. Joseph B. Brown,
of Two Runs, Lumpkln county, Ga,
sat down on a huge rattlesnake the 9th
er day. She got up as soon as she
found it out, and the snake was killed.
atlanta Constitution.
TIE death of Mr.. Leonard Collins, of
Apling county, Ga., who was bitten by
rattlesnake as he was in search of lum
Der to make coffin for his mothers re-
mains, is announced. His suffering
from the day that he received the bite
to the time of his death-a period of
about ten days-was intense, and, not
withstanding the best medical skill and
attention, nothing could be found to
counteract the effects of the venom up
on his system.-Sava7o9aah NeaOs.
On Sunday three boys, sons of Mr..
Frederick Elliott, living near Rawlings
station, Md, came upon rattlesnake.
They killed it, with the assistance of
their dog, which soon after sickened
and died. Shortly afterward one of the
boys was taken very i'll, and, it is feared,
will not recover Baltimore Bulletin.
r. SHARP, who lives at East Los An
geles, appeared in his place of business
to-day for the first time in several
weeks. About three weeks ago, while
he was irrigating his land, he was pre-
ceding the water stream, carrying
hoe to loosen the ground, and suddenly
felt something sting him in the calf of
his right leg. On looking down, he
saw an immense tarantula cllnglng to
his bare limb. Before he could brush
it off, it gave him another bite. The
shock was severe, but he did not lose
his presence of mind. He at once pro-
ceeded to the house, and applied such
antldotes as were at hand, and drank
large goblet of pure alcohol, followed
by bottle and half of strong brandy.
These stimulants produced but very
little inebriating effect, and doubtless
saved Mr.. Sharp's life. The wounds
were then bistered, and, up to this
morning, Mr.. Sharp did not feel strong
enough to 60 to work. Los angeles
Star.
IT was snake shat made trouble in
Eden, and snakes have marred the
honeymoon of Mr.. Junius W. Hight, of
Frankinton, N. G.. Scarcely had he in
stalled his bride in her new home, when
the reptiles made their appearance at
first by twos and threes, then by bat
talions. The first one he killed was ten
feet long, and since then he has seen
one twenty feet long, with body as
big as mans leg They ate his
chickens; they kept up an unpleasant
kissing around the house all night;
big fellow out in the woods drove SUM
Der from Mrs. lights eyelids by his
uncanny below another actually chased
her over her own doorstep. About
week ago she walked her husband up;
there was a queer noise in the house,
she said. He struck light, and found
half dozen snakes of the largest size
squirming about on the floor Mrs
Hight started for the door, declaring
that she would stay no longer in snake
den; she was going back to her fathers
Hight followed,-Ne1O York Sun.
Summer Drinks for Temperance Men.
DR.. Richardson and the British Med
ical Temperance Association, over
which he presides, have once more en-
deavored to give practical illustration of
what may be used as wholesome, non
intoxicant beverage when the warm
weather we have long been expecting
eventually arrives. Always supposing
that sunshine will some day supersede
the cold and wet from which we are at
present suffering, and that with it the
desire for refreshing compounds in the
shape of drink will arise, the question
which the doctors have met to discuss
is certainly one of considerable interest.
Itmay at once be noted that the variety Of
mixtures with which the assembled tee
totalers on the occasion of the society's
banquet drank to. to various "senti.
ments" proposed was neither stinted
nor commonplace. There were infer
mented wines, including port and
Sherry" fruit drinks, beverages made
from malt-free from alcohol, of course
and others from hops, declared on the
list to be both good and pleasant, cyder-
inc, concocted from the use of apples, a
curious liquid with a singular name,
which was stated to be "the pure inspis-
stated Juice of the grape, free from all
foreign matter, and pleasantly acid"
and another which, under an equally
strange title, was averred to con-
tain phosphates of iron, and to
be an excellent tonic. Ginger ale, than
which, it was announced, nothing
could be finer" fruit essences, no doubt
admirable in their way,-and, lastly,
hqueurs. Misunderstanding and very at
tractive," went to make up the list of
rotations in which the advocates of
temperance pledged each other. Agree
ably cheered with the uninebriating
liquors thus provided, they congratu-
lated themselves on the success OF the
movement they represented, and found
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