The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-06

he VS. searching amoog the under.
bfush neaS shs osoW OF the Nevsfsink.
An old osn last sixty. gray and
wsafhssbsasen. Ne wss high enough
On the hill 70 obtain . spleodid visw Of
.he beautiful valley sf the Schay kill,
hemmed IN On 18th ssdss BY spsrs OF
tbs Bloc Meansaios. The old man vas
Michael Heller, known far and wsds in
these parts - tie great snake bite
cursr aud snake chssoer. He vas
bunting herbs for his sedicissss. He
hsd gAiaesi his knowledge fram his
father, wbG had gained his knowtsdes
from his grandfather. IL he'd beeo
handed down iron father 70 son for
many geosFstieoa
Hslles oontiuued hp search. and psid
little sttestiou 70 the sksfchiuG party
near By. lie csspt on oil fours. With
bis fscs Desr the g-sy rocks under the
brush.
'Huotiug . conpsrhssd'' be u.s
ssked.
No. but you'll ind them hsrssbouts
"a sdt days. be replied. scarcely TAX
ing time To look up. Tsa miautss later
he consented to join Us over . luneh.
His grey eyes spsrtlsd over cup Of
light cissst oh. yea said he. I've
travelled over ell these hiila Some
times I think the shaker themselves
know ne. To-day l wss hunting few
roots need. Snakes this year are bad
aud thsy ere making bad work already.
The very hot weather ws had sarly this
year bsosgbt the snakes out earlier.
snd they're - full of poison now -
they gsasrslly get late In August. But
II don't matter to me how poisonous
they srs; ! gspsrAiiy get the better M
thsm. Copperhssds are the worst.
Yea. I never iosr . case. Of course /
don't wsnt 10 talk too much about my
self either. bscsuse / make no charges
II healing people Of snake poison. l
work iu 90 irod mill in winter in Read
ing; work hard. aud don't follow this
businsss - = business 1t wouldn't
pay. But spend good deal of my
tine ou the hills. l study the habits
VI these poisonous snskes. and it keeps
. persnn right busy lam likely 10 bs
called AWAY ffom hoae most auy nms.
One day may be brought by parties
living fifty a.ilxs from my home to
treat persons bitten BY ccppesh.sd or
raulernates. ! might name you bun
dreds Vt c.s-s vi snake bites have
cured. The great trouble 10. ! don't
get 10 the sufferers soon enough. Gen
sraily psople wait too loog. I've got
nothing against regular doctors. They're
good in their p.aces. but they doa's un-
derstsnd snake p, isnn. When . cop
perhesd snaps aud cuts. there 10 only
one thing l know can draw out the
poison
And this 10 ? vsntursd to ak.
Stuff made from the roots and herbs
l gather just about where the lazy SER
pents .un themselves on the rocks. /
don't know bat one person who knows
il, because it's . secret. That one -
,se. LIN going n tell my 500 when
thi.k its time, bat I'm in DO hurry
about it. Iii have to take him slong
to sh0w him how the leavss look and
where the roots grow. Then he must
know how IN cook them. and then
sftsrward how TO use the medicine No.
I'm not afraid Of the most poisonous
snake that grows OF course I don't
know anything about cobras and the
poisonous fellows of the very hot coun-
tries. But I mean 10 talk about the
snskes of his laaituds. rhsy have
poison enough. Just think how limb
swslls altar beins cat b . copper
head! Only. abort time ego . woman
was bsdly bittsn st canp laeeeins.
She got out Of her tent ssSly IN the
mors.inR 70 builA q Ere. She reached
upder tie stsvs Sos soos woed and .
eOpperhssd that had erawled there dar.
isg he night cut her h Tie Nd. The
susks csuWisd in there to get warn.
The people st once 6llsd her With
vhiskey. and hee arm, from - albow
down, swslled until the akin burst. u
was twice ~ sise She sas IN . very
bad wsy. I vss ssss fer - . lest
resort, but before I got her Sais shs had
to lose the Angsr that bed bssn bitten.
The poison nearly made her crasy.
Talk about painl Snake poisoa nsk0
the worst Of al pains. I've hSd all
kinds Of casea. One Of the worst vas .
boy thai vs. cut On the lower lip. He
vss looking eves wall on which vas
spuning BIG black csppsrhsad. She
dung herself right into the bey's fAcs
and cat him ID The lip. II ~ nnin-
utss the boy was dark blue. sei3 snd
soll. He vo0itsA sua his whole hody
changed color. His father vas chop
pine wood near BY. end hs sAsEied him
kows. 1 woshsd fsur days I'D four
pishss before ! got ths bey osse IL.
But before I could do snything ! hsd
20 10 out 20 the stoes wall and dn1 the
snake. I caught her about twsety
lses ffun vhgs - sht ~ bey. !
e.uRhs hse 6Iiss. asd hed hof chosnNa
before she could cut se poison heseolf.
II that boy had bssa alooe. that woald
have bsss the lass Of him. Hs'd -
died ou the spoe. sud ths chosose woad
have tyssu that ths sBaks vosld hsvs
ora~ led undee his isoksl and slepe
there. It's crest 0istske psopls
make in going on ths hills ia snake
couutYies eloos. A bite IRON . poaO0u
| ous coppsshead will bring the strong
| ess 20 The earth bsfoEs he goes 1af.
Thsy shoald have company b. 80 q
sccident By snake bite
Did yes kali ths snAke yoa. chaso-
"a f.rhe osd msu wss asked.
No. ssid hs; 'Insvss killed cap
ueeheed IN ny life. ] toek = elsaG
home 9Th ms. s6oUod q - . ~
| frieods. sad thsa took 4 back - thu
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