The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-06
RATrLESNAKES.
A Sedalla Man Berg Snake Bitten
ID MIracuionsly Cured by
his Habits of Life.

Whisky Is = dead -hoi an snake bites. A
snake stands n" SNOW at all IL whisky he
used Iidici"n>ly on il. LIST week . man
near >edsiis. who hs- b ZEN bowling up Tor
the Las, 4" y-a's. until nos he is pretty
nearly full, met with n PECULIAR incident,
illustrating the truth cf the s,.tement first
above made Tie Is a g-nilem an Who car.
rie- no-r the i'e-coing TN which cost him
about :, 100; his syst. m is thoroughly sat
uraisd by an assortment Of drink, which
he has thrown in during the
last forty yrars. thos- drinks tsp~riny
grsdasiiy from beer AL " ne s;uxn ,A-t the
commissioning min, jgleJ'. and tom and
j.rry- To roi'i rum, gin AMI whisky. Tie
alcoholic iuSe- arising from his head are in
Il 'mmabi~- One dark night xh. he VA. full
a mi-chievous boy liz a match aud held il
above his he sd, and he biz Il up lax. the
head man IA ioEch-light procession. AT.
ter considerable difficulty b. w.- ex,,n-
sn'shei. tie Wa, in brief, q walking
saloon, carrying n complete selection Il
iiIuois. He WAS called cut in the Country
on business. lie left his carriage AT un,.
hou>e, aud walked across a woods pasture
to neighborins house. While piod.iing
along through the under brush, he WA. start
led by the kissing of n raiiIeSnake; he drew
his revolver, coiled near HIM Law the rep
tile ready io strike. he fired, il writh.d in
agony and fell down dead. But almost in
stani!y he heard kissing on ever si.ie.
and ~hiriing around ne saw several rattle
snakes, not large. hut those snort, poisonous
iooking ones, coming toward him. lie
fired al them killing some. bat Others tiIl. d
their places. His revolver was empty bu,
he silently swore h- would not run and
grabbing club he bsyan l'elaboring the a.
-sitani- IN earnesi, hut he stumbled acct.
i.nisi.y and while ialiisg and down several
snakes srIucs him with their Poisonous
fang, "n his legs and body. lie -prany
zap again AMI bryan Telosding his revolver,
afd the snake bit.S--ih-y never affected
him At. all-but IN. .nskss-lhe
que which -irurk him first wriy ,i-i oil. lsii
itself over log, I~xsn ih,.~irg NJ ir-
.sie-i rati"u~, aId uoane,i, "-ts.i. b-sr-
lS.2,' .I.d roll,d over "n ;,- b.ck, dead.
Another enc, a. s"'.n a. IL s;r,n K hin, un-
coi.ssi, Law hat on ii.- yrrUn,i, cried "u;
m"uTBiuily, "iie"ne---y L. ris-iS Il; see
ihst n,y crave - k.w gr,-n," anil ..i.,i.
..n"l:'ef - :i.sei a. ar. EGG n". - ISIS;
Nriir my 'pii~l.h, '..i,.:.. iuo cis~. appii,a ~
ti',n Ia bin. -. A.siL.r, IN old vet
srsn, ."il.d srnn,. iT.s--. ia,h,d ir..li ~.
a:.i,-, stamp. "a lee '.Icai--i Ior.,-"i. IL
finally i"w'ei, ''i.s. here lie gces, wins
kcy-lsiv. iiliri a. al ci,i-r tI,riigr;
pull lam ci.'-se. la, a. IucL nj ii- burning
eye-i's!is; "h, ..e SIS aie; al, give H,-
r'-o,n ana iGTn,d "v.I ani ,.i,d. u wss
evident the Reptiles .,.... l,sJ att i,k a. ism.
] .n,- ar ir.n,,is- Tae Uii., attacking II. D.
lil.s, eins the ;urrid deaths al those
which had bii'rn '.i- ,i.n. retired from the
-cSE. - terror. He, returning lis revolver
- l'- pCc..ri, pre- se,...i q" ihe nei.nics :
hoa-., iI.rsici,-,l Ii~ business, Iet:lrn.si io
mi- ir.isg- and a., i.-.k io S.,islis per-
i-cIiy Gni: inrd. Wen he takes a drink
n'w. lee ,.c-igrai., all III, al oi liquors. ~
''sna ke Lliier"