The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1884-11-29
Stories About TarantuIas.

Gay, anu eAhloi''u - hlchel. hC
the hotel in the evening some of the
oldest inhabltants got 10 talking about
spiders and snch thinSs' One man
said 1t was weil-eslapiished Tact that
nobody had ever oeeh h'tied by The bite
of tarantuta or q eehtipcde. This
brought out chorus OF Voices in dis
sent. Nearly eVeryoouy eiSe had known
OF cases where men hau uied IN more or
less torment as result Vi being stung
by these insects. =,
ELEVEN years ago, sald represen-
tative citizen' "wheh lhefe wasn't any
such pleasure IN tfaVeifhg through
these parts as there Is now, camped
out one night Jhst across Inc New MeNi-
can line win party OF prospectors.
we We're all comparatively new, and
we aion Know anNlhlng about taran-
tulas. When we selecleu ohr camping
place we ho'icea three OF Tour drab-
eofofed things, looking IKE dice boxes
with covers, lying on Tue ground, but
we paid no attention 10 them. 1t was
chilly, and we had piazihg lire. Some
time In the night S'uS PETERSON startled
us with an uneartlly Hell' ana running
to him, we found lhat ne was III death
agony. We thought he had been shot,
and guess he did' 100. lie didH live
long enough, though 10 get any very
clear idea OF what Killed MIN. lie
doubled up IKE lack-kniie' and then
spun around ike top linen ne would
strai@hten out SUN LOT mlhute' ana
we lhlnk nc was ueau, put pretty soon
ne wouln peSIh 10 writhe aSnh' we
cohiap 90 anything VAIN nm. lie
, a5ea IN aooH' an h""f IN a"l9l torment;
ne hcNt dh' we cNafhihed MN anu
iounu nite OF some Klhu on ms leiC
pre"St. Inc lleSh was purple anu SWol-
zen some one saiu II must nave pecn
SNAKE OF 'arahtula. ,o,
nv you ever see tafau'ul"
asked OF the crowd ;,
ohe man Sa'l nc haa seen one ueaa
on cara once Dttt none Oh US ha't ever
seen ono awe Just thch tohkey' one
OF ihe party picNeu up one Oh lhOse
muu-llke ulce bo\eS' win the remark
:" nat the deVIi are these thlhgs' Doys'
AS lie h'!d IL up me cover iil'eu' ana
out crawled SPIDER WIN iVe or SIX
legs Two inches long. lie gave yen,
ana we az ran.
nat tarahtHfa' sure. sara INC
man VINO had seen one uead' A'ter
while we crept pack 10 the camp ana
found mat we hau slept III regular
nest Oh then' lhey I'VE IN these niue
boxes, winch lhey make win astohlsn-
ing precision. The cover to the box Is
nicely hung on hinges ana can DE raised
by the tafahtata from me INSIDE very
easily. After nc rtaHcs MS exit II iHtts
back INTO place, hitting so shugiS that
IL all looms IKE one piece Wh'h nv
wants to get III he raises IL with one oil
his teclcrs' and then lets II ao"h aitef
he has entered. lhey are very knowing
ANIMALS ana mere can l any one zen
me that their sung Is not iatal' lof We
seen II.
\ Mexican then sad nc once saw
man who had been bitten by tarantula
In sonora cured by dosing nm WIN
WHISKY. wv happened 10 nave u Jug
he shld. ap"i"2cucallN' anu "heh we
madr mp our minus Wnhi inc HoupIe
was we poured inc Wh.Nnf up"h P''h'
re was q MEXICAN an" It .t't Nun g"o''
Al HrNt nc appeared ITS II ne ma thG
Hclirl'lm trelhehS, out "i''r"e ha,' i'len
nm i"ll ne went 10 Steep ana "hen ne
~ 900. - r..
pam lie never WAS any E""u "l'cT
l.al' mourn. ne was N'n,' W i''llc an"
FIehe,A Ahn us lilni MHa j n.y. ;iiipii-
a"teo; SOM '''i'c "t.et ''i''' ''p h,i'tu d
man. bt't Icy tet MN Z" otc"''Nt ne
hao taranrula p'tc ai'9 vas Ilot re-
spoislple' lhat lle ohil ''iie ma,
ever Nh'W any lhlnS 10 SAVE " man VINO
haa ecen o.t'en' l hhe" olS 'il'n VINO
ulCH instantly anu tuiee VI i"I' u,''cLS
Snh'reI ID various ways uhll ue''il re-
iieNe" t'ic"'' tfie't ~ liiaNr "'ip VI
shGhi 1e'ifFe 'h"t ne was st"F'nS MN
sell to death mat what some t't-
lows Try TO say about these thingS, OUT
IT'S all bo'h, A taran'uia bite IN Men
ico means all tne whisky lilG NLcum can
holu' anu no MeNican VIII u'I UIl"ct
- ii lill Won WlHl makes some llpO-