Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-11
CORNELL'S SNAKE STORY.
Remarkable Experience In the Pine
Greek Region.
a Physician's Contest With y Rattle
snske-An Alarming Sitution and
How He Was Relieved
From Peril
twatervilIe (Pa.) special.l


Since the opening OF the Pine Creek
Railroad through this wild gorge In the
mountains it Is remarkable what progres
has been made in the way of settlements
and the opening of places OF summer re-.
sort Several cottages have been built in
ssc uded hooks wlere the owners and
their families spent thu heated term very
pleasantly. One of the most attractive Of
these cottages, er rtc:ed by party Of Will
liamsporters, Is named Pa-du- CO. hi, after
famous old Iidian of the Cornplauter
tribe, who used to hunt ami fish in ths
region. He was a great fav orfte with the
early settlers, and when he died, about
seventy y tars ago, he was buried in a
cle't of the rock. near the mouth OF Cedar
Run. His grave is yet pointed out and
many cur ols stories are related of the
old Indian and his IN my adventures with
the wild animals that Infested that Sec
tion. Among the owners of the charming :
Gotta ,e spoken offs Dr.. < l Cornell, of Will
Transport, who, with his family, has been
here for two weeks. He is a noted bota-
st, and when in the country is constant
ly searching for herbs for meiical pur-
poses. Hearing that ho recently had an
adventure with a ra:tles lake, visited
him at the cottage to get the particulars.
The little doctor-hs only weighs niney
pounds-is an exceedingly jolly viva cious
man, we'll informed and always Interest
ing. On boing questioned about the snake
he said.
''Yes, 1 had little adventure day be-
fore yesterday wh le up on that side of
the mountain searching for some rare
plants"
"Howw was it? Please relate it."
"You sea-" said the Jolly doctor,
throwing one leg over the oth-r, ~ was
STOPPING down to pull up plant when a
rattler gave the alarm AMI before
could locate the reptile he made spring
at me aud struck mo on the right arm
near tho elbow. For; unat.ly 1 wore a
heavy flannel shirt aud his fangs be-
came fastene in it without penetrating
to the skin. He was unable to disl odge
himself and hung su.pendsd from my
arm"
What did you do?''
"Acting uad r a sudden impuls, I
grasped the reptile with my lett hand
abou- two inches back OF the head aud
held him tight. thinking I could prev IN t
him from striking again"
"How did you succeei?'
swell, 1 never had such an experience
in my life, and hope / may never have
anything like it again. The sn1k, was
one Of the largest. He was fully four
feet in length, dark, ugly. and venom
Gus. The IN mt l frightened my grasp
on him he commenced winding around
my arm an rattling wicksdIy all the
time. My sensation, were peculiar. As
he contracted his folds / could feel the
pressure on my arm and q sickenin 2
s'nsation came over me. I dare not re-
L. K my grasp for he would surely strike
me. His mouth was wide open aud ]
Gould see his glistening faugl"
why ddn't you draw your knife and
cut his head of?"
"Bless you! J couldn't reach It with nv
hand, because it was in the opposite pocket
of my pants and my only safety was to
hold him fir My"
"How did you succsed?"
"Well, l had a rou yh time. held that
snake fully forty minutes. He ratified all
the time and coiled SO tightly round nv
arm that the circulation stopped and
felt a numbness up to the shoulder His
eyes gistened like diamonds. / would
have given my share in this cottage to
uaNc OScu ToitoVo1 w n l6 i lolQ Inc
snake he really wa, master. l dare not
let go. l could fiud nothing to crush his
head. The situation was becoming alarm
ing, assure you, aud at ons time 1 felt
that would be bitten. Finally as I was
about to give up relief came"
"How"
"a friend came down from the noun
tain where be had been gathering huck le-
berries, and hearing my cries rushed to
my lief. He direc:e me to lay the head
of the r,p;iie on a hemlock stump, when
he soon crushed it with a stout stick that
he carried"
AFTER being relieved from your peril =
Gus position. how did you feel:'
"a peculiar scxening sensation fol.
lowed and l partially swoonsd But ]
soon rec pvered anl mads my way to the
cottage with thu assistance of my friend.
when L took soma stimllants and in an
hour felt much better"