St. Landry democrat., 1891-09-12
SOMEWHAT STRANGE,
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show that Truth Is
Stranger than Fiction.

SN~NN ~ IL
Chicago, from the bustIing town of W
oming which bears his name, has recent
made a trip through the far Northwcs
He declares that the best hunting in ii
country can be had in the State Of Wasl
lngton, and tells of a novel deer hunt {
which he was a witness. II left S"atti
on a little steamer a few DAYS ago" h
began, IN conversation with a Chicau
Herald reporter, ''to view the sights (
Puget Sound. We had steamed aboy
ten miles from Seattle when a movin
black spot was discovered in the water
as We approached the object it was see
to be the head of a deer that was swim
ming to the shore. We went after tn
animal, and a lively chase was begun
Men crowded out to one side of the littl
boat, and the frightened deer was beat
ing the swimming record. We got tn
boat between the land and the deer
then the quick animal made a sudde,
turn ont to SEA. Our boat could easil,
catch the fugitive, but it would dodge S,
quickly that a days chase seemed mos
probable. No one Oil board had a gun
but there was a cowboy on the boat. IL,
made a lasso from a long rope, and a
the boat came within some thirty feet O
the animal he skillfullv threw the ropt
over its horns. The steamer towed the
animal to the beach, where it was thrown
down and made captive. Lassoing deer
is unique sport, but most ANYTHING in
the hunting and fishing line can be
found in Washington"
THE case of young David Mallov, who
was made deaf and dumb in New York
by a sudden assault, had its parallel in
army times during the late war. A vet
eran who was with Mcclellan at the siege
o Yorktown says that on the night of
his arrival before that place he was in
vlted by General Charles d. Jameson to
accompany him to the field hospital and
see a strange case. A private soldier Of
the Fourth Michigan Infantry had been
knocked scnseless by a solid shot that
grazed his uniform without doing him
other apparent injury. On recovering
his senses the man made signs for pencil
and paper, and wrote that he could
neither speak nor hear. He complained
OF soreness of the chest, but did not want
to be kept in bed. The doctors ey-
amined him carefully, became convinced
that he was not s%hamming, and the next
LAY sent him to the general hospital at
Fortress Monroe. Of his subsequent
tate the veteran is not aware, except that
the diagnosis made in the field was en-
dorsed by the surgeons at the rear, who
attributed his deafness and inability to
speak to the shock Of the shot, and re-
ported his case a serious one.
JOHN DUFFY of kingsland, n. J.. was
awakened soon after dawn the other dav
by an unusual disturbance in his poultry
yard. He went into the yard carving
his gun with him. An early hawk in
of a breakfast had encountered a
late snake engaged in the same quest.
Inc serpent would have retired in favor
the bird, but the enraged hawk would
allow him to do so. His appetite
may have craved snake meat rather than
chicken, or perhaps he concluded that
here was not enough food in the hen
nclosure for both of them. The hawk
'avagely attacked the snake, burving its
in the writhing body close to the
lead. At the same moment the snake
brew nearly four feet of its length
around its assailant's body in two coils
md drew the folds tight. The hawks
wings were closely'pinned to its sides,
md as neither combatant could move,
lr. Duffy killed them both with one
hot. He has sent them to a taxidermist
Il New York City, who will preserve
hem in the attitude in which they died.
LIVE on what was formerly called
lave Island, and occupy a frame house
hitch IS raised from the ground, saws
'onald Mellotte, a resident of Ceylon,
i the st. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat. The
amp condition of the ground make the {
land a popular place for snakes and +
'ogs, which penetrate the houses. One {
while l sat in my room l saw a
'og leap through a crack in the floor. s
ear a corner in the wall. A second
ter a cobra snake pushed its head a
trough the crack, and caught the frog c
fore it could get away. When the
'ake tried to withdraw his head the
caused by the presence of the '
og in his neck rendered the effort un- T
ccessful. He disgorged his prey, but ;
Id fast to one leg. Three times he :
7allowed the frog, and three times had Il
give it up. Finally his s1akeship ap-
AIRED to think, and ended by grabbing ~
e frogs legs, dragging it outside, and Il
allowed it for good. I think that o.
IS as smart a snake as you could find \
en- in this country. Az
WHILE a company of Prussian Grena-
ers of the Guard were digging a
ditch as a portion of their drill in a
avy shower Of rain, a stroke of light
'g felled half of them to the ground.
lightning also struck all the band,
q others who were near the captains
rse, killing the latter on the spot. One al
mber of the band had the crest of his s.
met melted, the back of his skull laid "
en-, his clothes and body on the right o.
e singed, and one Of his boots torn TO
m his foot and hurled several wards OF
ay. A drummer, in addition to severe eL
ernal injuries, was driven under the II
sc, which fell upon him and nearly NJ
shed him to death. The trumpeter 81
0 was holding the animal was severely pl,
ured in the leg. The captain was WI
lex to the ground and lay there I'M Sc
for a long time, and close by an
e two non commissioned officers, who ar
} remained for some time insensible. w
SPRADL1NG, of St. Clair. Mo-, as III;
ted by the Union Tribune Republi- ~,
, was riding along the road and saw e.
'ttlesnake coiled up in the road with ~,
neck erect. He had scarcely seen 's
RATHER before he saw Il large black bn
Ike spring forward and wrap its body a."
the rattlesnake's neck and a.,
ng back out of reach before the rat 'n'
make could bite him, although the a.
Ter seemed endeavoriEy to bite the a.,
After having been choked oo'
'ral times by the ~blacksnake, the rat CA =
makes head dropped to the ground.
his body waa Efalacs Mr. ,Cft