The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-08-25
Edison Echoes.

Instead of calling these DAYS dOgdays, we
are inclined to call them I'll tleSnake DAYS,
especially in the vicinity of Edison. There
has been several killed around there in the
last ten DAYS, but some of them have got in
their deadly work first. We hear of a valu-
able dog, and two colts being killed by their
bile, about miles south east of Edison, and
Lu e Bennett lost Il fine large horse last
Saturday by rattlesnake bite. He was cut
ting millet north of MIR. Meeker's hOuS ,
when the raGtler struck the horse just above
the hoOf on the right hind leg The
snake was an old residenter, being as
large as mans arm, and about four feet
long wi h a rafting capacity of 10 rattleS-
1t was all Lutte could do to hold the horse
to get unrangled in the gearing of the mower
while the brother Al. unhitched him. The
horses leg SWelled up rapidly, and while AL.
hurried TO Mr.. Meeker's for som soda and
amOnia Lutte bled hm freely. and after APP
plying the soda and amOnia the smelling
subsidized, SO that in three or four hours they
lei him home, about three miles. This WIS
on Tuesday, and the next day the horse S
leg began to smell again, and by Thursday
The smelling hal increased to frightful pro
pOrtl ms, but by constant care. and frr quent
applica ions of Iiniment. il was Subdued and
by FRIDAY night the horse was considered
out of danger. Early SATURDAY. morning Lutte
looked in the stable and saw the horse eating
b ~ and appcaiantly all, but few minutes
after when he went in to give some ground
feed, the horse made lunse toward him so
he had to jump into manger to get out of
his way, as he fell dead at his feet!
Last SUNDAY as Lutte was going out to his
farm, he stopped bv the roadside for some
thing, and happened to stop with one of the
horses directly over a rattlesnake cOiled up,
but he instant he began to rat lie, the horse
made such jump that he came very near
upsetting the buggy. This was another four
TO ter. 81 we have concluded 1t Is danger
Gus to be safe around Edison.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Day
died last week Thursday and was buried in
the Edison cemetery.
The Edison School house has undergone a
thorough cleaning preparatory to commence
ment of school, which we understand will
be the second Monday IN September.
Last Monday Mr.. Henry Lowe started for
III Worlds Fair. He will also visit relativs
in Marshall, Mich, after he has taken in the
fair.
Mr.. j. w. Hall received severe kick from
his stallion on the side of his leg between
the ankle and the knee, one day last week.
At first Mr.. Hall did not think any bone was
broken, though il swelled up pretty bad,
but upon closer examination he found that
the bone was cracked, and 1t will b apt to
cOntne him to the house for several days.
There is something curious in the SYM
pathy between the elements and CT Jewell
anyway. While he was away endeayOring
To WOO the goddess of moisture in O. her
par of the moral vineyard, he dry weather
persisted in holding he fort in this vicini Y,
excepting an abnormal Outburst of unnal-
ural precipitation of blocks of the north
land than tine gentle rain de cendeth upon
the just (and it may possibly descend upon
the unjust, but we don't know of any such
in Sherman County,.