Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS o.
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adventures
Which Show that Truth 10 Stranger
Than Fiction

Queer Facts and Thrilling Adventures
Which Show that Truth IL Stranger
Than Fiction
r. G. BEvERIDGE, a well-known To-
cal amateur photographer, Of Oil
City, Penn, has secured a snapshot
picture OF rattlesnake biting man,
and, so far as known. the picture is
the only one Of the kind in existence.
1t Is hardly necessary to state that
it was obtained by accident. DIR. G.
j. Reynolds, formerly of Oil City, has
been few days in the woods in that
vicinity assisting Rattlesnake Pete
Gruber catch snakes for the latter's
museum, and to illustrate the pro-
cess to his friends in Pittsburgh, he
determined to take series of photo
graphs. The box of twenty-five
snakes already captured, together
with the photograph outfit was taken
to a ledge of rocks near Siverlyville
by DR.. Reynolds, Pete and Beveridge.
The snakes were then photographed
in different postures. and as climax
it was decided to illustrate how the
biggest snake of the lot was captured.
1t was placed on top of u huge mass
Of rock, and the doctor posed as if he
had just caught sight of the reptile,
and was motioning to Pete, who was
climbing up the face of the rock. In
his anxiety to get a good pose, DR..
Reynolds failed to notice that while
he was getting into position the snake
had worked his way to the edge Of the
rock. When Pete put his hand over
the edge of the rock to steady him
self, the snake, over five feet long,
struck savagely at the moving finger
It's teeth grazed the ball of the
thumb, cut the skin, but did not
draw blood, and quantity of venom
spread itself over the thumb, but
was washed off with the contents of
a bottle of ammonia and did not do
any damage. The photographer was
so startled by the snake striking that
he convulsively squeezed the bulb
connecting the shutter of his camera,
and secured what is probably the
most unique photograph in the State.
On q recent morning when Ray
McCollum, living three miles from
Farmers Valley, Penn, went out to
feed his cow he found her lying in
pool of blood in the barnyard. There
were gashes in her flesh, on her lower
left side, her legs were stripped OF
their flesh in many places, and her
horns were covered with blood. She
was still alive, but was shot to end
her misery. AS there was not foot
of ground in the barnyard that was
not torn, and as the soil was drenched
with blood, and the barn and fence
were spotted with it, it was plain
that desperate conflict had occurred
during the night between the COW
and some fierce animal. There was
break in the barnyard fence, show
ing where the trespassing animal had
entered. David Marcy, neighbor Of
McCollum's, on going to feed his
stock the same morning, discovered
that large and vicious Berkshire
boar of his had broken from his en-
closure. Marcy started to search
for his missing boar, and heard Of the
plight in which McCollum had found
his cow and barnyard. He was sure
that the bloody duel that had taken
place there the night before was be-
tween his boar and the COW, and this
was made certain when he found the
boar half buried in the soft mud on
the edge of a swamp quarter of
mile from McCollum's. The mud
was red with blood for several feet
around the boar. This had flowed
from eleven holes in the animals side
where the cow had gored him. One
of the boar's eyes was out, one Of his
tusks broken of, and his flesh was
frightfully ripped. He was nearly
dead and was shot.
HARRY MooHRdE, who for years was
an engineer in Mexico, states that
there are queer laws down there. He
gives the following as fact: Il was
walking along one of the thorough
fares of the City of Mexico" re-
marked Mr.. Moore, when man
came along and tickled one of the
hind legs Of mule. The animal
pricked up his ears and both hind
legs shot out, the hoof of one of the
legs landing squarely in the face of
his tormentor. The man was picked
up and carried unconscious into
house near by. The poor fellow
breathed his last half an hour later.
A policeman came riding up at full
speed, asked the cause of the excite
ment, and on being informed, arrested
the mule and took the animal off to
Jail. A trial was had and the judge,
without jury, sentenced the mule to
the penitentiary for life, assessing
fine of eighteen cents day against
the owner to keep the mule in feed"
Mr.. Moore further stated that the
Wells Fargo Express Company has
dog at their Office in the City of Mex
leo which has been in jail several
times for biting and swapping at Mex
lean pedestrians.
SOME twenty years ago Klamath
River Indian, had difficulty with
three other Indians, during which he
was killed, and at the same time
killed one Of the other Indians. Sew
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