The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-04-30

Teeth ste 10 double ross. thick snd vef
"a sasrp. Wteb ths reptile bites u nsve
4. springs or strikes al its victim, but las
se simply bites u mraus business, ior To-
q etssp o! tae jaws IL something marvellous
Auy thing once caught between those t-'
1t double ross Of teeth is held a. u 10
= wise lie steel trap. II is kDo~o b' bo'i
fe whites aud sA'sses 90 the deserts OF ib'
d territory that Il Is worse thsu useless to .
d tempt to fierce the Glla monster TO reiess'
e Us hold gpon any person OF snlmsL io'
d thst only increases the wounf, and tb'
e rep lie 10 rage manufactures tresh sen
a ON 10 its poison sacks 10 this rooi ths
+. mouth sud iBlscts II into the cut aud torn
| hesh. The Oils monster is always Killed
q ttst when IL has bitten human being and
1 then the jaws are cot and pulled away
g from the wound. small Gila monster
, With head not over two inches long
. sud liws su iuch and one hall IN length
has been krown to bito mans leg near
j the snkle through the flesh aud into the
very bone, Tho Marie psh lndisus do not
attempt 10 release q member OF their tribe
who has been bitten by q dila monster
from The dreadful little iavs, and II ia gen
erslly believed that they end the sufI,r
iug' OF any hspless victim among them
selves by deadly blow on the head, They
say they know no cure for the pJlson OF
the reptile.
One OF the few authentic cases OF reooy
cry from the bite OF the Gila monster ID
that Of Walter II Vial, OF Phoenix, Arl2o
us who is one OF the best known and
wesltb,est osttlemsn 10 the Territory,
ing round up in the Gila River region
Of Arizona 10 1890. be took luncheon one
day in u chsppersl. He went to resaddle
his horse after the meal, aud while pick |
ing up a saddle cloth from the hot earth |
his hand was bitten by Gla monster
that bad crawled there q moment before.
OF course Mr. Vail knew instantly that he
was probably u doomed man. His ranch
men came to bis aid Ut once. The reptile
was killed and tho jaws we're cut away
from Mr. Val's hand Q1lcker tnsn II
takes to pen these words the mans arm
was bound tight at the elbow to check the
flow Of blood the wound was cut open and
strong am ponis was poured in, while cop
ious drsughts Of whisky were poured down
Mr.. Wallis throat He was put on horse,
and secompau led by bis cowboys rode
like mad for fifteen miles 10 the home Of
physician in Tue on. Several brief stops
we're made to force more liquor down Mr..
Walls throat and to pour ammonia on the
wound on the hand. For three week Mr..
Vail lay almost between life and death st
the home of physician in Tucson. Phys
icisns were summoned for consultation
from Phoenix and even from Los Angeles
Everything that money could buy or
science suggest was done for the patient.
he bad a strong, vigorous constitution.
and in the course of few months was as
as well as ever He is still in the cattle
business 10 the Territory Everyone In
the Southwest has heard OF the wonderful =
recovery Of Walter Vail from the bite OF
Oil, monster.
The period OF suii ring after bite by 0
Ciils monster and before death comes TO u
The victims relief is from twenty miu uutes II
10 two hours. Tue surgeon at Fort Bowie
says he knows OF the case OF big, strap
ping Irish private 10 the army service who O
vas bitten by Gls monster while ont
hunting one day and died 10 five MINUTES.
4 tesmster who hauled merchandise to v
rom bstone in 1893 was packing up mes
lutte boughs for campfire and unoon "
'cousIy picked up GiIs monster with Vt
he wood. He was bitten in the upper o.
1stt OF the arm and died before his oom VI
,snons could saw the reptiles head of VI
nd out the Jaws and teeth from the u
wound. Where the llicted person sur
yes 40 hour or two sfter the bite the
gony is described az awful to witness u
The venom Uf the r4tilesnske is somewhat y"
lumb bing 10 Its effect, and after the first %
,slf hour il not so very painful, b1t the
POISON OF the tiils M nster goes through
no human system with Lightning rspidlty u
nd causing unspeskabe pain and excru VI
iating agony from head to foot. The vic
i'm seems to be psralyz'd. and yet every VI
nuscle, bone, siDew aud particle II gray
ostter Is keenIy i've to intense pain The
utiereT'a head seems ~ II u vonId split W
pen, Very few persons bitten by Glls cl
lonster can speak after the frat fifteen VI
liuntes, butuUconscion.nes seldom comes
util few minutes before death Pbysi
isbs say that the poison sets mp treu en W
ous cation Of the heart and the victim
eslly dies OF heart failure. The person ut
tho has been drinking TO excess q few
sys or . few hours before be il injured by "
ella monster is almost sure OF death 10 u'
elf 81 hour sitter the bite.
A Nsprimand.