Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-02-01

TIKI try. There most
Y E5tsS horrible reptiles,
tAfantnlas. poison
Gus scorpions, and
the most deadly insects from the burn
ing climes Of the south are 70 BE- touna,
For twenty years the gray-halFed
enthusiast tells bis visitors, Il haSs
been travelling up and down the eoun.
try, across the desert and IN the m0tln-
tains. getting these stFangest specimens
Of animal life Noa 10 this day mahs
people think there Is no such thing a. a
ella monster And yet throughout she
Colorado desert. especially aiohs the
ella River. you may encounter thou
sands, ON the other hand. too. sou may
scarcely see one The ella monster
tHeiodegma horTtdumi ls almost ~
thick as your upper arm and about
eighteen or twenty inches long u has
head which Ii pretty near all mouth
and opens clear back 70 its ears lhS
head il about A. big as 4 common tea
mouth IL powerfully muselsd and set
with four sharp tangs aad a lot u
grinders The color o. the monster il
reddish. with brown spots II has =
blunt tail. a. nearly all poisonous lie.
ards have. found these monsters iIs.
ing Ia the hot sand They arr not good
10 fool with. and a IMAM who II ia the
ella monster business must kaSs shat
he IA about One day last June pulled
~ from the hot desert 10 little ranch
on the Colorado River. The man shn
owned the place had pct ella monster
which he kept In barrel he stopped
down 10 kst him out 20 show him 70 me
and some friends Of his sho wssr there.
and tbs monster shut down % his
thumb. The monster xYippsd the
thumb 20 tight 10 his awful moath.
which was like Wise that hia jawR had
20 BE- prird open With an iron bar. The
man lived only few hours. and died ln
terrible spaams Another man bitten
while | Was down there has uvss sinee
been paraIyzea 10 the side. Hardly
anybody ever gets over bite from this
terrible animal.
What physical effects come 10 q man
who has escaped death from poison BY
ella monster Why. have seen say.
erai different results For Instance.
there was the case % haTkesprr in
Benson some years ako. Hc bad a pct
ella monster that he kept 10 = bon on
the bar. and sometimes hs would let IL
out and play With IT, lie ridienIed the
afnFtAa khR4 80
the poison Of Ola monsters. lie would
put one finger In is mouth and drag is
up and down this bar. and the thlnz
seemed 10 enter into tbs FUN. and gould
hold back aud wtgsls its tail and appear
a. pleased a. dog told him once
that he vas taking terrible chances, ana
that some day tbs monster would bite
him. sure a. fate. But be itughsd IL the
idea OF its biting him. II kueN him 10
we'll and even " IL should bite. ~
didn't beltsve Il would bc poisonous.
Wei. one day be put his finger III Its
mouth when Mr.. ola monster didn't
happen to be good natured. and ii ssnt
its teeth 20 the bone. It's Jaws closed
down like Wise. and the men ia the a..
loon couldn't pry them open. II tuat sat
there and bllnkcd its wicked ttttle eycs
AZ them and held on. and they had IA
cut Its head on before they could make
u let 20. That poor fellows arm aooa
began to swell. and ha suffered lntsna.
PAIN IN ms arm and hand and in his
back. And after while the fiesh began
to shriyel and the muscles 10 become
weak. and inside OF three month"; the
whole arm. from tho shoulder aowr
was ~ shriyelled and helpless an a nara.
iytics. That was some four or Ave ysars
ago. but his arm remains In tha. co,.
ditlon to this day. and there Is no proa.
pect that he'll ever have the ums ~ /,
There was no permanent III effect. moth.
ing out the temporary pain. In any other
part Of his body.
me postmaster down at Yuma told
me OF little Yuma Indian girl who
stepped on ella monster one nlvb, H.
the dark along the muddy banks an the
Colorado River several miles bc,o,,
Yuma. She was bitten In tho ankla
Two army physicians were eaIlaa :,
once, and by the use OF powerful arnss
they managed to save the virt.. ,t,a
put she was crazy with pain for 80
weeks. Her leg and foot from Tho knae
down have been SO tender thai nov
some seven years after the blte sha
cannot bear the least pressure or welsh,
without excruciating pain. gbe atwe.s
Sleeps on her stomach with the Injured
100. ~ inc air. and has not walked for
several years. Externally the leg and
loot look as well as ever. Doctors don,
know what the poison did to atfecs ~
.ha,an girl no. and they have tried bard
70 ma out It's queer case