The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-08
HOGS BATTLE
WITH 4 SNAKE
Rattler's Bite Proves Fatal
to Two, and One is Still
Missing.
TALE OF A SANTA ROSA HOG
TRAGEDY-RATTl ATTACKS
HOGS BUT is FINALLY SHOT
OWNER OF HOGS DOESN'T RE-
oRET LOSS FOR NEIGHsORHOoD
PROFITS BY SNAKES DEMISE.
SneciaI to The Journal.

Holt, Fla, Aug. 7.-Thursday morn
ing, July 80, William Holland came
over to my home and wanted to buy
at least two hogs, and L had three
hogs of my own and those were the
ones he wanted most L decided
would let him have two of them, and
he went back home and was to come
back that evening and get the hogs,
but before he came, l decided ! had
ratherd keep my hogs and l decided
l had rather keep my hogs and did
not sell them, and the next day, July
81. about 3 O'Clock my mother heard
nv hogs squealing and making a ter
rible fuss on the hillside about 200
wards from the house, between the
house and the creek swamp, and she
took the dog and ran down there TO
see what the trouble was When she
came near where the hogs were she
said she could not see anything, but
thought there had been some kind of
a yarnint or something after the hogs,
so she slapped her hands and says:
sic him, Carlo" and the dog began
TO run about in the bushes. All of a
sudden he jumped and ran of and
what could it be, but a huge rattle
snake lying stretched on the ground,
and the three hogs had had a regular
every one of them
Nv father and brother Henry were
only a few hundred yards away N
the swamp at work and they came IN
a few minutes and Henry shot and
killed the snake. They drove the hoSi
to the house, and after running then;
about for some minutes, caught ond
| a SOW. and bathed the affected PLACED
with spirits of tuTpentiue, which sons
people say is a sure cure, and gays
ner some internally. but their EFFORT
| were all in vain, for she lived OnI.
| about one hour l. being an invalia
| was unable to ascertain the matte
myself. but my father said he thong z
| the SOW was bitten three differed
times
The snake measured nearly six FED
about five feet and eleven inches u
length, and he was a monster in si7
His teeth were about one inch LOT
and I think he used them to tne grea
est extent for there was a cash in II
Sow'S throat almost equal to that fra
a knife The other two hogs ran I
and were not seen any more UNI
Saturday morning, when one Of the
came up and appeared TO be in a CT
iCal condition Ny sister said he 70
bitten twice. once near the cornerf
the eye and once on the nose tn
evening my motaeT found the otf
one near the spring dead, and the q
that came up that morning went I
: again and has not been seen since
/ thought, and said, l had bed
| have sold my hogs TO Mr.. Holland, /
l guess it is the finest thing in I
| world that ! did not. for If the ne
had not have found tae snake,
/: would probably never have b
; found until he had bitten some .
I son, for he was only a short dista1
from the house, and he was too
rible a thing to be at large. I qua
: il is worth a million of dollars to
neighborhood to be rid OF so terri
thing.
l can only get about a little, |
have walked almost in striking +
I, lance OF the snake il he had bs
E there when / walked along the
The snake had only ten rattles,
he was terrible in size. Mr.. Z
Carr says he has seen one larger Ii