The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-10-06
REPTILE AND BULL
TWIN TERRons OF YOUNG PENN.
syLvANIA WOMAN
piucI<y Little Dos Comes 70 the Res
cue Until Other Members Of the
Family Arrive a. the
Scene.

0aieton, Pa.-To have been bitten
By . rattlesnake and then chased By
an Infatuated bull was an experience
Of 17.year-old Sarah Brandt. daughter
Of 3 farmer three miles south Of this
place. Miss Brandt had been on D
visit 70 q girl friend several miles
from her home, and was accompanied
By fox terrier. Returning toward
evening. her attention was attracted
By clump Of wild roses. from which
she was minded 70 pluck q bouquet
20 carry home.
The flowers grew on an embank.
menf almost as high az the girls head
and Il was with considerable difnculty
that she gained q position from which
she was able 70 reach the coveted DO.
sizes. She was compelled to cling TO
an alder bush with her left hand as
she reached 70 pluck the blossoms
with her right
The little dog ran up toward the
rose clump. gave queer little bark
and scampered back into the road.
The girl thought nothing Of the dogs
unusual acfion. however. until an in
slant later. when. without warning,
big ratilesnake sprang from It's posi-
ton near the Wild rosebnsh and sank
is fangs into her bare arm an inch
or two above the wrist
The girl was fully a mile from the
nearest house. and started on q run
70 reach help before the poison be-
came scattered through her system.
A few rods farther on she came 10
the meadow Of q neighbor, and by
crossing this field she could shorten
the distance BY almost a quarter OF q
mile. She scaled the fence and had
gained a portion Of the distance across
when she heard the below OF q bull
and. 70 her terror, found that she was
being pursued By the angry animal.
Her little terrier. however, saved the
Gay for her. as be ran toward the ad-
rancing bull and put up such a lively
blum that the attention Of the big ami
NAL was temporarily diverted from
The girl IN an attack upon the dog. By
this time the screams Of Miss Brandt
had been heard a. the farmhouse and
several members Of the household ran
% the girls rescue. Just Is the bull
eft on his unsuccessful attempt 70
mpale the risky little dog on his
horns and had returned to the pursuit
n the girl
Fortunately for Miss Brandt. the
household IN which she had sought
'efuge was provided with q preparn-
ion 10 overcome the effects OF . .
makes bite. and the administration
4 this saved her life. but she was !
readfully sick for forty-eight hours.
Miss Brandt II peculiarly unfortun-
te. she was with her brother on (
eer hunt last fan when At a point IN
be woods where be had stationed her
a a runway a good sized black bear
emerged from a thlcket- She
ecame alarmed AZ the bear. fearing
D shoot lest she should but aggravate
and Il should attack her. In scam
ering from the stump upon which L
be was standing watch she fell and 5
astalned a broken wrist. her rife y
avinK fallen upon Il with violent O
'rce as she pitched headlong 70 the q
round.
In the meantime the bear had been b
king away through the thicket as
Ist as bis legs could carry him, and Al
iough crippled. Miss Brandt succeed b
In firing the gun the given number
times for the prearranged signal Of
stress. and her brother. who was n
.arcely q quarter Of a mile below her 4
! another bench Of the ridge. started n
md her. He came face to face with
r. Bear as the latter was streaking
r the tall timber. and one shot from m
8 rife sent bruin to the dust Nc