St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-26
REPTILE AND BULL
TWIN TERRoRs OF YOUNG PENN
sYLvANIA WOMAN.
Piucky Little Dog Comes TO the Res.
cue Until other Members OF the
Family Arrive at the
Scene.

Galeton, Pa.-To have been bitten
by rattlesnake and then chased by
an infuriated bull was an experience
Of 17.year-old Sarah Brandt, daughter
Of a farmer three miles south OF this
place. Miss Brandt had been on O
visit to a girl friend several miles
from her home, and was accompanied
by a fox terrier. Returning toward
evening. her attention was attracted
by a clump Of wild roses, from which
she was minded to pluck bouquet
to carry home
The flowers grew on an emhank
ment almost as high as the girls head
and II was with considerable difficulty
that she gained a position from which
she was able to reach the coveted po.
sizes. She was compelled 20 cling 60
an alder bush with her left hand as
she reached to pluck the blossoms
with her right
The little dog ran up toward the
rose clump, gave a queer little bark
and scampered back into the road.
The girl thought nothing Of the dogs
unusual action, however, until an In.
stant later, when, without warning, a
big rattlesnake sprang from It's posi-.
ton near the wild rosebush and sank
its 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 run
to reach help before the poison be.
came scattered through her system.
A few rods farther on she came to
the meadow Of n neighbor. and by
crossing this field she could shorten
the distance by almost n quarter OF n
mile. She scaled the fence and had
gained a portion OF the distance across
when she heard the below OF bull
and. TO her terror. found that she was
being pursued by the angry animal.
Her little terrier. however. saved the
day for her. as he ran toward the ad.
yancing bull and put up such lively
blum that the attention OF the big ani.
NAL was temporarily diverted from
the girl In an attack upon the dog. by
this time the screams OF Miss Brandt
had been heard at the farmhouse and
several members OF the household ran
10 the girls rescue. Just as the bull
left on his unsuccessful attempt 10
lmpale tho frisky little dog on his
horns and had returned TO the pursuit,
Of tho girl.
Fortunately for Miss Brandt. the
IN which she had sought
refuge was provided with n prepare.
lion 20 overcome tho effects OF n
snakes bite. and tho administration
of this saved her life. but she was
ireadfully sick for forty-eight hours.
Miss Brandt ia peculiarly unfortun.
,te. She was with her brother on
ieer hunt last fall when nc a point In
he woods whore he had stationed her
,n n runway" a good sized black bear
suddenly emerged from a thieket. She
became alarmed at the bear. fearing
70 shoot lest she should but aggravate
L and II should attack her. In scam.
pering from the stump upon which
The was standing watch she fell and
a broken wrist. her rifle
having fallen upon II with violent
'orce as she pitched headlong 20 the
ground.
In tho meantime the bear had beef
liking away through the thieket AZ
'ast as his legs could carry him. and
hough crippled. Miss Brandt succeed.
ID In firing the gun the given number
II times for the prearranged sigma OF
distress. and her brother. who was
scarcely a quarter OF a mile below her
IN another bench OF the ridge. started
o fnd her. He came face 20 face with
Vir. Bear as the latter was streaking
or the tall timber. and one shot from
,is rife sent bruin to the dust