The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-07-27
SANG RUN

Among the guests present at the
birthday festivities held in Mrs. M. l..
Savage's honor at her home here on
Sunday were: Mrs. Eva Duckworth,
Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. Mason
Browning and family, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Browning and daughters Lorraine
and Josephine, all of West Leisenring,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Paugh, Deer
Park; Mrs. Asa B. Friend and son
Hubert, Hoyes; Mr.. and Mrs. S. B.
Litman and family, also Billy O'Hearn
of Uniontown; Mrs. A. C. Englehart
and family and Miss Ethel Pasquel,
Meyersdale, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Rush, Accident; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Custer, Hoyes, and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Frank Browning and granddaughter
Mary Jane, Oakland. Twelve nieces
and nephews of the hospitable hostess
were present, as were all brothers and
sisters with the exception of Mrs.
John H. Hoffman, Uniontown. Ser
ious illness, having Unexpectedly de-
veloped just a few days prior to the
planned birthday celebration here,
made it impossible for Mrs. Hoffman
to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nordeck and
baby daughter, Parsons, W. Va, spent
Sunday here with Mrs. Nordeck's
father, Ralph Hoye.
Mr.. Stephen Dewitt, Accident, was
a dinner guest Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert N. Savage.
Mrs. j. A. Friend spent last week in
Oakland with her daughter, Mrs. Mary
limbaugh.
Mr.. Richard Dessance, Masontown,
Pa, and Misses Josephine and Lor-
raine Browning, West Leisenring, Pa,
called on Mrs. Mary L. and Miss
Louise Savage Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carr and chill
dren were guests Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dewitt.
Mrs. Everett VanSckle, Cranes
vile, West Va, spent last week here
with her parents and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred and Miss Margaret Hoye.
After a violent disturbance on Mon
day among Mrs. W. N. Savage's flock
of white Leghorn chickens, Mrs. Saw
age began Investigating Immediately.
The search, however, revealed nothing
except one of her roosters practically
dead near small clump of bushes
few rods from the henhouse Mrs. Saw
age did not see, scarcely yard away,
concealed beneath the bush clump, the
deadly, coiled reason for the death of
her prize member of the poultry fam
lily.
A thorough search, that included the
moving Of some weeds and bushes
a few minutes later by Mrs. Savage's
father-in-law, Martin L. Savage, dis
closed, ready to fight, and angry, buzz
zing rattlesnake Mrs. Savage had
stepped within less than a yard of the
vicious serpent while Mr. Savage mar
rowly escaped stepping directly on it.
The three-foot snake, having eight
rattles, was quickly disposed of by
Mr.. Savage who thought the chickens
had been frightened by a weasel or
some other rodent.
The Savage home was erected in an
ideal location midst pine and laurel
more than seventeen years ago, but
this is the first RATHER ever killed on
the property. To my knowledge, this
is the only farm fowl ever to be bitten
in this section by RATHER. After the
poisonous snake had bitten the spring
Matched rooster in the lower part of
the neck it lived less than four min
utes. Incidentally, it is estimated that
one full grown rattlesnake carries
enough venom to kill approximately
thirty adult people before the con-
tents of the venom sac would be ex-
hausted.