| Show A WOMANS ADVENTURE with A rattlesnake george case a constable of london a few days ago was a way alway from the house at work on the farm and the mother had stepped out of ot the house for a short time leaving a little girl of months alone nearing hearing the child laughing in great apparent glee she looked in and was horrified to see it striking at a larga large marass augua augun or marsh rattlesnake and when it would make a lunge to bite the child would laugh supposing it play A pet cat was between the child and the snake using all its strength by rubbing against it to keep it out of danger it is the opinion of the parents that they are indebted to tha the cat for their childs life in this thia case cue the mother seized the child and placed it in jn the middle of the highest bed in the house than ashes she all unmindful that she had lain off her shoes seized a kettle of hot water and commenced pouring it upon him this brave little barefoot woman near enough to a four foot rattlesnake to pour hot water on him poured it on him till he made a lunge to bite when she screamed dropped the bucket and ran by this time mr C who will had been called got to the house by tearing up the floor he succeeded in pushing him out with a pitch fork his snakes hip bip was found in a very demoralized condition being half cooked and entirely blinded by the hot water trying to bite with a mouth all knocked askew by the falling kettle after he was dispatched and the rattles secured they were found to number seventeen and some of them gone at t that nat hat showing him to be old enough to vote monroe commercial |
