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F«#4 ftr Hatties iuke.A lady in Houtzdale communicates the following remarkable story to her parents in this place: A Swede miner©f that place on Sunday last went uponthe mountain to feather whortleberries. Not returning home in due time search wm made tor him, when he was founddead, with innumerable rattlesnakes fastened to and feeding upon his body. The searching party had much difficulty iu dislodging the snakes so as to recover the body, and then only succeeded after building a lire around them and the free use of lirearms. The man in the search of berries had evidently invaded ooo of the haunts of these dangerous reptiles, who usually gather in mass to chosen localities, and fell a victim to their united assaults. ~AUoona Evening Call.
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Spirit Lake Beacon
Spirit Lake, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 29, 1881
Page 8
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