Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — GIRL- RESTS ON RATTLESNAKE [ARTICLE]

GIRL- RESTS ON RATTLESNAKE

Cotton Picker Thought Reptile Was a Sack on Ground San Angelo, Tex. —Flora Hanson, a 16 year old cotton picker on the Stanley Turner ranch, near here, Bat on a rattlesnake for fifteen minutes, thinking the snake was a cotton sack. The snake permitted her to sit In peace, and It was not until the girl reached for her cotton sack to begTh her day's labor that she learned of her mistake. The snake was more than 4 feet in length. That the reptile was cold in the early morning is the only reason that can be ascribed for its not biting the girl.