Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1919 — ENDED WITH HONORS EVEN [ARTICLE]

ENDED WITH HONORS EVEN

Rattlesnake and Pet Cat Staged Battle Which Caused Death of Both Combatants. ■ ■ ■- ■ » t - Will'iarn Lessig, gateman at the Erie railroa<l crossing east of Ramapo, N. -J-- tdls a story of ~a luttflv- he-~-strw ■ betumen * rattlesnake and a pet cat. -H-i-nded fatally for l»>111. — Mr. Lessig saw a rattler about four feet long going to'ward the river. He picked up a club and was about to start for it when, ire declares, a cat IcafH-d out ahead of him and set updn the snake. The cat got a fine hold on the back of the rattler’s head. But the snake fought dcsfierately and got iffi a sting which caused the cat to release its hold and crawl away. In twenty minutes the cat’s body aliiuTsnwlce its size and the poison finally caused death. The snake had been so severely wounded it was unable to find cover and when a crow discovered it lying in the opon field it was too~ weak to offer resistance ami was soon swinging in the air> as the _blrd_made off with IL - ■ ■ '