Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Bitten by Jealous Rattler. [ARTICLE]

Bitten by Jealous Rattler.

One of the attractions at the firemen’s carnival that is being held in Stamford, Conn., is an exhibition of snake eating by a man of the name of Boscoe. Tuesday, while engaged in his snake-eating feat, Boscoe. was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake. The rattler seemed jealous of his attention to other snakes, and would glide toward his rivals rattling and shooting forth its fangs. Boscoe would drive him away, but the rattler returned and made the dart that struck fifa hand.