Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — BURIED HIS LEG IN THE GROUND. [ARTICLE]

BURIED HIS LEG IN THE GROUND.

An Old Indian Remedy Cures a Dan-, gerous Rattlesnake Bite. N. Y. World. A boy ten years of age* son of Albert Farley, of Branch District, Summers county, wAs bitten a few daya_ago by an enormous rattlesnake. The wound, which was made on the leg just below the knee, soon began to swell, and none of the usual remedies being at band, the boy’s parents despaired of saving his life. , It happened that an old settler, who was on the spot at the, time, recollected an Indian remedy, which in bis early days was said to be an infallible cure. The boy’s parents, as a last resort, determined to try the remedy. A hole was dug in the clay about two feet deep, and the boy’s naked leg' was placed in it. The loose clay was then placed around the leg and water poured upon it until it formed a thin mortar.

The boy’s leg was kept in this for a couple of hours, when it was found that the swelling was rapidly becoming reduced. A vessel was then secured and filled with the thin mortar and taken into the house, and the boy’s leg placed in that and kept there all night. The next morning the swelling had disappeared and the limb was found perfectly well and sound. The boy has felt no ill effects from the bite since. = .