Wallace County KS Archives Obituaries.....VENARD, Frank May 1, 1888
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The Winona CLIPPER, Winona, Logan County, Kansas; May 10, 1888

On Monday evening, April 30th, Mr. VENARD's little boy, Frank, aged about six 
years, was bitten on the top of the foot by a rattlesnake, and his father, 
being with him at the time, picked him up instantly and begun extracting the 
poison from the wound and ran to the house with him, only a few rods away, and 
killed a chicken and bound the warm flesh to his foot and tried nearly all 
remedies known but he grew worse rapidly.  Doctor HAYES was sent for and when 
he arrived the child's leg was swollen clear to its body and the skin broken in 
several places.  All was done that was possible but without avail and on 
Tuesday morning about ten o'clock death ended his sufferings.  A peculiar 
feature connected with the case is that the snake never rattled or made a sound 
as is usual.  The child was buried on Wednesday on the claim, funeral services 
being conducted by Rev. Parmenis SMITH.--Sharon Springs Leader.  

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Source:  The Winona CLIPPER, Winona, Logan County, Kansas; Thursday, May 10, 
1888; Volume 1 No. 24, page 1 column 2.  Microfilm available at Oakley Public 
Library (Logan County, Kansas); filmed by/for Kansas State Historical Society, 
Topeka, Kansas.   



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