BITTEN BY BIG TARANTULA.
Independence Boy Was Cutting Ba-
nana When It Jumped on Him.
George Foster, Jr., 17 years old, was bitten by a large tarantula yesterday afternoon while he was attempting to cut a banana from a bunch which was hanging in his father's confectionery store at Independence. Young Foster had just pulled one banana from the bunch when the tarantula jumped from its nest near the stem and bit him between the thumb and first finger on the right hand.
While the wound was not large the pain was intense, and soon the poison from the bite began to take effect, and the arm began to swell and turn blue. Dr. N. P. Woods was called, and young Foster was resting easily last night with every prospect of recovery. The tarantula is said to have measured six inches from tip to tip. In the nest were found several hundred eggs. The tarantula was killed.
