Springfield (MASS) Republican, December 16, 1894, p. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Rickey of Finley's Knob near Scottsburg, Indiana, have a pair of pet rattlesnakes that they keep in a cage. Neither they nor their children have any fear of the reptiles that they have owned for a year. The other night one of the snakes got out of its cage and crawled into the baby's cradle. It alarmed the child but did it no harm.