Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-07-16

The N"w Orleans Pleayuas il Publishing NJ Ken.
DAN . sketches of observations and incident rorn.c.
tel With The laIe Texan tx. edur,n 4, S,u,, r.
y ne i'lIo"ing stc extracts ITEM me ofihs uuu,lerN
us day, tr the Grsi time. W. Cncpan'ereJ an
oni''orc Or the mouniain goat. m animal s,m-v hal
res.nnhng both he deer ard he g,si. Lui With
n-,h Tar preferable To cither. IL runs with g-eaI
Nsl"tIY' nnd has n sttile like a horse. How ,u.,
me nnimol cHn run when IN Possession of G,n,
'essi-" quesii0nl nn 81 a loss IN aigAsr-1nc vi IN
> i"re les hrhksn p, n rifle ball made on, q, es.y,.
itom one of The hest h.r>,s along after \ lons rbas,
Va TIE liable lands ut Inc fopi of he Rocky NI,up.
'ainF they are met with in crelt numbers. and ma.
nv are Nreh oh the upper Brassos and Colorado
Although shy they nrc sIdl \ very inquisitiye am.
nal. aud are frequently lursd u7 wih. n gm .L,,
hy simply harsu : a red handkerchief upon a ram.
rod or siick aud moving u alpii. The huniei kcs1,
ms h'iy oni Of - shta s much rs possible wlcn ihe
antelope. seeing nothing bui the hanik, r,her. m.
appro7chSs hy low degrees with head erect. unnl
within rife shot. and then pays lie penalty of "a.
earnestly with 10 lite.
! neglected 10 mention in M last n irauhle.nm-
yisiier We had IN camp GA tho night Of the { of
July. IL uiDsd on fret reaching cnnp. inducing m,
fnoss O. whirh was attached in ralsc a tent. Tn,
Wei grass probably drove 4 nulesnake o. more cum
Portable quarters. and The first limitation We bo,
OF hrs vicinity nc. was crawling over one ofus ins,J,
he tent IN d e enheuyor 10 effect a Judgement unde,
some OF The blankets A more dis5grrcable cum
partnership cannot well he imagined. even If per
''n bad the entire pick of every living. moving
creeping. flying. running. swimming. ani crswlin.
Thing. and 10 say that any Of us felt perfectly oo.,
nud al home viii such n neighbor. among Us womb
be saying what IS not true.
For myself. fearing 20 move lest | might moIesl
his snakeship, I rolled myself head and MI ur,Ie,
my hinLkei. and lay peri city quiet until daylight
next morning. Where The intruder went "a no one
'ouIa 'el and we had The very pleasant satisfaction
OF seeing no more OF hIm.
Very frequently. GA The great pra,rie,. n mn,
wakes ~ IN The morning and finds That he has had
a 'aitiesnake for n sleeNing partre La there - one
eh'eIeni.iraii IN the e aaCier of these reptiles
hey never bite unless disturbed. and Will yet Out If
te way as soon a. possible, except. PERHAPS, ~ the
month oi August. when they ore said u I've blind
ara VIII snap at anything and everything they NAV
hear about Them.
Tarantulas, are frequently found upon and under
The blanket Of the cnmpaigner. and are said to :,
as poisonous as a rattlesnike. They are a large,
black, venoInons looking spider. nearly a, arec as a
\ common tea cup. und lheir bite - SAID 10 be even
worse than That Of Inc raulcsnnke. When niinck-,I
with a stick they will rear up on Iheir hind legs and
aiiemgt TO bite and are extremely lerocious m every
respect.
The least scratch from their Ion, FAM, ,hrn,y. =,
pers"n into commissions. ard will prudure death. nm.
loss immediate. medical remedies ran he urncurrd.
The ballet oi la Tareniule. in which Elsslrr gained
80 much applause. Is beautiful creation, although
founded upon a supors iruiisn OF the Italians. The
bite OF the Iareniula drives a person To any ihnR
hui daucing--even that species octie & s-and.sinri,
n-dsr - beautifully gwen By the fair Fanny IN the
! ballet | have alluded a..
LIS easy enough To- keep the rait!esnake from O
persons brs at night while sleeping up,n The ground
on the prnin's. By placing a hair linar or rupe
around a he'd. The snake will never cross il; bur
his = no suaut asaIn.l the iarcntula. Bur few per.
sons. however. ATE b lien by either. not an instance
orourrlng on the muIc. although we saw large mum.
hers of euCh.