Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-11
VOL. II.
MtsrrIIa1
FROM THE SPIRIT OF THEs
A Snake.bit lriShm,

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AS a Mounseer wouiu "one tw
gran, magnifque, pretty goodr hunt N,
came OFF few weeks since ihmoun- 20,
tains OF Morgan county, Tennei The nj,
party made up Of the best matt-con. nj,
sisted Of Judge A., J. M. w., and f.,
some two or three veteran huntse for inf
sport and full of fun. by
As every day hath its night VERY Or
rose lis thorn, SO this mirlhful Ehad let
its"pes:' in the shape Of hhw. fer
boned loquacious lrishman. who, uted He
had quartered himself in the camlrd- an
ing and lodging at the expensehe He
crowd, and contriving, in countless, Is
to render himselfa nuisance when e, Ion
and when asleep accomplishing thee raj
praiseworthy end without any contre cal
at all--it being a natural gift, and U.s. the
the possessor with most tormenting 9 ror
The man snored--and hew he snored bir
presently appear. rat
They soon learned by his converse,
and behaviour that he was afraid of sntV,
generally, and ould snakes in particub v
indeed, think that the sequel warrantso g
bold assertion that he would have gill;,
long odds in favor of Stock creek goEo
ing, rather than face an is inch moccaS .
with "bells on his tail" as he termed rFe
ties. The man had heard some awf
snake yarns or tales since bis " LAYING Il
sod;" this was evident from the morbir
dread, yes, horror, he felt of the crawin,
tribe. Well, with the Queen of Sheba b
might truly say that ''the half had not beef
told him." after nights experience at
hunters camp in Tennessee.
On the second night Of his intrusion h,
made himself more than usually welcome
by 'getting, sir, somewhat, sir, shot p al
Tom Murray said. He told long DR.,
yarns, all having more or less remot
bearing on his own prowess or skill, an
more than once insinuated desire Il
make demonstration, by having the us
Of the skull of sony jintlemin present, an
Two fut thorn, fur jist minitw We'll
all this was very pleasant, and have n
doubt perfectly satisfactory, so far as h
Individually was concerned, but with hi
hearers il was quite different thing; ye
still they endured it; but the cup Of pa
tience was nearly full and that night |
overlooked, bearing off on its boiling cur
rent, the "causen of the "rise," to re
gions far away and unknown. After b.
had wearicd himself with his "blather" an
showed symptoms Of turning ham, Jim A
told him fen yarns bearing on the muc
dreaded snake subject, and particular
on their size, variety, and amiable tempe
in those parts, dwelling al length upo
their apparent social disposition, assume
only with fell intent TO those whose neare
acquaintance they sought. This evident
ly did not sit well on the excited stomac
Of this pugnacious sprig-of-shilalah, a
was manifested by the furtive and uneas
gIances he ever and anon cast at his blan
kel and location But bed time came
and after accommodating his sleepin
ground, ne proceeded to count his bead
and the chances of being s'snake-bit" be
fore day, then "tucking i'm his blanke
and wishing " the sowls of all snakes i
these peris in perthicular" in countr
where, to say the very least, they woul
have but slim chance for indulging i
their natural torpidity, he fell asleep.
And now the storm began. His snorin
grew fast and furious, loud and long; OF
casionally sort Of half snort, half grun
terminated with "snakes by iabers, bias
their sowls!" "Ughl UGH" BY way {
variety he would hold his breath few 81
conds, and then snore again, and sue
snoring! my stars, that could spell i
TWAS a sort Of cross between the breath
ingofan asthmatic elephant and the bra,
ing Of "a superannuated donkey, who's
will lasted longer than his wind, Well,
thus contiaued with The regularity Of III
whip.poor-wilps coy, until, say half a
hour before day-brcak, when Jim w. who's
sock Of patience had long ago eyapora
ed, unroed himself from bis blanket, say
ing in his usual quiet way, Humph. |
SOP that Internal concert. or start the M
erof i'll" He then awoke Jim A., ar
The Judge, when plot was laid and thu
carried into execution.
". got his bunting-kniie, and going
where the oHal Of a large deer had bee
thrown, he cut off about seven feet Of g.
snd securing the ends with twine to reta
ne contents, he tied one end Of it tig
and last TO corner Of Paddy's shirt-ti
nai had wandered through srint'' in d
seat Of his breaches, coilingit all up
as side, snake-lke and true. All thin
nus arranged, the conspirators laid dow
sgaln, and at the conclusion Of one Of I.
Mge-horn snores with the asnakes sow
'saraion, Jim A roared out Al the top
M voice, (" HU WEE! HU WEE! A B
sopPerheaded black rattlesnake. elepen f
aag, has crarled up my brecches and
TAg himself in a double bolc knot ron