Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-02-21
A SNAKE BIT.IRLsHMAN.


81 Louis Rereille.
A SNAKE BITIRISHMAN.
A TENNESSEE Story. We make the
following extract from the New York
esprit ofthe Times''--it is from Ten
nessce Correspondent.
"Judge A., J. NJ. VI. A.,
and two or three more old hunters,' en-
camped in the woods for regular weeks
hunt, and were enjoying themselve fine
ly, when they were visited by buster
ing, Dragging Irishman, who quartered
himself on them without invitation, and,
became very annoying, especiallyat night
with his loud snoring. The lrishman was
awfuIly afraid Of snakes, especially the
kind having "bells on their tails''-as he
termed the rattlesnake--The party fell
upon plan to rid themselves of the Irish
man, and by way Of prelude, told him all
"the awful Tennessee snake stories" they
could recoIlect, in the evening before go
ing TO bed, charging him to tuck in his
blanket we'll, to prevent being snake-bit
during the night. The following extract
commences after he had fallen asleep
VckSburg Wing.
"And now the storm began. His sno
ring grew fast and furious, loud and long (;
occasionally sort of half snort, half
grunt, terminated with "snakes, be jabers,
blast their sowls!" "Ugh!"" ugh!" when
there came the variation or chorus in the
shape of grind of his teeth that threat
ened TO drive them through his jaw or
crush them to powder; by way Of variety
he would hold his breath lew seconds
and then snore again, and such snoring!
my stars that could spell it! 1t was a
sort of cross between the breathing of an
asthmatical elephant and the braying o. a
superannuate donkey, whose will lasted
longer than his wind. Well, it thus con
!inued with the regularity Of the whip
poor Wills coy until, say half an hour be-
fore ay-break, when j. NJ. W., Jim W.
we'll say,) whose stock Of patience had
long ago eyaporatod, unrolled himself
from his blanket, saying in hi S usual way,
"Humph! III stop that Internal concert or
start the maker of it, see If | don't! Umphh'
he then awoke Jim A. and the Judge, when
a plot was laid and thus carried into exc
cutlon.
"W got his hunting knife and going TO
where the offal Of large deer had been
thrown, he cut off about seven feet OF gut,
and securing the ends with Irvine to retain
the contents, he tied one end of it fast and
tight to a corner Of Paddy's shirt-tail, that
had wandered through "rint" in the scat
Of his breeches, coiing il all up smooth
by his side, snake like and trle. All
things thus arranged, the consplrators
laid down again, and at the conclusion o!
one of the stage.horn shores with the
"snakes sowls" variation, Jim A. roared
out at the top of his voice, "HU WEE! HU
WEE! A Zig copperheaded black raHleSndEe,
eleven feet long, has crawzed up my 6reech-
es, and is tying himself in a double 6o'c-
knot round my bodyh--giving the Irish
man, with every word, a furious dig in
the side with his elbow, with running
accompaniment on his shins with his
heels! OF course all this noise and hurt
ing awoke him quick and wide; in his
first movement he laid his hand on nice
cold coil Of gut at his side. Kissing out
a "Jayzus" from between his clenched
teeth, he made bound that carried him
some ten feet clear Of the camp, and with
q force that straitened out the coil and
made the snakes tail crack like cart
whip! Casting one wild blazing look be-
hind he tore off with the rapidity of flight
ming around the camp in circle of some
forty feet across, and at every bound
shouting, or rather yelling, "Saze i'm!
SAFE i'm by the tale! Oh howly Virgin,
stop 'im!'Och Saint PATRICK! tare i'm in
til. tablets! A wha! A wha Bate i'm to
smttereens wild gun, can't yees! He's
got me, fast how'd by me-och he has,
be Jabers! an he's mendin' his houA,
wha! Howly Father, he's got sharp
hook on is tale! Och murther, he's forty
fut long!" On making this last circuit,
he ran through part Of the smoulderlng
camp fire, and the Irvine at the aft end OF
the gut caught fire; this brought new
terror, and added strong inducement Tor
him to put on more steam and increase
his rate; round and round he went! "lie's
a fiery sarpent och murther! Howly VIZ
gin, he carries a lite to see bow TO bite
BY! Och help Pm swallowed Dumping
log) intireIy, all but me he'd! He's saxty
fate long, if he's fat! Thread on is r.
cry, bloody tail, will yeesl Thry to save
me-" then, as if inspired with new lie