Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-02-28


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one end Of il tight and fast to corner ofPaddys
shrt.tai that had wandered through 'rient' in
the seat Of his breeches, coiling it all up smooth
BY his side, snske.like and true. All things
thus arranged. the conspirators laid down again'
and at the conclusion of one Of the stage horn
snores with the snake eowls' variation, Jim A.
roared out at the top ofhis voice, He WEE! Hu
WEE! A big copper.healed black rattle snake,
eleven feet long, has erswed up my breeches
and is tyinr himself into double bow-knot
round my body giving the 1rishman, with e.
very word, furious dig in the side with his el.
bow, with running accompaniment Of his shlns
with his heel Ofcourse, this hurting awoke
rim quick and wide; in his first movements he
had his hand on the nice cold coil Of gut at his
side. Kissing out .Jayzus' from between his
clenched teeth, he made a bound that carried
him some ten fee, clear OF the camp. and with
a force that Strengthened out the coil and made
the snakes tail crsck like q cart whip! Cast
ing one wild look behind, he tore off with thu
rspdi,y of lightning around the camp in cir
Gle Of some forty feet across and st every bound
shouting, or rather yelling. SIZE i'm! anz' EN-
! by the tail. Och, howly Virgin, stop i'm; och,
Saint Patrch sarc i'm till tablets A wha!
! Awhal Bate I'm to smithereens wild gun,
! can't wees He's got me fast how'd. och he
has. by Jsbers. an he's mendin his houit,
wha (! Howly Father, he's got shark hook on
is tail Och, murther, he's forty tut long" On
making this last circuit he ran through part
Of the smoudering campfire, and the twine at
the sft end OF the gut caught fire this brought
a new terror, and added strong nduccment for
him to put on more steam and increase his rate;
round and round he went He's fiery sar
pnt-Och, mur,her! Howy Vargin, he car
ries light to see how to bite by! Och, help
I'm swallowed Dumping alone) intirely all but
me he'd ! He's sax,y fate long, ifhe's fut.
Thread on his body, fiery tail, will yees! Thry
to save meu Then. as if inspired with new
life and hone, he roarcd on. shoot i'm ! shoot
i'm but don't a, his head Shoot shoot!
Now here was picture! There stood the
Judge hugging sapplng with both srms and
one leg, his head thrown back emitting scream
after scream here lay Jim w. on his back.
with his feet against tree, his arms elevated
like child's when he wants you to help him up,
, and i. was scream for scream with Jim.-All
sounds, at all like ordinary laughter, had ceased,
and the present notes would have rendered i'm
mortal the vocal frame Of dozen panthers, nc-
conpaned in their concert by the fos whistle
of n steamboat. Yonder stands jim A.-'ist
Jim'-with his legs abouta yard spart, bis hands
ON his lips. shouting at intervals OF about five
2 seconds, Snake --SnakeM-Sn SncksW At tn
same intona,lon, but 50 loud that Il" erH'''
# moked each other from fifty cralcs, s. 'sE'Ea.
r Snske!' reverbera,ed loud and lonp anon i,ose
mountain slopes, while his eyes carefully and
closely followed the course OF poor Paddy
: round the camp,-Aiter running around /.
about thirty times. the persccuted one flew
off in a tangent into the dark words, and
p the medly sounds Of snake. murther' help, fre'
n ssx'y fu! Howly Varain! &c, gradually died
O away in the distance, and the hunters were Il
: lone
'Umph,' said jim W., (aNer stopping his
y laughing hiccongh,) 'umph thonght that gu
d would stop snoring at this camp at east!-
p Umph' The next evening the Patlander wa'
j seen travelling at mighty rate through Knox
u vile, with small bundle under one arm and q
IS huge shillalah in the other hand, pokpd out a
n head Of him in half defensive, half exploring
;, attitude When hs was asked by Archy Mo
n - with Which way, Paddy = Casting ronne
7, atthe speaker sort ofa hang-dog, snlky glance
he growled forth, word at step, 'Strate tC
" ireland. by Jaysus. where there's no snakes
a You canno, say snake to either member o
h the party yet, without its costing set Of yes
= buttons or producing stitch IN the side.
FEMALE AcrIvITY A lady of Brooklyn is eel