Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-11
MtsreIIam
FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.
A Snake.bit IriShman.

gran, magnihque, pretty good' deer hunt
came off few weeks since in the noun
tains of Morgan county, Tennessee. The
party made up of the best materel--con-
sisted of Judge A., ]. NJ. W., ]. A., and
some two or three veteran hunters, rife for
sport and full of fun.
As every day hath its night and every
rose its thorn, so this mirthful party had
ats "pes:" in the shape Of huge raw
bcned loquacious lrishman, who, unlimited
ha6 quartered himself in the camp, board
ing and lodging at the expense of the
crowd, and contriving, in countless ways,
10 render himselfa nuisance when awake,
and when asleep accomplishing the same
praiseworthy end without any contrivance
at all--it being natural gift, and used by
the possessor with most tormenting effect.
The man saored--and keU he snored, will
presently appear.
They soon learned by his conversation
and behaviour that he was afraid of snakes
generally, and ouId snakes in particular;
indeed, think that the sequel warrants the
bold assertion that he would have glgen
long odds in favor of Stock creek goug-
ing, rather than face an Is inch moccasIn
with bells on his tail" as he termed rat
ties. The man had heard some awful
snake yarns or tales since his g LAYING the
sod;" this was evident from the morbid
dread, yes, horror, ne felt of the crawling
tribe Well, with the Queen of Sheba he
might truly say that ''the half had not been
told him." after nights experience at
hunters camp in Tennessee
On the second night of his intrusion he
made himself more than usually welcome
by ''getting, sir, somewhat, sir, shot" as
Tom Murray said He told long dry
yarns, all having more or less remote
bearing on his own prowess or skill, and
more than once insinuated desire to
make demonstration, by having the use
Of the skull of tony iintemin present, and
two fut thorn, fur jist minit!" Well,
all this was very pleasant, and have no
doubt perfectly satisfactory, so far as he
individually was concerned. but with his
hearers it was quite different thing; yet
still they endured it; but the cup of pa
thence was nearly fuIh and that night II
overlooked, bearing off on its boiling cur
rent, the .'cause" of the rise," to re-
gions far away and unknown. After he
had wearied himself with his ''blather" and
showed symptoms OF turning him, Jim A.
told him a fer yarns bearing on the much
dreaded snake subject and particularly
on their size, variety, and amiable temper
in those parts, dwelling at length upon
their apparent social disposition, assumed
only with fell intent to those whose nearer
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ly did not sit well on the excited stomach
Of this pugnacious sprig-of-shillalah, as
was manifested by the furtive and uneasy
glances he ever and anon cast at his blan-
ket and location" But bed time came,
and after accommodating his sleeping
ground, ne proceeded to count his beads
and the chances of being ''snake-bit" be-
tore day, then "tucking n'' his blanket
and wishing /" the sows of all snakes in
these perts in perthicular'' in country
where, to say the very least, they would
have but slim chance for induiging in
their natural torpidity, he fell asleep.
And now the storm began. His snoring
grew fast and furious, loud and long; oc-
casionally sort Of half snort, half grunt
terminated with snakes by jabers, blast
their sowls!" "Ugh ugh!' By way o.
variety he would hold his breath a few Sc
conds, and then snore again, and such
snoring! my stars, that could spell it
1t was a sort of cross between the breath.
ing of an asthmatic elephant and the bray
ing of a superannuated donkey, whose
will lasted longer than his wind Well, i
Ghus contiaued with the regularity Of the
whip poor-will's coy, until, say half ar
hour before day-break, when Jim w whose
stock of patience had long ago evaporat.
ed, unroied himself from his blanE.t, say.
ing in his usual quiet way, !" Humph. ri
stop that Internal concert, or start the ma
ker Of it!' He then awoke Jim A., anc
the Judge, when plot was laid and thus
carried into execution.
w. got his hunting-knife, and going &c
where the of1al of large deer had beer
thrown, he cut off about seven feet of gut
and securing the ends with twine to retair
the contents, he tied one end of it tigh
and last to a.corner of Paddy's shirt-tai
that had wandered through ..rint'' In tht
seat OF his breaches, coiIinp il all I'D B,
his side, snake.Iike and true. All thino
thus arranged, the conspirators laid dow
again, and at the conclusion of one Of Ii,
stage-horn snores with the asnak Sc sowls'
variation, Jim A. reared out at. he ton Z
his voice, " HU WEE! HU WEE hi.
concentrated bEdclsrattleSaake. elepen fee
long. has craacled up Dly breeches and j
tumg.himsef IN a dou6te-6oac knot roam
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