The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-02-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
A SNAKE. BIT FRESHMAN.
AN ORIGINAL TENNESSEE HUNTING
INCIDENT.


AN ORIGINAL TENNESSEE HUNTING
INCIDENT.
Written fgr the SPIRIT Of The Times"
Asa" Mouuseey would say, " enc gran,
MAGNITUDE, pretty good " Deer HUT caUe
of a few weeks since in the mountains OF
Morgan county, Tennessee. The party
made I'd Of the best ma,erial-conslsied OF
Judge A, J. NJ. W, J. a,
and some two or three veteran hunters, rife
for sport and foil OF fun. As my object is
not to give detailed account of the hunt,
bu, only one OF It's incidents, | shall content
myself with merely saying, that after four
days hunt the three gentlemen named re.
turned with twenty pair hams and divers
specimens Of smaller fry j. 4. killed
fine buck a, 100 wards, of hand, shooting
a. the head and hitting il. Judge A
ian ardent sportsman and splendid rite shot
also killed at long taw. Bata truce to this,
and now for the Incident.
As every day hath lis night and every
rose lis thorn, 50 this mlrihfdI party had is
pest" 10 tile shape Of huge, ra" boned,
loquaclous lrishman, who, uniaYlled, had
quar,ored himself the camp, boarding and
lodging at the expense Of The crowd. ard
contriyng 10 countless ways 10 render him.
self nuisance when awake, aud when
asleep accomp FISHING the same pratsewoFthy
end wihol, any coatriyance n all-it being
natural Gift, and used By The possesser with
most tormentn. effect. The man saored,
and hoe he snarcd, w,iI presently appear ;
suffice ii 10 say, more unmI' gated NUS
8uce was never abIled n mere summary
manner.
They soon learned by bis conversation
and behaviour that he vas afraid Of snakes
generally. AMI Ct oulI snakes in particu.
lar; indeed. think thu. the seaaeI war.
rants the bold assertion that he would have
piycn Ionr Cd in favor Of Stock Creek
goup;ng, rather than face an 5 inch moe.
casln with bells on his tai" as be term
ed rattles. The maa had heard some aw.
uI snake warns or tlies since hls 4" iaylng
the sod :" this was evident from the morbid
80 aar,or he felt Of the craving
'fiOe' VEL WIN w 419g" u '7"90I' nc
migh' 'fu,y ay-0hl' me M" mao mol oeeh
,o'u nun "''sI d - NY "' . lN'e''s'''g d.
h1N's' e"''P IL. 'e''7''s-'
va Inc secoHl h'sh' o. ms intrusion DC
made himself more ihaH usually un"e!come
By getting, sir, somewhat, sir, shot y al
Tom Murray sad VA n an ounce Of leat
took up ~ lJd-'ags ~ the " fork Of tn
breaches, thinking Ut lead CAM no doubt
that 1t Aad more rom there than N Ih'
powder bed u an old brass boring Iron.-
He told lone LTy warns. all lgYluy a TDOrf
orless remote bearing nhls own proves Oh
skiA, and more Khan once lns'nualed desr'
10 make Demonstration, W having the US
Of Inc sSuh OF ony J'"''e'h'n P'e,en', an
TWO 1u' 'ho'o' '1' u,'"" "eu' u
nus was very P'ea'an' , ana peticc'iy sa''7'@'
'ory' 80 lar as me Lho'''ulal was cohce[I
co. ". WIN us ny i'e'' !. was q'I'e q.
ieFen' mag yes SIN 'hey endured 1t Dl
tne cup u 'as'''1o was l'4''y go'' a,'' '"'
nlen' Il oFetti'"eu' ''1,,''g vi on US o !"
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