Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-04


tended. You are q partakor of The crime. I Oh
furnish directly the poison which tho doggery
keeper soils. Shall wo say he IS morally criml-
nal, and you not! You place the power Of doing
evil in his hands, and 20: attempt to shrink from
the responsibility which follows his acts
i Snaile-B Bit Irishman.
\ correspondent. of the y. Y. Spin, of the
Tines gives ..an original Tennessee Hunting IN
cideni" that "will pass" A jolly party Of
sportsrncn, made up of veteran hunters rifo for
sport and full Of fun, cnjoying themselves
for a few weeks in the mountains of Morgan
county, Tennessee. A huge, raw boned. oqua-
cious freshman, unlimited, quartored himself in
their camp, and in addition TO being a nusan &c
when awake, snorod SO terrifically when asleep
as 10 drive ..tred natures sweet restorcr' from
others. Pat afraid of snakes generally, and
could snakes In particular. and the awful yarns
he heard in the hunters camp 'wakod snakes
in every hair the lrlsllnan's hond. After
listening TO n few yarns on the much dreaded
snake subject one evening, this fresh son of the
sod prepared to turn in, literally crawling all
over. Counting his boads and tho chances Of be-
ing ''snal<c-bit" before day, and ''tucking in his
blanket and wishing ''.to sowls of all snakes in
r.hickulor," in country where. TO say the
least they would stand bat q slim chance for in
duIging in their natural torplty, he fell asleep.
The correspondent proceeds:
| And now the storm began, lis snoring grow
| fast and furious, loud and long, occasionally q
sor. of half snort, half grunt, terminated with
SNAKES by Jabors, blast their sowls'--" L CHI
ugh!'' when there came the variation or chorus
in tho shape Of grind Of his teeth that threat:
ened TO drive them through his jaw crush
them to powder; by way Of variety he would
! hold his tr cath few seconds and then snoro a.
gain, aud such snoring! my stars. that | could
/ spell 1t! 1t was sort Of a cross between the
breathing Of an asthmaiic elephant and the bray
! ing Of superannuated donkey, whose will lasted
| longer than his wind. Woll. it thus continued
with the regularity Of tho whip-poor- willis cry,
until, say half hour before day break, when
J. NJ. w. Jim W. we'll say) whose stock of pa
| tcncc had long ago evaporatcd, unro'led himself
from his blanket, saying in his usual quiet way,
"Hump! III stop that Internal concert or start the
maker Of it, if dont Umph'" he then n
woke Jim A. and tho Judge, when PLOT was
| laid and thus carried into execution.
| W. got his hunting knife and going 10 where
the otlal Of 4 largo deer had been thrown. he Gu,
off about seven feet Of gut, and securing tho ends
| with twine to retain the contents, he tied one
end of i, tight and fas. to a corner Of PADDY
4 shrt-ta that had wandered through "rnt' in
the sea, of his breeches, coiiing i. all up smooth
by his side, snake-liko and true. All things thus
arranged, tho conspirators laid down again, and
at the conclusion OF one Of the stage horn snorcs
with tho "snake sowls" variation, jim A. roared
out ut the top of his voice. ''Hu wee Hu wee A
big copper headed black rattle snake. eleven feel
4 long, has crawlcd up nv brooches and Is syiue
himself into double bow knot round my body
giving the Irishman. with every word furious
dig in tho side with his elbow. with a running
accompaniment OF his shins with his heel! O
course. this hurting owoke him quick and wide
in his first movements he had his hand ,hs
nco cold coil Of gut at his side. Kissing OUT
"Jay gus" from between his cenched teeth he
made bound that carried him some ten fec
clear of the camp. and with n force that stra ght
ened out the coil and made the snakes tail cracl
like cart whip Casting wild blazing look
behind. ne tore off with the rapldity of lightning
around the camp In circle of some forty feet n
cross, and at every bound shouting, or ra;he
yelling, ..Saze i'm sazo i'm by the tail Och
howly Nargn. stop i'm, och. Saint Patherick
taro i'm till ia bIe,,sl whn a wha Bate in
10 smi,hereens wild a gun. can, wees. He's go
me fas, how'd och ne has. by Jabers' an he
mondin his houl, a WIN, Howly Father, ho'
got soarl1 hook Oh is tall Och, murther. he:
forty fut long" On making this last circuit he
| ran through part of the smou'dering camp-h fire
and the Irvine at the oft end olihe gut caught fire
this brough, new terror, and added strong IN
( inducement for him 10 put on more steam and IN
crease his rate, round end round he vent He
a fiery sarpnt. Och, n,urthor' Howly Nargin
he carries a light TO see how to bite BY Och
| holp, I'm swallowed Dumping along intrel,
al b.; me he'd, He's saxsv fate long. If he's
| fut, Thread on his bloody. fiery tail. will yees
Thry TO save mel'' Then. as if inspired wit!
new life and hopo, ne roared out. shoe. i'm! shoe
| i'm. bat don. shoot at his headi Shoot shoot
Now here was pic,ure' There stood tn
| Judge hugginG 4 sappiing with both arms ana
| one leg his head thrown back emitting screan
| after scream; here lay Jim ". on his back will
| his feet against tree, his arms elevated like