The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-02-08
NO. IL.
The Snake-hit Iristman.

A party of gentlemen having gone on
deer hunt, were greatly annoyed by an
Irish Jeremy Didler, who quartered him
self upon their camp and bored them by
his idle boasts and abuse of everything
American, and particular horror of all
kinds of snakes, and one Of the party de-
termined to take advantage Of his preju-
dice, with view of getting rid of his
company. Accordingly, one night he was
Sound snoring perhaps dreaming OF
snakes, the mischievious gentleman got
his hunting knife, and going to where the
offal of large deer had been thrown.
cut off about seven feet of the intestines,
and securing the ends with twine to re-
tain the contents, tied one end Of them
fast and tight to corner of Paddy's
linen, that had wandered through rent
in his oh-no- -we-never mention ems, coil
ing it up smoothly by bis side, snake-hke
and true.
All things thus arranged, the conspi-
rators lay down again, and at the conclu-
sion of one of the stag-born snores, one
of the gentlemen roared out at the top OF
his voice 'Hu-wee hu-wee big black
snake eleven feet long, has craWled up
my trousers, and is tying himself IN
double-bow knot around nay body?
At the first shout he gave the Irishman
a furious dig in the side with his elbsw,
and kept up running accompaniment
in his shins with his heels OF course
the noise and hurting awoke him quick
and wide; in the first movement be laid
his hand on the nice coil at his side, and
be hissed out "Jasus "
Making one bound, that carried him
some ten feet clear Of the camp, and with
a force that straig ightcned out the coil, and
it cracked like whip. Casting one wild,
blazing look behind, he tore off with the
rapidity of lightning around the camp in
a circle of forty feet across, and at every
bound, yelling: SAFE him SAFE by the
tail ! Och, Howly Yargin, stop him Och,
Howly Vargin, stop hum Och, st. Pat
rick, tare bin till jiblets A wha, a-whs,
he's got me fast hould, och and he has
BY the Howly Saint he's mendin his
hould on me Och JasUs, gentlemen,
take hould on him catch him Shoot
him in the tail end, moind "
During this scene, one stood hugging
a sapling with both arms and legs, his
head thrown back, screaming with laugh
ter; another lay on the ground, rolling
in fits Of laughter: another. Fat jim
stood with his legs about yard apart, his
hands holding his lips shouting at inter-
walls Of FIVE seconds, snake ! snake and
the echo seemed to mock him with the re-
turn of snake snake" as Paddy made
the circle of the camp. After circling a.
bout thirty times, the poor fellow few off
at a tangent into the dark woods, and the
mingled sounds of snake murder howly
vargin fire help &c, died away in the
distance, and the hunters were alone.
'Umph,' said one, 1 thought that snake
would stop his snoring IN this camp at
any rate
The next evening Paddy was seen 60
ing at mighty rate through Knoxville,
with bundle on his arm, and shillaly
in the other hand, poking out his head in
half defensive, half exploring attitude.
He was hailed with, which way Paddy
'Strate to oud Ireland. by Jasus
where there are no snakes = growled out
Paddy with out stopping an sustsnt.