Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-04-18

A Tennessee si,mks. story.


caiIy "ouid ones and who had thrus
himself upon hunting party ia Iennes-
see. When asleep ne enorel 50 loud
that nobody else could get any rest. On
the second night oil his Intrusion be
Inatie himself more than usually obnox-
lous. Bat aft awhile he got asleep,
ana theD c, mmeneed bis laundering
snoring. 1t soon grew fast and turious,
: oud and long occasionally sort OF
half sno.t, bali graat terminated With
snakes, bsjabers, kst their sowIs -
Th's continued Il aby, y,1t ay-break, when
jim W whose stos!; Of patience bad
lug ago syapofa;e. nafo!5ed himself
from his blanses, sat4lg II hts usual Gai
ct way, slIamph. E! stop that Internal
c ncert or 5 art the tnater ol i, see If l
don't, hanph = Ha then avoke the
rest OF tae patty, m.e4 plot was la'd
and carried into execution.
". rot his hunting knife. and going
where tl.e otf.a q a large deer had been
| thrown, lie cat cF about seven feet OF
ensraii, ants securing TIE enas with twine
10 retain the eouteuts, he tied one end Of
II fast and tight Il I. corner OF Paddy's
shirt tina! had wandered through a 'rlnt'
in the seat OF hi, bseeclies. coling it all
up smooth by his side, snake like and
true. All things ttius arranged, the con>
spirators lad down again, and a. the
~ ~ i
vii the snake soalss variation, jim A.
roared ont at tho top OF bis voice, 'Hu
wee iEu wee SNAKES snakes !" Civ
lng the irIshman, with every WORD, Iu>
rous dig III the SIDE with his elbow, with
running mpanlinent on his
skiDs with his heels Oi course, all this
noise and hurting a"oke bin quick AMI
vide: IN his first movement he laid his
aand on the nica cold coli Of entra! al
u!s side Kissing out q 'blazes FROM be
tween hls ciane!led teeth. lie made a
bound that carried ham soma ten fee.
GEAR OF the camp, aui with force that
strats shtened cut the coil, and made the.
stakes tai crack ike a cart wiilp,
CASING one wild, blazing look behind
t,e tore Of VIA % rap'dity Of lightning
around tue ca.np in cree OF some for
tg feet across, at.d al every bound shout
lns or raLi.er yelling, '.Saze ina saze
'ifa By ths tail GA, howIy Earg.n
stov i'm Och Saint Patrick. ssre i'm
in I'LL j4bIetls. A VIVA. a wha Bate
IN to .smiti5eretns "ld = gun, cant
yees s-IIes got ne tast how'd by the
body och, lie has, by Jtbers. an he's
maudin' his houi. VIVA! llowly
Father, he's got 4 sharp hook on bis
tail Och murther, he's forty u; long"
On N king this last circuit he ran
through par. Q! the mouideFing camp
tife, and the tnine At the end of the
sraks took fire thi. brough, a new ter
ror, and added strong inducemsut for
hiso to put Oh more steam and increase
his rate, round and round he WENT
"ues liprv ssfpint-ocb, murtiler =
Iovly Vargin, he carries ight 70 see
how to bite BY Och, help, I'm swat
lowed dumping log) entirely all but
tne head. He's saxty fate long, if he's a
fus. Thread on his bI'ody fiery tai,
will yess2 Ihry to save ms!" then as
If inspired with new life and hope, he
reared out, "Shoot i'm lstoot i'm. bnt
don't aim at is head shoot, shoot y
Now here was picture There
stool the Judge, hugg!Ds sappIing
with both ara and one leg. his head
thrown back, emitting scream after
scream here lay jim ". on his back,
with his feet against tree. his arm eIe>
waited like chid's when he wants you
to help him up, and i. was scream for
scream with the Judge. All sounds, at
All Ike ordinary laughter had ceased,
and the present notes would have rem
i.red immortal the vocal strains OF a
dozen paathers. Yonder stands Jim A.
s.fat JIM with his legs abou. a yard
apart, hi. hands on his hips, shouting at
intervals of about FIVE seconds. Snake
ssAKs.! SNAKE!.' at tue same in
tonation, but SO loud that the echoes
Knocked each other from fifty crags, and
aSnake Sn ke r reye1b-raled loud
and long among those mountain slopes,
Wills his eyes carefully and closely fol
lowe the course Of poor Paddy round
the camp. After running around it
about thirty times, the prosecuted one
flew OF in tangent into the dark
| vo DIS, and the medley sounds of Snake
| murdther; help, fire, saxty fut, Howly
yargia," &C., gradually died away in the
distance. and the hunters were alone.
sUmph," said Jim ", after stopping
his laug thing hiccough. ''umph, | thought
that entral would stop snoring at this
oann at least Imph = The next