Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-03-18
Love and RatiIesnake,.

Beware y said my uncle TO me. the very
hrst day Of my visit to his farm, which Is
situated at the foot of one OF the mountains
IN the western part of the town of Meri.
don, Connecticut. There's neighbor Thorn
ton, dead as nit, the doctor hardly know,
what disease; but ! am well satisfied in
my own mind, that it all came o. that ere
bite he received last Spring, from a cussed
logger IN the swamp. All our land. here.
ab"uts. Is hanted by the internal tribe. md
you may a. well keep yonr ewes omen. if
ynu intend 60 march around here. in these
gaitsrs and them linen truwsers'
Percelving there was a rattIespake skip
drying on the fierce, which nv uncle had
taken from an animal, killed by him A few
days before, l treasured mp the aomopition
OF my uncle, and took special pains TO find
out what was the FIRST step person ought
10 take, u he should be 90 Unfortunate AS To
get bitten 10y one nf these reptiles
'No'sting IN the world will save vour
ME, said my sunt.but % cut pieca ent the
very m ment ycu are hitten-bef re Won
k'll inc vsrmlh', nnd you. for manent's
delay would be fatal There's pcor Rich-
ard Henderson,
Oh. the devil take Dick Henderson. ,
interrupted my uncle. he was cold water
man, ana In course he couldn't stand the
smallest grain OF pain in his system-not
ne! lake one OF your regular old bruisers,
such a. Trout Wright, for INSTANCE, and
the snake would die while the person bitten
weuiu not experience any trouble Whatever.
Licker Is what does the business. nv how.
Tor bIte-kilis and deadens all the vjrI,
OF the reptile, in no time. If | should eyer
he favored by one of the critters. I'd take
quart to keep 1t company. You know or
ought to know, that you can't get drunk as
long as the 'vnrrus' is in your veins
Fora number 0f days after receiving
thus information, did not visit anv rl,ces
on the farm, where ,it was POSSIBLE for a
snake to Turk At last, however. | was
tempted to visit a Dice field of red rasn.
berries, on the eastern decllyi:y Of tho
m"untain. though not without resolving m
be on my guard against the peril 10 which
thus exposed myselt-that part of the
maintain beng notorious for The number
and size Of it's snakes.
The party consisted of myself Thomas
the hired man, and my cousin-young and
pretty, as cousins always are F.: yery fond of
iDe, ns no other cousin ever was, and witbaI,
lively and interesting specimen of her
dare devil wildness in her nature.
Kate, said ! to her, while We were
picking and eating the delicious berries at
rate which would have astnnished if nor
alarmed locker On from the city.-.Iont
out for those Fly and ireacherous serp.nts,
The only Fly and treacherrus serpent
am AFRAID "f, she replied with d smile.
is ynurself'
All kuto horr o.-
LIN Know am more honorable than a
reptlr. / will give You fair warning ere
lntiict the fatal wound
The snakes generally give you warning
enough, unless you come upon them too
suddenly to give their better nature a
chance. But come it's ALREADY dusk. and
We snail lose our way, if we don't set out
Tor the house without further DELAY For
my part, I've eaten raspberries enough to
last rue for the remainder of the year.
80 have l Kate, if you had only sugared
them with a lew words you could 90 easily
utter. Now ,eil me- and darted abrun,ly
toward her, answer me truly, in regard tn
the proposal Of marriage I've made YOU.
will you beccme-?'
My foot caught III briar bush and Twas
precipitated headl0ng. At the same instant
and an awful rattle sInute upun NV e1ci,ed
senses,and a sharp singing blow was given
me in the calf of my leg. 1t would he i'm
possible Tor me to tell you how ouickly I
arose, drew up the leg of nv pantsloons
saw the blood oozing forth. yelled and drew
forth a knife from nv p0cke, ard on,
our a piece Of flesh, which in bulk. MIGHT
have readily satisfied the demands of
Shyluck.
Il will endeavor to 60 deep enough to re-
move the poisnn,' said l desperately, in
reply t" the exclamation of horror uttered
10y hate, while she became a. taIe ss the
white handkerchief she had around her
hair. As lil>luck would have it, | had
made sad havoc with vein ofrsspectahIe
dimensl"n', and was bleeding rr fusely.
which was ia itself. enough to render a
person considerably alarmed.
III die said to Kate, who had a.
ready burst int" tears, while ppdeayorirq
to bud her handkerchief around nv leg in
such manner n o. prsveut 81" great loss of
blood. 'rememher that loved YOU better
than auy thing else III the worl1 p
Oh, oh, she stabbed. thDwing herself in
to my arms. and cliDging to me with fer
'ency winch made me az happy as boy
with his first whistle. How terrible y.
and 1t seemed all that grief would permit
her to utter
lbe hired man now came ruuning IN,
With terror aud dismsy pictured on his
features, Tor he had readily understood
from our cries and actions the nature of
the nh1ict"n which had fallen upon US.
Where did It bite your he demanded.
IN the leg y
Again, a. the speaker was near me. thar
warning rattle was heard, clos. before him
and between us, and both recoIled with
exclan atoms Of Increased alarm
Take care y l cried. Here he is. close
before you. ready for another spring. Be
watchful! Can't you get a stick, and kill
him.
The hint was acted upop. Thomas reach,
ed a hickory branch, nearly large enough
Tor cart tongue. and began to thrash
around in the bushes.
Still another rattle was heard. as Thcma.
thus SWEPT bis weapon over the bushes,
that rattle was repeated.
What! he cried spinging forward and
thrashing right and left, while the rattling
grew terrific. bless me- and burst into a
laugh, which resaunded far and near, over
the mountain. 1t isn't snake, at all. it's
thnse cussed cookies.
1t was true. ] had taken quite a morsel
81 good flesh cut Of MY calf just because
one OF the thorns upon which l bad fallen,
gave me greeting.
For number of weeks I was a martyr
to the gatherings. jokes and laughs Of my
friends, but Kate finally paid me. ard she
and are getting along very well together,
can assure you.
] Do not now regret losing the piece of
flesh from my leg.