The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-02-19
From tn e Eddyvne star.l -
RaitlesmalScs nmd CoRperhcads.

y
Raitlesmalses nnd CoHperhcads.
The l,ta Of either of these venonons rep
tiles is said to be alike fatal, but the latter
has always been considered the most dan
gerous, the difference being in their modes
of attack. The rattesnake invariably
gives the alarm before biting. The copper
head on the contrary is sneaking and clan
dcstine ever lurking in the grass, under a
log, or in a pile ofrubbsh, always in Sc
cret, secluded, bushwhackins spot, where he
can crawl stealthily from his hiding place,
and assassin like, strike his deadly fang in.
to his unsuspecting victim as he chance; to
be passing by. There is another peculiar
characteristic about the copperhead that it
would be well to notice. He is reptile Of
prey as well as Of venom, and in order to
secure it, he acts the lion "nary once" but
uses all the subtltey and deception Of the
devil "only mere So" as his satanic majesty
was under the necessity of employing him in
seducing old mother Eve.
ms 'iia""e' VI 0'p'u ,"S "s piey - ''''
-ne efa"is io'''' anu o0''s ''''n's' ;" sun
cohsp'ouous p'ao0 pus' =" 'o'
"go to-meetin," phiz ane borrows all the
baaning ray of heaven to reflect his beauti-
'u' p'azon coiors' anu "ou'' "''Ao !.
~ a"e' 'n"' n 80 - =.
e.e'"~' s'o' .eeo ~,
., ",','y ~ -" ~" '0as .,'a''',....H.g,:
e'eeiu'' sPo''.s 'oo'" mus 1''e '',
pere"es MS soa'S A'1 ss"p
h''h' ofawsa ''''fe a''u sun '''"0
hin' ur.u iie = ona,s, 0.'''.''. "''u
.".' WIN 'a''s ''e'0 ne' ' ~.
III nus "e'"o" :" ,. s'o u" my os'
o' an's "o.s. ~ an "1u 'i'o'e '''a, ''en,sn 'e
'e'"oi' 'as''e s.'sAeS "ere n'. oniy ''u''e'-
ouS anu oo''p'soou - oY,'eu upon 'ho oa'''
ners ne' or vas SO ca''eo 'ou'ner" ooh'eaeraey'
ous 'ne'' VERY p''"'y os'hen ~ 'hc No''h
VINO .iiiea'e"eo saa' y pA'Fis's went oou'h
" hs'a ''e's oVu'"e'h o'e''io 'ha' 'hey
"ou'1 ''' .',o ~ pass o'e. .he'f uead
ooo'es, aau '"a' 'he's "ou'u oe iiFe
'a'su ~ '''' rear u o'. army &C. ou' 70
''e" name "'u u'o"pp'''.'i'0'' ''' ''o','S .
p''''' ,''na "',0 NUTS "u"'e'ous ''a'
'"ey '',u oo'''a'''u ''' "n'on 'soo' p'onsn'
'"'''e'''Ne' III u's'ep'.e' ""u .ne" ""u"e''
'oo, os'aie '.''A" '' o''u'huy 'eSs W"
ina. eeptge ""ffa'''e was se'oo'n nearu
10 ra''le' Out MS P'ac' was 'i''ea oy ue''s o'
copperheads craving from coal oanks' PITS
Ia ths earth' Ola scnoo''nouses' ana waste
ou''uliss IN every sec'u''eh place' AL over
tue Nor'h. he''ier % not occe'Vea ihese
coppcrneaus are II, 'he gu'se o' men anu
are pFe'e''oeo pa'r'o's' ihey co"'P're IN
secret cohc'aVe, caiilns themselves kh'ghes
Oh 'he s''de'' c''c'e' anu "re p'o'''ie 'leason
against our country ''ie 'nufoer Oh It's ioya'
c'''zens ana Tue OBSTRUCTION OF eVrey'nihg
honorable nonie aad sacred Remove their
MASK ana you WIN see SET OF 'tlfice dam
q soie traitors ana per)a'ed Viilaihs' oiacker
than the West Midnight assassin
'hat' prowls' a curse to man. and meaner
ina" the deVl' wants thetn. AS a guise they
put on the gafo OF democracy IN ordsr to
deceive the honest ana unsuspect'ng OF that
party IN order TO deeoy tnem into the pit
lai.of treason.
In daylight (ahd when not IN the DARK
lantern conspiracy they make great pre-
'ehce Oh oehS uh'on men, out are awiuiiy
ara,d tha' somsoody nlgger wiz get loose
ana h''f' a reoeL iney don. w'sn 10 see
any one hurt out damned aooishionlst
Their deRnisien Of abolitionist. when under
the dark lantern and masked. is every sol.
dier in The fiold. and all who uphold and
support the government Some traitor has
heen unconstitutional derived oftbe writ
Of Habeas rsrpys-somebodv is taxed to
carry on an abolition war. Some poor,
lank hell-hound has been deprived the free
dom of speech aud the press, in yelping
out his treason against the best government
the sun ever shone upon. Miserable igno-
rant devils Why did you not raise your
howl, while your southern brethren for the
last 40 years were bridling this constitu-
ou'' - .ne pos'e' " r".
8 'aooi''e ana 'ians.us such as ua'so a's'
ton. We saw. why did YOU not then yelp
and whine about a mans not being free-
man because he was not allowed the FREQ
dom of speech. Your only plsa is. thew