Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-03
4i.illaro,.s department.
a X''RATTLNG SNAKE STORY.

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4 RATTLING SNAKE STORY.
Asacorrespondent Of the New Orleans
Crsscept sends the following snake story
aliths way from Rockbridge Alum Springs,
In my last letter I forgot to tell "a
sssnake story" which / heard while com
ing along from the Sweet Springs on the
stage coach; . story which, like all snake
stories, is strictly true. About half away
between the White Sulphur and the Sweet
there lived for many years an old Col
Crow, who kept, q wayside inn for travel
lers. as.Crow's was q famous place at one
time, and no one iourneying along the road
ever failed to stop there. The old Colone
was famous n his day for two thinks-tht
excellence of his mint juleps and the tough
ness of his yarns. He would recite, by the
hour, the most extraordinary and perilous
hunting adventures, and every listener was
expected to believe the stories implicitly
But to snake story -. 80 s's55s - 80 81
,.sI have Had many a lively time With rat,
tlesnakes, he used to say, 'Ebut the durn.
dest fght Fever had with 'em was up neal
thsstop Of that furthest mountain yonder,
Ivm hunting deer up thar one day; when
I.cams across, it seemed to me, q Thousand
rattlesnakes, all in . bunch. May be they
was holding convention thar, or may be
a camp-meeting- but SO many together
have never seen before, though I've bin liy.
ing in these here mountains nigh unto forty
years. Well, / didn't mind rattlesnakes
IN . general way, ard have fit and whip.
ped 5 dozen of them many time in one
fight; but these here was too many for me-
They seed that ] was scared, and they
broke for me. + run, and they after me-
hot-foot; but Lsoon found they was gain.
in, on me, and SO TUX to q tree. I thought
they would go away after while, but, in
stidf of that, more kept comm and sich
rsttling and q spitten as they KEEP up
round that tree i never heard before in M,
hfes After q while night begin to come
On, but they showed no signs Of leaving: SO
I'deteflnined to git down and try and fight
my Nay through 'em. Ihad on suit Of
cl0theS made Of buckskin out and out, and
I thoughssmsybe they wouldn't be able to
strike throagh=it tothe skin. Soon as !
fetched ground they all few at me, but
sure enough they couldn't strike through
my buckskin suit. All they could do was
to- get their fangs fastened in it, and then
they couldn't pull EN- out again. whips
out my pocket-knife, snd commenced cut.
ting the heads off of all that had got stuck
in my clothes, meantime gradually retreat.
ing back towards home. At last they
gave it up, and went of up the mountain,
all rafting away like the devil. When ]
gothome how many rattlesnake heads doyou
suppose me and my wife pulled out of my
clothes? s Forty-nsne, sir. Forty-nine rat
tlessnakes had got their fangs stuck in my
buckskin suit and IL had cut their heads off.
Some people have said they didn't believe
this story, and have asked me to discount
q few from the number, but / won't do it,
sir. Because. it is true-and people may
believe it or not, jest as they please. Now,
let's take another julep."
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SECTIONAL OxEN.-A minister travelling
along Texas road, met stranger driving
his wagon, which Was pulled by four oxen.
As the minister approached, he heard the
driver say: .,as9e's.' SssE -, s,.st,e, 80
'aGet up, Presbyterian! Gee, Campbell.
lite !sHsw, Baptist! What are you doing
Methodist ?''gs,y 1T >gg2s
The Minister, struck with the singulari.
ty Of such names being given to the oxen.
remarked:
Stranger, you have strange names fol
your oxen, and I wish to know why they
have such names given to them p
The driver replied:
81 call that lead oxen in front Presby-
terisn, because he is true blue, and never
fails; he believes in pulling through in eve.
ry difficult place, persevering to the end;
and then he knows more than all the rest
The one by his side call Campbellite; he
does very well when you let him 60 on his
way, until he sees water, and then all the
world could not keep him out of it, and
there he stands as if his journey had ended
This off OK is a real Baptist, for he is al
the time after water, and will not eat with
the others, but is constantly looking on one
side and then on the other, and at every
thing that comes near him. The other
which I call Methodist, makes great noise
and q grest to do, and you would think he
was pulling all creation, but he don't pull
apound."
l% A New Englander, riding in rail
road car, seemed particularly disposed to
astonish the other passengers with tough
stories about Yankeedom. At last he men.
toned that one of his neighbors owned al
immense dairy, and made million pounds
of hutter and million pounds Of cheese
yearly. The story produced some sensa
ton, and the Yankee perceiving that hi'
veracity was in danger of being questioned
appealed to friend as follows: "True
isn't it, Mr.. P? I speak of Deacon
Brown-you know Deacon Brown 2" -
""Y-e-s, replied the friend, sthat is, yes
I know Deacon Brown, though dom
know as I ever. heard precisely how many
pounds Of butter and cheese he made {
year, but I know he has twelve saw-mill
that all 60 by buttermilk."
B~ An Irishman just landed in thi
country, on q sharp frosty morning was ru1