The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

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dguardiente And as for the ants. what
with poisoning them, and digging up
their nests, and fiooulng their galleries
with boiling water, we mahaged to get
the better of them at last, though even
now they sometimes make chacG (forayl
upon US from the woods around. But
after them came another pest that was
far worse-the snakes. need hardly
tell you, who have been through the
forests yourself, how they swarm there,
and for time ! really gave myself up
for lost. My husband used to call them
the tax-gatherers, and really they were
quite as regular not day that we didn't
md one or two OF them somewhere
about the house. And once-O san.
tlssima Madre what fright 1 got
When Lolita was only few months OLD,
my husband and his men had gone out
to their work one morning as usual and
l was busy in the house, with the child
lying asleep on a mat at the other end
of the room, when all at once caught
sight OF mouse's skin on the moor, with
the body sucked clean out OF It IKE an
orange. knew at once tnat tneiesm1st
be snake somewhere ABOUT, lot tneyre
mighty fond OF mice, and that's Just the
way they deal with them; but, look as |
might, could see no snake anywhere,
till suddenly the thought struck me-
could 1t be under the cniid's matt as
gently as couio 4 liitea up one corner,
and there 1t was, the long, Shiny, green
ana yellow Deast, CURED snugiy up ana
last asleep. An de M! what start
got! i knew tnat 1 coulo 40 netnlng
WIN II myseI, loI ~ was = sore 'naI you
can only kiH py snooslhg snem 81 ian IA
Out lnio tne coultyaru, anu, luckiIy, tle
nrst tnlngI l saw was our nuhIel Joe,
with ms gun on ms snouiaeI. 1 cailed
him In at once, and ne settleo the beast
with charge OF smail-snot.
However, as the work went On, ana
we got more ana more ground cleared,
our visleoIs began 10 lolsake US ior
SNAKES must nave tnick cover 70 pur-
tney soon Sing on. 90 then Degan 70
nope tnat we we're lalriy az .ne emu ol
our troubles pub we Weren i've were
only at the beginning OF tnem
l don't know now II was-pernaps IL
may have been that, as the proverD says,
everything must nave lts turn-put
somehow, al through our troubles witn
tne anus ana serpents, tne Digger peasts
nao never ulsturDeu US at al pus now,
Just as we were beginning 10 nave
little peace from our other plaques, the
iour-ioeted gentlemen began 10 come on
tne s.age AZ last.
One morning, just as we were as
breakfast, IN came one OF our Vaqu ueros
with news that our cattle, wnlie Ieeding
among the long grass on the other side
OF the river, had been attacked by
Jaguar, and one OF them killed..
Inc 1eiioW VINO drought lne news
had TO run for ms 1ie, ana Woulo naroiy
have escaped had there been anything on
him mt to eat, OF mad there not Deen nat
OK ready to hand instead; AS It was, ne
looked SO thoroughly frlgntened ttnougn
he was brave fellow enougnl tnat It
made us all rather serious. However a
week passed without any Iresn aiarm'
and we were peglnning 70 gee over II,
Mnen suodenIy Ia came snIeI ol IouI
lnolans IN gIeas hurry, 70 Ten US tnae
a huge Jaguar naa D5oken lnto tnelr en-
campment ana killed woman ana one
OF their oogs.
When my husband heard the story,
ne made sure that 1t was the same beast
Jescr;bed I II as be;ng of VERY at strange
color, fsT l;obter than any that had ever
beon sesn ;p tboss narts before and from
thot | ther @ nod M - n;otnanoJ - fTbs pola
1ao.h, S,.as Sn I than - NC IL, +honah4 l. FIJI ali
] tine to do sornstb;no met and mS bnsba nd
called his men tooether tn 90 ont and
bnnt IL down .
sI remember that morning we'll
tbouob II will he wear aoo tbe dav after
toNmoTrow Away thew went uerr;Iy
enongb everv man with his qnn and
hunting knife, and Moro, the blood
hound, along with them. Ny husband
turned and kissed his hand to me just as
they entered the wood, and then they
were goHels EBE 81 IA -
When found myself all alone in the
house with Lolita, and thought of what
might happen ifthey met this horrible
beast was so frightened that (although
l had no thought of any chance of dan
ger to myself) wasn't satisfied till /
had shut and barred every door in the
house; and then came and sat down