, 1877-08-18

tnc HcWUIUD 1T l1 RGuF4t
And Time already ttntncth
Each petals tender part,
Then. A lta itfo Ia falling,
Then. ceo II yields 10 death,
r viii worship heat. cxha1Ihg
lta last. IT. swcctcat hrratl.
CHARLES Sontt GnEooar.
MADISON, WIS.,. Aug. to. INT.
EAsT-1NDrAN aEAKE.sTOR1Es.
Currsspordenee Ba'Hhay Gasettt.
The fatal rapitlIty with whicl, the venom iu-
preCnatcs the blood Is scrcmpllnca by tho follow
In9 story, told to me years ngo IA having OCCUR
rcd u Nalablesbsur. \ native gardener at
work In garden At that placc waa bitten by
snake on QUO Of his fingers. Tho man, with
great prcecnec Of mind ind determination, l,nmc-
t!atcly chopped OF tho bitten finger with his
gardening knife. But II wus too late, the nolson
had already passed up the hand beyond the plaso
Of amputatton, antf tho poor malice died fro,n
tic effects Of tho bite.
A marty Of friends were ono evening sitting
round = whist table, some playing, othcrs watch
Ing the game. Ono Of the players happened 10
look down on the ground and was mortified by
discovering cobra collcd round one Of ILLS lcRs.
What was. to be donel To lnore was certain
death, anl all that the n,an thus strangely
shnckied could do WA TO e't PERFECTLY still and
call tue attention OF his friends 10 ILLS dangerous
prcdigamcnt. For nny OF the rest OF tho party
10 hare Immediately attacked the snakc would
probably have been fatal to their friend. by
what hay be almost cal,el inspiration ont Of tic
pon.piayers quietly left the room md ortlcrcdin
tho ground not far from tic fnakc. In few
minutes. or perhaps only seconds, which must
have, toTcrcr, appeared an hour at least TO the
unhappy capt!yc, tho coD!n uncoilcd himself and
wen. olf to the milk, nnl when unve welt AWAY
frOE fhfIr pnmnnntn1yf4 fnr nf traa cHr
Boo1 Killed by some of the party.
Il may be objected tl,at = snake would not
venture II, amouE y nutnGtr 81 people IN tic
whom could name, ons evening In drawing
room full Of people! This lady was reaching
out her artn TO draw chair towards hcrsclf,
With tho intention Of BIT ting down Oh II, when
did the snake got tlerct It Is rcry difficult to
tell whcre n anakc will Or will not bc found, but
still moro 50 to ascertain how and when 1T rcagh-
cd the playc Of discovery.
tho soft football OF tho natives docs not always
scare them, tic 1ordiy tread Of tho booted
European Is suppose1 Invariably to be too much
for their nerves, and this Is doubtless 40 a. n
out an exception, and snakes atc vcry exception.
al animals. was walking one evening wstl,
friend near Fan Fit. at the foot Of The
: Meats Tongue 1illt, on tho other side Of Bonn.
NJ
snskcs ivhich did moi, by tic way. nrcycnt nis
being death upon tlIcHl when ho csmc ncrnsa
tlcm), anl was rather uiycn at times 70 scetue
them wl'eEo they did not exist; Aa VIC were
WHO ilrd no walkjpc-sttck or othcr wcap,n With
lin, suddculy iumpcd back, with hasty
" Iicrcss 4 snake" " Nonsense sajd !, Hyvu
are a1wsys accIng. snakes.". In another ino-
ilcad over the sido OF The road. prrnnrntory. M
parentjy, to crossing II, On sccing us, fiow,
over, Ae seemed flcsrous to shun neurcr ac-
qua!atance, and elided back into tho gutter. !,
soon s,icc,,rnbcd, Hc was thc largest cobya |
nycr killed. thnilrh cannot niru his flincn-
sions ~ wo l,ad nothing with Us whercwith to
measure him.
i once. when out shooting across tho harl,or,
stepped over a lire snake under tho following
circun,stauccs: / lu,I nut IN and missed q
enfnc, aud llad markot him dDwp II, sotnr long
grnss not far oil from ws,orc was standing.
yaa walking back with INV ewes tjYcd on tho
blaze where ilaQ tetD tho blrd settle to have
anotI,rr shot at him. Homcthinr on The rrounl
caught tic corner Of my oyc as / was thus en-
gsgrtl, aid / InstInctIYry tuadc lang ktep oYcr
fhf nhlcct and fj,c1l ty,rntsl ntMi linked down to
seo what Il was. Ii WA !, snake. which thoupht
At lila n,u,1,ort VIVA IIra,l froMt hI4 ,lt,t mnyiU
70 make nujtu sure, i touched hin, with tic
muxxlc OF mr. gun, when he cayc a cnny,!siyc
which t,orticr.I Tho t1ati or Which he hau been
iyinu that. thourh fratnntiy raised md an,d
nv Gun mrreiy knockcI off tho end Of h[s iii
90 low down rs 1ot to pprajY1c lin, /, how.
cvcr, cns",t sicht If hin, arnfn sonsm var,1s m
aud hal Tia satisfactnn Of blnwnT nfY III Grnti
viii, nv sccnni harrcl. In ,lrsvrjn,y thc anskc
ont tnt9 t,e nnnn lin natfrcs with ttio dcrInr,wI
that ia wns mnst ttcnIlv rcntiic. and + hayo
.ir,.c sern hfs .rn,,rt :r,cIt nrrrent IN .nt Il n
III Fsyrer,s Th.natoniIiIia. p''"s"s :"
- XII frton,s ~ r,tn" n".,. scro.. , ,vh,,-
amaze In NJ. i,ousr wf,sn In lad nnthinT I" III.
land rhcrrwitf, to xiii Il. iis ttti mt wtsl, tn
IL Tho iittin ,,icr, ~ lnfschfcf cstnnr> . srrln
M otfcs Wv Of Securing II. hS }t,,nnsa Unoi;
casaf,.i ~on1i nns rsno,n,.m .' ~ un -.
aIontrd as a general practice.
hare killed auakcs in many ways, and have
no hcsttatton IN tecanltnc ending holsewlip IA
ss w.. mp4m Ut 's,s NJ snoate.
t,sci fhe si[ch;rst strnke ri u win hrrnk. y
snakes back, mud YOU c,lycr q Longer line Of
ground with an elastic whip than with stick,
9a afe, tnefelofc less llKely to miss your blow
.a.in,1,n Tav ,s nv!1 " tne 3ams ust toltess