, 1879-06-27

feitHllnuSi0oklhk 1A&1NS III Hls !ahu. AUD
''',l'. no, ne oniv thc wav rt,, con.e ut 'em.
INV trc,' AMI, l,aeiug h't hn Grilt'y Gii 'lit'
hnur. ilear hIs hrAt, n,sa grAa1r moving It nj.
er r. .s,s nn'nlal - asn as s telt tha Mnrm
Il tct lamb. sIl,rtc.n sutf llr Snake Ala'i, with
mi nir Of triumph, "tllAt's tho way To catclI Il
Anakr... 10 Rontta with 'cn'. as'd don't nloSa
Gnisk." ....,., ,,
than hu carried him to his lleat, nlpl l1c rnet
;la.at ulhl IN Ills hnfr MS tlolGil lln was thor
u1Ehly 1T t,otnc. 'ucrc. f1ok." sa t'c, md.
t ns, ~ = sac %: st la:k e. the 'f tx len s 1',
There Honu minutes.
~ understand tl!at you cat snakea; Is this
.factp'
,"Wrll, should say 80, / l,ad rather cat n
has!1l OF rattfcsnakes. TINT ID, Il they Init rot
Iii M '!m'e,yss,, @ 81 than tic pu'"pcst spring scse''
"what DO they taste i'kc'' qaorica our
apostle.
n:arly falfa to pitces, alll mclts liko butter In
yoUr nlntith."
!" How 10 yna cook tl.cm1''
"ThsTe IL only enc way, md that Is to hsoi!
thcN Ovcr Coals never could st1tcce. III stew
hlg tlIGnl; they then become tnsteGSs." !"
Doyou cat any snakes besides thq ratt'e-
"Oi', yes; claim that nil buakes can DO
EALCHs HltHDAkh4 no II NEIltA0y t1~ bhttA0oA1AV ~
Tic if,,eet eat!nE illuw,I."
At tt,tS jnncture a squabby woman, with
arcrtncies, cold, blue cyHs, alll hirnpty-tlumpty
tlEure, WIN I'M, been sitting inst outside she
tlnor smoking aciay pfne ai,d reading "l3ccellcrs
Lifc III Christi catnc and Eatl.
"Oh. John, you lash up: III show tic gen"
And tic oid Indy laid neeehcr's book on
head, au.l, reaching her long. tank nRurs Into
the bur, pulled out a haudful OF wrggllug rep
tiles. "1iere's blow'ng adlcr,n' md hc run
u,it ole Inch Nul half Of spfsctul tongue.
n,,a bright blus bvreath; t,c1 blow tSeEr poson.
Tlcse arc putr Of coppcr.Hoecastns: and these
nrc black snakes. or some calls 'cm coacll-
whips" SfIc Hung them oil nrolind her neck,
| mud mingled up tugether, swining, AMI sqnarm"
| luz, untl wrIsgiinE in all conceivable why's.
Then going tu atIoLller hox, shc grabbed two
| ruscnttlcrs, a gartrr.snnkt, dta1nond-allcr,
| md d patr Of blue snakes, which s,'o threw
nro,l1ll llcr neck with the others. They spccd]y
cutw[ucd themselves With the others, ntll very
sonn formed fantastic, and certntnly odd,
thulr heaas hung down, md rcndant they darted
| out IN ail directions tllriF sD!lcfll fauGs.
| Nth This htna.tigEinx she seized n huge
rattIcsuaku, wllosr skin was covered With nutncr-
s nssr to rs sald: "im airnil is's sick; nos got
| sumc tltseasE. Sec those boils.
keep olr. n,auam: the snake is sick, but for
| Gou's snke don't come any nearer. TtU snakc's
tllon. epilepsy, cserytb'ng-but please keep your
"Oh. they won't hurt yot1-tlse dear crcat.
lires!n anf grasptng tlle sick sTelled.out rattle.
snake, With bolts all over Its body, she kissed E
lovingly md said: "poor fcilow1 lin afraid he
1nnst de-"
u, sce you hare named your snakes. Dr.
they know their namcsi,''
'sOh. yes. have Fanny Fern, o apreadinf
viper; Dtana. a sleek copperhead; Fanny Elslor
L blowing asp: a.la sa.1cy Box, kirE-snake.e'
"How do you feed them, aud what do thcj
cati'
IA snake loves milk {svect ,nlik) frogs
toAtls, sometimes a piece Of raw meat; 4nd
rive them frcat, wascr tArco times day. Il
winter they have 10 be kcpt III warm room
Wien tllcv. arc well feed and fat they'll shct
their sktB three or four times yenr. II the,
arc hungry and half starved they'll only shet
once year. When they 70 tnto tho shcdah'
procrss they boeon,o b1ind''; and reaching int,
onc OF The boxcs sho dragged out m old rattle
snake and said: lic's a.ahctdAW; look at hi
cycR.n -,
surc onoagl, he looked blind. Tho .eycs hn
tll.1s, glasty look, u,nl VT noted that the
ncses b!lused as We passed our hand rapidly
front Of thenl.' -
"1io will be blind fur from ten to e'gf'tec
rIsht." st '' - 'ASN D'' '"' ~ ~ s'S ''' =
: "Wcll, no." said tue old man. ~ can max
jrrrnt. living. aud tl,at's ali. Faet 10, eli
folks don't like snakcs. but In the country
always does wnlf. s'sfhsn travelled with Ha
nnm / was called sWonena, tho Indian snakt
cllarnicr'; bnt I: nm alr.brced, My moth.
was Dutch. My father was nSpailard. DurI'
the War was not exactly q soldier. bnt ! IN
ricd tue FLAG On board. the Cumberland. M
wheu the sferr[nac ran for dorm shell atruc
my loft arln. and had to have ii aulputate'
Modification cnsuc1, md the stump hal to
, j tnken out Mt tho snctiet, so l,avo been Tn
/ armed ever since, I think III navc to Ect
tent and 20 down OH tho rives-1mnk Or over Il
Rhine, Tor rania Ia 40 high. Why, stranger
pays 90 munth for tltts room. tell you It
enough to bankrupt Isuthscllld, let a!oue
Bnuisc mn,1."