The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-23

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teriiafs .safuehe ca zGsffo ffo5tlss csasldn 'sskBfte
througha.sSos1i II hjefedii ever thesp peErs
rarie for morea'n half a mile, COS 1 didn't
d AZ to stop la second orsathey wodld M
got loose an struck me on 'thei shana n
As it was, they KEEP a-stringin'' out be
hind me IKE issseff 20 ffnanye taifs.il But 5odu
edadas sset1a mIfor;1ths& apst,is'Sesa
Hanks listeners were essetssag ins6peiia
mouthetf wonder talzing ins the story ,as,
awaiting tie sclin1aS. saSSe ebrtslT G1f'AaA
ieIspoke- i. i. keokpa yere, Hunk ,ysessr
say there was five hundred snakes
hitched on to your britches ??''E"0sfA Ess
"Yes, five hundred; ;snary- one less
+ tssMail; how lnuch8yeuneckehed eaeh
eg,;a eFts y, iS iDaagE agEs@a iPrss 50
,ssW-a-l-ltasoaaa rtsht Toa biHq sct
WAY on,ys this sYqI war, paelkip, az ",
fifteen hundred pounds r. Snakes efl
haps yaSmilI fake eatunfbletosgsbiseks
apa az knSfE akplaIq a2s boy s9a s2aa Rafk
Look here, Charlie; you're asprettyt
squar kind of a boEs ana pooty good on
figgers, and ,alithmetiekin, y, an, that kiapd
o. truck, an I don't mind sayin to you
that fifteen flhtindtedt p 6nnd dsao'1sshaisess
taekledginto a nEan when hei isa scar ,t77,TT, In,
when ne is right down scar't9doh't
weigh more IA Id binary shetgursaaEoai
might step tsEYsigb lem,, tbd4 d4idggt ggt AaayeIl AaassI
no time.
Charlie wis sffectually sileiicedsonsssc
.ssWsll. ase yves saying boys,,,s' HHapkI \.
continued, the varmints kepea swish-
innin thesaif am Il aagoin,sfortyrmilesssa
minute- a seed there was only one Way
| to- get rid of 'em, an l yanked out my
knife sanncommenee schoppin'a thehs
tails off Close UP yp tosthsir gsi ears. ,Isst ,BIs tbe
time T rived at Moss ranch they had
alllseense,it awayg but theiiaeheadsxwas
still stiekm' by the fapgs to my buck
skins. Boys, it war lively cahtef While
itlssteds,'fA ssinvsosssA --.ssoisosqx.
"How many Asaas=was-their-a stick
in6 onto your buekskias, Hank j, al3 charlie
saisms msmsassesesmke assesesm kems7ne ssea,seHank
'ansMered,iassI desdareaIs fergits Rephs
I told you the. other. day how. many
sfakess heaads there was 4 aiangingst6 t6
nylhackskaassthas da1-urDa ypn 1rslssso
Wi Ut rsaKkdn rr}sK nj ii Vas rfosa shaaarsa assaa
ninetysseyeli,lli zOa ia lEsamid saial
"Four-hundred- -and-.nlnety -sev-
en-. Yes, yes: | said five htifidred,,
didn't l, boys? f=eakesis-b back it was
four hundred and 1in etysseten butswhat
lin -.---vis three snakes ip such outfit ?''
Then the classes were flied up5' again.
-ds1zona Letter te1NspsIQrh: esp1sci !.
a'i~Kentdcky y MIGHTY #aassraoq 4
ha& notza&Y o-sssesod nayis 09e9, ,ol
Speaking of fox .scalps and 10 Win,
lockas lesson to The ola County Clerk I'll
Warren, reminds us of anotheT sanees
dote, says the Frankfort Teoanan: In
a certain countysof Kentucky-we won t
specify, because it may be a sore sub
iect-a certains man, named for conve-
nience "Jim Skaggs,n was in the hab-
If of taking in a number OF wolf scalps
every year. The tax, x,Twesbelieve, Tat the
time was$2o OF 90 for eaclresealp.-.f He
was accounted 4thes mosta successful OF
all he.WoH hunters 81 in that section.
Wolves were very scarce at that time.
One season, however, this successful
business was Brought 70 an END. Col.
John ThompsonsSray, former resident
of Franklin County, but now of louis
vile, a famous deyotee Of the rod and
gun, happened to make an excursion to
that section, and ssone days whehf en-
camped wierebass werestakerI.fl was
startled by thersudden. appearance OF
large she wolf 1on the opposite bank.
He secured his. gun Immediately, and,
before the animal had time to retreat,
"let driver at her with heavy charge
of buckshot.-,.x She fell dead ein hel
tracks, as the hunters say ay.oy.Jnst then
couple of men. of the. neighborhood
emerged upon upon the scene, and, discover.
ing the result of the Shot, enc Of them
exclaimed, ,m ssNfy'iG God = mister, you've
killed Jim SkaggsisalNinn - Col. Gray
couldn' 't.understand ;ryhnt ythea'men ex
planned that the. she wolf was recog
nized as the property of Jim Skaggs
who was sin the businessof wolf srais
ing" and, rs the greater partof his in
come was derived from that source, thi
! she wolf 4 in hdherscounty a
"Jim Skaggs' 8 livin !s''S He had regu
. larlv taken tfle face and, ears Of her an
| nual produce Of whe1psS to the Clerk
Uniee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES antfs
!. Gray was advised stulsafssthe neighbor
hood without delay, as Jim would b
cred hot, ssn and It :" mought be that al
the county would rise up pisvsIt il need
less to say he toek the scalp, Of the 1Ygqql Ygqql
!, and also the advice. bsasan s~s-as .fls 1l
The Hsasissst, rallest, sndo oldest !! Mlsa
t l4ssi eas asasr~ ,.s-t 7Isiase4 10 sssssq 81,
+, sfs The tallest ameng eflswhanaesrec cafdsj
! Ear1afie were Il German named Hans Ba
! and a Hungarian soldier, maine not giyer