The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-08-26

vent for her and brought her
ashore. The particular point about
This item is the way be did il"
''How was it2' asked the city ed
tor.
"It was a black snake thirty feet
.ong, and he just coiled the middle
Of himself around her neck so she
couldn't swallow any water, and
swan with his head and tail. IL is
.. good item?"
"First-class."
"You can spread it out, you
know. After they got ashore the
girl patted the snake on the head
and it went OF! as pleased rs Punch.
Ever since then it comes to the
house regularly at meal times, and
she feeds him on pie. He likes pie.
Think you can make anything out
Of that ItemP'
"CerJainly. Know any more"
"Yes. got a baby six months
old He's boy. We generally set
him out on the grass OF a morning,
and he hollows like a bull all day,
at least he used To, but he don't
any more. One morning we noticed
he wasn't hollering and wondered
what was up. When we looked,
there was 3 rattle snake coiled up
in front of him, scanning his ie0-
lures. The boy was grinning and
the snake was grinning. BIN hy
the snake turned his tail TO the
baby and backed his rattle right
into the baby's fist"
"What did the babyY
"Why, he just ratified that tale so
you hear it three-quarters oi a mile.
and the snake lay there and grinned.
Every morning we found the snake
there, until q bigger snake came,
and the baby played with his rattles
just the same until the first snake
came back. He looked thin, and i
reckon he had been sick, and sent
the other snake to take his place.
Will that do for an itemT
Immensely" replied the city
editor.
"You can fill in about the conf
dence Of childhood and all that, and
you might say something about the
blue-eyed cherub His name is
Isaac. Put that in to please my
wiie."
"l'll do it. Any more snake
itemsT
'Lemme see. You've heard of
hoop snakes?"
Eyes; often"
"Just so. Not long ago we heard
a fearful row in our cellar one
night. 1T sounded like a rock blast,
and then there was hiss, and then
things was quiet. When | looked
in the morning ] found the cider
barrel had busted. But we did not
lose much CIDER"
Glow did you save itE'
alt seems that the slaves bad
busted out, but before thes couid
get away four hoop snakes coiled
around the barrel and tightened IL
up and held it in together until we
drew the cideB off in bottles. That's
the way we found them, and we've
kept them around the house ever
since. We're training them for
shawl straps now. Does that strike
you favorably for an itemP
Enormously, Responded the city
editor
"You can fix it up so as to show
how quick they WAS to get there be-
fore the slaves were blown of. You
can work IN the details"
"Of course. I'll attend TO sll
that. Do you think of any more|
Amt you got enoughf Lemme
think. Oh, yes! One Sunday me
and my wife was going to church,
and she dropped her garter some
where. She told me about IL, and
| noticed a little striped snake run
ming alongside and listening TO her.
Bimeby he made "a spring and just
wound himself around her g3ocking,
or tried TO, but he didn't fe;ch it,"
"Why notP'
ole wasn't quite long enough. He
Jumped down and shook his head
and started of. We hadn't gone
more'n n quarter Of mile when we
seen him coming out of the woods
ahead of us. He WAS awlully tired
and hot, and he had another snake
with him twice as big as he was.
They looked at my wife minute
and said something to each other,
and then the big snake went right
to the place where the garter be
longed. lie wrapped right around
it, put his tail ia bis mouth and
went TO sleep. We got him yes.
We used him 20 hold the stove pipe
together when we put the stove up.
Is that any use as an itemf
Certainly" said the editor.
you can say something about
the first snakes eyes for distances,
and his intellectually, when he
found he wouldn't 60 round You
ought TO know how 10 do that bet
ter than me-"
"Tn give him all the credit he de-
serves. Can you tell US any moref
81 don't call any 10 MY mind just
at present My wife knows lot OF
snake items, but forget EN-. BY
the way though, I've got a regular
living curiosity down on my lace.
One day my oldest boy Yas sitting
ON the back stoop doing sums, and
he couldn't get 'em right. He felt
something against bis face, and
there was lit.le snake coiled on
his shoulder looking down at the
slate. In four minutes be had done
all the sums. We've tanned him so
he keeps all our accounts, and he
is the lightnlngest cuss ut figures
you ever seen. Hell run up col
umn eight feet long Ia three sec
onds. 1 wouldn't take reaper for
/ him."
what kind Of snake is her
inquired the city editor, curiously.
''The neighbors call him aa
adder"
"Oh, yes yesr' said the city sdi-
tor, a little disconnected. I've
heard of the species. When did all
these things ha2penT
along in the fore part Of the
spring, but / didn't cay anything
about EN-, cause Il wasn't the sea-
son for snake items. This is about
the time for that sort OF thiags,
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