The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-10-19
IA FEW SNARE STORIES.
Every onecf which May be relied
upon as Absolutely True sai..

Erooklin, Ny. Eagle.

~ thcy are 'ircsh ana trne,f re-
sppnded the city editor. (
''l3Nacily, ,Ysf replied liItle fane'.
These items are both. Noboay
Iknows 'em but me- eiggota farm
down On iheisiahdspiscss snatherc's
!ots Of snakes on to it. Neargothe
honne is a pond about six iiect deep.
Awcek ago my intle girl Jumped in
u the pond aud would lave drowned
II il hadn't been for snake. The
snake seen her aud went Tor her aud
brought her ashore. THE pecnlisr
Epuint about ,lris item is the way he
did IT,"
| "How was III" asked the city edi-
tor.
ut was black snake about thirty
feet long, and he just coiled the mid
die OF himself around her neck so she
couldn't swallow any water, and swan
ashdrc with his hcad and tpil. Is
that good ilem?"
"First-class."
You canspreaa it opt. yon know.
Ailer they got ashore the girl pate 4
The snake On the head, and went of
pleased as Punch. Ever since then it
comes TO the house regular at meal
times, aud she feeds him on pie. He
kes pie. Think you can make any
thing out Of that item?"
"Geriahily Know any more. IN
Yes. got baby six months
Old. He'sa boy. We generally set
him out on the grass oi a morning.
aad he hollers like u sbull all dag,fldt
lcaid he used to, but he don't any
mur. One morning we noticed he
wasn't hoIlering aud wondered what
; WAS up. When we looked ,ithere was
ia,ilesnake coiled up in front Of him,
scanning his features. The boy was
ginning and the snake was giinniny.
! Bnbebytbe shake.lurhea hbetsii g.
The baby an. backed his rattle tight
into the bahy's fist"
| Z lnlNhat All ,baha Ago
.yLy Ls I'M, ra,,iesS ,b,,l tail ~
j, eonia Lssa, 4, thrsss, u, ,r,,.ys il u Z
,,;Ie ana ~. snsts l5v Ihsr,s and.
,,,;nnsa Il Fverv ,no,n;v,, v ~. ,,,,n, a,1
,hs -. | ,ba,s an,;l . L;yyar sn.t,
came, aud the baby played with his
rattle ingt the same until the first
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.nIJ ,s,sl,,n h. i,.j haan Iii, I an3
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s.alw,,s.,s'd I 49, W. :. ;, ra,'l;.I ,de o;,, al.
atFFiffIsgclis -,
~. ~ ~, s,s.S ,..,n s,, Il ,bo,, ,,,a ada,.ea
20 oh,l.lLd,.l IA sn ,ha,' NM, .oS.
n,;',I,s.y some,l,;ns ,,bnnt tha9 blne-
eyus@,i el,,sub IE uSn,, ;sIssac
81, ~, M, Macs, n,g Vim
..l,lI II. h Any lmore snake
;,onssr s.' IS
'Sn' III .,.n,a s.o : lyom.se 1eo,a Il
hoonsn.Lcs,',
syys. o,,ea,, Ia ~ y.
| la.lust n Nat ion5 aao 10 lizard
1 ! foarrnl row in 'nur' cellar'ons ni,rbt.
| II s,und.1 ike q rock HAS, anl then
| ,Lers was 4 hiss ma then things
wsye mia, Whra IlrlookedI In iSe
mornips round the ,.iaer barrel had
! bns,ea But wa ala NOT lose much
/ c;ler !, ,1SIs '.''7....s, m, .5n =
4 .Iow li,l vou ave itq"
! III seems that ,be slaves bal bust-
ed m, lut before thew could 70, away
| Iuur boup suakes called spn,nl ,tbe
barrel and rhIhtenea,it up, and held il
ina together until wc,drew the cider of
| n ho,tles Tlnt's tbe way we fund
them. and we've kept them aronnd
| tbe house aver since. ~ e're training
1 than for shawl STRAINS now. N Does
That strike VAN (ayorably for aau al
li,enq" slIlflSsalt11 asiis7qa
| .Enor,nonsIypel rsnSndeJ the city
edi,or veg s.nof bns 3Hivl6i
| .You can fix Il IN SO as to show
4 how on;ck ,he,y,,7 was d aet itbere be-
loe ,bc slaves were blown off. You
can work n ,ha details. ~ y, ,,s,,i. 4, Z,
4 ~Ofcou,sc. I'm attend to all that
a Do you thiuk ofany more?p ,s3 sa.i.
Il 1Aiu'ta 'you ,sot enough? Lemm,
think. on. yesl One SUNDAY ane anc
nv w;feNy,,sieainr 10 church and sh,
aroppcaIlier garter somewhere Z 6h,
toli mo about il. and Iinoticeda a little
stripned snake runuinr alonrsidc AMI
4 listening 10 her. Bimehy he made,
sprinr and inst wound himself aroun,
her stocking, or tried to, but NJ
coulln't fetch it,, e6 ,sboa siaN
nNhy not?,' 'iiyf tANF
ale wasn't quite long enough. H
: iuaipcil down aiia. sksoli his Head: an
= started olf WSc ladn It gone ,nore'
!. 4 aouarterofIa anilcowharwel seen hin
!. ooaiue ont of the WOODS iust,aheaai. q
. rs. Heiwas awful lot and tired, an
f" he had another snake k with him twic
asbip nsahc Was. They'ldokel Ut in
wiic minute and said something
each other esnd then the big snak
Neht right to the place where II
] garter belonged Iie Wrapped rigf