The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-20

'If they are fresh and true, responded
the city editor
Exactly" replied the farmer These
items are both. Nobody knows 'em but me.
I got farm down on the island a piece. and
there's lot o. snakes ON it, Near the house
is pond six feet deep A week ago my lit
tie girl jumped into the pond and would have
drowned if It hadn't been for a snake. The
snake seen her and went for herand brought
her ashore. The particular point about this
item is the WAY he did 1t.
cit was a black snake, about thirty feet
LONG. and ha just cooled th. middle of himself
around her neck So she couldn't swallow any
water. and swum ashore with his head and
tail Is that q good item e'
First class"
'sYou can spread ii out, YOU know After
they got ashore the girl Iatted the snake on
the head, and it went of pleased as Punch
Ever since then he comes 10 the house regu-
lar at meal time. and she feeds hfm ON pie.
lie likes pie. Think You can make anything
ont OF that item .''
Certainly. Know any moreg-'
Yes. got baby six months old Hes
/ a boy. We generally sit him ON the grass Of
a morning and he hoIler~ like q bun all dav:
Nl -'t~- t-A hl7'L t'' i'l ta.'lL ttlN ll4NlEs
/ One morning we noticed he wasn't hoIIerinr.
and wondered what was up When we look
/ ed. there was rattlesnake coned up i'm front
. of him scanning lis features. The boy was
/ griuning and the snake was griuuine. Bime-
. Hy the snake turned his tail to the baby, and
. backed his rattle into the hsry's fs.-''
.'What did the baby doe'
.'Why DE just ratified that tail so You could
+ ING we found the snake there. until one day
a bigger snake came, and the baby played
with his rattle just the same ul the other
snake came back Ha looked thin. and
reckon he had been sick and sent the other
TO take his place. VIII that 90 for an item2''
Immensely replied the city editor.
You can nh in about the confidence Of
childhood and all that. and You might say
something about the 1lUe-eyod clerub. His
name is Isaac. Put that I'm to please the old
woman.
"I-l do it, ANY more snake items
"LeuuEe see. You've often heard of hoop
snakes
eyes. frequently
''Just so. Not long agowe heard "a fearful
row IN our cellar one night Ii sounded like
rock-llast and then there was hiss and
things were quiet. when I looked m the
morning the cider barrel had busted But
we didn't lose much cider"
Glow did You save fte-'
'It seems that the slaves had busted ont.
. but before they could get away four hoop
snakes e0llel around the barrel and tighten
ed it UP and held It together until we drew
the cider of in bottles. That's the way we
: found 'em, and we've Kept -em around the
, house ever since. Were training 'em for
D -havl-staUs now. Does that strike you fa-
yCraaly for am iteu."
Enormously" responded the city editor.
''l-ou can t7l ir In SD as t0 show how quick
I they was % get there before the slaves were
z blown of. You cam work in the Details
! 'Ol course. I'll attend to an that Do
= you think or amy more s-
r. "Aiu't yoa got e-oulh2 Lemme think.
r OH, yes. One zturEay me and my1yife was
Z going 90 church and she dropped her garter
. somewhere. She told aa ahou. ft. and no.
{ tfced little striped snake running alongside
p. and listening to her Bimehy DE made a
/ spring and Just wound himself around he1
. stocking. or tried t1, bat he didn't fetch it, '
= "NHy uate''
q He wasn't quite long euUT-l. He Jump
r ed down and shook his head and started of
S We hadn't got moTeu quarter of q mile
when we see him coming out of the wood.
- just ahead of us. lie was awful hot and
l. tired. and he had another snake with hin
o. twice as big as he was They looked ri my
p wife minute and said something TO eacl
q other. and then the big snake went right L
- the place where tire garter belonged. II,
b wrapped right around It, put hf- tail in li
mouth and went to sleep. We got him yet
t We Use him t1 hold the ~toyepipe together
ID when we rut the stove mp. Is that any new.
i rs an i-au ---
d Certainly" said tIse city editor
e .l-au can say something about the frs
~ snakes eve for distances. and liS individual
2lity. when he found he wouldn't go round
q You know Erv to DO that better than me-
b IN give au tile credit la deserves. Can
De- you tell us amy more
e Of don't c3I any 60 mind just at present
Ny wife knows lat Of snake items but
b. forget 'el. BY the way. though J have
regular Ev'ar curiosity down on my place
One day uE eldest boy was sitting on tn
back Stacp doing lli~ -Ula-. and DEE eouldn'
i get 'em right lie felt something AGAINST mi
D. face and there was q little =u1Iz. ca-Ied ND o
his ~H0uIderaud IoaEiuca at t'es slate. In fou
3, minutes he had done all them sums. View
- tanned him So he keeps 8II our accounts. am
p" he Is the lightuiugo~t eu~- at figures you eve
;" seem Hell ran ND column eigit feet ION
p ire three seconds Twouldn't t take reap,
% for him.
81 'NvHat kind OF q snake Is be o'' inquire
'i the city editor. clJriouSly.
'i '-The noiulh8rS call him am adder
be- .-Oh. YES ves-'' said the city editor. i
RS tie disconnected. .I'yc heard of the specie,
,s Whom did an these things happen 2''
-. ''Alang in tine fore ptTI of the spring, hu
I diIu SAY auytIiu. about 'em. cause
-- wasn't the season luE snake items. This
T. about the time for that sort Of thing. ism
,t it2"
'' eyes, chfrpcJ I'm the exchange cdito
20 You couldn't have picked ont better tim
Is, for snake stories %
HE-WAsS'r MBAS.-SIr Elijah Hitchcoc
was Connecticut constable, whose charal
- ter was under scrutjnT- Deacon ~olumO
Rising was enguirej oi about him.
ae Deacon solomon Rising, said the que
lp douer. edo you think Air, Hitchcock is a di
honest Ual "
= CVery pramptly-) ooh, no, siri not b
1 3ay means.
'.}Vt3I 90 Won think hc Is a mean man %
+ Gwen. with regards to that,' said the De
- con p Etilc more deliberately, 81 may 81
'- lhat 2 doa't really think he Is q mean mar
I've sometime thought DE was what yC
might Clll a keeTlu ui i1an-l prudent man,
nd To speak