Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-15
TRUE SNAKE STORIES.
FARMER UNLOADS SEVERAL TO vERACIOUs
CITY EDITOR-THE INTELLECT OF A SNAKE.

the Eagle CRY ed1tor, the other day.
IF they are fresh aud true" responded the
city editor.
Exactly" replied The farmer. "These
items are both. Nobody knows 'em but me.
| got farm down tho island piece, and
here are lots Of snakes onto it. Near the
house is pond about six feet deep. Abouta
week ag" my little girl jumped into The pond
aud would have drowned if it hadn't been for
snake. The snake seen her and went for
h,r and brought hsr ashore. The particular
part about this item is the way he did it.
"How was III" asked the city editor.
"It was n black snake about thirty feet
long. aud 1t just c.,,led the middle of himself
| around her n, OK So she couldn't swallow any
water. aud swan ashore with his head aud
tail. Is that good item7"
FIRST class.'
"Y,.u III spread it out you know. After
they got ashore the girl patted the snake OIL
the head, aud it went off we'll pleased As
Punch. Ever since then he comes to the
house regular At meal times. and she feeds
him Oh pie. Think you Can make anything
out of that item "
Certsinly. Know any more7"
Yes. l got baby six mouths old. Hes
boy. We generally get h,m out Oh the grs> .
IF morning, aud he hollers like bull all
day ; 1T least hs used to, but he don't Any
more. Que morning We noticed he WASH
hoIeriDg and wondered what was up. When
We looked there was rattlesnaks cIiied up in
trout Of him sc .n"ing his features. The boy
was grlnning and tho snake was grinning
Binehy he snake turned his tail to the baby
aud backed his rattle right into the baby's
fist"
What did the baby dot"
"Why, he Just ratified that tail so you could
hear It three-q usrters of n mile, and the snake
lay there and grinned. Every day We found
the snake there, until one day bigger snake
| came, aud the baby played with his rattle jus,
he same till the hrst snake c me back. He
looked thin, and reckon he had been sick
and sent the other snake to take his place.
Will that do tor AL item
"ln'nenseIy," said the city editor.
You Can ill in abuut the confidence Of
childhood. and all about that, and you mig
say something about the blns eyed cherub.
HIS name is Isaac. Put that IN to please my
wife"
I'm do it. Any more snake items 2"
"L-mme see. You've heard of hoop
snakes :"
YES, often"
"Just 81. Not long az" we heard fear
ful row in our cellar one night. Ii sounded
like rock blasr, and there was hiss
then things was quiet. When looked in the
I h.. h h..J h,,.
But We didn't lose much cider"
"H"w did you save it"
I" 1t seems hat the slaves had busted out,
hut oefre they could yet away. four hoop
snakes coil-d around the barrel and frightened
It up and held it together nntil We drew the
cider of in hotties. That the way We found
EN-, and we've kept them arsuud the house
ever SINCE We're training 'em for sha wlstraps
now. Does that strike You favorably for all
item
" Enormously" responded the city editor.
q" You can tx it up % rs to show how quick
they was to get there before the slaves we're
blown "tf You c.n work in the details"
"Of course. IN attend to that. Do you
think of any more |"
CANT you got enough Lemme think
Oh, Yes One Sunday morning me and my
wife was going t. church, and she dropped
her garter somewhere. She told me abouI it,
and noticed little stripped snake running
alongside aud listening to her. Bimeby he
made a spring, and just wound himself
around her stocking, Or tried to, but he didn't
fetch it."
"Why not 2"
He wasn't quite long enough. He jumped |
down and shook his head, aud started .ff We |
hadn't gone mors'n quarter Of mile when |
we see him coming out of the wOnds just |
ahead of Us. He was awful hot and tired, |
and he had another snake with him, twice rs |
long as he was. They looked at my wife n
minute and said something to each other, and
then the big snake went right to the pl.c-,
where the garter belonged. He wrapped
right around it, put his tail IN his mouth, and
went to sleep We got him yet. We use
him to hold the stove pipe together when We.
put the stove up. Is that any use a. an item7'
Certainly" said the editor.
"You can say something about the first
snakes eye for distances, and his intelec,u-
atty, when he found he wouldn't 20 round
You know how to do that better than me-"
I'll give him all the credit he deserves
Can you tell us any more
II don't call any to mind just at present.
My wife knows = lot Of snake items, but I
forget 'em. By the way, though, I've got
regular living curiosity down ON my place II
One day my oldest boy was sitting ON The
back stoop doing his sums, and he c"uldn'l
get EN- right. He felt sonnet hing against his
face, and there was = little snake cooled up o.,
his shoulder and l"oking At the slate In four
minutes he had done all them sums. Ws'v.
tanned him 20 he keeps all our accounts, and
he in thu liuhtnin0ast cras at Hvnras v.,n svar |