The Republican journal., 1880-09-23
A Few Snake Stories.
EVERY ONE OF WHICH MAY BE RELIED UPON AS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

IL luey are lfeSll dllu True, responded
the city editor.
Exactly" replied the farmer. "These
items are both. Nobody knows em but
me. got a farm down on the island a
piece, and there's lots of snakes on to it.
Near the house is a pond about six feet
deep. A week ago my little girl jumped
into the pond and would have drowned if
it hadn't been for snake The snake
seen her and went for her and brought
her ashore. The particular point about
this item is the way he did it,
GLOW was it ," asked the city editor
at was a blacksnake about thirty feet
long, and he just coiled the middle of
himself around her neck so she couldn't
swallow any water, and swan ashore
with his head and tail. Is that a good
item ?"
"First-cla
"Nou can spread it out, you know
After they got ashore the girl patted the
snake on the head, and it went off pleas
ed as Punch. Ever since that it comes
to the house regular at meal times, and
she feeds him on pie. He likes pie
Think YOU can make anything out of that
item ?"
W. ltlIiN iNliON ttIlN lIIplt
''les. got a baby six months old
He's a boy. We generally set him out
on the grass of a morning, and he hollcrs
like a bull all day, at least he used to, but
he don't any more. One morning we no
ticed he wasn't hollering and wondered
what was up When we looked, there
was rattlcsnake coiled up in front Of
him, scanning his features. The boy was
grinning and the snake was grinnng
Bimeby the snake turned his tail to the
baby and backed his rattle right into the
babys fist"
"What did the baby do 2"
"Why, he Just ratified that tail SO YOU
could hear it three quarters Of a mile,
and the snake lay there and grinned
Every morning we found the snake there,
until bigger snake came, and the baby
played with his rattle Just the same till
the first snake came back. He looked
thin, and reckon he had been sick and
sent the other snake to take his place.
Viii that do for an item ?"
"lmmensely," replied the city editor.
"lou can till in about the confidence
of childhood and all that, and You might
say something about the blue eyed cherub.
MS ll''ilit - lodd'- " tiIdt ~ " l)ltttSt
my wife"
9Th do it. Any more snake items p
'Lemmc see, You've heard of hoop
snakes 7"
"leS, often.
just 50. Not long ago We heard a
fearful row in our cellar one night 1t
sounded like rock blast and then there
was a hiss, and then things was quiet
When looked in the morning | found
the cider barrel had busted. But We
didn't lose much cider.
'HoW did you save it,"
1T seems that the slaves had busted
out, but before they could get away four
hoop snakes colled around the barrel and
frightened it up and held it in together
until we drcN the cider Oft in bottles
That 5 the way we found them, and we've
Kept them around the house eyer since
We're training them lor shawl straps no%.
Does that strike you fayorahly for an
item e.
enormously" responded the city edj-
tor
"lou can fix it up 50 is to slIoM How
quick they was to yet there before the |
slaves were blown oil. Iou can work in
"Of course Iii attend to all that. DO |
you think of any more ;"
''Ain't YOU got enough Lemme think |
Oh, yes one Sunday me and INV wife |
was going to church. and She dropped Her
garter somewhere. she told me about it.
and noticed a little striped undermining
alongside and listening to her. Blmeby |
he made a spring and lust wound himself |
didn't fetch it,
ale wasn't oujte lone pnouoh He |
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