Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-11

A GEORGIA FISH SToRY.-At Americas,
Ca, the other day, a hoop snake caught
its tail in its mouth and gave chase to
William Bradford, who, being unarmed
and bashful started for II pine tree. He
reached the tree, but the snake striking
around it, he took fresh start and made
for another tree. The serpent overlook
him and repeated his tactics, 30 the young
man, thoroughly alarmed, again took to
his heels, the snake in close pursuit. lie
had run but two hundred yards when he
encountered moccasin snake, head erect,
eyes flashing, and coiled ready for leap.
He could not stop himself, but making a
desperate leap, landed fourteen feet beyond
the moccasin. He then stopped to see
what the two reptiles would do, and
getting pole went back and killed the
moccasin, but could not find the hoop.
snake. This is the sort of snake stories
they tell in Georgia.
An Alabama correspondent of the New
York Times. describing some of the meth
ods by which the democrats were able to
carry Alabama so overwhelmingly, says
that the democratic county officers took
care that the election inspectors appointed
on behalf of the republicans were drawn
from the most ignorant ranks of the col
ored men. The state legislature invented
new restrictions as to the face and form of
tho ballot, designed to entrap needless
republicans, and provided that the tickets
should no longer be numbered, thus pre-
venting all possibility of tracing the ballot
| to show that it had been changed. In
places where, in spite of all precautions,
the freedmen actually deposited large
majority of the legal ballots adverse to
the ruling minority, there remained the
appliance of open fraud and force, sus-
tanned by the presence and interference OF
armed ruffians serving. in some cases,
under the orders of shcriffs' deputies and
other officers of the law. In one coun.
ty, says the correspondent, 5000 republi-
can votes were deliberately counted for
the democratic nominees. The democrats
attempt to account for their large vote by
asserting that thousands of negroes have
joined their clubs; but this correspondent
AYERS that in the county in question not
more than fifty colored democrats can bt
found among the 5000 negro voters. Il
is fact to be noted that while the demo
Gratis are so much exercised by the
presence of United States marshals anC
supervisors at the polls in the fedora
elections, it appears that during the count
ing of the vote at precinct in Montg om
cry county, a military company, made up
of democrats, surrounded the polling
place, though there was no necessity fol
their presence.
A BLUE-FIsH STORY. Captain Wilcox
of II Mystic menhaden fishing tug, SAYS
that short time ago, when he was of the
south shore of Long Island, in company
with three schooners, they ran across The
largest school of blue.fsh he or any o
the crew had ever seen. On board of Tho
tug was brand new $500 seine, very
strong and capacious. 1t WAS let out ant
the tug started with it around the school
As the folds of the seine swept stcadil,
together, the water boiled with the VIC
lent motion of the Imprisoned fish. FIT,
thousand blue-ish were landed on The
decks of the three schooners and the
tug. The fish weighed from two to 81,
pounds piece and loaded down the fou
vessels. But the beautiful net was al
utter ruin. There was not n mesh lcf
that was not chewed into small strings
1t was dead loss, and was thrown away
The fishermen say that where one fish wa
caught ten or more made their escape
The tug and the three schooners startct
at their best speed to reach some markc
before tho fish would spoil. As they
sailed tho fish became stale and were
thown overheard. Their progress WA
marked by long wake of fish. At ont
place along the shore Of the Thames the,
threw into the boat of Mr.. Story, rive
fisherman, three or four tons of magnIi
cent fresh fish. At Norwich there WA
not market for one-tenth Of the haul, bu
they left most Of tho load. Forty-6v,
dollars was all that they received for til,
catch. If the little fleet had hal ice t,
put the fish on they might have taken tn,
catch to New York, and, at least, mad,
good the loss of the seine.