The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-08-05
THE PRIZE sNAKE STORY.
Tics ling 1fan Immense Nest Of Rattlesnakes
 70 DeaLl.

When within about a hundred feet of the fence surrounding the pasture 1 heard d loud
 missing sound, and turning to dlscgye. its
 origin, received tremendous blow across
 the chest, and iii an instant found myself en-
 circled by a large TattlesnaAe and lifted to at
 least twenty feet into the ar. where l vas
 held. The pressure round my vast by the
 coil of the snake Eas 80 great that you could
 clearly hear the bones crack. Kate. with
 out waiting for me to scream and sUppiicate
 assistance, as l a.3 done lR her dilemma.
 pulled up a spear oi LerJi.grass and began to
 tickle the snake belly as le thus sCooa per
 pendicul.r holding he aloic. : his Was I1ere
 than his majesty coI,d stand, and Ee rapidly
 unwounI himself and dropped ne tJ the
 ground. breaking my aTm Ia the IaI. As
 soon as l could get ou my feet ! made the
 most of my freedom and sI1rtei tD run for
 home. forgettiuE all abogt Kate uu,.l heard a clear musical laugh, V IIch recalled me again to my senses. ] turned and found her stlll tickling the snake. who had stretched
 himself out at full length on tine ground and
 Wis receiving the operation E:tA every mani fest..Jlan ot delight. 1 forgot the escIuci atiug a.A af my broken ann In the novelty oi the scelie. Presently he gave sort oI ! prolonged singing sound and showed .Cns ot , bein. sleepy, gradually coiliug EEEsel: up ! into utter lusensIbi.lty. Tickling had the | effect of an o.,Iate. While wc were nIedI- ] tatin. what course t. pursue, cur attention
 w,ts directed to the rock, and forth from evcry issure and hole came multitude oi | similar snakes, making directly for the place | where We were standing. or course, we | thought GUT last hour had come, but were overlpyed when We found them stretch i themselves on the ground after the nianGer ot 1 their predecessor, evidently inviting Us to tickle them. The singing sound had reached them as all UtteIance Uf Joy. Knowing re- fusal was positive death, We secured more strars and commenced business. Similar results followed the operation, and aEild our 1 terrible position We could not help apprecI ating the ridiculous side affairs had taken. | In the course Of an hour we had thsm all asleep We then cut eff their heads, throw ! ing tucL into pile by themselves They
 numbered one hundred and seVenty-one, be- | side the big one that attacked me and which
 We did no; injure Kate and l then got q
 rail from the fence and putting IL through ! the coi! ot the big snake, carried hlLn home, where pu- him n pen s3 securely that he could not get away when his n1p "as over. |, Ny aIln Ly this time MAS troubling me in- tensely. bat I wanted to collect the decapi-
 tated heads We hal left m the field a5 an l evidence Gf our combat, so We took the team and drove over to the spot. We found the heads just as we left them, but the snakes had al crawled away. We brought them home and preserved them in alcohol, and they can be seen Jy any one desiruus of proving the accuracy of the above statement. The live snake which l secured l resolved
 to tame and put his immense strength to a
 more useful purpose than squeezing the life
 out of q man body. l have every reason to be proud ofIny eE pertinent and irs results. Oar family Was large and the waahin-s iE
 mense, but my ingenuity has reduced the labor one-half Wc don't wiring tie clothes any more. They are thoroughly washed,
 lald carefully in a pile and the snake coils
 himself around them aLl Iu--zes them dry
 III a iifiy have refused large offers fol
 the purchase of this snake from many who
 % hundreds of mics out of their course t.
 see this wonderful Ier,oImance.- Williams
 port (Pa Sun and Banner.