Louisiana capitolian., 1881-08-11
THE PRIZE SNAKE STORY.

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Dogs go mad, rattle-snakes strike at
9 every tree, and men tell lofty hes at this
: season We copy the following fiom
. the Williamsport (Ga.) Sun and Ban
ner, as the ultima thule Of high art in
, that direction:
When within about a hundred feet OF
inc fences surrounding the pasture, heard
; a loud Missing sonnd, and turning to dis
cover its origin, received q tremendous
! blow across the chest, and IN ana instant
found myself encircled by a huge rattle
snake and lifted to at least twenty feet
into the air, where was held. The pres.
sure round my waist by the coil Of thu
snake wasso great you could clearly hear
the bones creak. Kate, without waiting
tor me to scream and supplicate assist
ance, as I'd have done in her dilemma.
pulled up spear of herdsgrass and be-
gan to tickle the snakes belly as he thus
stood perpendicular, holding me aloft.
lhls was more than his majesty could
stand, and he rapidly unwound himself
and dropped me to the ground, breaking
my arm in the fall. As soon as l. could
get on my feet made the most Of NV
freedom and started to run for home
forgetting all about Kate. until | heard
clear, musical laugh, which recalled
me again to my senses. | turned and
found her still tickling the snake, who
mad stretched himself out full length ON
the ground and was receiving the OPERA
tlon with every manifestation of delight
forgot the excraciating pain of my bro
Ken arm in the novelty of the scene.
Presently he gave a sort of prolonged
singing sound and showed signs of being
sleepy gradually coiling himself up into
utter insensensibility. Tickling had the
effect of an opiate
While we were meditating what course
NcSAA's(
10 pursue, our attention was directed to-
wards the Crock" and forth from eyery
hssure and hole came multitude ofsim.
i'ar snakes, making directly for the place
where we were standing. OF course we
thought our last hour had come hut
were overjoyed when we found them
stfetch themselves on the ground after
The manner of their predecessor, evident
~ inviting us to tickle them. The s;no-
ing sound had reached them as an utter-
ance Joy.
knowing q refusal was positive death
we secured more straws and commenced
business. Similar results followed the
operation, and amidst our terrible
position, we conld not help appre-
eating the ridiculous side affairs had
taken. In the course of an hour we had
Ill OF them asleep. We then cut off
'heir heads, throwing them into q pile
'y themselves. They numbered one
hundred and seventy-one, besides the
'lg one that attacked me and which we
iid not Injure. Kate and | then got a
all from the fence and putting it
through the coil of the big snake carried
Inn home, where put him in pen so
ecurely that he could not get awav
vhen his nap was over. My arm by
his time was troubling me intensely
'ut wanted to collect the decapitated
eads we had left in the field as an evil
ence Of our combat, so we took the
cam and drove over to the spot. We
'und the heads inst as we left them
Ut the snakes had all crawled away.
We brought the heads home and pre-
'rved them in alcohol, and they can be
zen by any one desirous of proving the
ccuracy of the above statement. The
We snake which I secured, / resolved
tame and put his immense strength
more useful purpose than soueez-
g the breath out of mans body. 7
i've every reason to be proud of my ex.
and its results. Our family
as large and the washings immense.
IL my ingenuity has reduced the labor
le-half. We don't wiring the clothes
~ more. They are thoroughly wash
!, laid carefully in a pile, and the
axe coils himself around them and
neezes them dry as jify. l have
fused large offers for the purchase Of
IS snake from many who so hundreds
miles ont Of their course to see this
'nderful performance.
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