Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-14
THE CHAMPION LIAR.
4 Pennsylvania Snake Story that Cannot
aI- Possibly be Beaten.

Il PennSytcG7saU Sn0Ee story tfIdt cannon
eI Possibly be Beaten.
From the Willlamsport pa Sun and Banner.
When within about 100 feet of the fence sur
rounding the pasture heard loud kissing
sound, and turning to discover its origin, re-
ceived tremendous blow across the chest,
and in an instant found myself encircled by a
huge rattlesnake and lifted to at least twenty
feet in the air, where 1 was held. The pres
sure round my waist by the coil of the snake
was so great that you could hear my bones
crack. Kate, without waiting for me to
scream and supplicate assistance, as l had
done in her dilemma, pulled up a spear of
herdsgrass and began to tickle the snake s
belly, as he thus stood perpendicular holding
me aloft. This 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 could get on
my feet I made the most of my freedom and
started to run for home, forgetting all about
Kate until l heard a clear, musical laugh,
which recalled me again to my senses. l
turned and found her still tickling the snake,
who had stretched himself out full length on
the ground, and was receiving the operation
with every manifestation of delight. forgot
the excruciating pain of my broken arm in
the novelty of the scene. Presently he gave a
signs OF being sleepy, gradually coiling him.
self up into utter insensibility. Tickling had
the effect of an opiate.
/ While we were meditating what course to
pursue, our attention was directed toward the
rock, and forth from every assure and hole
came multitude of similar snakes making
directly for the place where we were standing.
Of course, we thought our last hour had
come, but were overjoyed when we found
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the manner of their predecessor, evidently in
wiling US to tickle them. The singing sound
had reached them as an utterance of joy.
Knowing refusal was positive death, we Sc
cured more straws and commenced business.
Similar results followed the operation, and
amid our terrible position we could not help
approaching the ridiculous side affairs had
taken. In the course of an hour we had them
all asleep. We then cut off their heads, throw
ing them into pile by themselves. They
numbered III, beside the big one that attacked
me, and which we did not iDjure.
Kate and l then got rail from the fence,
and putting it through one coil of the big
snake, carried him home, where l put him in
pen SO securely that he could not get away
when his nap was over. My arm by this time
was troubling me intensely, but l wanted to
collect the decapitated heads we had left in the
field as an evidence of our combat, 50 we took
the team and drove over to the spot We
found the heads just as we left them, but the
snakes had all crawled away We brought
the heads home and preserved them in alcohol,
and they can be seen by any one DESTROYS of
proving the accuracy of the above statement
The live snake which l secured I resolved to
tame, and put his immense strenth to more
useful purpose than squeezing the breath out
of mans body. I have every reason to be
proud of my experiment and its results. Our
family was large, and the washings Immense,
but my ingenuity has reduced the labor one
half. We don't wiring the clothes any more.
They are thoroughly washed, laid carefully in
a pile, aud the snake coils himself around
them and squeezcs them dry'in jiffy. have
refused large offers for the purchase of this
snake, from many who 60 hundreds of miles
out of their course to see this wonderful per-
Torrance.