The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-21
Bill Arp and Family.

the other day and made us proud. Fo
it is no small compliment for man liz,
him TO ride five miles on a dirt road il
hot weather to do us honor and show hi
: regard. lie didn't stop long, for he il
always in hurry, and so just befor,
leaving he said he wanted TO 90 down tc
the spring and dip mp a drink of pur,
water. l went down with him and KEEP
a little ahead. slept down off the log
that was close by the spring, and COUSIN
John slept down just behind me, and he
slept high and he slept far. and hollered
"saake.' Sure enough had slept over
| fhe s5rmint-a big, rusty moccasin-and
he made for hole in the rocks and We
lost him. Cousin John didn't get over
Ii f"r several minutes, and he had to sit
down and blow, for he is awfully afraid
of snakes. 1t is mighty hard On my wife,
for snakes is her everlasting horror. If
we Kill one on the premises, she always
declares there is another close by, and f
we Kill two she says there must be den
of them, so there is no way to pacify and
make her calm and serene. Carl is get
ting to he right smart chunk of a boy
now. and he bankers after gun, and so
the other day told him we would go
hunting snakes. gave him the small
gun and took the big one, and we me-
andered slowly along the branch, and
sure enough he spied that same big moe
casia down below the spring summing
himself on plank. and got him a rest
and cooked his gun. and he took a tremb-
ling aim and fired and killed the beast.
and he was the proudest boy think /
ever saw. We killed four on that excur-
sion, and now he don't want TO do any
thing but hunt snakes and swells up aud
struts round with his new Importance.
We killed rattlesnake's pilot in the
field and ten young ones came
crawling out Of her mouth. Hot. dry.
dusty weather makes them travel around
In search of food, and you can see their
wormy. squirmy track across the road
every day. The books say that snakes
that lay eggs are non-venomous, and
those that give birth to their young are
venomous, and that none but the latter.
ever allow their young to run in and run
OFT of.tkem. Bat they are all the same
to me. and let none escape if can help |
it. Our mortal antipathy to snakes is to
my mind one of the strongest proofs of
Scripture, and it is part of my religion TO
'sbr1iise his head" whenever I have n
chance.
Ny wife, Mrs. Arp. loves to go down to
the spring house and look after the milk
aud superintend the churning. and she is
proud of the rich cream, and prouder of
The butter, and don't want any of these
perambulating reptiles to inter-
lerc With her perfect serenity. Hove the
the pure cold buttermilk that
she prepares, for know it is nice. She
.ailed me down to the spring house yes
erday TO show me how much nice yellow
,utter she had made at double ehurning.
)f course l complimented her with gush-
ng and uxorious language, and when she
old me to go to the house and look on the
pantry shelf and bring her down the bowl
Il salt. wherewith to season the butter. I
vent with alacrity and brought it, and
watched her rs she sprinkled it all over,
md stirred it i'm with the paddle. and in
ounse of time she concluded to taste it
nd see if it was salty enough, and new
viii forget the lost and lamented look
he gave me as size exclaimed, William. .
on brought me sugar.
She sat down on chair and looked
way off. IL thought it was SALT said |,
found it just where you told me-" .
or course you did. she said, s.I'm not
laming you ut aH; forgot there was
owl Of sugar there, and if had had on
" specs could have told the difference. !.
q, niy! what q pity it is TO be old and : =
early blind. 1t was n beautiful lot OF :
utter and now it is all spoi!t. =
"My dear said I, sswon-t it do for :
Ike, aad yen said youwas going to make 8.
oi@sa Pu1aihS to-utys fssua III VIII DE .,
'lendid for sauce;- it is already mixed.'' :,
She never said anything, but handed
e the butter and told me 10 set it in the I
ring house. did SO and ventured to :,
mark that ft was mighty nice sweet !
lttef. Well, got the pudding for din :.
n and eat about twice as much rs l :,
anted just to show her how good it was :,
ID now everything is calm and serene. i
expect We will have pudding and cake = =,
cry day for a week, but don't expect :;
ever mistake sugar for salt again as -
ng asI live. There is some things that ],
INT bear repeating in family. g,
We sre preparing to go into winter pl
arfcrs now. Ny wife has called my
'pccffnl attention to a few broken win
" glass and a leak in the roof and 50
ck Of TWO that are loose in the chimney n,
e. and she has mentioned that anoth- a.
F335f a. 6IauIpfS will ha ,,ao.iaI e. ~.