, 1885-10-28
EXPERIENCE WITH ALLIaAToRs
whoa an Old snv-Mm Man Lost His Tsm.
por-A Race Foe LIE.

pcr-A Race For Lie.
Boston Cob.
They were talking about alligators. A
well known matchmaker Of Charlestowt
laid down his Instruments. pushed hia
=, e glasses up on his forehead. and sad
-Tnlk about cunning. ] tell yaue 1t
li,el sport shooting alligntors. They Z
suuoy critics. and dangerous ones. 10
A number Of years ago / was in Jackson
vile la ON board the schooner arr C.
Walker. my brother. John Nc ar aud
ie.ng captain OF The craft. We were
hauled up At SCOTS saw. mill. loading
With lumber. Ola Scott as we used 10
cali him. cou'd swear the BARK
oil a southern pine tree There
were Two alligators under the
mill aud we wanted to shoot them.
I'D Scott swore We shouldn't for said
he they We been under my mill for sew
era years and they're my pets one
mu~nlnguuegrO loy. whose father worked
in Inc mill WAS fishing from the wharf,
when one oil The %allisators caught him by
tl,, leg aud pulled him under the water.
That was the last OF ih9 boy. m one
tod colt about H. but he wouldn't nave
Tho ulligAtors hurt lie next day SCOTS
nephew. "a yonng boy whom the old man
Il mrly loved. was fishing from the same
wharf when he was caught by one VI the
a,ligators aud devoured. When Scott
heard Of the fate Of his Lephew he was
beside himself with rage. Rushing into
the mill he shouted Every man stop
work and 20 and kill them alligators
under the mill. Not "A stick of timber
win he sawed here till them cussed crit
tcrs are dead III pay every man just
the same rs though the mill was run
ming Them cussed alligators have eat
my boy
Every man quit work. aud armed
with sticks, axes. shot guns, and pistols.
began war on the ~alligators. ON the
third day the crocodiles were killed. On
opening them only a few small pieces Of
cloth and several buttons were found
The death Of the boy was a hard blow to
Scott. and he never could forget the sad
affair Alligators are very tricky. For
instance a flock OF geese will alight on n
river. and soon YOU will observe an ALI.
gator some distance oil, stick his nose out
Of waller and look about him. The next
time you see him his head is poked up
amOng the geese. They can measure
distance 10 a dot
was on board II schooner on the
Mississippi one time, when | noticed a
man aud woman In a small boat crossing
the river. also observed an alligator
push his nose out Of water. The man in
Tue DOnt saw the cfOcOulle TOO. Tor he ne
gan TO increase the number of strokes
with his oars. Again the alligator came
10 the surface lie was nearer the boat
than when first seen. The man increased
his speed When the alligator showed
himself again lac had shortened the dis.
lance between himself and the boat. The
man now exerted himself for all lie was
worth. for II was n Ince Of life or death
Fortunately the shore was ncar. The boat
touched land at last, but rs it did the
man and woman got up and ran. The
hitler had not left the boa when the ALI
gators nose appeared over the stern. and
a coat. upon which the woman had been
sitting. was lifted from the seat and with
the crocodile disappeared beneath the sur
face Of the water Had the man been
half a minute later in reaching the shore
The woman would have lost her life.
-Alligators when wounded in the water
will take to land You have got TO know
how to shoot them ! always fire into
the mouth. Stand in front of the critters
for their tails are powerful. and with
them they can fell an OK or a horse. The
hides Of these alligators arc exceedingly
tough