The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-04
4 SNAKE CIIARNEE.
A. DISGUSTING EXHIBITION GIVEN
sY 4 COLoRED PERFORMER.

asDlS6USTlNG EXHIBITION GIVEN
sY 4 COLoRED PERFoRmsR.
\ sight Which sent cold Chni. To the
Hearts "f All the >r.ct,tor,-t Eav
OF Hitlsous Reptiles Under wonisrfui
Cantro,.
~Naa1I hn,Ni the hills com, aim; with
M
Tt.' ras.p,rt n,N,t,i ~ T. retuItury tone To
tHt"rr otNiHur. 10 uIle' VII. lpt~ Sun a
rtll hye lauuin,. Arkansas yliu IN utar,ltb,u
the ~Jl--t~tuu alone i, >uflisltnt - down
c.tnb' a palt 1t feet from thar sbNa,,Sl pla,r
attNc the heal If the uNntr the pap, was
Ia kut,d, anal the ne'rnlng sun bath uu ,at.
plt.-.t n;t> atauiOnt,i III .l>tnt a, thrv arr
sun hdrt> in this state In, chlll,. ami un,r
hrsi hsaSrn suIrt the I.'>,,>>ur, Much
might lr >abi IL them TL,y stand without
aritd. Ing a,sa they ma hy,l the atue Of
shiliub>-. The hhftnm liu.l> II other >s'-
tl"nS nGlN ,la thrir h,>t may tnl ami strive
aut rs h th'lr ,rtinl, as ttu's NtLl hut wh,n
II v"tt,N tl-tt Down u Sh thtus n1trruw out
- '''th f"'' N''lu N.uI llili> tttl iit u
calmly mtrsiu,ln,, IA feyrr h~blr Nhhh tho
interior 81 coke owen 50 ms Siberia WHY.
than, ArLarrl> chill, liav, u walk over for
thu i1Ity M >uu baths lere
lat liz 90 ami ~ thu stglkr ,haruer, SAIL
thr native ARKANSAS prstl,s thu snakes,
Mississippi thu n,Ero.
M nsNl 10 question the tirst statement IL
th,rr II any >lsNl,'> 1T >nah not common IN
Arkansas h. !, vi 10 hc hetri from They
arr everywhere, of all kin,,s and sll,'s IT all
d,Sr,,> at venom Ia the hay0us they may
la >rn anywhere by hundreds ami thousands.
TN the prairie they lurk under every shrub
AMI bush In the forests they arr numlerlrsS.
Not mile trom here m litttn pony bayou
MAY te >.en enough snake an, day 10 stH'k
all the MUSEUMS IN the country, with "A few
ear luai> over for export Its uut considered
mu, h II II phre for snake either, hut u
fairly gsSi fishing ground Nhcr' catfish
rea h n il,~pould notch ami game iish aro
occasionally taken When the hong begged
native, however, spoke Il ,ulurri snake
charnct, this was something worth booking
into
pE>MAliC FtfECI
blacks oi Mississippi rouli not question his
word, hut thai any urGru would han,lc a
SNAKE seemed incredible Arkans,l, black,
will Lill them II thin pnI,S are hong enough
But L. touch onc-no,cr T. produce ,ira
matte ,iiet IN u crowd IT hla,ks, Young 90
old, male or female, ntr"lu,r"yer 81 small "A
SNAKE UNEXPECTEDLY Th,rc Will ho ono Wild
whoup, eyes viii bulge uut IN terror jaw,
will fall like a trap door, there viii tr n
vision ot Vanishing legs AMI ankles then the
rxIsilns inter- Is sadly alone.
An tbs n, We stroll up IT, investigate the
Mississippi charmer' The wonlrrprn,,d "A
reality He was kaning against the bee IT u
druI storr, surrounded by circh' # the
curious, bath black and white IT, was
marl, full blo@led. tall and angular His
Jran> we've worn ami decidedly dirty. IN h,
head was II torn and much faded felt hat,
r,llr ~ the storms AMI sunshine 1T many sa
som, His movements were awkward, AMI
altogether he would r thought the last IN
divl,lual On earth to rival the tahulpi, snake
Charncfs 1T the east. Yet, standing there Ia
the sunshine. he gave such an exhibition u,
sen, cold chills 10 the heart, # all the ,latta
tors. Tua White man not having nn uborn
horror IT snak,sif there la such a ulp Ia,
final act wa, suili' rent Ia make the flesh cr,rp
ENll ntly hn was 10 ARKANSAS native Ih,se
who were about hiln preserved a respectful
distance.
St"ppin. over "A sIuall box On the ground at
his side .ho diSrrlutabh- looking charinrr
raised the III ami exposed hi, collection
Thar were three black snakes IT the sIssl,S
found IN Pennsylvania, onCh Some three lee,
IN length, one king snake, notified green
serpent nearly as large, and "a snake known
here rs tho water rattkSnuk", Of dark brown
color and perhaps eighteen inches IN length
Thi, snake Is SAIL by the blacks 10 De- very
poisonous However that may h,, 1t was
enough tor all purposes When the hi wa,
raised there were enp'srd no stupid, hnf.
AWAKE, inert srrIonts Five heul, shot into
view tive forkcd tongues daitri out, nnh
AMI there wns IL falling back IT the crowd
Slowly one Of the black snakes raised himself
out ut the boh and glnlod gracefully away ON
trr ground
"ll,al YOU spoke the chnrmcr "War YOU
goln' h"' lone glt back yer to dis chilc
tSDih PERFECT CONTROL,
AT this word tho snake stopped, wheeled
around, approached his captor and cooled up
hi, beg unl about his body The other snake,
excepting the smallest, came out u the box
nj the word and followed the first All over
his body they went their eyes flashing, their
tongues iarting back and forth continuously.
They twiwd about bis neck, rested on his
shoulders hung about his arms, and but for
erect hcn'l1 AMI constantly playing tongues