New-York tribune., 1886-08-21
FRCZSN EAr7LRS6AKBs.


Now, the ratsesnake as rule Is tne lazy 10 build
house OF his own AID aceordnsy takes ap ms domcae
siter the eens"s HIS brother tenants are the prairie
eoored Head owl His .naxs.hlp ws.osrs carefully that
the population or his nehbors .oes actease to any
alarming extent nor vesy rapidly. sither. The post
surgeon at Port Custer the military tort to Us aaa
few mcs North aud west Of hero re- ses The fol ewag
curious experience he had with nest d nstil.snakss
as al before the began " hy Q: tslo up
his Investigations this spns when the thersome.er
zero. The Doctor his wife along with him al he
time, driving up tho Big NJ srn valley, whsp All
the horses began shyins, having upon
of rattlssssfes, Large and sasll, who were wnsg
and squirn,ng IN tie road In every dirosaon Tue
Doctor checking his horses, jumped from MS and
soon had about as much DusiHess his hands a. be
could eonvehienty attend to- In tcw mastes he had
aid forty odd ra'Sefs dead on tho held- stA The
number ddr't SEEN TO diminish The ocor that
rom ths crlshsd and Deeiug reptiles 40 offensive
and SIC xenne IA ~ IL aosi n4e the Dsetors good lady
IL she begged her husband 20 oess. who after ard
s.ared .he writer ha. y" vas iIst setss warned up
70 hs worE ana was h'Flng all The Tan any reasonable
aan cosld cxpees under the circumstance Watching
he snakes Tor "A Few minutes the gelt'enan saw the
survivors all pouHue In one direction as ANXIOUS 10
ttsn certain spot Ia ths shortest space OF sae
Following tAe rvae taken by the ssaEes few seconds
aa came 20 large pr~rie-dos hole, do~n wh'ah The
poured one ~ ter another uD 10 hAi counted
more tDsD hundred tha Nd disap pearsd ron sight
rse day ts- same Tentican returned to tas spot
and killed fofty more he lviag asaiH kl8g al
speed Tor the ssine Place ei fsiase.
In insnuosins ths circumstsBes = cavalry oricer
his sprng the latter eSprsssod desire tc Visit tas
~ were ssli laere aod see loa tasT would as aner
A temperature OF 60o below tho 'rsezsng point The
NL
-hoves at work the frozen art dying ev0ry
direction. Pretty small rattiesIske thrown
out by q shade. He oxsesdis giy torpid aud iay
and dspstGf ei by oUe OF tie Another and
another tossed and Big fellow
svr.wlins the snow, oapg Jlas or anger for
being AstTbss IN the midst o. his winter slunD-r He
poys more torpid saG laIy than el the others
nd diIscl mater Ia gel SORT OF ie vim
INTO hm AT all. Nv TICKLING and tornsnEng him
de.l with a TaIrod. tho halt fellow laAf
induced 10 make lew .trikss, sut his
sIo~ and sluggish and witnsut mach life He msdo
lcous rartIo twc but almost eaiscIy sunk back
into sossolent drowsy state. The eoHgssAag Batlrc
of tae atmosphere b.n mach 10 do wIh esong his
thu,asm In short, the frost Knocked AL TIE out
OF MS timber As tber- little bsi
rom THE atkg ctIstoBsr, lie was tapped
Eeuty tho soad vita tho iron ramrod, upon which 40
sarlr1Bed and wrfxled ground few times and
tosn buried ms fsnEs Ia his boay about hal;
down Tn accounting for this sell inuNlatlon Il Is
Ole that the Ia with the rhmro him crazy and
struck the first vuDsr D.s SUBSTANCE within roach
ncl happened 20 no his body one of the sold
.asd down IatO the hole win mis- bare hands sno
ne.L.d izfooter by the isi After digging down
few feet further and Finding BotAlBs except haf
sf AL sizes and tas the
lob for tho day aDd returned to The fort