The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-13
CAMP FIRE STORIES.
THREE SNAKE STORIES.
tOaressed BY Rattlera- -noillnR Down .
Collier -nitten by snake,

captain uhpfHb Mphhy lhllh Story ia
which war and snakes are mingled In a
fashion which is interesting, His regi-
ment, tho Seventh Ohio, while In West
Virginia In tho late disagreement be'
came entanglod with an entire brigade
OF the Confederate forces and hard
fight OF several houra' duration ensued,
with chances against tho Union regi'
ment, outnumberod as II was, oight 10
one, Toward night Captain Mckay got
away with twenty OF his men and made
tracks up branch OF tho KanaWhh
river They moved cautiously along
ono bank while tho opposing forces
were following them on tho opposite
side OF tho river aud silently gathering
about them ON all Sides, Tho beleagur-
cd unlonlsta finally reached q 6heltorcd
spot In tho slda Of hill whore q cave
like hollow afforded them q refuge,
They dropped woarily upon tho ground
10 rest but they slept little that night
One OF Them after few minutes quiet,
exclaimed In q low Nsiioo'
"Wo must have got into some old
woman's cucumber patch Can't you
smell emp
Several Of tho mon noticed the pecu-
liar SMELL and one experienced hunter,
after smiling about, eXolalmodj
"Llo stlll, every man Of You. II You
make move you're goner Thom's
anakoa-rattlers, too"
The men ro6Isted tho aupromo impulse
OF every son OF Adam 10 fight the rep.
tiles aud lay silently through the night
whllo tho reptiles orawled over and
about thom, until morning dawned at
last, The sensation Of q man lying on
hia back and allowing tho alimy
creatures 10 crawl over his face and
body, while every now and thon tho
iootfalla OF squads OF the hostile army
could bo heard moving about the river
bank, can scarcely ho imagined, Toward
daylight tho hunter who had FIRST dia.
covered the presence Of the reptiles
oOntrlyed In some manner 10 0ntloo
them 10 the mouth OF the cave and gave
the doubly imprisoned twenty-ono mon
q chance 10 move thoir joints, They
escaped from thoir dangerous position,
and most Of them lived 10 tell tho tale.
Squire Baudor supplomonta this tale
with another llo says that during a
hot Aght In tho war ho was sent by hia
Captain 10 look for man who had
Jagged out Of tho line, and found him
comfortably onaconeed behind rock
Tho laggard was drunk, and rattle
analte'a head was within an inch OF his
hand, llaudor called him away and
throw q atono NJ the snake, missing H.,
The reptile Immediately oollod itoOlt up
aud prepared 10 strike llAudor throw
another stone, cricket fashion, and
atruolS his 6nakoship In tho neck Tho
animal dartcd AZ him and struck his leg,
but failed 10 insert ta iangg In tho losh,
and dropped doad.
A Cleyolander, recently yrOturned from
Nebraska, says h0 was removing tho
yoke from q pair Of oxen, on tho sand
hills lust south NJ Bo0lIwaltor'a claim,
whom big rattlesnako stung him In tho
calf Of hls log, Tho young man heard tho
ratio aud waslookIng forth snake whom
10 sprung at him, aud consequently
caught " by the body about aa soon
aa he folt tho bite, llo brought tho
anakoB head down upon ono Of tho
horns Of the nearest OK, killing II, and
thon started on run for tho ohiclon
coop, Hastily binding newly killed
fowl upon HIS log TO draw tho poison no
Jumped upon the back Of q wild broncho
and rode three miles 10 town, whore a
quart Of whisky was secured and tho
narrator OF tho story went on his first
drunk, llla log by this timo had swol.
lon 10 twice lts normal size. Howont
10 y hotol, dragged himself 10 o room
and swallowed whisky until no did not
know whothor no stood on his head or
his foot, His last recollection ia fruit
less search for tho bottle, which etood
on q tablo bosido him. Whom ho awolto
tho swelling had begun TO subsdc, his
frionds were doing what they could for
him aud In fow days no was as good as
new,