Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-08-08
. SNAKE KILLING SOW.


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hseks Turned TO Receive Rat.
tler's venumous Fangs.
ID is low lying. una!tractive
BID, rather thickly inhabited.
Middletown branch Of the
aore railroad, a little above
B and not more than a quar-
lille below the secluded glen
<radise. The river that waters
flows darkly through Mood
is a limpid. sparkling stream
pper point and little better
cesspool at the lower one.
both on account OF its re-
8 beauty and the difficulty OF
b it is well named. Moodna
hid TO be the ve2y antithesis
Sse. There is no trail Of the
II Paradise, but Moodna is
nakes, and would have a still
Eealth of them were it not for
ring efforts OF Mr.. Sam Tar
ii She kills the reptiles and,
6er appetite at the swill tub is
|fed. she eats snakes with
5sto, and leaves nothing but
3 behind. For reasons known
herself, she picks off the flesh
by, and eschews the osseous
Il Moodna is proud Of Tarson's
. the surrounding hamlets
|ke to borrow her when snakes
TOO rapidly; but she has all
she can attend to at home.
rise, most of the snakes that
4oodna are comparatively
and the sturdy sow fearlessly
400 pounds OF adipose matter
&m. and regardless of their
&mps and gnaws their lives
n adjacent mountain OF Storm
Pwever, has many recesses
the homes of rattlesnakes.
"a first breath of spring they
hungry, venomous and very
nd larson, aided by old Zach
he professional snake catcher,
xlarge one, and determined to
bower of his pet as it had
bre been tried.
the SOW into the barn, where
px containing the snake had
led upon the floor. Then he
upon rafter, SO as to be outof
ny, and, by pulling a string,
1oor which he had made in the
ietantly the snake glided out,
3nce saw the SOW. It threw
a coil, its eyes glittered, it
iciously, and it was ready and
battle. The SOW also saw the
4 her subsequent actions indi-
|i1t it Is doubtful if the reptile
~ she saw it," for no pig un-
the process of fattening in
pen ever seemed more guile
die she as she trotted around
apparently in search of a
W or "a rotten apple. She was
ng the circle, however, and
xolution brought her nearer
1rcditary enemy.
she stopped moving, and
ef1saight at the snake. Quick
ming flash the reptile struck
I'LL the SOW knew her business.
nal celebrity she turned her
N around, and the poisonous
III into her left cheek. For a
The snake writhed around the
out, and she tried to seize it,
dropped to the ground I'M
and. with amazing rapidity,
its coil. The SOW seemed to be
IA. She advanced a step, and
IKE struck fiercely at her for
nd time she obeyed the Script
pdate, and, having been smit-
he cheek. she turned the other
&ailant. She changed her tao
his occasion, and did not at
bite the snake while it main
il hold; but the instant it
she pounced upon it, and
III by the neck she pinned it's
"a to the ground and played a
Don its body with her feet.
not materially injured by the
Nhad received, for the venom
self in the thick layers of fat
her cheeks, and it
y reach any vital part of her
The snake was soon dead,
larson clambered down from
il. hoping to secure the body
ophy of his pets victory; but
was in no mood to brood inter
She felt that to the victor be-
he spoils, and her blood being
= little of it running from each
be drove her owner from the
When he returned fifteen min
n she was in a more amicable
mind, and she had made a
Bof the snake as skillfully as
b had been done by a taxider-
few York Sun.