New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-24

been cut The surface underneath was mass W
angular rocks. and large had been ourneo over
leaving these rocks bare and Uttered WIN
tangle OF charred logs and poles overgown py tnony
Jungle Of saplings briers and poison Ivy. Even ha'
there been anything to tempt to crush through h
brush and risk falling between the rocks or upon some
sharp little burned stums, 1t dangerous, lor uf
| whole region abounded In rattesnakes.
Pike County has always been famed for these pesan'
reptiles, but their presence In this particular neghoor
hood had been denied. To leave out Of account the
stories told on their constant presence right there.
last spring discovered lair and killed tniry-
| seven morning. Three have been killed !on ule
only farm in the neighborhood during the three weeAs OF
our visit. and OF these In most exciting manner
young man moving with scythe in brushy
sot when RATHER without warning struck at MS
hand, but. missing it by inch two hit the scythe
handle. Recovering itself instantly, the snake struck
second time, fastening its fangs the leg of the Lad
trousers, the knee. Whether he yelled as shohid
have done, don't know, but he sprang away dragging
the writing reptile with him. until he got away from
the bushes and could the snake with stroke {"
tho scyhe. Then sezing the upper part OF the body he
tore 1t loose from the cloth and threw II away his
snake measured feet and > inches. Two days later
another killed on the form nearly as big.
Evidently this place to 60 wandering about ana
stayed at bone cOntented ourselves with rowing
about in the boat, going daily after fresh proVlSohS'
studying natural history and just loafns. , L.
One pleasant afternOon-the climate was simply oe-
every breath Of the cool balsaaic a. and the
rainy days were happy in the weatheron one OK tneSe
pleasant afternoons, as began to say busted M seH
in the shade Of the great hemocks in building char
Tho Hight box upon which important member OF tne
better, collapsed by the campfire letting Mary 10 the
ground suddenly and dramatically as trap m a
what she saying continuously a. If nOthins had
happened. Maria sitting among the ruins OF Caf-
tliage,7 one murmured but nobody heeded, Tor
Mary was telling good story, thus:
"a Roy once had one young kitten too many and
ter and begged him to buy it. recommending 1t as a
Methodist kitten But the ceEgyman kindly l but
but by-and-by plucked up courage to try again. and
went further down the street to the house Of Bap-
fist dominic where he tried to make capital by as
serting that his kitten Of the BAPTIST persuasion
Why exclaimed the minister Mr. Wesley has lusr
been here and told that this morning you said Y
was a Methodist kitten 'Huhv replied the Lad
promptly, 1t didn't have its eyes open then ,,o, ~
sen 70 b an terTsd bv the recollection that Robinson
Crsoe had more difficulty in constructing that article
Of furniture than anything else lie made on MS ush6
Finding stout board eight inches wide too
row. but the best had sawed nortSes IN each cage
serted two other uprlghts which made Ks with the
end Of the board the upper END Oh whlcn ioieu
sloping bacFest Then a side OF the demolished box
was Ibid fatwse for seat and the whole vas cone;
II sounds simple, and so, but IL tOok an hCUI anu
a half TO finish It in my rough shop. When set upon
the ground il had tendency 10 fall sidewise, because
Of It's narrOwness, and was laughed at Atue Ior uS
We can make that all right said, ~by driving
peg in the ground on each side and guyng it with
We can guy that chair without rope!" cried
Mac, from the hammock. . f., 49, D..
get even on account Of freely expressed com
ments upon his new trousers. which were truN WI
derful Finding the rough labor OF camp ceStrucuNe
OF clothing, Mac. with economical mlBd, lao sent 10
the store for Overalls but received instead par OF
cottOnade trousers the price Of which was one dollar
They were gray with strong brown stripes. wde
apart, and narrower black stripes between KeurIng
TO his tent at once, he presently emerged ciAhgeI
man. The urban artist was TRANSFORMED INTO Ule
rustic jay.S Never there better Illustration Oh
the saving that clothes make the man me legs
(which had no more shape and scarcely more next
biLty than a stOvcpipe) too short, While tho
wastband reached halfway 70 his armpits ana When
gathered under a belt in more equatorial atriGe'
bulCed out All around ia the most comlcal tasmOh-
There was no TT anywhere. The pockets were uIny,
the funcss and tghtness were all wrong, te stripes
stood ont like ridges and curved in such manner as
10 make their look bow legged a that poor
man whom SAKE was II y once addressed a. MI ft-
enthesis ard Mac posed and struttei about Ihe
cawky country youth CROSSROADS meeting, We
held our sides with excess Of mlrth. one lauehs
easily in camp, hut this scene would have SCI
Ouaker meeting into uproar Of merrment hu
no idea there 80 much fun in one pair 81 trousers
Whether they were, or not a thing OF bstutN Ce-
pended upOn whether your standpoint was BIOsdWiH
or the quarry road in Pike County, but they were
lov fo-everT 10 Their picturesque pOsslDihues
seemed unlimited. Every attitude Of the man
was revelation in respect 10 thoS" cottonade tlsss
One wouldn't expect such feeling for decoration IN
the country Mac would remark and proudly display
some new pose for our admiratiOn.
such the tTivialtics 70 which We nave bech
driven for amusement vet the air and the exercise,
the lncessant life OUtOfdOOrs and the abundant pam
food pre- dong all much good as II we hau
camped In a far more interesting place