The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-19
LOVELY KENTUCKY.
Faseinating accidents at Ono or its Snail
SUm0aer ResOrte.

Kentucky summer resort, ana saon uRy
brought forth It's own peculiar trivial amuse-
mont. The day before the proprietor had BIT
ten tho ear OF OF man with whom he had
had a little difference OF opinion. Every one
wanted to know how It happened, and then
every one had something to say about It. 30
tho day passed quite pleasantly. with few
maps and meals to piece out whom ono was
tired OF hearing about the mutilated ear.
The next day tho Incident OF entertainment
began with unusual signs OF activity from
small colored boy. This boy had been re-
Rarded on oil sides as incapable Of any but .
languid and lfeless movement that forbade
asking him to do anything. Tho chances
would be that no would be asleep and would
not hear II he did hear he would never get
whore you sent him. And even II he did get
there he would never get back So they used
him as a sleep lpducer. II any ono found that
there was such thing as getting too much
sleep and that there was danger Of not being
able to sleep a few hours longer. he would Just
look up Jim and the sight OF him treasured.
Jim could sleep twenty-fours. not waking
thoroughly for meals. but not negscting to eat.
Well. this morning Jim ran up the road.
This in itself was enough to make several OF
tho older and less sleepy women foreRo their
afternoon maps. But this was not all. When
he had got to the hotel veranda he suddenly
shouted at the top Of his voice, while his legs
Guivered and his short ragged trousers re-
spondsd with a trembling that threatened to
disintegrate tn er thin and flimsy substance
What's the matter. Jima" said young man.
"Snakssr' said Jim. My Gawd mars. jes
come and see."
And then he dashed Off down the road toward
a group OF stable mon and loafers who were In
circle looking at TIE ground With their hands
with the curious mother won't and woke her
up. and the two ran. to be sure to be- on timo
heard OF sxcitsment led everybody to expect
i fH as Saa ysrdstcl. and there was not the
slightest difference in their thickness The
housesnake hal been eoiIed up sseen in The the
search for food had come In and had decided
1t that the housesnake woke up and started at
ana he ssS that he must isht for his iiie. 80
In shs mdds 81 dsty ysGw hsa
on SA sbou t four Inches 81 his pretty bandsd
body. he began to run his tongue in and out
and to make his litue eyes glitter with hate
The blacksnake WAS evidently vol pleased ,
psevislnsss. Hs crawled With slow, lndu-
iating moyement most unpleasant ha 10 ssshold;
Of his little eyes and the culver Of bis sleek.
sHaPs a~ The Ssa But i
, Miss for i da not catch the housesnak' in
So the blacksnaks jumped back again to re-
nov y5Sratsl and shivsrsd from heaa to ZIP q
and out. Again the biacksnake jumped. This
Jaw OF tho housssnaks. Instantly the banded
yellow and ash body and ths sleek black BODY
changed as swiftly as they formed: The
blasksnakes eyes w. r stu Griehs: But ,hs
" ths he ysor for Al
i IN: scksnaIe waited until r isis She body
tangled il IL his own a relax itle Then he
creased RAPIDLY and now closed in until two
the two snakes not more than three feet away.
The housesnake sloNly untwined himself and
asntS CAV s.v. bis II H. oS
caasiously l.is himself in shs dasi. in . Iins
When this was done: 10 set about swallowing
enaes TRsn Ss
Of the black snake closed ring by ring upon
Il. Slow snonss 10 mako she
sIacksnnke Vas diEsstins Ga also y BODY o.
had got the housesnske.
Little BY little this banded line disappeared
yond The jaws Of the black snake, while the
black body was. swollen nearly to the tin.
Guilty, and the vrithins Of tho black BODY be-
But tner. ~ Tss - dEa Drug there. He wsntsd
he wanted ., curiosity for his show window,
glass sn Sa fa tho
II CUES, that'll be about right said he.
show people what's happ.nsd'
And so saving. 10 lifted the black snake by
the tail slapped i. tho Whole thing into tho Jar
There are some men who think the sun
shines so that people can see them. But they
snak. Euiped three tines and there We're two
sS sns ae TN
The housesnake seemed IS lively rs ever. but
the whisky va; s too much for them and IN
one atop Il. osS.r. thsn above thsso tte tire:
body. And that's. what they got, ior lighting
little boys. AS for the druggist EVERYBODY
s liz sal" il. hSd b.
said that no "pin1sdly thought the white man
%ss ssd bsess eSsry DAY had its
amusements., There was one amuseme emit
which lasted several days T. cSst rs
|
that he mover used an alarm clock. He was Q
light sleeper he was. And he always heard
the rooster crow. And whom the rooster
crowsd he always got up He. said that was
the time for him to be about II no was to do
ana So on: Everybody knows about the West.
hotel. Percy heard ell this. SO no sat up until
about l:SO that night. lt's very still at this
nothing to disturb. At 1880 he decided that
everybody else Was aelsep. Now. Percy, Il
! seems knows how TO initiate to perfection all
sorts OF birds and animals. The cock q.
doodls.doo is in his repertoire. He stood at
and impertinent A. growing sound rs, ever
waited a minute. Then he - "rowsd again. "
There was only one rooster about the place
| and that was the ono tho proprietor used az an
alarm clock. This rooster heard the rack Of
and nearly fell on his perch with amazsment
ly. Percy shut up and left tho gayly ieathersd
gentleman on the fence to do the rest. And
how he did crow! Everybody woke up. Every.
body abused the proprietor and his noisy
alarm clock. and then went to sleep again.
| That ia To en- AyAryhOdv cant ha Dropri ..