The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
THE SNERII'F'S SNAKE STORY,
SomethiaI Like that OF Mr.. Wiley OF
brooklyn. but Rather More Kema rk . HE.

Something Like that or Mr.. Wiley OF
brooklyn, but Rather More kemn RI HE.
Il had an experience with rntilesnake
once very much like the one Ar. Wiley OF
brooklyn had recently In Steuben county an
account OF which read in THE SrS the other
day" said cx Sheriff Warren Eimbie Ridcway
OF Fike county. IT didu't scare me. though.
but It came near soaring another fellow into
everlasting fits.
"A big party OF US were CANT ell on the head
waters OF Bright Brook back in Pike county
so far that the nearest house WAS seventeen
miles away, and that wa. bark ree!er's
cabin. We hat n tent that would hold dozen
mea. and Il large-sized commi-sary depart
ment. We had been in amp o couple OF days
whom /: suddenly occurred 10 me that We had
conc ba K In that wilderness to fish FOR trout.
and rugged up my tackle and started down
the b. ook. And what fishing that was Livery
few feet trout and tho smallest ono would
be thought big ono In these days Of
troutinG, You cant find anything
like 1t in that country COW l actually waded
down the stream sometimes for n hundred
yards without dtopp,Eg n ny on the water. for
there were many favorite pools l wanted to
try. and was tiilinC my cresl 100 fast. With
all those long Intervals OF resting the stream.
hat not tshei NILE before | had fillsd com.
abou leaving the stream TO walk back to camp
whom saw big ra,tlesnak come del iLerately
ou, and Ssu 81
into the creek aud rull Tor the otle side.
Now wLeneser you zee ra'ti VIE, al, swim
has good rcnson Tor IL ! was .ust wondering
WI at could have forced this RATHER TO ,ake IL
me. Tn" lattlcsnn he Il adnt got 10 the middle
OF the creek yet when Witt came n ttemcn-
dons hi. blncksnake out Of the bushes on the
AhaH sAia l.: You saved ySnr h sas1n BY the
snake and y blncssppake went 60 in 'he water
ern PENNSYLVANIA. the kind I'm ,spsaE ing OF.
+. won't-and suppos. this rnttler knew II. The
creek. aud then Shiszed away, down the ST. cam.
get ucross somewhere and catch The rattlsr
blackspnke,s mind. 1t was in my mind
not t.. let that raltiesnnks get away from mo.
side d beiore the rs, tier had reached i. The
snake saw me and turned It's bend down
ss.d h n. s up the snst.
few inches bs ( 81 the head and esTrieS |. 70
The bottom Spd bsa a:2
Of the body and the .tipped ,sil sIashed
around f. tho e IKE Tsrs aaa
ihe s snsk s eli In two Dnt i aidn't; Ihs head
ana neck came from uuOet tue siouG iuNCI
The force 81 tho jerk brought the snake with
considerable force up agntnat my chest. and
Mr. I;at.Ier's bead striking me handy for his
purpose. ho set his front teeth square IN the
lapel Of my coat. SO close to my chin that his
bieath m Ght have blown through my VIII s.
You may well imagine that didn't permit
the snake to rest his head long against my
bosom. but ! tero him loose With ar anoin ne.
! On his sAu head. and hi. days, were mum:
SIZED his cd skin. aud. his brown and
gold markings shnne Es bright ns Il they hnd
ssn psIa,eI from In'es a to ppss he G gs
nut it into my head. bnt l. opened my creel.
shook down miy trout So that there WAS con !;
siderable space between them and tho ~. anu
covered thcm with ierns: linen ! sGi,eu ~ me
could. shut down tho Id OF the basket. and
started back for camp. -
During my absence visitors had come 70
camp. They were 4 couple o, hshermen rom
n little trim Of ,heir own. When entered camp
ono Of the visitors came forward to meet me.
"Lo,k ana seq said l. turning my basket,
Ivy Ho uhaid ,Ss iassniaa I The "a and i.1sd;
probably had seen and Killed scores ~ rattle
snakes hut the unexpected sight o. That one.
size. actually par.lyzsd him with terror He
stood for u moment alnring wildly Vt ne coliea
the rem 10 was dead. lie turned Al, ana SIC
to'tere!, 10 the tent Tn NJ ,nr ne NY IN nav a.,
lie II was Of that ;honchtless btt ~ p,ac,ira,
Joking. ! don't believe the man rinyeu II on
ever got reilly over tha eterts OF 'hHt u.,-
" entary terror for know that iionl lhat nay
10 this he has mover gone trout fishing agala'