The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-01

The wood smen said That the time Between Ii
Se ss ri. Tss as hsg S: soa ss oy.i
3wh@ Il IT. to- rse 81 %s 70 Gu aasS
} ami!eto tbs east o. ths niiIl saw tbe wood
, clYcks Soop out 81 hole. run 2 short distance
ss Ti, afSaaa 09 ss ss:s f?R
entrance to tbs Larrow with 2 stone while tn
tnfe Then h Msi yeile e and the ths woodchhcE
Wh Il they were trying to dig IT open the mar
e' moment !2Hs't he explosion woodchop
ns MSSg ;Ss Was q5s
Es};ay sh,s { :ss ssns snl fis i wa !.
from ne path. and Masner split tie skull open
with his axe,
:ss ami Gn ~ Ss
and In this village the roh!ns. blnebirds. doves
and sparrows we're terribly frightened.
Tae snnkc IL wroused-so Says , Pike
County Man.
People have an Unborn. low.down opinion
OF snakes" said q man from Pike county.
Everything that Is bad or mean or loathsone
thsy never hesitate to associate with the name
OF snake. This isn't the peoples fault 1t IL
tho result OF ignorance. 1t is their misfortune
not to know the snake. II they could only
come into closer communion with snakes and
study them without prejudice they would find
that tho popular estimate OF these Interesting
and Intelligent reptiles hns done them aRes Of
Injustice. That unfortunate affair in the CAT
den Of Eden ought 10 be sufficient evidence
that the snake Ia smart A little circumstance
OF more recent occurrence. which want to
tell you about. will convince any ono that the
snake Is by no means bad.
Tho water snake. although pretty and
harmless. Is one OF the most un popular men,
bers OF the ophidlan race. This Is probably
because he has rare tooth for lsh, and espe.
clally for trout, OF which he takes . great
many away from the angler every year. And.
when you come to think OF It. why hasn't he
as good n right to them as the angler2 Any
how. whether he has or not, ne shows that he
has delicate sense Of what 10 good by his
Partially for trout
One day was fishing for trout up In Pike
county. and saw water snake drop down
into the creek from an alder only few yards
ahead OF me. and presently come out on the
other side OF the stream with trout In its
mouth. at that time shared the popular dis
like for snakes. and when saw this one with
the trout became so enraged that picked
up q stone and threw It at the snake. The
stono struck the snake a foot or so above its
tail and disabled 1t. 1t dropped the nsh. which
was still alive. and the trout Topped back into
the water. The snake lay writhing on the
ground. and was cruel enough to pass on,
leaving 1t to die. as I believed. In agony.tbe-
cause OF my adherence OF its kind.
Tho next day. fishing the same stream
| again. as l approached the spot where had
stoned the water snake. saw kinglsher
sitting on dead limb above q pool In the
brook. knew 1t was watching for nsh, and
stopped to see whether tho bird would catch
ono. had to wait but very short time. The
kinGfsher pumped like shot down into the
w 9s oSap + AID e,
sE.ss A. g. oPs
u front Of snake that hadn't noticed be.
Ind been unable to move away from the SPOT Dot
sh IN one y the snsls s &c
hss SsaS s% Ssss i: S%S Ssas
Now a hsif-wItted man couldn't have
TSe snake. max 81 unsSs t It
t move - and consequently unable to get any;
being q tender: hearted bird. had taken pity on
Mo ana safs sna sS. s aS S4 s
s nssa se ws" ff t. aa rss Ell
SsS sSS Tss ". sss SeSs
had 81 j. SS
While stood there the ktnefsher alishted
on the dead limb again. and sat there rs mo-
ii n fnesSsr shnr . sI%ass to
sSss tSs fsss e s1s's
IDENTITY intent on big eame. While he sat there
S,9ts tishhaTk appsared; high up. Ell
fRs int thet Mstsr cane
VIZ nss 5sa S Sed :sSsst Sas NJ
he as b S t. hS ss e i
poSnssd AND yst but short
finding the fight too hot for him. DROPPED tho
trout Ill 4 FL! On the ground Put before ths
the trout and shot back I out i SfF1 siShs
ss asSppe aaxs hs trout A. s% bali
to the dead limb and ven, to !ishine again. /
meyer ye saw ANYTHING surprised quite as much |
spot minute or So as he couldn't G boli we
We rn saia Sf t to my ssf rha. wis. old
snake lust lay low and got the best OF both oi
IhsWl
" I wns about to start on again, when I saw
m29E I've u the bushes At the foot Of the
camo the snnke with the trout In It's mouth' *
a sn moment IT the foot Of The tree. and
on the limb where the k ingfisher was sitting
Locking nE very disGonsoInte. and touched thc
y around. looked surprised for a moment. Y"i
Gsn t soG t nv trout tue snake banded
bushes. Ala '"e
ana. t. was Ws az plain enough to mo thsn The
+ ad taE ma f tSs GOOD
1ratltud TO the kind-leartsd Glrd. From that
minute changed my opinion Of snakes. for'f
leit TINT had never known thom bcfora"
Settlement Of tho Long-vexed Ou.,,so,.
what 10 n Peeperr'
ANsoNIA. April 30.-"whnt Is a pcepot p"
This question has boon asked by many rsonlo
N tho Nnugatuck Valley. and there wors