The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-17
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the t-attissualzs e. Efs-
Andrew Akers. q whlte-hairad eZ-
miner, who occasionally. comes TO to=Tu
from bis lonely home away up in the
san Bernardino mountains tells as
that the Eattlesnalze is, in ats way q
blessing 30 mankind 81 reckon i
ought to know something about the
ssrpeuts," said he the other davs ''1ur
have earned the whole living OF myself
and wife for several years in catching
rattIerz and getting the on out OF them
7 know some folks are mighty scary
about rattlesuakes, and for one who
don't know about the critters ways it
Is pretty risky business getting tauged
bV RATHER occasionally get nervous
among the ratuers but i have TO keep
a steady nerve and quick eye in my
business
The old gentleman tells us that he
had always heard how valuable pure
rattlesuake oil is, and that several
years ago he got the oil from a dozen
snakes that he came across in his wood
cutting operations in the mountains
When the summer was over he had
twenty ounces and got three dollars
an ounce for all of III from "a Los Auge-
les druggist He has since made q bust
ness of hunting mathematics up and
down the noun tain sides and through
the canyons He catches from one hum
dred and atty 70 two hundred snakes in
"a summer aud generally gathers from
three hundred dollars to four hundred
dollars' worth of oil from them The
market price for the products now two
dollars an ounce, and there is little
ductnatiou. Euutlesualzc oil. is used in
rheumatic cures and in ointmeuts for
some skin diseases The oil when sold
has q pearly white color and Is frsc
from any odor. Tt tastes much like
[ tallovy. a good-sized ruttlcsnal1s viii
furnish from one to two oauces of oil
I 'Hov do I catch the sualzes?" Well
/ that is easy enough. wear boots mp
. above my knees so as to protect me
. from any RATHER may tread upon, and
. always 60 with "a strong turEed stick
OK club in my hand. j have to keep my
. wits about me constantly. and 20 tHiull
I quick when 7 am in a snake locality
. and hear RATHER. i always try to get
. the ratuers by putting the fork of my
. stick over their neck as quick as "a flash,
and then / have the critter just where
. I want him next stranFle the snake
. by pressing my fingers down upon the
. neck. I get the uuLtlers in this way SO
. as to keep then from biting themselves,
and thereby letting the poison into the
. oil that I am after. in nine cases ont
of ten ruttlesnalzes VIII bite themselves
. if they have a chance, and they are the
smartezt things alive except human
beings Once i'm while I get tue rat
+ tiers by smashing them FIN the head
but i don't like that way, for it is moro
dangerous and the OIL i- not So good,
Have I ever been bittgu2 Yes, five
times, and j suffered SO much the last
time that all the money on earth voul
not induce me TO be poisoned so again,
That was four yeare ago, and I can feel
pains from it to this day. 4 don't be
liove any one ever fully recovered from
"a dose OF genuine rattlesugl5s poison
1t is the most awful stuff uu earth.
have seen great big cows die OF % droT
of the poison in an hours time -
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