Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-09-11
A CURIOUS FRIENDSHIP.
How a Snake and a Rooster wero
Wrapt Up In Each Other.
Tho Attachment Was Harmonious Untu
Els RoostcrIots Found He Could Crow
A Yarn That Would Give Munchou-
sen = PRng Of Envy. .

way" s{lid ex-Sherir Warren Kalama-
zoo Ridwny, Of Pike county. Pa, to a
New York Sun man, "but they grow
uncommon smart. I've seen 'cm do
lots of cute things, the most of which
I have kept to myself, because have
always been on good terms with ny
ncighbors, and my business is such that
can't afford to have them weaken in
their confidence in mc-thcy, like nh
Pike county folks. being simple and
unsophisticated md unable to apprc-
ciatc the fact that truth is stranger
than fiction. I am getting along in
years, though, and I don't feel like
passing away without putting on rec
ord at least few of the evidences of
genius I have seen in the snakes that
live up our way. ..
"a friend OF mine, who lived back in
the High Knob country, captured a.
young blacI:snalcc once md made q
pet OF it. The snake got rs tame as u
kitten and had the run of the promises.
One day he got egg hungry, and he
stole an egg from under 4 setting hen
and swaliowcl.it it. Tho egg was just
on the eve OF Matching, aud the chick
picked it's wa y out Of the c%T IS it Lay
inside the si,a3se, a.;d not finding day
light yet kept on pic;:iuc until it had
picked = l.oic thrOu-h the snake and
stuck It's head out That was rs far cs
it could ;:ce..a!ld thcra - StucJr. Tho
sna';c didn't like it 81 first, but by and
by the novelty of the sjG'1,:yion seemed
to strike him. and he grow I>road OF
that strange t;Tinos PROS. 1,rra;.cc. My
friend didn't interfere, CN-.tus to- sec
what the result OF that si:'f-liar com
partnership would be. To c.nei;cu and
the snake grew vcry fOH,i Cf one al-
other, and IL was worth y tar.n TO see
'em 60 to sleep together. lie snake
turning it's head hcc,I :G!d smuggling
down by the eiicEcn r; head. The.
SNARE Kept the c:;iclr we'd supplied
with fool, catching I;c3 ard wO"rns
and insects OF variouD kinds, and pass
ing them back to tbe chicken by the
hundred. The chi@!:cn crow like
\ weed, und along townr;! tho end Of q
summer the blac:;AnnLe'S body was
pouched out like q small hand sntcheL
where the chicken waH spreading out,
and the lattars mock stretched nearly
six inches above the sna,eS back. It.
WIS the funniest sight. You ever saw,
md touching too, the two creatures
dotted on each other so. But their end
was sad.
"One day along in August the snake
and his friend were taking a nap
Presently. the chicken woke up,
| stretched his necls to it's full length,
and got MI of its first crow. The first
crow of a young rooster, even when he
has the aid that seems to be in tho
Topping of his incipicnt wings, is al
ways heartrending performance, and
rs this rooster couldn't use his wings
his first crow was. real spooliy. The
snake woke up with n start. He looked
wildly about. He was scared and no
mistake, but. finally made up his mind.
that he had been dreaming; and set
tied down to finish his nap. lie hnd
scarcely closed his eyes when tho
| young rooster, encouraged by his first
| attempt, stretched his neck and tried
his voice again. The snake jumped as
much as ten feet, his eyes full Of ter
ror, and sailed around the yard as II
he were flying from IN avenger. He
came to a stop by and by, but glnred
wildly ind painted like n hot dog. The
chicken seemed to enjoy the perform
snce hugely, and, while the snake was
still trembling, he lat 60 another crow.
"Then tho snake discovered whore
the queer noise was coming from, and
he, TUNED . look on the chicken that
was terrible in its Representatives,.
The young rooster would have done
well n he had needed IT, buthe didn't.
! He stretched his neck as high rs he
could and orowed again, s4pare In the
! snakes face.
: '"rhe snake struck at the chickens
head, but missed II. The chicken got
| mad and clipped the snake In the head
with his bill. And them IL went They
tumbled and fought a1ound that yard
for h'xo minutes. Them they suddenly
became quiet. The snake had got tho
ehicsen's head ha,his mouth and swal-
lowed it, neck and all. lie had killed.