Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-01-06

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big Teller that must a been the bass
singer would come in with note.
They was bass, an tenor, an alto,
every other part in them durn rat
tiers, an the way they handled their
tune. by ones an twos, an ev'ry now
and then the bass Teller gittin in II
note. an the tenor maxim run to
ketch up with some other part, put
me in mind of a choir used to sing
in at meetin house in Arkansaw.
"The choir O rattlers sung for five
minutes. When they quit big
blue racer got up plum on the end
O. his tail-you know them blue
racers kin do that, an git over the
groun' like CREASED lightnin' too.
He got up on his tail an made a
speech to the convention. The way
he bobbed his head an stuck out
his tongue, an squirmed round, |
knowed he was layin' down the law
to his Teller citizens: He got
through and sot down. A big rat
tier, BLOWN adder and copper
head all got the floor to wunst an
commence d to talk. The blue racer
got up an said som ethin' and the
RATHER an BLOWN adder took their
seats. Then it was clear that the
racer was chairman o that meetin',
an the copperhead had the floor.
The copperhead give his idees o
the matter before the convention,
an they didn't seem to meet with
the approbrium o the rattlers. for
more'n dozen o 'em were on their
feet to wllnst calm the copperheads
everything they could lay their
tongues TO. l thinI ,rez nigh ez l
could 'ketch it from the manner o
the quarrelin' snakes. that the diff
Guilty was about a pie,e o woods on
Tar creek. but whether the copper
heads wanted it, or the rattlers
didn't want it. couldn't make out.
The chairman got up an made Il big
time, but couldn't quiet the diSpu. e.
Then see a funny thing. y little
insignificant snake. kind q on the
sooburbs o the nee in got up. an
from his conduct I believe he said
that he riz to a pint o order. | can't
say whether the chairman told him
to state his pint ornot. but the little
'llow reached down an took his
tail in his mouth an started TO roll
over lords the snakes makiu the
uproar, like Il velocipede turnin' Il
corner. Boys. b'gosh, il would a
done your hearts good to see how
suddint order was restored to that
convention. The copperheads sot
down and the rattlers sot down.
| The little snake what took his tail
in his mouth was hoop snake, an
| begun to think mebbe he were the
sarjint alarms, but when see the
racer call him TO the chair, while he
took the floor hisself, | knowed that
couldn't be.
THE racer made a speech, an il
must len in reply to suthin
either that a RATHER or a copperhead
had said durin' their little debate
[ lat were retlec j III on his charac-
ter. Anyhow. he hadn't spoke long
| afore one q the rattlers was on his
/ feet, an the next minute him and
! the racer was havin' it tooth and
nail. They buckled right inter one
another, an bit an squeezed better'n
any two drunken countrymen ever
see fighting at Il boss race. The
racer were kind q gittin. the best o
the RATHER, when the other rattlers
pitched in, an more blue racers
took hand, till thought the
meetin were goin' to end i'll a gen
eral massacre o. snakes. The hoop
snake in the chair seemed to lay
right back an enjoy the hull show.
till couple o copperheads got up
to git piece o the fun by tacklin' a
racer that looked ez if he wapted to
CRIT out and go hum. Then the hoop
snake picked up his tail with his
teeth an went across that open