The evening world., 1894-06-09
CUTE CALIFORNIA SNAKE.
TT MADE 4 ToBoGGAN SLIDE OUT
or BIG sathsHEs.
Got mia of mn tpGiwcstcd Fence
Rail Very CicVcrIy.

when Jake wnndcll. of Mount Hamil-
ton. farmer, philosopher and snake fan
cier. takes a run down to San Fran
cisco he generally has more fun with
the newspaper men thnn those sophlsti-
Gated individuals are looking for. a
Cali representative tackled him for an
Interview the other day, with the fol-
lowing result:
"Crops?" auericd the genial Jake. in
response to n question. "Why. bless
you as far as the hills are concerned,
think we shall do all right. Certainly
we needed more rain. but we didn't get
It; 40, sho. we'll just do the best we
can ,SI But sbeakiinS about onmaFe TO
alongside OF the pcsky snakes that are
around again. | saw the same reptile
tother day that came mighty near
doing me up last year and running my
squash CROP
"How was that?'
Why. you see, I had my squash
stacked up and covered With brush, and and
the brush sagging like. and ] looked
into 1t, and hanged II nigh about half Of
EN- weren't gone Couldn't make out
watch, and that night caught sight OF
| a snake about eighteen feet long, glid-
ing down the side of the mountain like
Strcak OF ngntnlng.
II could see something bright yellow
between the brown folds Of snake shin
ing in the moonlight, what do you
think It was? Four big squash. The
somehow. and held em 80 they could
| roll, and there he was enjoying tobog-
gan slide down hill on EN-. You see, he
had a good mile dash; When he got to
| the bottom he'd crawl up and start an
| other four squash going,
II fired at him and scared him off. aud
when ] went down to the foot OF the
.hcrf su vas s Il, ron mG SfuaS oarre
'em up and put the whole lot under
cover"
Then Mr. wandcll paused to light q
cigar and gaze quizzicaliy at the hotel
clerk, who was listening
Did you have much snow on IN:
mountains this winter" was the next
"why. yes. quite smart sprinkline
during February. But speaking. Of those
snakes again. do you know what hap
pcned t'other day. as ! was going to
observatory to see Prof Holden, and thc
| first thing | knew met that same gol'
darned snake right in the middle OF the
road. ! didn't have my gun, and the
Didn't have time to think hardly. His
mouth was rs big as n wash basin, and
could soc down his thront.
TANNED n down that snakes throat
Kinder surprised II, you sec. and II
wiggled Off with it's head about foui
feet Off the ground and the rail sticking
out like n mast.
"Bnt the cuteness of that snake.
Just watched II. DO YOU know what Y
did? Why, hung himself over the liml
OF tree and ratified <his carcass unit
the rail dropped out. Then he scooted
Oh. those snakes are fiendish."
Then Mr.. Wandell shook his heaC
solemnly at the recollection.
| Yes; ! can't deny that the squash
crop will be large this year and fetcf
good prices, cause you see. hay is at
plaguy high, and-but now let me tell yo,
what another snake lust like the othe
did. You see. Prof Holden was takint
an observation ont sslapIng, and tina
against the side OF the -. eene an'
looked down the scope at him
But just then there was crash In tn
direction OF the elevator, and in tn
rush to see what had caused II Jake ant
the reporter got separated
The elevator man had been listenin,
to Jake and had fallen in n faint on th
floor of the cage.