The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
A Snake Story.

- OhoNS OlOry.
Mine frient, if you dond been too
busy to reed dis ledder, l will off
you mine experience de oder dav
mid a schnake hunt. You see ID
was dis way: Dere been a man,
his name bin Nelder; he went oud
in de woods to hund some ginsang.
He been runner arount until he
gifts tired und hungry, so he starts
down de hill to cross over Wolfden
erik und 60 home. He dond 90 far
undili he gifts NIT himself on a log,
und yoost about den he heers a
schnake goen mid himself under a
beeg schtone. He walks mid de
oder end of de log down, and
shumps down mid de ground. Yoost
den he sees doc beeg schnakes. He
keeled dem und pulled de raddles
NIT dere tales off, and klimed back
on de log, and wend back to de
oder end Of de log, und got down
and made few schteps wen he
seen schnakes every place. He
kounted fordy, den he schtruck oud
for home. He KUN down to our
town und dells de boys about id, so
on Monday morning de poys git
dere guns und gid ready to kleen
up dem schnakes. Dere was Klide
Schmlt, Paul Schultz, Lynn Rich
ards, baylor Richards, Alberd
Wharton, AIph Duval, Andy Nc
Donnell und Jesse HOOK, our
preecher und de ole man Pew und
his boy Grant. De poys makes nit
de ole man Pew capten, und he say
forward, march. So we marches
up de county rode undil we goes
nit Hanse's und Brays past, den
we comes to Fup Haryey's; he bin
a fine schnake hunder, so capten
Pew, he gidS de ole man Fup and
one Of de poYs, und away we 60.
Fup he says he nose rite were de
den bin, so we goes dere und dey
don been no schnakes, Den capten
Pew consulted nit Fup und he dink
de schnakes bin nit themselves de
oder side NIT de hill, so de capten
he say agen, forwart, poys, und
keep your Use open. Wen we got
on de oddcr side de capten he de-
ploYed his mems und den we kom-
mensed to look like everything for
schnakes. We dond bin gone fur
undel fiddle Fup he holler Schnake,
Den You schoost ought to hear de
guns crack und de mems all gadder
to dis blaze, We killed six schnakes,
too Of de schnakes bin layen klose
nit rock. De preacher ne schpied
dem and boiler look ad de schnakes,
but by shimminy, dey soon killed
dem; Fup bin a goot schnake hun
der. Well, we goes home; de
schnakes don't bin oud good. De
next day we bin gone back; we
dink mebbe dey bin oud. We
shust got one, de preacher fount
HIM while de poys bin hunden for
more schnakes. Grant Pew, he
calls de capten und he say: "Cap-
ten, l shust find someding out.
Now mine trent, | dells you wat he
say, but please dond say ANGLING
aloud id. You no Id mide make de
preacher mat, und mebby Fup git
mat too. Well dis is wat he dells
de capten. He say, "Capten, did
you take motifs Yesterday dem too
schnakes dere nit dat schtone, dey
don't hat no raddles mid der tales
on" De capten he say,yah. "'Vy,"
he say, "did you see der hets bin
smashed, und wen we bin taken
de fangs out der mouths you no
how bat dey schmell." He say,
"capten, by shimminy, dem too
schnakes wot de preacher und fiddle
Fup kilt Yesterday bin de too ded
schnakes wot Nelder kilt" De cap
ten say, "by Georges kirk, dat bin
so, so please don'd say noding
apout dis schnake hund, for If de
preacher und Fup und de oder fell
lers find oud dey bin killen desc
schnakes, dey been so mat as
phases" HANS.
Blanc, wot dey yoost to call
Kitsmillersville.