The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-22
SOME SNAKE STORIES.
A FEW YARNS spun BY An OLD
SETTLER IN LOUISIANA.

The Mink as An Extcrminntor-He
No., rI,t.s ,rd snatcbes on
,,,,..... ~. Ct t,c
Chici>eh
Chance, Bat Is the Deadly roe OF
the snake and rs such is "a Friend
-, ,,,,. t.,rv,.r-sone ENnericnce
"i inc
OF the Fnrmer-Some Experiences
sp..,,os,,l..s
OF hhttieSh"AeS'
-r,,.,or u Iuna INV train arrived
1dyioI' ID Jun % 80
a little earlier than schedule tme' ana
was sitting Mt the little umbrella-like sta
lion o,vaif1no the tenn mar was to meet
'Oii """''.-'9 ~ - - - .,...t-
me later on. 1 had nothing but the track
the TELEGRAPH poles and tlca-bittcn,
,,,,,.,.-t,il7 ,,,,,,. .,,.-,{,e ,. +7. r.rrFt of
NN'' t-1
way lot company nut ptr7D---l9 ''l-''"
the yelp of a dog. and saw d big yellow
.,,,4 hr,,,,r f.t,ay- 1op1dlre thrOuph The
anu orowh iJ mao ~ DJu' 81. H. IN Sol p,r-
lhuei 'I t4SH. ne 9'Sti'NN d" 49, -' '' y
suit OF sometime what ] could NOT make
ont for some time. but by and by The
5o., ea,,... e., snri,a and "a dive. and when
NO7 sN'1 ~ 80 -
he raised ms nead ne heio lou4- -oot
snake In his mouth. gVQsped just across
the middle one. TWO. three vigorous
shakes of the dog head ana lhe SNAKE
lay in three bits by the roadside AS
I went down TO investigate. j heard Wais-
d
1lHs 3aoN i' 'He
entity man with "a gun On ms slouideI
made his appearanCc.
..r .t,,,,-,r+ r,,o mas .f+.- "a v,o,ca sin %
80 .....i...
ne salu, Sloopllis oFVl inc P431N' VA 'i"'-N
and strOking the dogs head.
so that IS one OF your swamp mecca
sins, Is it?'' I asked.
Yes the man answered. 'thdls
moccasin, and they are getting mighty
scarce nowadays. Why, remember
1rfN hau
res in the sWamps about mere.
You don say, e&calnedt tnahh-
ing my iucky stars mat i haa no. f'ss1it.eu
TO visit dhe re&loh i@ tAosS 1aysI DE
appearing are lney before the ADVANCE OF
CIVILIZATION! -...,,,....i,,,, d.
we'll uoh Know ma y i!i ~ 'loii
got SO Much 20 10 via A., sur ~ .tt9'
VINO toid me ms hu4ne wa 80, - 30
one tnlnB tllhh mas Il1Ip1u ~ SCI 44N
OF ne snakes II nlln .sS5; maj f. now
,d,.S Mli en- If - iu l. WY ma
Well il may be new TO you. Scot. an,
sWereo MN a s.alll9' ny - ~, Lro,,n
ol an oIu one 10 nv - ls.tSt' ~ nv"
II for pretty nearly twenty years, ,t.,.
10y ems timc We huI sot vi, - e'iS - - IN,
covered piatLoll ~ gu 800 49, = -. ~ 9}n
Up ~ lne cVIHeI 1nu t S "a 49, ~ th5-
Dench opposite. l kne" rom ms iVoh9 ne
ne knew lota'slIu was N.Y. ave. sc ~ liU''i
ing .r, 49,, t,.. ,.,r,
YES, ne began, / IA sS IINeo rs ~ ~. .,
IN BACK LAKE swami an my ~ " 't t,n -
years ago SNAKES were AZ tillc r. a. I,IP9,
Inc sloushs aha payous iil y. VIZ NJ 81
with tnem' great pioMh "ateI mo- 80 t',
with Iher mouths Iuh OF polaon' - W.
enough 70 slVS pSIson CAe 80 - th
10 rue tAIoush ne swamp d an 80 ga -
fbe 81 ia11, feIloVs s,5nnine tbemseives
tne Dig laAg LelloFs Sulflill5 IN, 49,
on te !oes. 4ie - ttic a..i - ~ - IL IL ~
them' tnougn II WIZ oiliy of,asIVl is'4lS -
man soI ple UU irr,S &c - 'rSit
tul' though, ana no IhlalaAe. - was Jle.Sy
nearly twenty yeal a6V ma - I" ny
hrst MINK IN bIack ians bottoi aiiI sT he
that uay l1e MINIS naEs Siduu. d, = -
creased, anu tilo ~ 1e,iils , -. " ~ o.
ua4g ana IN Ine SAINT pIoloi llyl uec5 e ~
ca. me wv tol 50 ~ ~ IL IL ~
MINK Is me Do'tSL man ~ .uc W - -
XIII a snake IN lIe IWlnhIHlB o. ~ eye,si ..
thlet as ne IS IL lahS the inllh every
time ~ preference 70 tle snakes. sooHte-
tines near a nllsnly s9u !i Alhs III w
ing. a raid but never can bring myself
70 XIII him- ISeI solusllo" a. notsi ~, ~
deserves q cnlchgA oI t"o 70 pay AOi MS
WoTk on the replIes. ........ .,, ...
our dog seems 70 De pIelly wen poSl-
ca on sn , hllliii9' 81, IN W to9T,1.
Fete ne odlu' On geS; e1S , ~, ~
slouch. ne ny uos9 eiio ! W tial i,
nm 10 the sWainps. ne hOh stoP muCh
lot Slahes- Juat slaI9 ell tIIyus ~ !, tlle
mlqdls IKE YOU -" Hilh uV tIdI p, leiloM
ana SNAKES me ne out u tnelu. ~ YOU
Know thal neSIs are Plstty soou s i5
killers res 1 We seeH many d one JUMP
on a snake ana stamp y nlin 70 ueath. any
nooted animal can MAJ shahes, Dul tno
deer beats EN- al, and they seem to have
a speclal dislike 70 IattIeIs. ,- 49,
Not long ago was rldlns inrousn me
swamp !Uohl4s io1 oiir,, ~ astis'
Wnen turheu smart SuINe az me pam
and quick as hghlhlnB neaEd fdtteI.
1 knew Dy me IdchTt ludt ~ Wd5 ~
one, ana pretty soon saw the ugly lnlnS
stretcned OUT on an olo cay tOot Dy Ihe
road slde. Inc snake was lqly I'VE Ieet
long, anu the 81 ~ ~, u ncL aDOut lIG ~
OF my forearm 'one kept up mISHty
rattlng, out did NOT seem lhcIlheu ~
strike, instead she slrelcned ner NOUN
vide open ana Jay nat Gown on the art
she was caing ner YOUNG ones, ana pres -