The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03
A S%INNEMAHONE WONDER.
IT LIFTED a load FROM THE MAN
IN Tine MACKINlB JACKET,

Ahhu hhNNu AtNS v" ~ y y Nhe
Mar from Over sinnemaboping wsV re
Brought Only Dismay Ia lite Train.
ROULETTE. Pa. May 1.-"There I" said the
man from over sinnemahoning way. what
do you think of that one When this side OF
the mountain can show up anything half AZ
good as that chap, then ! tumble on my knees TO
this side Of the mountain and Vrovel TO IL.
What do you think of him9 Killed on the GIN
nemahone. Native. and tn the manner born.
Lord Seems To me that wonders never
cease on the Sinnemahone Five feet sx
inches. and rising three.quarters OF nm
inch. Just as he lies! Thirteen rattles
and q button. What do you think Of
hlm1 You've seen snakes time and time again,
Mackinaw. Did one ever loom up before you
that could hold a candle to one side of that chap ?
l brought him over from old Sinnemahone a
purpose to show him to you. Three foot ten and
= half Inches 10 the outside limit that a rattle
snake killer on this side o. the mountain has
ever dared to put the size OF his snake at m
telling about killing It and keep his standing
among his follow citizens AS u person to be
trusted.
There Amt no RATHER ever Rrowed bigger
than that you folks on this side OF the noun
tain have always said. ''Taint natur'r
You sec this one, don't you, Mackinaw ?
Killed over on the old S!nuemahone. Five feet
six inches ana rising three-quarters OF AN inch.
Thirteen rattles and q button. Brought him
over a purpose to show him to you, Mackinaw.
What do you think of him :"
"Sinnemahone.' said tho man In the red,
black, blue. yellow, green, pink and purple
Mackinaw jacket as he looked at tho carcass of
the monster rattlesnake the man from over
Sinnemahoning way had stretched At full
length on the floor. you've took q load of o.
my mind bigger than n wagon load o. tan
barki An sassafrax beer. an ginger
nuts. II my uncle. Jason Barchops. was
only q Twin now, he'd be willin' to
turn his toes to the sun tomorrow cause he'd
die happy Truth has been crushed to earth for
twenty year an better on this side o. the noun
tain worse than IL q drove o. bars had tromped
on 1t. but this here snake OF yourn a comm
among us II bid 1t rise ag'in. an fore long it's
head'u be stickin' UP out o. the mud and bobbln'
like q ho!lyhawk stock In a gale o. wind! Sin
nemahone, this here snake OF yourn has give
me O show, an II Uncle Jason Barchops had
only lived to see it, he could a uncorked hisself
TO his Teller citizens an slid over the rollin' Jor-
dan with bells on"
Approval and commendation from the mar In
the red. black. yellow, green, pink and purple
Mackinaw jacket was SO unheard OF to the man
from over Sinnemahoning way that his disap-
continent could not be disguised, and he was
speechless as he stared at the one who had never
before looked at anything from the Sinnema-
loIins country except with der!s!on. contempt
Yes. cir. sinnemahone." continued the man
In the w~oodman's garb Of many hues; this
heft off O. me. an how 1t would a eased up Uncle
Jason Barchops! tell you, Sinnemahone. it's a
mind for years. an have to keep it there. just
because, you hain't. got no way TO escape from
That was Uncis JJason'Ss fix. an he had to pass
so~yy WEE 1IeR it. tR when T ~ Ss'a onl spi|is yed to ios saSe
this here snake o. yourn as a witness that
couldn't Dc impeached. he mowt a sailed away
this here snake o, your'n was somethin' like
eleven INCHES an q half l%en'thier. an covered a
WidtSier. am had nine more pieces de o. . music on
It's tall. it'd be as nigh To- a twin brother OF the
Hill as one beech nut could be like another!
d Tnel / j 5asGn u li Sis'D oy ysFn taat IN way %,s shsn' r Tos SRs
Fitch Happened to. be down the creek With q
drive O. logs when this here lamb was missed, or
70 snG &c I ans look SHaif Tor |" i hno avn! Fl! T'sf Il faeEo
Mssf tS, SRi in tb Z BE-. s., sort su e R RssisaSe1: am, bod,
dian,t never sSsp!!sion bars til they search ,Sas
didn't dh!i, ind the pork !, or mutton oH.t,E they put !. a m"Sn
Act ? terrible ass Is, e 9sssa ~ sSeG'a a nelshib sa~ Vent % oSeT
to his place to look for q missln' pig or sheep
Na!Sonsarh them b'arsy he used to say.
They're dom a, me ne a heap Pc g, damage. iusgin' on
NO Hocky d say, but l might q had 1t
$50. Hocky not bein' to homo when Uncle
Jason's folks missed the lamb. they didn't never
'spect to SEQ 1t again. but Uncle Jason he went
out a lookin'. hopin' he might run ag'in it. The
lamb was somethin' of a pet. and had a name;
an begun to call the lambs name, %thinkin' meb-
be it was somers around an would hear him. lie
r.s oil Of his feet an tumbled Eerthump over on
his nose. lie ipmped up skeer,er than IL i hssi
a-bulgin', an what do you s'pose he seen, SHINE
mahoneH What do you s'pose it was that had
The lamb hadn't grown to be a rantankerous
ram. had i, and lung itself against your
honing way, sneering and snappish;
"s,prisiner things than that might q happen
gated Jacket, blandly; and a s'prisiner thing
than that did happen. What Uncle Jason seen
anybody ever dreamt on, an, it was jumpin'
round like as I II was crnzier than a loon. For
Rasted. Then ne come to hisself enough TO size
up the situation for all it was worth. The rat
as a "f Horses neck, q an was as ffinaapy an
humpy, as a muddy road on a frosty ,mornin'.
was right there in the centre OF him, 'oept in his
tall, and that was aswingin' and aswishin' an
asy had o never SStf heerd iI the music us eo Of E'p Tntl t' '%."n
had been standin' on the snake, never uotlcih'
lh"S d the SsS diaeren 1os' n as ne II To he HADN'T Tts st
out 10 holler his lambs ma ne. The snake had
wasn't dead yit,, an it heard Uncie Jason calm
OF it. Maturity it riz up quick, and that's what
sent Uncle Jason kerplunk on his mead.
~ want to tell you, !Sinnemahonc. that he
dropped a twenty pound stone on that %rattler's
that lamb ever terked its tail, an there didn't
much grass grow fore he had the lamb ripped
out ~ the snake an was sousin' OF it In tho
creek. In fifteen minutes IL was ms good as ever.
"'Rattlesnakes don't grow moTe'n three foot
show folks whether they don't = says he.
'He took the skin o. that big rattler homo an
hung II on the fence to dry, SOS he could have II
for n liyin' witness when he started In to A'DrlS6
folks; but next mornin' It was gone. lie search
warranted IlDCky Finch. bgt couldn't find the
skin. But from the heaps an heaps o. new
snake-skin moccasins that IIOcky's folks wore
for "A year or two after that, Uncle Jason always
Thought that the search warrant hadn't searched
Hocky quite deep enough. 81 he didn't dast tell
folks about the big rattler that stole his lamb,
for he know'd they'd make life miserable to him
all the rest o. his days, and ,mebbe make
him moe out. Yes, sir! This here snake o.
your'n SiunpmnhOne. | could most swear. WAS