The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-28
GOT FIVE LIVE RATTLERS.
O. p. BENEDICT BR0UaHr rHnEB or
THEM HERE IN n HAND sITCHEI,

Caught Them as rwts Take. Pa. with 4
Cretchea stick ana . nar-Ons MT Him
while ne was Rensvins lts Hansp-Tho
Three Get Loose IN . Broadway Cellar,
Charles p. Benedict the son of tho senior
member Of the jewslry frm Of Benedict Broth.
crs, III Broadway, Ia the proud possessor of
throo live rattlesnakos which he captured MT
Twin Lake, Pa, last week. MI. Benedict. who
Ii rs yoars old, has been. interested for some
time In snakes, ~rattlers especially. Following
his usual custom, no went this year to spend
his vacation at VII Lake. He had often
talked about snakes M their habits TO his
friends, but had never attempted either TO ham
diet or to capture any. Hin friends laughed at him
whon ha told them that he was going to bring
book Some live specimens this year, and told
him that no would not dare touch thom. Beno-
dict had boon making . careful study for q year
Of how to handle and capture snakes, and felt
confident that no would bo able to capture SOW
eral Of thom.
He succeeded In capturing six ~rattlers, but in
doing 20 no was bitten by ono. on tho right
wrist and accidentally killed another. He
brought three Of them In q satchel to this city
on Monday. but while In tho oflce the snakes
managed TO escape and created quite q rumpus
before they wero reoaptured. Mr.. Benedict
said yesterday;
Ever since I was q little follow I have been
greatly interested In makes I used to study
them and their habits constantly, but I never
dared to handle them. It was not through
fear of being bitten that I did not touch them,
ous on recount OF inc repusnanoe with which
way toward thom. i think. Last winter, how
Ing, and accordingly took lessons from q pro-
fessional snake charmer. He taught me tho
safest way to capture snakes, how to handle
them, and how to extract their fangs. 1 prao-
"rwo weeks ago / went to Twin Lake. where
-. Ma. Tho aann" 90. ano" .. mmon
around tho lake simply swarms with them, and
II Is very aanse.ons 70 walk IN the woods. !
he is called, away " up nN in tho woods. pop Pop is is
moro than eighty years old and he is famous as
. snake hater. He lives alone in the woods and
Bhuns overy ono. / have known him for sew.
eral years. and when I made up my mind to go
the old hermit. Tho old man has some srudso
sgains' s In oue whaS ~ y noo1ay seems to
k khp%: them hS .ak Ia E6r as ne usng nanf IN aSn NUN Ian, ana
and when ! told him Of my Intentions Of doine;
20 w ne ferssso 10 70 90 ac oo my Ryn ms sion accordingly
.ET ~orri,l q lnn,r ,,ns,ho ..t,Ir
T VA mo ! mad Sag w RS1e ali 70 m a point %naSon This :, and an
tools. l started out at dsyhreak one day, and
RiDDSSe Of sbaky. hut OF eourse' thai m9toT Va 1 o liT
natural. Ehad mot gone more than a mile on ny
Of hickory Ikasy nuts tsV Warned me aMs that / WAS s int Gr 8 iDs
upon . large RATHER. 4 few steps further on
saw n ~ Viz Il %naa e stneaa up az the base OF q
arge Tree rec , rms neau st9 Sfa 14t a6ove the coil
Seemed TO 20 on hre: He was mad through and
Ih rpspt n ah "a ne nss wot tx Kim ~ laI1i es ,heessantiy;
being In danger OF being bitten and before he
~ tSs " 1rnu mds b natpPea,h r. , s sSer ms n meek pinned y 1sa
crotch. He wound his body around my arm.
sa u = 20 20 i mohhifG n ! "a pn atra 4 Inae YOU'D De
bis hold, and in a minute i : had him safe e i IN sSe
meal pag. u
nril i had counted without via ,n the friends ct my
had my hands full catching, snakes. They
seemed to come from every nook and hole, and
splendid specimens, One Of them, unfortunate:
inches Sf fTo aDFf the co end fo of his sG ra %1ssp To The = i ,is a. I
bis mouth, and he had twelve splendid r%sttles:
do Ssu and IN dr 3Hsii ss h ds % BODY T ont I erss insG b hs
head b ADJ between 4 ssn,1 the stones I;m H. ! had sdit to DO very
cred with poison and M" I had y Us see SsHe ~ ssv e@Si
small scratches on my hand: ~. '''e'Sl
INV %ea' l got oack 10 OLD aoP Cnrrys hut with
ny ~ Dag sangs i ISii w 0s sh asssIr and 9it mere re was veisu E Tine e.
fhe bag, ana the noise was almost deafening.
ara3 IVA n H. a. ~ a w. mmith / htu pre-
yenf them from esca pine I Tdidn,t carn y, ~ r psv,
tbhan, in III - ,lh III i u'I M eaae % Keep
snG h In tee f ISo o,d wh hnrm tfe SShi naa the siE. f an :,
r so 'e ana ~ ou M ouJoetea Ing 81 10
HIh1idhSg them. i needed a pair OF scissors with
Tn Ksnt 70 % GU ~. o uiu sne,r ~ aa htSs anu inc hent gay
word got around rdiAf That / had t caught eT a lot OF
SNAKES nna When ! lert inc Town a lot OF sum;
hhecr visi1oFS lon1wSd INC. as sooh as l reached
t y i THnp . r'g H. III = en1racS inc dahgs OF
an 6 ie ~ W. one ero ne was very easy; ana man,
1Gea 10 ISrco open ms mouth ana SCrape out me
Iahgs anu pouch on poison withoqt any dlih,
Snacimans and after t ~FHi ont NV ma in6as ~
sRoelMens' anu aiteI EhhLnB OUT INC iahss OF
the others ! started IN on the last one.
ne ne@rly PtopeuJmy WaIerioo, ana ! was
bad erown no csre iis u mI tb.y severely pitben;
nau grown CareieSs, as they seemed very
tame; and besides ne people who were sur
rounaihe INC SomeWhat Gro"Gea my move
nact and fholSSii9a bis heed T,e5h usS pacR Oh MS
Saoie i opehsa MS mouth anu started TO cut out
nus ianes. ihe Shake squiImea ana twisted