The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09

den. an II air always dusk mp thar. tEf Satan
a. e0 come W1, on the ySesrtth Inn now an, then: as
h%untin' To- d; yarmlnts at th lime. An, thar
TO- Il war sun-time in late, April an they war
SRssii 'R nan s no ETnFS stick tSF% NTH tsH me- eH sn S SlSG Stared aa
With might ar %9in;' a IL FIST ilicE, Al!
S q mlle f SSa SD 2 s sl5SEi "a EERH',i6@ si fiO Seaa ne to eo SRi
az me, while some tried TO crawll. away. but
An lest kent whtrlin, and twirlin' an nah
i fHRSsI a within sflin war All sp eIsnned FG o%t H. IN de PSp nn'
then All sat down to count 'em. Thar war
Jest. 2lO dead r%attlers.
Den, when, THAI, war about $50 varmints. In II.
which, All killed, Among 'em was one Teller
would say aroun' these parts that that meant
ihie, war eighteen yeahs old, but All calculates
toin time, an then tn rattIes don't grow 80 fast,
an, . snake with more'n fifteen on his tail Is
Yes all snake huntahs. sah,' chimed In
MI MT - irnn ian. 50 var pap Htore ne died
s a9 s % war All %G peeEon nf sists aro ffle she 1a sos S "n' 9lS
will keep up tn, business until we dies Sister
Ellen Jane nodded affirmation. AZ seen pap
600 r~attlers on Shaggy Mounting, TO- man an'
boy IN AZ 4 biEee sG'R Fiji Il n 4 h% s2er hn nity w Sfa more'n
ey'ry one NV 'cm inside ", a hour. That sea;
in killing %ratticrs. Not once war All ever, bit.
~" now tSisH h Sm F''% a he" SottiiS Il 0 always ssV carrios
when All goes on tn hunt went on the rattle
p S9Sks G a si%@}i bisSF f t1sGlne N GSs q 'tai IN 1 %SFse
Hits iaTPentine. NawtGlaIs better''p that 70
rattle poison Once In a while All takes some
But he never brings hit back like he do tn
aAh Sawn't say that Al de-, admitted the
whar he is killed. Snakes air tn creates crit
Eis now e th sh, T %aIIi! k e, I eSla,at tn in de 6 Sn d'a thar Y ie
tn bushes an bymby long kims his friends e
sit on tn, corpse IN reguleti1n style: One or
an lastly n swarm NV 'em will drop along. Then
up All steps with nah club an knocks 'em into
, a"Ah neyah believes. these tales NV ~rattlers
9eln, found more'n six feet long. All seen EN-
az H. man a. NE; put tnere am ! none NV en- yet "
feet from tip tq.tip. Most %rattlers are between
two and 2 half and three feet long. 'Tain't
What do you do with the snakes after they
are killed. asked Josiah.
We ClJb EN- OUen an ReL Tn 1uJ 10 Die
down into lie. which we sells said he. Rat
tlesnake lie air good To- q whole heap NV com
plants, mainly rheYmatiz and likewise deaf
eff hit amt. An then TO malaria thar amt
no.thin' to compare.
tinued. sadly. when All got somethin' fur Kill
lin, %rattlers,, when All vent, down ~townwards
e q o oaGIs 3 3D. but b. All d 10 get mo nothi n new. II y
make a iortin' ey'ry year. Why. he exclaimed.
with his own superb air castles. All
could make $3.50 .ev'ry yeah NV nah ifel'
What do you average n snake-killinR sea-
son now | inquired.
raise some b%uckwheat. which gives me about
"iGan a man and his family get along nicely
."tsuhtainiiy. he replied. emphaticaily.
who had brought out their corncob pipes to
solace themselves while Mr.. Sommers and l
talked serpents. had filled the room with a
sitting odor. and my guide and | rose to de-
part. We rendered o couple of newspapers to
the snake hunter, which ne took, with a great
slight curiosity. AZ he held them upside down
concluded he was used to standing on his
hesiea to READ as or hs that be his ediH itsis 81 h sSs 1 %sT.
and didn't know, that it was oyer. The VIC
tories of Admirals Dewey and Sampson were
crude. / did not iineer to tell Of Manila Bay
Although the railroad runs within six miles
Of his household has ever been on a car. Dur
ing the war OF the rebellion the snake hunter
went to Wheeling. That Is the most extern
journey he ever made. and Is still the sub
ject of constant discussion In Sommers's
thing in the edible line to be found In his es-
adjustment is supplied by the mountain. Sugar
Is almost totally unknown, bees. wild and do
mesticated. supplying the deficiency, But. not
withdrawing the absence OF. corner groceries,
snake exterminator was bounsifully supplied
with necessities-and all on $40 a year"