Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-05

with one that was told by Portland
clergyman to a friend in Augusta
one day last week. According to the
clergymans version of the story, the
little boy in the case was a six-year-
old boy whose parents had decided to
have him baptized in church. He OBJ
jected to keeping still while the cere-
mony was in progress. but this was
nothing to what he did when the pas
tor sprinkled his head.
1t made the little boy rather angry.
and he looked up at the reverend gen.
tleman and said: Il think you are
darned fresh to put water on my
head"
The people chewed their handker-
chiefs, and the parents looked ready to
drop through the floor with e,nbarrass-
ment. AS for the pastor, he was so
surprised and amused that he didn't
know what to do for moment. Soon
the service proceeded.
The pastor thinks none the less of
the little fellow, as he says it was said
innocently, and with perfect honesty.
with no attempt at SHINING
This story is a lie pure and simple.
and it is with pain that it is told, but
another person told it was a fact. so il
Will have to go. 1t is a fair sample Of
the kind told by that club at the State
House known as the Amalgated Liars.
who have begun holding their meet
ings, after a period of rest during the
summer months.
Being an ex-soldier and having only
10 months to serve to acquire title
to quarter section of land l went to
Florida in 1885, to put my plans into
execution" said the Liar Not being
posted as to the landmarks l had 10
hire settler to locate the land for me
and as we had to go about eight miles
through woods, over bad road, with no
bridges, we Went horseback and IN
crossing a stream I noticed that my
friends horses tail caught on an old
pine stump, pulling a hair from the.
tail and leaving the hair fast TO the
stump.
As you know, a horsehair will turn
to a snake when in water. and made
up my mind to watch that particular
halr. so after locating my land and
getting log house built took nv gun
and started out on a hunt and during
my rambles I came to the stream that
my friend and I had crossed. and sire
enough there was the horsehair snake
as big as my thumb and over four feet
long. AS he was fast to the stump I
let him alone and continued my huns.
bagging some quail. a rabbit and two
squirrels, which gave me a good mess
OF fresh meat. AS l was Very busy for
the next three weeks had no time to
visit my pet snake so You may Judge
OF my surprise when on my next visit
to find the snake as big as a stovepina
and over 40 feet long. As / was going
to have log rolling the next week
Kept my secret SO that we could have
some fun after we We're through orr !
days work. I got everything ready |
and sent out my invitations. NV
Friend that showed me the land came
With the rest of them, and told me that
his horse was lost or stolen We all
pitched in and did a good days work
and then had a good dinner. I told
them my secret and we went to the
branch. You can imagine our surprise
when we found the snake as big as
saWlog, with bulge in the middle as
big as sugar barrel.
Well, to make long story short.
We Killed the snake and cut him open (
and my friends horse was tumbled out
We Thought the horse was dead until
ne commenced to move and soon ran
around all right and my friend rode :
him home. | have heard great deal
about horsefair snakes and this is, the
,niy instance I know of where a horse
vas swallowed alive by hair from his
,wn tall