The sun., 1901-08-11
TOLD TO DEACON NEARPASS.
jim BENEFITS STORY OF THE
TRAINED BLOWING ADDERS.
Their Owner an Innoccnt-Iooking Young
Man From Jersey VINO Had Q Tale
TO Tell Of How He Made . Dollar by
Enabling q Biaclxsmith 10 win a Bet

Man From jersey VINO Had o Tale
TO Tell Of How He Made . Dollar by
Enabling . Blacksmith 10 Win Q Bet.
CHESTER. Aug io.-".im Bennett is back
from another trip scii Deacon Nearpass
Of the Port Jerpis Gdzctfe, -and when
ever Jim comes back from one of his trips
l am always sure that he has something
fine In the way Of q snake story. He has
taught me more about snakes, ! guess.
than a good many books could.
This timc he happened to stop In at
George Westbrook's place, near the Jersey
line, and lean and innocent looking young
chap. who had come from somewhere over
the line dropped In. He had bag slung
over his shoulder and there was something
in it. He put the bag on the floor. and
then Jim Bennett says the innocent look
Ing young fellow said TO George westbrook
Gimme glass O. beer
Now the Innocent looking young fellow
must have said that or George wouldn't
have drawn him the glass OF beer and
handed It out to him, a. he did He drank
the beer, and then Jim Bennett says he
said to George Westbrook:
Gimme another un.'
George gave him another one and as
he was handing II over to him George
noticed that the bag the innocent looking
young man had put on the floor was wig
Cling around like all-possessed.
i see you've got a nice mess Of eels
there, Jim Bennett says George said.
How much do you want for 'emf
THE innooent-looking young man didn't
say word but: Gimme another un.
That's what Jim Gays he said. and then
George said: 'Becr''
And the, innocent-lookins young man
so George handed him out another glass
OF beer, and the innocent, looking young
man drank it. paid for the three beers out
OF big silver dollar, and said to George:
! made that good money easy
How did you do it| Jim Bennett says
George Wrstbrook asked him, because il
Is pretty hard to make dollar easy around
there.
-The innocent-looking young fellow
grnned and said: You wont tell nobody,
will your
-course not said George westbrook
Then Jim Bennett says that the innocent
looking young man sat down near the
brook: These amt cells. They'm snakes
Then of course Jim Bennett got in
terested right away.
= Snakes" he says he said. What kind
of snakes
Jest bowin' adders. said the innocent
DOuIiR
Poohp jim SAYS he talked back 70 the
innocent looking young chap. Blowing
adders don't amount 10 anything. Some
snakes are smart. Blowing adders don't
know thing,
That's what most folks thinks tho |
innocent looking young man replied. But |
want TO tell you that folks that thinks % |
don't know much themselves. BLOWN |
adders knows a heap, an I'll Jest show you |
that they do, il you'd like to see me dc H.
said tho innocent looking young chap, |
reaching down for the wiggling bag.
Jim Bennett says that George Vest
brook climbed up on the counter and assured
he owner Of the bag that he was willing 10
AXE his word for IT, but Jim says he knew
he young fellow was from down In jersey
md consequently he would rather have
)cular demonstration than his word, 40
he innocent-lo looking young chap united
he bag. reached down into II, fetched out
/ big. ugly-looking snake and placed IL on
he floor. Jim says the snake looked
ondly up at tho innocent looking young
nan and then lay quietly down and never
moved
That's Old Succasunny.' said the owner
" the snake.
-Then he took out five more, all Of the
ame kind. Jim says. only OF different sizes.
. That Aun there S Pochuck Pets.' ssid