The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
HUNTED QUAIL WITH A SNAKE.
AND THIS JERsEYMAS MADE
GOOD MACS, TOO.
Sim Bcnneu's story Of How . Grateful
Rcpuie Got His Human sseoefsetor
Int Trsubie win the Cane Wsrdens.
ana Committed suicide In Remore.

Deacon W VI, Nesfpas- 81 the fou JerNts
Gassfe, Il thought thai snake and mo.-
quito Incident, UP In SusquehaIDA county.
Pa, wss QUITE a wonder. aud ! told Il To
Jim Bennett and said 80. The way II ~s.
o. I heard Il. 9 man was getting out rail
road ties OF something. up there some.
where. aud somehoS a rttlesLaks biz him
the leg. Mosquitoes are tremendous bad
up In tina, country. and this wss . hot day
and the man thought al trst that he had
been socked into by one q those mosquito
until he felt his leg swelling up 80 that
his Trousers were getting tight on II. He
looked dow And saw the rsttlesnske
Then he hollered and the snake rau awsy
A man who was working near hurried ~
the spot. ALT the trousers ies On OF the msu
the snake had bitten. cinched q bsndage
around his leg above the bite and went tear
ing on 10 sst a doctor When he GO back
with the doctor the man ths RATHER bit was
sltting on = log smiling. aud he ssidtha' he
didn't need a doctor Tie veg was al right
he said.
The mo~quitoes piled on that leg
said he. like q swarm ~ lees. and the way
they did sock thoir bills into II aud pump
away " -eemsd To Inc would q made another
rattlesnake bite feel PLEASANT on II ] was
expecting TO die every minute. though. ~
] didn't shoe 'em Of But by and by the
swelin' went down. sLd | began " feel
good opened my ewes aud locke up
The leg was oil right. but loOk-s there what
! seen. said the man.
The other man aud the doctor looked
where the man vas polnung and there they
saw q pile Of dead mosquitoes more than u
foot high. The way ! heard II, the moo.
quitoes had sucked the RATHER poison oul
and "A we'd the mans life. but " had knocked
the everlasting belit Out " nearly . peck
Of the mos quitoes
That VAS the snake and mosquito Incl
dent up IN Susguehanna countv that |
heard about, and ! thought Il vas quite a
wonder. and I odd Jun Bvnu't about II
and said 81. but Jim he Jus, po~Oh.poohed.
oh. fudge" said he. ,Fddlesticks' lts
hardly worth mentioning
That set me back quite a little for awhile,
and then ] remembered thai jim Bennett
had be-n on another tnp. Whenever
Jim takes a trip be always finds Out = whole
lot Of things about snakes that are Wonders
aud no mistake
wall. Jim, said /. how did you hnd
'em, this trip
Improving said jam. Improving all
the while. IL beats all how smartness la
'em keeps up. Particularly down IN Jersey.
And more particularly in the SprOut bul
country
Then Jim told me how he was driving
along down Ia the Sprout Hill country and
be came To a man standing al the side OF
the road, looking az quite a big blscksnAke
he had killed THE man said ma It was
funny how he had 20 kill thai snake. be-
rause he had known II a long time. aud u
had been the gentlest and most peaceful
snake he ever saw
Why Jim Bennett said the man said.
that snake and ms was such friends that
Il used To 60 back on the mountain With
me huckleb-rrytng for no other reason
In the world than Ia chase the rsttl.snAke.
~ III l--.- L. -. /
II WAS worth a good pile Of any mans dol
lars Jim Beunett said tho man assured
him, TO SOS tie way that blAcksnake would
make the rattler skite'
s1he way Jim Bennett told IL To me, the
man said he was coming along a little While
before, and saw the snake 1t stretched out In
the road sound asleep. And he must
have been having a pleasant dream. be-
cause there was actually a smile all across
his face the man said. Then he said b.
thought he'd he q little playful. and lie
punched the sleeping snake in the ribs
gently. The snake woke up with q start.
and when he saw where he WAS and that
the man had walked him up. b. got ripping,
tearing mad. this man said.
He came sailing into me like a hurr-
cane the man said, according 70 the wav
Jim Bennett u. aud made q
grab for my throat. ! thought he was
only fooling, and ] pushed him away. bu, lac
came nj ma worse than ever. got two good
bitches Of himself around my throat and
was shutting INV wind Oh a. complete as
you'd turn on the gas, when i thought
IL was time 10 he up and doing something.
90 I had 10 tear him loose and clutch him
until I had shut his own wind on But |
hated to do 1t. jim said the man denlared
do YOU suppose could a sot him 90
dead ag'in me. all VI a -uddenP Jim said
the man asked him
. This n Jersey. amt ~ said jim
The man said II was.
. Well jun raid h.. said TO the man, I
know all about snakes snake was
dreaming he was In York state, and when
Jersey yet he naturally pitched into YOU
for fetching him out OF his dream
The man looked al the snake a while and
then az jim. and then. II Jim remembers
h right. the man said
That bein' the case. maybe this snake
II be worth 50 cents TO you to take home
and stun
But Jim said no, and drove on. Tbs
man holl-rrd after jim. 50 Jim said. that
he could have tho snake for a quarter, but
Jim said he didn't hear him. BY aud by
Jim came 10 a little house nj the foot OF n
hill. and q tall. thin man Ia blue hickory
and a yellow ~whisker sat on the
woodpile -kinning catfish Jim pulled up
the horse and spoke TO the man,
Judging from the way ! hear 'en whist
Ing In the helds. Jim told me he said to the
man on the woodpiie, quail are going 10 be
~ thick ~ grssshoppers this fall
The man on the woodple dropped the
cath.h he was -kinning, looked up al jim,
then with a deep sigh jim said he -aid:
Don't say quail To- me. stranger Don't
mention quail In my prc-encel QUAIL IL
! sore pint with me! Quail cost ne I'D OF
~ pretty, round American dollars last fall
~ any man ever let ON a dog fight
And Jim said that he couldn't say a
word back TO that man but u want 10 know
Well, then. said the man, unie-. jim
doesn't recall his words. " YOU
rant ~ know III tell VDu Last war 4