The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
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BY ], " Lcvis)
For The Post
We was cl0pctu over au old Ole NJ tsc
jackson Alubamlan toihcr day wbru we
met gp With the following account or tt
picdcd hoop snake. fer that's what this 81.
caIlod "st!nsln' snake IS. pure an
simple
"Rcus Dauzcy Killed genuine sungius
snake while u-hms on fur opposite ii %
" toe river one day last vcct inc reptile
was sbou, d,o aua hall fart ioug AMI of
q piedcd color beius deep red With
spIotchos o Muonlack. aui Us sling was
pressed from It's bluut tan rli It protrudoi
fully an inch THIS spccics Of snake rs
very rnre. Tho writer saw Que iu Eastern
Texas nearly forty years ago, hut has never
seen hut the one. The sting of this serpent
Is said to bc <eady though we never
heard Of anyone falling victim to its
wound"
We amt saying word about what Ala
hama can produce IN the way Of snakes
but bein' native o. Texas we consi Ter
that we have got n KICK comiu' on the
statement OF our contemporary, who says
no was In Eastern Texas forty years ago
and seen Que Of these here snakes. "one'
NJ ON, mind! why We mind time In
Eastern Texas forty years ago this morn
Ing when the landscape ms far as The eye
could reach was alive With en-. An our
contcmrorar, only seen "one! We want
~ say righ, here that IT am't often we
coudea'eud tp notice theso here lliilc Old
ou" druk. QUO snake. temperance advocates
scat don't SNOW enough about the effects
Of booze 10 pose as horrible example IA
cider mill
The reason we notice such spoon 1ittiss
ar 500 is simpl! because II appcars 70 ms
that the foilcr was doin' the best me could
With his limited capacity, and because yuat
article bears ali the eur marks uf hlyn'
pccu published Oh purpose 20 draw our
attraction, an between boozers even a
tentative blun Is never permitted 10 go
uuGllcd.
Sun, on roaIin' it over again, we almost
hesitate we ask our thousands Of readers
% stop an consider a minute what he says
'Tac reptile was about ave and half
faet long and It's sting was press
81 from It's blunt tail Till 1t protruded fully
an inch" Now, amt the stun that
cot ldnt produce nothin lmt little angle
woi1n Ike l4ilJ enough 10 make felief
sign the pledge?
cue day as we have said. forty year Ego
this moruin', we was prUSpectin' IN East
crn TeXns fer a nice quiet place TO otart
a nlponshlnery, when night overlook Us IA
an sdea SPOT an we went into camp undeF
a spteadin' magnolia tree, past whose roots
twitu,red a stream o clear water As a
usual thing OF late years. we only approach
water semioccasiouGily fer thr purpose o
Washlp' our feet. but We WAS YONG T then
an besides Il needs water 10 irrigate .
corn patch an make mooNFbine Iheii, too,
Ia them days, before W. had a reputation
ter sustain. We used tcg make nice hagm'
less little chasers ou;en TIA practice wh!eh
we hes our readers to believe we nave long
since discontinued.
From the Lust Chance before we struck
into the Wilderness. We had bTnns n
silare tawed jug 81 travelers' delight,
which ri. has been our hapit sence hoynood,
We WIS sayin' NJ uniii W. had accul0ulaied
fbirst thut would mako q sarin while
TOR piil he cpFk ON the eveniu ~ which
,,e write ~ hea hen on thr r0sd three
days without victim orr whistle. ~ oar
ln- Wss cracked an our tongue Vas -
.dn that efry time u clicked 1rin olI
teeth 4 set Are Ter our breath an burned