The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
stoRattlers
| Being the
| "reminiscences
| of a
| Nature Falzir
By
4 John Kendrick Bangs
AEoI .Tright. by Joseph Is. bo"iss'

NSNpS
",ts a mighty interestin' provision ,.sn"t
s.,ra" said the postmaster 'ha'
rattle-snakes amt aDunuan.
where liquor Is hard TO se''
| laughed. ,reb
az didn't know there were any 'u0'
states, Joe" l SAID .h,, bore
.Tf YOU was a stranger IN this mere
o.,ta - Maine, you'd find one OF EN-
Tight here" retorted the poSt.nao'
"Tnowin' the ropes as you do OF course
q o;n,t hard for you to find your nish,
hou at any soda water fountain from
VOW 70 Bar Harbor, but II YOU'D Oh
} iust arrived an was lookln ler sun.
, thin to restore your faintln spell
!. snd,n, needles in hay-ricks ID De llNe
g hraalin' a baby's arm alongside set-
TN, u An seem as how WHISKY 10
}. about the only known anecoote asa.n1 %
n the rattlers bite, | repeats tnat !. .ho
g , wise provision O nature TO Keep .n r',
10 rottle-snakes in parts o the coun'l'
where iptemprance amt froWneo Oh
nv the law an s'ciety, like New 'e'Se'
| an Arizony." rott,a.
| "Rums a. bigger curse nor rattie,
| .nskes Joe," vouchsafed the Captain
| y. .his no;nt, There's more GEMS
! .sries been poppylated by rum thah W >,
| rattle.snakes. It's more 'ns,'uS Sora,
| voud look around you ahy"nel '.,
| you,u find no end O fellers that se.'
80 habit o. drinkin' fiery waters pu
where do ye find anybody chasln 90 S't ~,
| rattle.snskes. goin' into hotels an ol
| derin' 'em for dinner; ringin PENS ." 81
bav,n' 'em served between meas
COIN to the grocery store an ousn
,om nv the case an havin EN- Sci
home an kept in the cellar "ne'
thev's always on tap"
II never thought OF 1t IN tna' Ca"
light" said the postmaster =.
well, ye'd better begin TO- saiu y
oontoin 81 don't set no special seo
hv rattle-snakes. can get alons WI
ov+ ,em and amt got no p tlcu
call to defend EN-, but when peoI
hegins to put whisky on a peueS'
molin' a sort of alcohol o Fame
| - n an, at the same time condemn
| 40 rattlesnake as menace 10
| man life, an calm on 'he puD',1
Il stamn him out as an enemy u W
~ oort If feel that the rattle-snaKe
Ill n;rts that he amt got no cause "
I'M ei on He minds his own D
. A 49, ,,ost ~ the time. He don
MEl vite nobody to come along an se'
lyIIW\l No amt a tempter an a snare "
N8NAS nitfau for the feetsteps OF the
VIENW pn, onwary. an so l says, give NJ
GAVAMl ahow There's too much pree]t
IkIkWA against reptiles, anyhow
BNW\W 80 didn't know ye'd ever hao
M1 cattler, captain" said the postm
hNMl with sly wink at the rest OF U.s.
SNWIVN "There's a whole lot you neVe
SMM ,.now Joe" returned the ca
VII "yon're KEEP so busy readin the
,LNj 10, cards that passes throdsh
S// bands that YOU don't seem 10 lid
lime for lib'ral eddication' "
Uas IN Arizony found lou .
,inys about reptiles that ain
n forget. Down round IucKson
was Iookin into a salt mine soi
ountries. .ers knowed Wahteu nho W
ople; we come into contact WIN NV ,nn,
7 shall Tiers an they didn't none OF ell
will take any harm. nae ah iueo =
there that the rattle-snake'
Tay" she other Twin creatures, W. oU
much afraid of one of his oW
e matter that was bigger n he was as