The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-28

crawling upon the bank, where he was
found later, all covered with blood and
muddy water. by his two sisters, who
Immediately summoned help and had
the lad conveyed home. A doctor came
at once, took six stitches in the boys
scalp and discovered other injuries,
burt not serious enough to prevent,
with proper care, the lads early re-
covery.
Mr.. OTIS fine rice field Of two acres.
now almost ready for the sickle, has
been the forage ground for an army
of rice birds for the past two weeks.
The men about the place fire random
shots a the despoilers during the day,
but like the cat they always come
back. Shooting these birds would be
a picnic 70 the average city youth who
wants to try his new gun or old gun
for tnst matter
Tax Assessor Pat Robinson was in
Mu1at again this week and was again
the recipient Of basket Of green peas
from Sim Otis, who Iaughingly told
Pat that he, Pat, could not raise any
thing on his farm but a mortgage.
You forget said Pat, that I can
raise citrons." Yes" said Sim, but
when you raised your last crop os cit
melons and tried to eat some of them"
japanese Persimmons.
Col. Todd showed The Journal man
last Tuesday a Japanese persimmon
tree on his place, one limb of which
bore 48 large persiInmons in one clus-
ter, that is they were contiguous as
grapes in a bunch. This statement may
appear to many an exaggeratfon, but
it is a fact and Col. Todd will join the
writer in an affidavit declaring the
truth of this story If necessary. The
Journal man has asked Col Todd to
place this phenomenal bunch on ex-
hihition at the coming agricultural
fair at Pensacola The only trouble
about the matter is that the fruit may
decay before a month The writer
suggested that vanishing the fruit
will prevent decay, but there may be
some other method known to some
Journal reader whereby the fruit may
be temporarily kept fresh If any
Journal reader can furnish information
on this subject he or she will confer a
favor by communicating in next Sun
days Journal if not before, the me-
thod.
Snake Stories.
A certain exchange has stated that
it is tired OF hearing about big snake
stories-hinting that they were fab
relations. Well so far as that is con-
cerned, the public is tired of hearing
of murders and train robberies; but
these incidents are matters Of news
and must be published. So the Jour
nal man states as a matter Of news
that Sim Otis on last Saturday killed
q five and a half foot rattIesnake, hav-
ing ten rattles, in the back yard Of the
quarters-rows of tenement houses for
use OF employees. Mr.. Otis says that
the snake made not the slightest show
at defense while being pounded with
q club He says that it is the first
rattlesnake he has seen alive here in
ten years and he goes around the
country more than anybody. He thinks
that the snake he killed had just swan
from the marsh a hundred yards
across the bayou, being driven to do
this to ESCAPE the marsh flooded by the
late rains; for a rattlesnake does not
like water any more than the avera ge
Kentuckian. This story is no fabri-
cation for the Journal man has the
is the rattlesnake's rat
ties.
Damage Reported.
The ds-aage done to the sawmiu