The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-09-01
MORE SNAKE ROMANCE.
New York Paper Enters the Lists in
Defense OF IIOOp.Snakc,

New York Paper Enters the Lists In
Defense OF iIoop.Snakc.
Harvey" Tcrry's reputation as a
boop-snakc specialist SO sadly shaken
n few weeks ago by an interview with
DR.. Surface, of Pennsylvania, is be-
ing strengthened again, this time at
the hands Of the New York Sun,
which paper comes forward with a
strong argument in support of Mr..
Icrry's snake reputation. Another
snake story Will have to be delivered
up Mr.. "Bee" Blakeley (You known
him) now comes forward, deposes and
says that while out fishing the other
DAY he and several friends came upon
an Old mother moccasin snake with
1ofty-two young ones protected from
danger in the usual snake fashion. or
course, everyone knows the fashion
Anyway, it is said that when a mother
snake scents danger she opens wide
her Jaws and the little Snakes" pile
ln That's where MIR. Blakelev said
thcy found thcm-already piled in,
forty two Of them and some of them
half foot long. lie vouched for the
truthfulness Of the tale and maybe it
was true, but all who believe il may
But turning to this hoop snake pro
position again, here is the way that
the New York paper has bolstcrcd
Terry stock on the snake exchange:
"A doctor in Pennsylvania is in a
fair way to lose hundred dollar bill
lie is DR.. A. Surface, who is also the
state zoologist, and the bill that he
Is SO defiantly Haunting in the face of
the nation will go TO the person who
proves beyond a doubt there is a hoop
snake
PcrhapS this doctor is not aware
or some Of the most recent discoveries
III. reptlllan lore, or perhaps he is one
OF those scientists who do not get
their ear and eye down close to nature.
lie very likely would say there is no
such thing as a glass snake. which
when hit by a stick flies apart and
thcn fcunitcS and runs away when no
one is looking, or perhaps he does not
believe in horned snakes An editor of
South Carolina, where there are many
kinds Of reptiles not mentioned in
books, and where folks learn about
snakes by actually seeing thcm-this
editor says that a man brought into
his Office 4 part Of one Of these divisi-
bic snakes He had grabbed It Just as
the reptile was assembling the other
sections to disappear in hole
y correspondent Of another papcr
reports tho killing Of a horned snake
and described the horn as IAN inch
and thrcc-Quarters long. the sharp
points tipped with deadly poison
From authority equally reliable as
these comes a positive statement re-
garding 4 hOop snake. The creature
while rolling along the road overlook
a c0lorcd man in a wagon and tried
hard TO get up on the scat with the
driver. If this man had the foresight
to take the snake in he would not now
be worrying about the price Of cotton
But the place where hoop snakes
were once most common, and there is
no reason to believe thay have all boon
DESTROYED is Morgan and Muskingum
counties in tho state Of Ohio. and il
Sam Bulger, as faithful an adviser Of
youth as ever jim was Of Tom Sawyer
or fIuck Finn, is still alive, he can
lead the doubling doctor to a cave
among those reddish clay hills and
show him a whole nest Of them. "Dah
dc is" said Sam; "dc OF folks is away
an do chillUn is too young for to roll
but los vo' wait till de- grows IN an
sec 'cm roll Sam could always point
out reptile rolling faster an light
ming in tho Get Of disappearing among
tho bushes But Sam made his most
wonderful discoveries when he was