The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-21
OXFORD

Oxford, Sept. 21.-No, dear CORE
spondents, we did not write the last
two weeks, but we did get the last let
ter published three times. Some joke
on the editor.
Mr.. Andy E. Evans and partner,
who peddle fish in this section, drove
into Oxford last Friday afternoon
with big rattler hung over the front
of the radiator, and the story of how
they got the deadly reptile would al
most chill the very blood of a des-
perado. Mr.. Evans story goes that
while driving along just north Of
Coleman at pretty lively gait, and
without knowing how or when the
man on the right looked down on the
floor of the car and lying between
them was this frightful monster, all
coiled up, with his head several in
ches high. The man, when he realiz-
ed the wretched company he was
keeping, made leap forward, break
ing the windshield to smithereens and
ahead of the car. The driver, hav-
ing little hope of escaping being eat
up by the rattler, and in his awful
fright, having no time to think and
without knowing just why, made a
lunge at the snake with his hand,
seizing him just below the head, and
the snake began to wrap himself
around the mans hand, and even with
grip the limit of his strength he could
feel the snake slowly slipping through
his hand, and in imagination he felt
the deadly fangs enter his flesh. He
could feel the excruciating pains caus-
ed by the deadly poison, and even
death itself seemed to stand before
him, till his companion gathered his
wits and between the two of them
they secured something with which to
end the life of the reptile. When the
men came to themselves and chckd
up, thy found the snake to be some
thing less than five feet long, with
seven rattles. A terrible experience
this must have been. (This is a good
lie Did you make it up yourself or
did somebody tell it to you.-Editor).
We would like to inform the Tar
pom Springs Leader that Clyde w.
Fore is an Oxford young man, and
Oxford does not propose to be robbed
of the honor of furnishing a candidate
for governor. Guess Tampa will fur
nish one. too; then it will be up with
Oxford.
Say, people, when you walk the
Sumter county roads now, you should
go two and two like Jesus sent out
tie twelve apostles, and walk on each
side of the road so that if one is
knocked out there will be one left to
tell the story. No one hurt yet, but
accidents happen in the best of fani-
lies.
Some time ago there was reported
what was thought to be very rare
bird dog, one that would not set rat
tlesnakes, but we will go that one bet
ter. We now have one that will wash
dishes. Ask Mr.. and Mrs. W. c.
Grimes of Summerfeld.
Mr.. Will Lucius of Coleman passed
through Oxford last Sunday, going
south. Guess he had been visiting
relatives in Pedro and suppoe he had
his family with him. We never recog-
nize anybody in cars these days of
good roads.
No, Mr.. Editor. we have not had
any boisterous, tumultous, turbulent
weddings at Oxford. and even if we
had, we would be afraid to report
them so.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. E. Martin had the
sad misfortune to lose their only
daughter last Friday. Vera was yet
in her teens, school girl, and was q
member of the Christian church. She
was the only daughter and just enter
ing young womanhood. Her death
was a great shock to her relatives
and school mates. Our sympathy
goes out to the bereaved ones.