| Show A SNAKE FANCIER tells about harmless snakes and says some soma are useful small serpents Ser penta could rid bid a farm ol of tho the army worm the rattlers sometimes commit suicide its a shame to kill those harmless little snakes said rattlesnake Eattle snake pete when a reporter told of a recent trip to the country where he saw a farmer fanner kill seve several 1 garter sn snakes alces pete had just finished placa placing ing 13 new s snakes n ak es into the case adjoining the den of rattlers which has lei long 9 been the pride of his heart As soon as anyone commences talking snake said pete rm pm rig right ht at home how many snakes have I 1 in al alp I 1 oh about 75 those in that side are all poisonous but these are not known to be very bad at this the snake fancier took from a bunch of reptiles a light brown snake with dark spots on oa its body pete explained that it was a spotted odder adder and was one of a new lot that he had just received the spotted adder can bite said pete but there bisno is no poison Ash As he said essaid that he opened the snakes mouth with his fingers and exposed a dangerous lo looking oldrig tongue but there were no fangs fang s such as the rattlers and otnel dihe poisonous snakes have the new snakes hecei received red the other day were contributions from friends friend of petes in miami I 1 T the box in which th the an snakes kes came was marked 11 ll i pounds of snakes 85 65 cents a pound there was no other writing on the jhc box other than the address of pete gruber which is rattlesnake petes more formal name the box contained snakes alc of the following species cot cottonmouth ton snakes copperheads copper heads chii chicken iken snakes copper bottom and mud snakes snake it will be seen that these snakes are very poisonous the cotton mouth snake I 1 I 1 is s similar to the rattlesnake in every way excepting ilia lack of rattles it is said that these are more poisonous than rattlers 1 but ut pete who lias has had considerable experience nursing snake bites does not believe it the chicken snake is a black snake with red spots dotted here and there on its body and is quite pretty As pete took one of them from the caseano case and examined him thoroughly he rem remarked irked that he be guessed there much jo J poison o I 1 about it the copper bottom snakes are similar to the snakes found in florida and states pete also handled thern them with great rea readiness dines s but in taking the cotton copperhead and mud snakes from the box he used more caution while the reporter was talking to pete a long box bos arrived by express which was immediately op opened enel itsou it contained a large bright colored snake which is known as a coach whip it was seven feet long and came cam from chadwick mo the man of many snakes took the reptile and threw it in w ith the others and locked up the cage As he locked the door he pointed to a four foot snake which was curled up in one corner of the cage tie was a cop per bottom from florida ire he had just swall swallowed owed a field afield or garter snake e measuring about three feet in length arother snake it in the same cage had just been fed IG small mice ind and one kitten a week old in order to prove that the arakes sn akes would eat anything pete opened the den and placed an ordinary I 1 cir in if front of one of the largest reptiles his hig was pot long in encircling the egg and when imp he be swallowed it he be was seen to tighten the body as if to break the shell the attention of rattlesnake pete was called to a statement which was published from cleveland which stated that ithe the army worm which had been doing much damage in the northern part of ohio had an enemy in the rattlesnake pets stated that not only did the rat ailt d devour the thearty army worm but all snakes es were fond of them if the farmers only knew when they aero rero ere well veil ot off F said pete their garden truck aou would d be much better if eliy val allowed the small brinl snakes es about the gir g ir den which are ger bially killed hilled to live mat they mial at cl t our the ilisa insects acts pet b acs wn for a fact act v r here snake have arn gc ti through rough pirdies and picked bv bu 4 ol cf vie vegetables rence hence his appeal tor for the barm harmless lers little creatures in rca r ca cai L i of the nature of anac 1 in cc C c r ern arm tion ly t alrig the t att attitude tude of the black blaair sal c c toward the r 41 1 rss rs and in fact all others but particular alif former pete has a largo larg number 0 c black blach snakes end and rattlers in the sarr air cage when one of the rattlers starts tc devour a smaller snake or oreay anything thing that I 1 ic black snakes want the latter fatter twisty twist anund an und the body of tl the filer arii aar so bard thai he cannot pr aloft llo the object the result is that the rattler inar imar abl ably v cho chokes res ur up whatever he be has 0 o enec at and moves im oves slowly alpy tie the rever never attempt to strike at ablach often strike at objects ahiel they aniss and happen to bury their fan fangs gs in an fn other snakes but in alibis all his experience peri ence pete has never had one of oathee these cases cafes which proved fatal however he be claims bat suicide is a 1 common thing among rattlers as a s only the ot otherl beriley tay be had bad a larff r rattlesnake d arri fyri a v r bourd self inflicted it appears ir ars that r 1 out v t weel week nyo this ag snake c furred slowly around when pet let was livas sta standing in front of the caf ca r irrl struck at himself its fangs were buried deep into his sk skin in and in the morning ae died Ho cheter and I 1 chronicle |
