| Show I CUT SN SNAKE I I IN IN HALF TiE THEN BUSINESS ESS END BIT P PENN PENN- N t FARMER Y L VAN I A T r A RIV E R. R William am Schley Has Ha Learned Leaned Something Something Something Some Some- thing About Reptiles Reptiles' s' s Which He Thinks He H He Will R Remember New Remember New An Antidote dot f for r Snake Bites Bites William WilHam Sch ey r of of Decatur township township town town- ship Penn Pennsylvania has resolved e never again ag in t a i a r rattlesnake rattlesnake vinto tle into shore more ore oretha than tha t two peo pieces 3 An n e e p which he had pad a a r o c ago hal has convinced that make ake snakes him he lie may may- out pf of Jf one one- With im impunity Wit but henhe when hen he gets gre greedy and tries t to- to make malte three there is apt to be trouble Incidentally Incidentally Incidentally In In- Mr Schley has learned that as snake snake medicine common chicken chick chick- En Gangi ln iV ards Ait i c es 10 whish whis h. h ky a w 1 Itil lie i i for has bee t regarded regarded- d as as- as sr to Indispensable to adjunct to to in n his t h s mountainous regIon region v It hn happened It pe d up Pt In s Sharers Sharer's rs r's gap said sald Mr 1 t If f 1 st started rt d f. f for r i a mess of ot huckleberries Aft After r driving I up p gW B Bald it gle agle valley to fo the gap gap 1 I my horse e a and took ool my t. t from the they buggy Ug gy i. i iii It ii was Yas was lust just a afew afew afew I few f fleet feet et froin there there- r that tI the berries were Were Were I was wa wed crossing ross ng ui the road to ao to t e p when when h p. p I sawa I saw v a b big rattler big gr rattler r in fro t of W. W e ln n my time I Jed m but ones but none non that t at could c hold ia feather io ri that ha fei- fei lOW C K f For For a moment I stood admiring him and nd wondering how I could catch him He s peace peaceable enough coiled up ups there t in inthe the road and 1 I I tJ thought he- he might stay I could g get a a a c ed stick ed d in th the woods and catch hldi J J j ha hada hatchet e 14 in i the bu buggy and went It id to get it it thinking ink td to cut t a t e stick with It Well Wel sir sI that snake must have hav b been en wa watching h. h t. t fee for Jor th the 1 moment ment I turned m my ri made madi forthe for the horses horse's leg g h the the- the hatchet hatchet down on th i t. t l rind rid when I lifted it it there were two two two sn snakes shakes where i had hl-d M n b but but t op ope one before aI had 1 t ci c slit cut t the fellow fellow in n t 9 p and pd nd d. d yet t I f had hadn't t taken the fight out of him No sir He lie k kept pt rh right ht can ii th f is the front p part rt of h hini h did and id and n in a another Other moment moment mo plo ment he w Wig sr ready Cly to strife the horseS horse S 'S So i again my hatchet went down but buthe buthe he swerved aside and let ef m me have those fangs right in th forefinger forefinger of my my r Tight right gh hand here pere f Well Well W l f tr tried d to o shale shake him im off but buthe buthe buthe he wouldn't shake worth wortha wortha a cent In my my excitement I f forgot rg t that 1 i had a r and buggy and nd buggy so so near at hand hand but butI I I did remember that Chris Sharer lived jived abou about 10 t t five mile from where where-I I w was was s and I started I-started over the hill hiU tow to to- toward w ward rd his house I put my foot down on on fhe the he end of of the the snake sn snake lre and and pulled my hand hand free from his fangs I ran faster than b before before fore until I r reached Shaf Sharers Sharer's ers er's home My n to twice its natural size and my hand was badly swollen swollen My arm was was blue up up to the the Sharer l at once once bo bound nd my arm arm to stop the circulation lation and then poured whisky into me Sharer killed a chicken chicken and and split It op iu n. Then hen he split my finger where th the fangs had h-ad entered nt red and placed placed the chIcken on the one the wound The chicken chicken- meat i turned rn i gre green n kI and d ie yellow ow and g gradually o the the swelling in my arm went dOYI and the pain stopped Mr Mr S Sharer Share r then made a poultice of soap and the wl white te of df an egg egg egg- and put putt ft it on the wound This hi relieved the pain and soon the liquor luor that th that P t I h had r se seme sent me to sleep I remained at Mr Sharers Sharer's house all day and then went home Although the swelling had gone my arm felt sore sore and I I expect expect It will be some time before I can use a hatchet again |
