Show STOLE THE HATTLES AN OLD I1ATTLE SNAKG DESPOILED DE-SPOILED WHILtt ME SLEPT i II I II I kOl IIIil ljr UirNrrk till linls l kr t I I Hood Cnimtit nnl tlvl Soon ntlh Ilia I I Fnikohl lltrarf lie tooth Mini fur w Holt ir V 1 t AHOLD U03IJN f crane of Newton J N J has a llvo < roJ rattlesnake on exhibition l ex-hibition In tube plate anal It attracts a great deal of nl < < rfI tentlon It is not the largest sinks ever c copturid 1 for It I Is l onl three feet six inches lung It Is I simply mi old runt says the Ophidian 1 Iteoonl Jake Wood Is I Ibo best known snakecatcher In tho neighborhood 01 Swurtswood Ho hat brought In any number of pilots black snaKcn nod dangerous rntttrrs and he pUvs with the latter as carelessly as though they I were of Iho harmless water snake species This particular snake has I seven rattles on Iho end of his tall i and five more Ho In one corner of Vic Itosencrnim case nnd thereon hangs i this talc Jake and Jim Smith had been 1 out utter a woodchuck but not being able to dig or smoke him out were re lurlng homo In Illhumor when Jake discovered the old and decrepit rattier asleep it full length In an open field So quiet did he lit I that Jake nt first thought ho was dead Hut the mouth wan closed and n dead snakes fang generally extend Sec me get n rattle off hit tall mid Jake nnd ho went to a lieditn and cut a pronged stick llemovlng hie heavy loots ho npproachcd the stmkc us carefully care-fully as possible and got In position to begin operations without alarming his anakeshlp Then grasping the rallies with his right hand ho squeezed off the list rnttlo with his thumli and forefinger fore-finger nt the same lime striving to pin tho snakes head down under tho pronged slick with his left The old snake woke up much quicker than It take to tell It and as John left hand had not acted as quickly as his right tho head was raised nnd swung back In position to strike before Iho prongs had done their work In nn instant the fangs were struck against the stick mud Jake got to a safe distance dis-tance unharmed Jake Is used to surprises sur-prises hut not to missing a snakes head when ho prongs It and ho was Just a little rattled Some day theyll be punipln whisky Into you and suckln poison out Bald JimYou You go to thunder mid Jake Im going to get some more of them I there rattles now jest to fool you Ho again advanced the thoroughly angry snake and nt nrsraltcmpt landed Ibo prongs on Ibo makes neck eight Inches from the head and pinned him squirming nnd twitting to the ground Tho prongs were light and Jim expected to iwo the snake free himself so stout wero his struggles Tho wicked 1 head was turned about and landed blow after blow upon tho stick Jake was unharmed Stay there con orn ye till I get through with ye ho fiercely remarked Then ho caught tho tall and pinched off four more of bite rattles and put them In his pocket with a laugh of triumph Then raiting tie prongs a little ho let fho snake move forward and guided him 100 yards to a milk spring 1 whero Jim found on empt milk can Tho snake was forced to crawl Into this nail tho lid was placed on II Jolla and Jim then carried It up to Vic Itosencrnns who gave Jake a dollar for It |