Show A rattlesnake trap rattlesnakes were the most dangerous wild animals with which the early bottlers settlers of 0 new jersey had hall to contend they were very numerous and their bite if not treated properly at once was generally fatal in stories from american history I 1 F it K stockton cites an incident which gives an idea iden of the abundance of rattlers in a the new colony in a quarry from which the workmen were engaged in getting out stone tor for the foundations of princeton college a wide crack in the rocks was discovered which led downward to a large cavity and in this cave were found about 20 bushels of rattlesnake bones there was no reason to believe that this was a snake cemetery to which the creatures retired when they supposed they were approaching the end of their days but it Q was without doubt a great rattlesnake trap the narrow winding passage leading to it must have been very attractive to a snake seeking retired quarters in which to take its long winter nap although the cave at the bottom of the great crack w was easy enough to get into it was so arranged that it was difficult if not impossible tor for a snake to get out of especially in the spring when these creatures are very thin and find weak having been nourished all winter by their own fat thus year after year the rattlesnakes must have gone down into that cavity without knowing that they could never betout get out again the first lesson for a boy to learn in saving his money Is to resist the hints of his sisters every time he earns earris a dollar atchison Atch lson globe it if all the cabs in london were placed in a line there would be a total length of 43 miles |