The rattlesnaik iz ov a dull yaller color, from four to six feet in
size, ackordin tew length, and all the way ov a bigness.
They hav a pizon tooth, and a dedly natur.
[Illustration: MORE SNAIKS.]
On the further end ov their boddy they hav sum loose bones, which they
kan play a tune upon, which makes the noize from which they take their
name from.
Thare iz only one remidy for the bite ov a rattlesnaik that I kno ov,
and that iz whisky.
I have seen a man that had bin bit bi one, drink three quarts ov whisky,
and be sober enuff all the time tew jine the sons ov tempranse.
I hope I never shall be bit bi a rattlesnaix, not so mutch on ackount ov
the snaik az on ackount ov the whisky.
I think three quarts ov whiskey in mi person at onst would keep me drunk
forevermore.
The grate mortal enemy ov the snaiks iz the hog.
I have seen a woods hog take after a rattlesnaix, and ketch him in
running 50 yards, and with 3 rips and a snatch, tare mister rattlesnaix
into ribbons, and then swallo him whole without saying grace.
The woods, or wild hog, iz the grate snakes eradikator. They will hunt
for them like a setter dog for a woodkok, and if the snaix bight them,
they hav a way ov laying down in a mud hole and soaking the pizon all
out ov them.