Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1877 — Snakes. [ARTICLE]

Snakes.

“ Is the snake editor in ?” “ Amid the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune he never forsakes his post. Behold in me the snake editor.” “ Well, I killed a rattle——” “ How long was it ?” “ Nine feet four ” “W-what! less than ten feet? This paper is no receptacle for miserable fish-ing-worm stories,” and the exasperated editor seized the visitor by the throat and shut off from his insides the breath of heaven. “Yaas,” gurgled the poor wretch, “ but it had eighty-seven ra ” “No back talk!” yelled the editor; “ we want no rattlesnakes less than from ten to twelve feet in length,” and the snake-killer was dashed to pieces on the flinty pavement below.— Oil City Derrick.