Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — SNAKES FOR SALE. [ARTICLE]

SNAKES FOR SALE.

Hunting snakes for a living is the occupation of a Mexican in San Antonio, Tex., who finds a ready market for all the venomous reptiles he catches, isays the Om-aha Bee The buyer is a dealer in West Commerce street, who supplies shows, museums and scientists. ■ . - The snakes are sold by weight, and for choice specimens of rattlers 25 cents a pound is paid. The Mexican has two ways of catching a rattier. An old one is caught by placing a forked stick over its body just back of the head and holding it down until the snake catcher can grasp it safely and' drop It into a sack.. Young rattlers are grabbed by the Mexican with his hand and dropped into a sack without using the forked stick. In catching water moccasins the hunter wades into the stream, carrying a noose, which is dropped into the water in front of the snake and pulled up as It swims through. Small moccasins, like small rattlers,he catches wit-h his hands.