Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1882 — Colorado Rattlesnakes. [ARTICLE]

Colorado Rattlesnakes.

Ban Francisco Bulletin. The ratlleshake found on the Colorado plains are mottled and of a grayish tint—so nearly the color of the cactus and the <, which never fakes on a vivid green, that a person might paKS vi-ry near and not see it, did it not svund its warning rattle. The reptile crtcps iuto cellars, under board and a general watchfulness is illv ay) i"! o dar. The harvesters must keep a sharp lookout for this deadly enemy. When the stacks of hay are removed, it is no uncommon thing to find snakes under them, or to hear the sharp; defiant rattle as a bunch of grass is tossed on the load.