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TRAILING _THE_ RATTLER.
Connecticut Hunters Who Trace the
Kepti e’s Sinuous Path.
With a Forked Stick as Weapon
They Seek Him for His “Pelt” and
“lie"—Somersick Mountain’s Giant
Serpent.
From the New York Sun.
Portland, Conn., Sept. 22.—Tracking
rattlesnakes is a curious and favorite
sport on the part of a number of eccentric
hunters who dwell on sterile little farms
among the rugged hills in waste places in
the mid-Connecticut valley. Their
method is peculiar. They are ready to
track snakes—only rattlers are pecuni
arily worthy of their prowess—at any
hour of the day and anywhere.
While at work in their stony fields among
the rugged hills, or strolling through
pasture land, or toiling along the dusty
roads on foot or in wagon, they are al
ways prompt to drop all other concerns
and dart oft' on the track of a rattler.
They track him, moreover, in precisely
the same way that other sportsmen stalk
a rabbit or a fox by his trail across snowy
fields. Often they follow in the path of a
serpent from ten to twenty minutes be
fore driving him out of cover; then force
him to make a stand in the open and do
battle.
How are they able to “pick up” the
trail of a rattler, all but imperceptible to
the unpracticed eye, so lightly does the
serpent pass over the earth, and pursue it
unerringly through thorny pastures, and
copses entangled with bull briers and
weeds? Well, their art is a mystery to all
but themselves; it is the especial and in
dispensable part of their craft. They do
it. that is clear enough, and that’s all
that the novice can intelligently discern
about it.
For a quarterof a century it was a com
mon belief that rattlesnakes were extinct
in the Nutmeg state, but in the past ten
or fifteen years the country people—the
young folks especially—have steadily
swarmed down the hills into the cities,
leaving the old homestead for good and
all; and no less steadily, all the time,
nature, with her robe of greenwood and
her wild primeval brood of beasts and
birds has encroached upon the clearings
of civilization and resumed her old-time
sway in many a forlorn old hill town.
The rattlers, as well as wildcats and
foxes, and an occasional panther, glided
along in her advancing train, of course,
and it is an eloquent fact to-day that not
only is there moro wild land in the state
than was the case a century ago, but
rattlesnakes and predatory beasts are
plentiful iu almost every quarter.
Fifteen years ago it was an episode to
be talked about for months when a Nut
meg farmer or hunter slew a rattler;
this year not less than thirty-five or forty
big rattlesnakes have been taken within
the boundaries of the state. It is easy
enough now to bag ? rattler on the crag
gy hillsides round about this town any
time, and down among the Lamentation
Hills and the Hanging hills to the south
west. the hunting of rattlesnakes is capi
tal sport, too, and almost equally as re
munerative.
At the head of the rattler tracking
guild, indeed, head and shoulders above
most other huntsmen, in respect of his
craft ami skill, is Dell Keeves, who is
kuown in half a score of Atlantic states
as the champion of rattlesnake hunters.
Dell has hunted the "varmints' 1 for fif
teen years steadily, sometimes for an
avocation, of tenor for a' -stidUy business,”
be says, iu the summer months, and in
that time has killed hundreds of serpents.
So many, indeed, that ho is reluctant to
try to compute the number. In auspicious
weather, when luck is with him, and
especially if tracking is good, he has been
known to bag from t hree to half a dozen
rattlers in a single day; and, having gone
forth to hunt, it is a cold day if he comes
not home like "Little Bo Peep’s” sheep,
trailing tails, and in this case rattle
snakes' tails, behind him.
He hunts rattlers with simply a forked
stick, in Pennsylvania fashion, tracking
them across the field and moorland,
through forest, fells and brier-grown up
lands, coming upon them stealthily l , and
finally pinning them to the earth unfail
ingly, and so swiftly that the serpent
dreams not of Dell Reeves until Dell's
stick is at his throat, throttling him.
Dell skins his prey promptly aud drops it
into Ins bag, then swings his blanket
creel across his shoulder, and stalks on
with his stick, tapping the ground softly
with it, crooning "Yankee Doodle” or
‘Black-eyed Susan” so smoothly and
lowly that even a sleeping rattler would
be soothed into deeper slumber by his
song.
Dell sells his rattler hides to country
sports for a goodly sum. Odd customers
these, with heavy, drooping, inky mous
taches, who aspire to be bad men in a
sporting sense, and can do it in no other
way with such a sinister and snaky effect
as by wearing a rattlesnake tie or watch
chain He preserves the carcasses of the
reptiles lie kills, as well as their hides,
boiling them down into a clear, smooth
oil ‘ trying it out” the process is named
in the rural regions—which is “splendid”
tor old ladies’ “rheumatic.” Good, also,
for croup or sore throat and stiff joints,
the queer hunter sells the oil to
Middletown druggists for almost fabu
lous prices at times; and thence
it is shipped in part to other rural
nrug stores all about New England,
'cry little, if any of it, goes to city
pharmacists, however, for urban folks
know no more about its magic curative
powers than about skunk’s oil, for in
stance. another remedial product exclu
sively to be found on tap in country shops,
having an endemic reputation, like gin
seng among the Chinese. But old coun
try wives know how much it is to be
Prized, and at this season in scores of
h a kenod and antique old country kitch
ens in Nutmegland may be seen a small
phial of rattlesnake oil, freshly tried out.
hanging by a piece of twine or black
thn ad to a nail io a beam over or under
mautei above the blackened, old-time
fireplace.
,iut Hell Reeves, who for years hunted
rattlers exclusively in the hill town, is by
t>° means the only tracker of serpents
Here now. He has no fewer than three
J'r four capable rivals, and at least one of
"tern, Henry l.ansing, is pretty nearly as
f x l °rt as is Dell. For example, he and
*\ts chum, Ralph Kelsey,while sauntering
H the lonely highway near SomcrsicK
fountain a day or two ago. suddenly
aalti and not far from a copse, almost in
tuitively, and Henry, who was a step or
,w " to the front, sniffed the air signili
‘•titly once or twice, like a foxhound,
then said confidently:
"Sh: Hold on then;, Ralph!” Then
‘ n “whisper: “I smell a rattler. (Sniff!
t Nurtras your're born. Now don't
:i sound, Kcl! But you just cut a
k and follow me, and bo’s our fame."
■'leantime Henry had been studying a
"■nous serpentine blur, almost invisible
u Ralphuntrained eyes; a straggling
‘fait it was. such as a peacock, drawing
•* tail feather on the ground, might have
jiade there, clear ac ross the white, pow
“"u like dust of tho road.
■ here’s where the devil got up and
uusted when he heard us coming up.”
nurmured Henry Fansing scntentiously,
M still i n a tong g 0 j ow as to i, e almost
'audible. “He ain’t fur off now, I can
j you; an’ we ll rout the critter out in
wjut twelve seconds, eh!”
tying that tho tracker of rattlers
_ Pued into a thicket of underbrush at
roadside, gliding* through staddles
•uu briars aud wood weeds as noiselessly
as an Indian scout: and Ralph, his friend,
tagged along behind, his nerves trembling
with the excitement and concern of a
hitherto untried sportsman. And so on
they went almost breathlessly about a
dozen rods or so, and then Henry suddenly
dropped his head and shoulder, scenting
bis game, stepping gingerly on the short
forest turf: and presently he halted. 1
slowly lifted himself erect, poised his
forked stick like a javelin thrower and
brought it down with a click into a cover
of weeds and brush.
All this time Ralph Kelse.v, inexperi
enced and half skeptical of Ilenrv s art. 1
had seen and heard nothing, had even i
scented nothing, that to his intelligence !
indicated the presence of game. But the j
instant Heury s supple wood lance struck I
the earM} a sharp, fierce whirring, the
angry rattle of a serpent, sang through
the air, and the little copse burst, seem- |
ingly, into a slashing tangle of serpentine j
coils. Madly the huge snake lashed the '
ground, paddled with half-strewn turt
and loilage, his sinuous lengths straight
ening themselves as they fell with a
swishing burring thud; but the stout
stick, driven with a sinewy hand, held
and steadily throttled him. His strug
gles grew fainter, and lainsing presently
glided alongside of him, still pinning his
victim firmly to the earth, and in a trice
with his pocket knito deftly sliced tho
reptile’s head off. Ho drew the serpent
out of his cover then into tho open pas
ture land, straightened him there, and,
measuring bint expertly with his glance,
was as surprised as was his companion at
the size of the reptile.
There was no greater rattlesnake slain
in Connecticut The serpent was ex
actly five feet long and his body as thick
and hard and withy as an oarsman's fore
arm. It is very rarely that a Connecti
cut rattler attains a greater length than
three feet, and, as a rule, his body is no
larger than a man’s wrist. This big fel
low of Somersick mountain had ten rat
tles ; hence Lansing reckoned that he was
no less than 13 years old. Having neatly
flayed him and cured the pelt, duskly
mottled and crusted with scabs as thickly
as a Highlander s targe, Lansing sent
the scarfskin with his compliments to
Lee & Osgood of Norwich, leading whole
sale druggists of Eastern Connecticut. It
is now on exhibition in the firm's show
window. Spread out it is wide as a man's
two palms and as long as tho floor of the
window. A little throng in the street
gaze at it all day. A big placard goes
with it, entitled: “Crotalus Horridus.
American rattlesnake, killed at Somer
sick mountain.”
It has been a wonderful season in the
Nutmeg as in the Applejack state for ser
pents of all sorts and degrees. The
drought has fostered and stimulated
them, and set them going. Almost any
body can get a snake in Connecticut this
year.
Sources and Sums of Orleans Legacy.
From the New York Times.
Most of the fortune of the Comte de
Paris came from the Duchess of Calliera,
who. in dying, left him. as representative
of the monarchy, 25,000,000 francs. Out
of the 45,000,000 francs divided among the
princes after the Franco-German war, he
received between 7,000,000 francs and
8,000,000 francs. It is now estimated that
his six children will, after the Comtesse
de Paris has received her share of the es
tate, inherit 40,000,000 francs. The Due
d’Orleans, as head of the family, will
have immediately £IO,OOO a year, in addi
tion to the allowance of £4,000 which he
received from his father and mother on
leaving the Clairvaux prison. He will
also become the owner of the Chateau
d’Eu. in Normandy, the laud around
which is being farmed on the English
plan, and which is very productive, as
well as stocked abundautly with flocks
and herds. The place is now managed by
a steward of great experience. The mag
nificent demesne of Villamanriyue. near
Seville, will pass to the younger brother
of the Due d’Orleans, who inherits the
Montpensier title.
Death of a Former Savannahian.
Mr. J. Stebbins I.athrop, formerly a
resident of this city, died in North
ampton, Mass., on the 4th inst., aged 78
years. The deceased was a member of
the firm of Snider, Lathrop & Nevitt, a
well known dry goods house that occu
pied the store at the southeast corner of
Congress and Whitakerstreets.now known
as G. Eckstein & Co.’s. Mr. Lathrop made
a handsome fortune in a few years and
retired to New England before the be
ginning of the late war.
CITY BREVITIES.
The large sign board containing the cir
cus posters, located on the bluff at Bay
and Habersham streets, was blown en
tirely down and the circus will lose its ad
vertising there.
Lieut. Reilly and the sergeants made
their rounds yesterday and kept a sharp
lookout on all the men on the police force.
They did not trust to the Gamewell
boxes on account of the condition of the
wires, and it was particularly desired by
the officers that ail the men at this time
pay the strictest attention to duty. Lieut.
Keilly said he found no delinquents on
his rounds.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mrs. B. H. Levy returned yesterday
from Asheville.
Mr. G. W. Spaid returned from the
north yesterday.
Mr. Lawrence Kelley and family have
returned from Abbeville.
Mr. J. M. Gannon and family returned
yesterday from Hendersonville.
Rev. Dr. Schaeffer, pastor of the Lu
theran church, returned yesterday morn
ing from North Carolina, where he has
been during the summer.
Cotton Futures.
New York, Sept. 26.—The Sun's cotton
review to-day says: ‘‘With Liverpool
decidedly lower, partly owing to a big
crop sent there from New Orleans, with
rather more favorable crop reports from
some parts of the south and declining
southern markets, prices here were quite
weak and fell sharply. Notices
for about 4,000 bales were sent out. but
they had comparatively little effect. The
crop element is liberal, trade is quiet and
the speculative market has little support
except from the short iuterest. The
cyclone was reported to oe coming north
ward, attended by heavy rains at Savan
nah, Augusta and other southern cities,
and the wind storm did not cut much of a
figure in the speculation to-dav.
Firßt Tennessee District.
Morristown, Twin., Sept. 26. -At Mor
ristown yesterday the democrats of the
First district nominated Thad A. Cox of
Washington county for congress.
SEVENTH KANSAS DISTRICT.
Wichita. Kansas, Sept. 26 —The demo
cratic congressional committee ol the
Seventh district met at Groat Bend yes
terday and endorsed Congressman Jerry
Simpson for re-election. The democrats
here say that the committee had no au
thority to do this and that the Australian
ballot law in vogue in Kansas would for
bid it: so that as there is a large element
of democracy opposed to any endorsement
of populism, it is probable that an injunc
tion will be asked prohibiting the placing
of Simpson's name ou the ticket as the
democratic nominee.
Death of a Prominent Citizen.
Eneeks, Ga , Sept. 26.—William R.
Eneeks. a highly respected and promi
nent citizen of Screven county, died at
his residence here on Sunday pight, Sept.
28. Aged H 4 years.
Mr Van Hraam—Miss Bellefleld is an
aaiullv sharp girl. . A/ ,i
Mr inland Ha. Ha! put you, has she?—
Pittaburg Chronicle.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. SETTEMRER 27. 1894.
A SERIOUS ILLNESS.
Deputy Marshal Buckner Sick With
Meningitis and Hot Expected to
Live.
Deputy Marshal W. A. Buckner, of the
United States court, is so seriously ill at
his residence, at 55 Bolton street, that he
was not expected last night to live until
this morning. Mr. Buckner has been ill
for about a week with meningitis, but has
been confined to his bed for about two
weeks, his illness beginning with ma
larial fever, the result of his work in his
official capacity.
Although a man of splendid physique,
he succumbed to the heavy strains, and
after his trip to Darien about two weeks
atro last Monday, ho was taken sick with
malarial fever. Since that time he has
been confined to his bed and has been
hovering between life and death. His
wife and sons have been watching at his
bedside hoping for the best, but they have
had little encouragement as the opinion
of the physician in attendance yesterday
morning was that he would not live until
noon. He was still alive last night, how
ever. and there was some hope that he
might pally, but they were slignt.
Mr. Buckner has beeu in Savannah
about a year, he having come here from
Sparta, Ga., to take the position of deputy
marshal of the United States court under
Marshal Leverett. Since he has been
here his genial disposition, gentlemanly
conduct toward all with whom he has
come in contact, and his kindly instincts
have won him many friends, who hope
that with this morning they will hoar
that he has rallie i from the attack from
which he has been suffering.
SUMMER’S CLOSING WEATHER.
Director Morrill's Review for the
Month of August.
Director Park Morrill has just issued
his report of the weather throughout
Georgia in August.
The average rainfall from the records
of sixty-three stations was 5.30 inches,
ranging from 13.70 inches at Waynesboro
to 1.89 inches at West Point. The aver
age number of days with rainfall was
fourteen.
The average temperature from the
records of fifty-five stations was 78.5°.
The highest monthly mean was 82° at
Bainbridge, Americus and Fleming, the
lowest, 74“ at Gainesville and Griffin.
The maximum temperature of the
mouth was 104”, recorded at Brag on
Aug. 14; the minimum was 52°, recorded
at Dublin on Aug. 10. The absolute range
for the month and the state, therefore,
was 52°.
The greatest local monthly ,range was
42° at Lumpkin: the least, 36° at Thomas
ville and Camilla.
The greatest daily range was 33° at
Brag on the 13th; the least, 3” at Griffin
on the 3rd.
From the records of twenty-five sta
tions reporting the state of weather there
was an average of six clear, thirteen
partly cloudy and twelve cloudy days.
The prevailing direction of wiftd (twen
ty-four stations) was west.
Thunderstorms occurred at various
points on the Ist. 3rd,6th, 10th, 11th, 12th,
13th, 15th, 17th, 23rd, 24th. 26th, 26th,
28th. Hail was reported at Ramsey on
the 19th. Lumpkin reported an Aurora
on the evening of the 19th.
MAY BE A CONGRESSMAN.
Col. James H. Lewis in a Fair Way for
Further Honors.
James H. Lewis, Esq., of Seattle,
Wash., formerly of Savannah, is in a fair
way to be a congressman. A Tacoma,
Wash., letter says:
“The name of George Hazzard will not
be presented to the coming democratic
state convention at North Yakima, the
ex-secretary of the state committee hav
ing withdrawn from the race. Hazzard,
while puliing himself out of the congres
sional race, pulls into the field for the
west side nomination James Hamilton
Lewis of Seattle.
“In a letter, written to Mr. Lewis by
Mr. Hazzard, he compares Lewis to
Grover Cleveland, in that the latter was
beaten for renomination as President in
1888, as Lewis was beaten for tbe guber
natorial nomination, because both were
victims of a campaign of money against
principle. Hazzard says in his letter that
in his congressional candidacy he has per
sonally visited each of the thirty-four
counties of the state, and finds the senit
ment for to be similar to tbe senti
ment which, in 1892, pervaded the nation
for Cleveland.
Mr. Hazzard adds: “The present con
census of opinion throughout the state is
that had Mr. Lewis been nominated for
governor he would have been triumphantly
elected, and now tho determination is to
make him one of the democratic candi
dates for congress and to elect him.”
Mr. Hazzards letter to Lewis can safely
be said to have been written with Col.
Lewis’ full know-ledge and consent. Tho
ex-state central committee secretary says
that Lewis will pull the democratic legis
lative ticket through, in which event he
would succeed John B. Allen in the
United States Senate. The vacancy in
congress thus created would bo filled by
Hazzard.
AT HIS FINAL BEST.
1 Impressive Funeral of the Late Ed
ward M. Connor.
The funeral of tho late E. M. Connor
took place yesterday morning at 9:30,
i from cathedral of St. John the Baptist at
j high mass. Rev. Edward Cafferty offici
| ated. Despite inclement weather the
funeral was largely attended. The floral
offerings were numerous and beautiful.
The pall-bearers were Capt. James Mc-
Gowan, Col. Peter Roily, Mr. William E.
Ferrill, Mr. James O’Keefe, Capt. John
j Reily, Capt. John R. Dillon. Mr. W. J.
: Harty, Sr., and Mr. J. D. Robinson, Sr.
At the church Father Cafferty pro
! nounced a short but touching eulogy upon
j the dead. The cathedral choir sang the
funeral service very effectively.
At the grave Father Cafferty read the
prayers for tho dead.
Miss Maggie O’Brien. Mrs. Goctte and
Mrs Younglovo sang "Jesus Lover of My
Soul” at the grave.
Mr. John A. Connor and Mr. E. M. Con
nor. Jr.. arrived from Houston, Tex., in
the morning in time for tho funeral.
Sheriff Brooker All Kight.
Sheriff Brooker of Screven county, who
was shot last week by tho Zieglers, is re
ported doing well. His physician says
that if he continues to improve and has
no back-set be will be uo in a few days.
In the first few days there was a great
dagl of excitement over the affair, but it
has about subsided.
NEOICAL
A Cz About twenty-live years
ATT£r aso I was afflicted with a
4 disease which the doctors
pronounced SCROFULA. I
7C was treated by several
if physicians and specialists
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SCORES OF WHO AND DOMESTIC BEASTS PERFORMING AT ONCE.
Gil Eiiglco! fiongiess o! Slrooge and Sup Peoule.
Containing Cannibal*, Isolators, Patron*. Buddhists. Hindoos. Ylsimus, Heathens, Confucians,
Ft re and Sun Worshippers, and
FIERCE DAHOMEY AMAZONS,
An Km ampinent of Marauding Cossacks, together with Native Costumes, Huts, Weapons
and utensils.
mb' tljuts; BIANTOURNAMEIfi
With First Prize Winner High Jumplug Horses.
EQUESTRIAN MAY-POLE DANCES AND FOX HUNTERS' MEET.
1,000 Newly Added Wonders and Attractions!
Actually 12 Champion Male and Female Bareback Riders!
Positively SO Aerial, Mid-Air and Trapeze Artists!
Certainly 300 Skilled and Remarkable Performers!
Really 20 Old-time, Modern and Pantomimic Clowns!
3 Circus Rings with 3 Full Companies 3
2 Elevated Siagos for Special Performances 2
I Raolng Track for Desperate and Thrilling Contests I
1 Steel-Barred Arena for Trained Animal Exhibitions I
2 Wlonagories of Wild and Trained Beasts 2
2 Herds of Biggest Performing Elephants 2
2 Droves of Asiatic Camels and Dromedaries 2
30 Trained Animals Performing at Once ....30
2 Droves of Tiny Shetland Ponies 2
100 Daring Circus and Equestrian Acts • 100
1,000 Performers, Artists, Specialists and People 1,000
2,000 Tons of Pure, Moral Amusement 2.000
TO BE SEEN NOWHERE OUTSIDE THESE SHOWS.
STRANGE QUADRUPEDS FROM EVERY CLIME.
CIANT AND DWARF ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS.
Colossal Ox 18 hands high, Steer with 3 eye*. 3 nostrils and 3 horns. Diminutive Cattle, Tiny
Zebus aud Ponies, Cute Little Dwarf Llcphant, Hairless Mare, otc., etc., etc.
mum ■■ NIKS: : AND: : WONDERFUL: : ITIRIGIIOIS,
All New for This Season.
Two Performancea Dally, at 2 and Bp. m. Doors open an hour earlier.
Admission to Everything, 5Q Cents. Children Under 9 Years Half Price.
Reserved Heats at regular price, and admission ticket* at usual advance at Wm. EstlU's
News More, tl'/i Hull street.
NEW MILLION DOLLAR FREE STREET PARADE,
With Representations of tbe World's Rulers and the Military Uniforms of all Nations,
AT 9 A. M. ON SHOW DAY.
Cheap Excursion Rates From All Points.
WILL EXHIBIT AT AMERICUS, OCT. 9.
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