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; ogles came Id rather late. But Biii was
vindicated. Then he mysteriously dis
appeared.
Some years later a den of snakes was.
discovered in what is now Bates coun-
| ty, Mo., the adjoining'county on the :
south to Cass, and in this den was dis- ,
covered the skeleton of a man. In the
opinion of many the skeleton was none-
other than that of Rev. BUI Scroggins
So well was his‘memory revered that
the bones were collected from the
snake den, and when the first court
house was built in Cass county, it is
said, they Were placed in a bos under
the cornerstone and were found there
years after when the old courthouse
was demolished.
SAM PATCH’S FAMOUS JUMP OVER
THE GENESEE FALLS.
BILL SCROGGINS DID IT AND THEN
DISAPPEARED.
She came toj
^ Si He cheered ,
her greatly by telling her he could cure j
her quickly and without the use of the
knife.
“But yon must promise to follow my
directions,” said the doctor, with the
suspicion of a twinkle in his eye.
“Oh, I promise,” said the lady.
“Without qualification?” asked the
physician.
“Absolutely without qualification,”,
answered the lady.
“Well, then, you must smoke ciga
rettes!”
The lady gasped. Visions of what
might happen if she were seen with a
cigarette between her teeth by any of
her pupils floated before her. and she
almost fainted But the doctor was
inexorable. The lady followed his di
rections, and in a Week the foreign
growth in her nose had disappeared.
But that doesn't mean that the lady is
confirmed cigarette smoker.—
Tke Siagalar History of a Peculiar
Outracter Who Located Wells For
Missouri Farmers and draggled
With Trained Snakes.
. Rev. Bill Scroggins was a character
in a border county of Missouri in J.S4L
How he acquired the ecclesiastical pre- I
fix and what he did under the title
were stories which used to be told in 1
the farmhouses of what is now known
as Cass county. '
They said he had been a snake '
charmer when he was a young man,
that he traveled about the country as a
sort of magician and that he showed
farmers with his divining rod where to' !
dig wells. > |
The people of what was then a Iron- [
tier country assembled once a year in
their respective communities and held
camp meetings. On one of these reli- j
gious occasions Bill followed the crowd i
with his bag of reptiles. The minister, I
an old man whose face was like that of
a patriarch, told the story in a sermon
of Moses lifting up the brazen serpent
in the camp of Israel under the com
mand of Jehovah.- The Missouri farm
er who used to entertain travelers with "
the recital said that the congregation
was not particularly moved by the ap
peal, but after its delivery Bill Scrog
gins got up and announced that he had
a bag of real, crawling, hissing reptiles
which he would exhibit after dinner
just outside the camp ground, and he
claimed that he would show the people •
some snake tricks which would beat
the Mosaic story they had just heard. !
In spite of the protest of the minister
the people turned out to the live snake
show, and BUI gave them an exhibition
which was a great success. It is said,
or it used to be said, that there wasn’t '
a snake trick which _Bill Scroggins’
serpents didn’t do. When the exliibi- '
tion was over. Bill told the people that
he was a sort of missionary himself in
connection with his business of locat
ing wells, and that he would call on
each member in the evening and advise
with them as to their spiritual and
worldly wants.
When he called, his first question
was, “Have you got a well?” If the
reply was in the negative, and wells I
were scarce. Bill informed the member
that he must have one located, and
then he opened his bag of snakes and
as they began crawling Bill lifted up
his voice and called the people to re
pentance. He told tllem the snakes
would do no harm if they (the people)
would give him the job of locating
wells.
It was a tax on human belief, but
the Missourian who told the story
vouched for the truth of his assertion
that the people gave Bill more orders
than b° could fill in one season and
that he broke up the camp meeting.
He was the first heretic in the west,
although the -word was unknown in
that country then. He became famous
and was in demand. Wherever he trav
eled be had his bag of trained snakes,
and he waxed fat and became inde
pendent.
Whenever there was any doubt about
the success of any movement the word
was passed that Rev. Bill Scroggins
should be summoned.
People in that section believed in
ghosts, as many more enlightened peo
ple believe in them in this day. There
was one ghost which had done a lively
business along the highway between
the county seat and a river known to.
this day as Bear creek. J It was.the
custom of this ghost to chase belated
horsemen over the highway until the
ford at Bear creek was reached. There
the chase stopped. The ghost never
crossed the stream.
When the fame of Rev. Bill Scrog
gins had spread abroad, it was sug
gested that he travel over the Bear
creek road and try his hand on the
spirit Bill accepted the call. He
made a number of journeys before the
ghost materialized, and there were
people who began doubting the exist
ence of the ghost while others cited
Rev. Bill as one who could overcome
anything, and by that token he had
made the ghost take to the woods. The
community was equally divided.
However,' the ghost showed up one
night in the midst of a storm and chal- \
lenged Rev. Bill to ride for his life.
The snake ecclesiastic refused, and
there was a contest in which Bill’s
horse was killed, and he was left afoot
The ghost, got the bag of snakes and
escaped to the ford, where Bill over
took him on the following day, and the
contest was renewed. The ghost un- ;
dertook to turn the snakes on Bill, but
they refused to act Bill got possession
of them and turned them on the spirit
They drove the spirit into Bear creek 5
and across it, and the spirit fled, and
that was the end 6f .the ghost fa that !
. country.
Bill returned in triumph to the coun
ty seat and told the story. It was re
ceived with some doubt, but as years
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He Had Enough.
There is a New York physician who
takes an active interest in politics and
is popular with the “boys.” In spite
of his jolly disposition he is an ex
tremely thin man, so thin that many
a joke is aimed at him. Here is the
latest story they are telling about him:
A grocer’s boy entered the doctor’s
office the other day with a basket of
fine fruit which some grateful patient
had sent to him. The doctor told the
boy to place the basket in a cabinet
which stood against the wall. At the
same instant he stepped out of the
room, and, going into an adjoining one,
manipulated a contrivance-which caus
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cabinet to waggle its head and limbs
in an appalling manner just as the
messenger boy opened the door.
With ‘a yell of terror the boy fled.
When the doctor had enjoyed a hearty
laugh, he picked up a fine apple and
followed the boy into the street to give
it to him. “Come here, my boy!” he
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to Rochester. The few taverns in the
city turned guests away, and many
had to camp out overnight.
Notwithstanding the raw, cold weath
er throngs of settlers lined the banks
below the fails. Although Sam said he
did not feel the cold weather, he was
pleased to fortify himself with a drink
of brandy tendered to him by his
friend, William Cochrane. Several of
the spectators contributed a unique
uniform. Dressed in white, trousers
decorated with a black silk handker
chief tied around his body, surmounted
by a light woolen jacket and skullcap,
Sam must have presented a ^grotesque
appearance.
After taking another drink from the
flask Sam made the following speech
to the thousands of breathless specta
tors: “Napoleon was a great man and
a great general. He conquered armies,
and he conquered nations. But he
couldn’t jump the Genesee falls. Wel
lington was a great man and a great
soldier. He conquered armies, and he
conquered nations, and he conquered
Napoleon, but he couldn’t jump the
Genesee falls. That was left for me to
do, and I can do it and will.”
Although Sam Patch could jump the
Genesee falls when he was sober, he
could not do it when he felt the effeets
of the brandy. Owing to this fact he
met his death when he took the jump.
When the thousands of silent and hor
ror stricken spectators saw Sam strike
the water, they did not see him come
to the surface. His descent was so un
like his previous efforts, when he shot
like an arrow from a bow, that the
spectators were certain that he met his
doom when he reached the water and
the jagged, piercing i-ocks beneath.
The .spectators searched in vain for
the jumper. The torches of the search
ers along the river bank and those of
the searchers who dragged the river In
boats lit up the river during the long
night hours. Amid the roar of the
cataract the sorrowing multitude shed
tears for the jolly good fellow who,
like many others, loved his bottle on
occasions.
Notwithstanding the rumors that
Sam Patch had been seen alive in
Rochester nothing was heard of him
until St. Patrick’s day,, when his body
was found in a cake of Ice near the
mouth of the Genesee. His remains
were buried in the cemetery at Char
lotte. Although it had been the ambi
tion of his life to jump London bridge,
he met his death in the Genesee. The
feats of Sam Patch filled the newspa
pers for weeks, and although such
poets as Mrs. Sigourney wrote poems
dedicated to. his memory no monument
has been erected in commemoration of
his feats.
Indeed, the event produced a pro
found impression upon the people of
those days. On the following Sunday
the preachers in Rochester and neigh
boring towns could not say enough
against the evil3 of jumping. Some
even went as far as Josiah Bissell, who
told the pupils of the Third church
Sunday school that because they saw
the fatal leap they were accessories to
his death and were murderers in the
sight of God.—Rochester Herald.
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