RATTLESNAKES

THERE were rattlesnakes everywhere! We were trained to never put our hands or feet where we couldn see, in the rattler season. (This habit still stays with me) . We found them in the paths, in the barn, in the old stone cellar, under the house. One day Mrs. Lee had put her baby to sleep and she went to lay the child on the bed in the rude log cabin where she was living in at the time, and heard a snake under the bed.

One thing about a rattlesnake he will usually give warning when he is disturbed.

During the summertime, one diversion of the boys in our neighborhood, was to see who could kill the greatest number of rattlesnakes.

It was an unwritten law to never let a rattler escape.