St Nicholas [serial] . he treegrown around it, similar to the growth of a treearound the wire of a fence nailed to it. Or thetendril may have been placed in a slit in the sideof the tree by some one for an experiment. Theformer is probably the correct explanation. RATTLESNAKES GOING BLIND Red Rock, St. Nicholas: Can you tell me why rattlesnakesgo blind in August ? I have always heard that they doand am curious to know why. I guess you will think thisa very foolish question, but I have often wondered remain, Your very interested reader, Etheridge Ward. Rattlesnakes as well as ot
St Nicholas [serial] . he treegrown around it, similar to the growth of a treearound the wire of a fence nailed to it. Or thetendril may have been placed in a slit in the sideof the tree by some one for an experiment. Theformer is probably the correct explanation. RATTLESNAKES GOING BLIND Red Rock, St. Nicholas: Can you tell me why rattlesnakesgo blind in August ? I have always heard that they doand am curious to know why. I guess you will think thisa very foolish question, but I have often wondered remain, Your very interested reader, Etheridge Ward. Rattlesnakes as well as other species of thesnake family are blind three, and sometimes four,times a year. As a rule, they shed their skins inthe spring, midsummer, and fall, during whichtime there is a short period of a few days inwhich they are more or less blind, causing themto be more dangerous. When they are sheddingtheir skins they, also shed the eye covering, thuscausing blindness —C. A Clark. IF1 O H. \7 !E3 IFt Y XjITTXjIE IF* O L nen grandma, comes to visit,Ohe very often bringser satchel full of cookies,yVnd gincfer cakes a,*id things.
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