p. 878 | Wiser Than Some Men

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 11, 1913

Wiser Than Some Men

The snapping turtle will endure many indignities, but he draws the line at the blowing of tobacco smoke in his face. Long-suffering human victims of that very common practise will find it easy to applaud the spirit of the snapper as illustrated in the following incident reported from Homer City, Pa. The offender was an Italian:—

“Me out in woods and see funny box walking along creek. Me pick him up and shake him. Sometimes he have legs and sometimes not. He have no head. Me take him home and show him to my pal, Antonio. Antonio he say him animal lives in water sometimes, sometimes on land, and carry house on his back. Me tap house and find him hard, hard, but no head, no eyes, no mouth. Antonio shake him, but no head. Me get my pipe, light him, and make big smoke. Me take funny box from Antonio, shake him more and look in him, but no head. Me blow smoke in him, out comes head quick, bites off my face, and jumps back in box. Me no like that animal, and tell Antonio take him back to woods.”—United Presbyterian.