The Arkansas advocate., 1834-08-15
and thing inGeneral.

A gentleman and his son from the inte- rior arrived in this city few days since and took lodgings at one of our public Hotels-in the morning they were the first at the break fast table and with appetites as keen as a brler and on casting their eyes over the good things there congregated, their mouths be- gan to water for the sayory dishes displayed -the parent, witt due regard for his soa's comfort, inquired what he should help him to [ the son. rising upon his knees in the chair, and extending himself across the ta- ble with wishful look replied 'Father, Pm not very hungry, but I'l take five of them ere flinkems and a later and i've of them ere square nuts and twister and d*k%nd great junk of that ere mince pie"
 The above is a fact, and in consequence of the precocity of the youth, he has been placed in the Compting house of one of our most respectable merchants.
 Boston .Nepcs.
 A pretty little girl called in at our office with a wicker basket in hand-"Do you want any collars, sir!" "No, my dear next door--the Evening Post may purchase some.o "0h, not those collars-shiad col- lars, SIT, if you please" "Ah, that's a diff ferent atfair----let me look at them. ."-No- ah.
 A man named Thomas Davis, who was "a pidly squandering fortune of about $ i0, GOO which he drew in lottery. went into house in Chapel street, New York, near Duane, and giving offence to woman there she stabbed him with shoe knife in the back so severely that his life was despaired of.
 The Grand Jury, of Baltimore, have found bills of indictment against five ind- viduals concerned in the Insurance Compa- ny which failed, for a conspiracy to defraud the community.
 Snake Story.-The story of the late marvellous Anaconda in the N. York Mu- scum, in salowing a "seVen quarter, |" blan- ket, IS fully confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Peale, who ayers that his snakeship does not appear to be in the least degree incommoded by his extraordinary supper. 4 still more extraordinary story IS related by the New York Times. lis as follows: \ number of years ago. a gentleman having charge of public museum in Balti- more exhibited among his other living curi- osites couple of beautiful garter snakes. There IS something about a garter snake peculary attractive, perhaps from the asso- ciations connected with its name. They are the most voracious of all the small sized fsnake family and bounce upon their prey like starved hawks. They have truly French appetite for frogs, and it was upon these slimy amphabials that the garter snakes n question made their suppers. The keeper of the museum was one evening giving them their daily rations, when he observed 1 that the big snake was so voracious as to devour all the little snakes supper. He &C., cordingly seperated the two amin , Is by q 1 thin partition, and threw q frog to the young CT and weaker of the two, The little snake seized the animal and commenced swal- lowing il, and had succeeded in begging it's head, fore paws, and the greater part of it's body, when the partition was taken away, and the big snake make dash at the hind legs of the frog, which yet protrubed from the mouth of his younger brother. He ob- tanned hearty grip of these projecting members, and slowly sallowed his way to- wards the head of his supper companion, who clung sturdily to his savory mouthful.
 The heads of the two animals met, and the issue of the struggle for moment seemed doubtful, when the big snakes mouth expanded and slowly closed on the head of the smaller one, and again he went on rejoicing in his swallowing course.- Slowly but surely he went ahead, the longi- tudinal dimension of the young serpent, con- stantIv becoming less as they were sucked into its nav until he had swallowed him from nose to tail. After displaying this un- natural preference for his own flesh and blood, the garter snake coiled himself up for his nap and took a comfortable snooze. The next morning the keeper called to view ..the two single gentlemen rolledinto one," when to his astonishment he found that the younger snake had left his close quarters and was gambolling about by the side of his big playmate. The above account IS Sulcliy dulhelltlC' We received it from a gentlemen who was an eye witness to the transaction. lmme- diately after its occurrence he prepared a statement for the journals ofthe day, but he was dissuaded from publishing it on the the oround that it was too marvellous to be be- 1 fIeved.- the late feat of the Anaconda has opened the eyes of the public to what snakes can do, we publish it as we'll sub- stantiated snake story.
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