Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-26

man-wbo cannot enjoy life because others
do. The robber-who, for the consideration
of q few dollars, gives the world liberty to
hang him. Thehypocondriac-w!hos'e high
est happiness consists in rendering himself
miserable. Thejealous man-who polsons
his own banquet, and then eats Of it. The
niser-who starycs himself to death, in
order that his heir may feast. The SANDER
er who tells tales forthe sake of giving his
enemy an opportunity to prove hun a liar.
- SNAKE STORY. -.-. ),
The story ofthe late marvellous fete OF
the Anacondain the New. York Museam,l In
swallowing a seven quarter blanket, is fully
confirmed py the testimony of Mr.. PEALE,
who AYERS that his snakeship does not ap:
pear to be in the least degree incommoded
By lis extraordinary supper. A still more
extraordinary story is related by the New
York Times. 1t is asfollows
A number Of years ago, q gentlelnan
wl,o-had oharge-of publick Museum inBal-
t:more- exhibited, amongsh his other living
cariosit;es, couple of beautiful garter.
snakes. There is something abouta garter r,
snake peculiarly attractive, perhaps from
the associations connected with MS name:
They are the most stvoracious ofaltthe. small
si el snakefamily, and pounce upon their
prey like starved hawks. Ehey have a
truly French appetite for frogs, and It was.
upon these Shiny samphibials that the .garttr
snakes in question chiefly made thelrssap.
pcrs. The keeper ofthe musuem was one
evening: giving them their daily fatiens,
when he observed that the big snake wcsl
so voracious, as to ,deyour tall the little
snakes supper. He accordingly separated,
the two animals sbya thin partition and threw
a frog to the younger rand weaker OF the
two. The little snake seized the animal
and commenced swallowing it, and had
succeeded in bagging its head, fore paws,
and the greater part Of its body, when tho
partitions nSwas taken away, and thebig snake;
made dashNat the hind legs of the frog
which yet protruded from thc mouth OF ms
younger brother. He obtained q hearty
grip ofthese projecting members, and slow.
" swallowed his way towards the heed OF;
his supper companion, who clung stnrdlly
TO- his sayory rlenthtuls 3 ne neaas ol'
two ANNALS met and the issue oi me sIslSS. aaS
gle fora moment seemed doubtful, wnen
thesb siiake.s mouth cxpanded and slowly
closed on the head Of the small one, and
agaln ne went Iel9leIng on las .'s as.aM.nS
aas ss; ;as ~ - "a, tha go,,na
serpent constantly becoming isss ann, taey
were snokea INTO ms NAV. uisll s Ian sMul,
lowed Mnli rom Josc q E sa'!. al.sr a.sp.aS
ing TINS ,mnasIaf prelelanes lya a, is .a;s.a ~
iissn aad elooa Eng gssasss slahe og.'su ...,
,. aha s,,aaya m hs az, next ; S ssfsr
.s1, esl = ss.bs q ,ro s;,i; tlenen rol.
H., s,I ~ $ ans r. ,hhsr t. b;s ishnent he
S,;Ss, M M tbss NH sj,e yo,,nae, snake had left his
cloc. m,arffers and WAS. as gambolIing about
o,,ln resson.bl, av,ef accounting for the
no., .,,ay,rsr :, ,.b;ch.Ee baa. .uonaned to leave
l.q ns;;aan = ha,,so = ,,ba, SIa nn;jeS himself
I as,i,ar,,, ps.s ra,nJ andlaff b;s lodoinss the
sssnsa door fhro,,oh which he ses,ltred them.
Hs ts. co,,I nat. have backed out. for his sssses
woun not have permitted him, nor was an
egress in any other manner al an possible;
The fate fthe poor frog wos a matter OF
grave speculation; but the probability isthat
the little snake. held fast to him and secured,
NOT only.a snug nights lodging but hearty
The above account is strictly authentic.
We received it from gentleman who was
an eve witness to- the. transaction, imme-
diately after its occurrences he prepared q
statement for one ofthe journals Of the day.
the ground that 1t was too maFYcHOuS 10 oe