Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-12

the burrows by the narrowing; and it like
wise renders cross ploughng more difficult.
In many instances ridges arc laid too
broad and fiat, md the burrows neither ,I-
rected. nor of sufficient depth Bv this
means. water siagnaics both on the ridges
and liz The burrows, which in wet seasons.
makes the ploughing lahorious, AMI proves
injurious I" the crop. In the eases of
Gowrie and Stirling, ~ has alrendv hccn
observed, the practice of having the ridges
ot proper breadth. enough, but not much
| rounded. and the burrows in such di-
| rec'l"nS of such depth, as to carry of
| readily all surface water, is now 30 much
more attended to than Formerly. tha, their
present fertility has hcen very much ad.
vanced by these means, The simple op-
Grafton of waler-iurrow is attended with
| such beneficial Consequences, tha, wctness
may often he removed hv ll,a, means alone.
without The aid of drains and where The
omission of it frequently causes the loss Of
part ofh crop. WaIcr-iurrowing also is Of
great use in pasture fields, where, by sco,Ir-
III" out and clearing tho burrows before
writer. The water IS prevented from lodging,
and soaking into the soil, making il easily
Poached; and chilling the root of The grass,
renders II latter in coming forward in Sping,
IHE understanding Curiosifu.-
On the evening of the 18Th May, gentle
man IN this village found in his y inc cellar
living striped snake nine inches long. sus-
pcnded between TWO shelves by the tail.
by spiders web The snake hInr so
that hr could moi reach the shelf below him
ny ahou, an nch aud several large spiders
We're then upon him sucking his iuicc.-
lie shelves were about two lnc1 apart; the
lower one wa, just below the bottom of the
cellar window, through which the snake
probably passed, From the shelf above
there was web in the shape Of an inverted
conr, or III InclIc, in diameter at the Ton
ana concentrated to Il focus about 6 or S
lnchc, from The under side Of this shelf.
From this tncw, there was Il strong cord
made OF the multiplied thread of spi-
der'S web. apparently as large us Il com
wa suspended.
Upon critical examination throunl, y
magEifyinS glass, the following curious
facts appeared. The mouth of the snake
was inS' tied up by great number of cords
wound round II. So tight that he could uut
run out his tongue. lis tail was tied in a
E:h"' SD as IL leave Il small loop or ring,
through which the cord was fastened: and
lie end of the tail above the loop To the
length oi something like over half an inch
was laS!icd fast to the chord TO Il. en- il f ON
slipping. As the snake hang the ..n.th of
The chord from The ,all To ths focus, TO
which II was fastened, was about & inches
Il lille above the tail there was observed n
round ball about the size of pea;
Upon Inspection this appeared To be a
green fly, around which Il chord had becn
fastened to the cords above, and from the
rolling side of the ball to keep il from un-
winding and letting The snake down. The
chord therefore, must have extended from
iti" focus of the web To the shelf below.
where the snake was lyin. when frs, cnp
tured; and hcing made FAST To the loon i'm
his tail, the fly was carried aud fastened d.
bout midway 70 the size Of the chord. ,nd
then ny bowling this flY over and over, it
wound around il, both from above and be-
low. until the snake was raised to tie prop
cr height, and then was fastened as before
mentioned.
In this situation the poor snake hung,
alive, and furnished Il continual icas, for
several large spiders until Saturday after
noon the 10Th, when some persnn bv pi,v-
ing with hun, broke the wei, above the i;,.
Gus 80 as To let part OF his hoLv resi- on rhr
Shelf below. Ia this situation hr fingered.
the spiders tak.n. no noric, of him. until
Tuesday last. eight DAYS after h- was dis
covered. when S"as lar~" ans were found
devouring his body --BlL!ria, nv. ~
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