Holly Springs gazette., 1842-12-23
FRIGHTFUL SNAKE sT0RY.

The following incident was related 10 af
other day, BY one whose Veracisy j. Hnrres,l.-s
and who was almost an eye witness d. i.r
II Is more appalling than any we rcois.a
nave ever read ID The history on Ines terrible
tiles. Sometime last summer JhC inl1ti.zEsz
Manchester, Miss, gave a baIbacue Nc
attended BY most OF the fashion en- be-UE ~
Town and surrounding country il EEpve-1-
among the guests there was q young
II, recently from one of tie eastern q ss -E
was on d VISIT 10 her relations in tie
hood OF Town. Miss NJ. was gavand s5.-z-.
fashionable young lady, ana wiihal ,ssSscSs.z
uncommon snare OF spirit and courage eTre-z
in the matter of SnakeS-and OF theSe SF,
great a dread that she scarcely dare &, = s.
any where except in the most frequans
for fear OF encounlering them. Esevealr, rss
used, but without avail, 10 ia her ol Lex chii3-
ish tears. They haunted her con-inoaHr. ulal
al last Il became The seitled congicaca 4. l-.
mind that she was destined TO fan a vic.ua 81 he
tangs OF ratiie-Snake. The SEQUEL Wll. She's
how soon her terrible preSeuliulent was t1 .t.4
rewards the close ofihe day while scose
fairy feet were keeping lime 10 The dance ,e
merry music, AID Tie v mole company were &
full Tide OF enjoyment : scream WGS hes I1 t-z
Miss NJ, followed bv The most ason5zi1
for help. The crowd gathered around lt-
Slantly, and behelc her Standing. TIE peTle-- 4
age OF despair, with her hsnes gTaspls
tion OF her dress with the lenaciiy oi g vla
was sometime before she could BE- ren5e-l
| iicienily calm to tell the cause Of her alzrr
/ then they gathered from her broken explal-
| that she was graSping the head of snase1z
| the iolds of her dress, ard dreaded 30 e-
hold for fear Of receiving The ialal blow
| intelligence caused many 10 shrink from
the most OF The ladies, 10 their honor e
| remained with her, determined not to .szt
in her direful extremity. They beSaas1
! not relax her hold, rs her saielv 6eptIce-
IL, until some one could he found vh2 ---
courage 10 seize and remove the leriHeL
There were none OF the ladies hoWe's
! had the courage 10 perform the lci. and
dliIon OF Miss n. was becoming moree
Critical every moment. i was eFideH
strength was failing very fast, and llai So
not maintain her hold many minutes ls-=5
h2sty consultation among the calme> a-
dies was held, when il was determine -
Ilsan. who was present, should be cal-1-
assistance. He was quickly on tie sIe-
ing man Of uncommon courage, he Nss
ny moments within the circle Of wee
half fainting females, until he had caas-
OF The snake and wound d fIImiH e
l | hand TO make sure of his hold ha
Miss NJ. that she must let 60 al ne -t
leTked il away, and TO make The act-
neouS as possible, be told her thai be
nounce the words one, Two, three
!, the moment he pronounced the -
: must let 90 her hold, and he donps w
could withdraw the snake before . -.
e time 10 strike. Ali stood in brsall.ss
awaiting the act OF life or deaia e--5 - D.
e ment he word three was pIongaI..
!. tor lerked out he largest and A.afss 3. af,ss
looking BUsTLE that was ever seen -
S The whole affair was al once eA
fastening ef The machine had 49, Il --s
= ring the dancing, and il had salie~ salta.. -f
d in such a way that they dansisa 49, zs
legs, and induced the belief l-at
: snake with an enormous head trr,s e.
70 The Doctor fell zig down II ~
fainted-he did