Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-08-09

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short voyage, and in perfect ccunditio;;
and De furnished at reasonable prices
Another commercial field i opening will
nurhsfonS islahds scattered ovssf ths Pacif,
Ocean, with some Of which, especially In,
Sandwich Islands, large trade 10 alread,
carried on-vessels belonging to Amer
leans being sonstahtly in the trade, 70 soos
Rather Large Altesether. ].
The Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner and
Herald recsntly publishsd seryy sniaEisi
story about a big sarpent'' found in Berk.
county in the neighborhood Of Reading
That snake was seven feet III length
which was decent for snake story. A
correspondent Sf the Examiner thinks
very small beer Of that, however, and fur.
nishes the following amendment, eivine.
an endorsement every way large thoiikh
Tor the occasion. The concluding para
graph, notwithstanding the account il
anonymous, Of course prohibits all doubts
as to the facts.
About year ago, respectable gentle
man residing near Landisville, in Fast
Hempfeld township, while passing BY the
big spring, well known az "Kanffman's q
Big Spring" close BY the road leading
from Landistille to the MARKETS. turnpike
saw one Of the largest snakes ever seen in
America.
When within about fifty yards Of said
spring, he saw { a. he thought cluster oi
roots that be had never observed before,
although he had passed and re-passed the
place hundreds Of times; but upon ap-
preaching little nearer, what was his as
tonishment when HE beheld, instead Of q
parcel Of roots, dark brown snake Of a.
most incredible size, basking in the sun
beams on the green sod surrounding this
beautiful spring! Terror struck at the
sight Of such hideous monster, and trem-
bling with fear for his own safety, we NAV
naturally auppose that He did not take !
very accurate survey Of its length, thick
ness. de-, especially when we are told
that as soor as he checked his horse to take
a view Of it; i raised its head slowly
about twelve. feet perpendicular from tie
ground and turned It with graceful dignity
toward him, as it to exchange the compli-
uents Of the morning BY rapid and siiiiceses-
sive darts Of d forked tongue of six or
eight inches in length! Notwithstanding
the threatening attitude Of his snakeship,
he stopped long ehoug to form a probable
estimate Of its size. .se
He says it lay in zig gag form of four
turns, each Of which measured about nine
feet in length, aud the tail, which was
about len feet long. was throwii ebliquely
over the body; and its head and neck, as
|slready stated, raised about twelve feet
above the ground would make the aeere-
gate length Of it ffty EIGHT feetl!!
Its thickness about the middle was com
pared to that Of an old fashioned stove pipe,
and might measure from six to eight inches
in diameter!
The existence Of such an enormous
snake was for long time doubted by all
but the gentleman above mentioned, for
every person believed It to be an optical
illusion that conjured up such terrific OBJ
ject before him, until lately. when other
evidence corrobofaiive 81 his statement
has SOME to light, which dispels all forihssf
doibts concerning this "King Of Terror"
It appears froth In at,thentic soiifce that,
about thirty years ago, a snake measuring
from fifteen to twenty feet in length, was
seen in, the same place where this one il
said to have been seen, aud was afterward
watched, BY the sa1as gentieSsat, that paw
i, for the purpose Of capturing It. The
gentlsmAa Is still living and willing to tes.
tify to the facts Ss abeve stated.
But still later, and more corroborative
ofthe first mentioned gentleman 3, account
Of it, 10 the fact that about . week aiSro Iii
elderly lady Of undoubted verscity, while
walking toward this spring, heard rust.
ling noise IN wheat field close By, and
turning round to ascertain the cause Of Il
she beheld this same monster come sweep
ing throiigh the wheat in ito msio >tic state.
illness, with its head about four feet above
the grain, making its WY toward tho spring
at q speed not equalled. By that Of the fleet
est grey hound. ~ 4
|. AZ may b6 supposed, she was yer,
much alarmed at being placep, Is it were
: between the jaws Of such . gigSntic rep
tile, and she became 90 much cotfused TIN
!. she can give no other account Of il thai
that she saw 1t as above described, an
that It passed her at . distance of abou
thirty yards on It's way toward the spring
N There 10 . hole It this spring lsag
!, Enough 70 admit snake Of such sizc, larg
as it is, and where it 10 supposed to liv
. the life Of hermit ID iinmoleAted glory
: lasoiitary and alone"
n Strange Is this story iiay appgaY /
] ihaiy peischs, ths evidence Of the exis
) encs Of such snake isto strong 70 dou1
! it for moment. a.b lrY.3sa 1..,s a8
81 PErEsssuar, Jtine II; l845:
g Fsc Girls, whatever they may prstsn
. thoroughly dislike The man who shak
: them IN oIsr. They sasy nSt chssss hi
! for hushands but THEY, q leaat. owe hi
! gratitude for his preferSiics: h< has a
tered their pride in its most sensitive poii
= and il is impossible 70 bate him who b
M mads ~ bstter lovo ourselves. sss