Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-03-25
Arrival OF huge Bon Constructor aud
It's Young Ones.


On Sunday last there arrived at this port, in
the ship Anow, Capt. Wyatt, from PARA, a
huge serpent Of the boa genus. The reptile is
at least 10 feet in length, and was caught by
some OF the natives. on the banks Of the "migh.
~ Amazon" Before it came into the posses
sion of Capt. Wyatt, it had satisfied its appetite
by swallowing full grown goat. IL, -..
On the day the vessel left PARA, the captain
and crew were surprised 10 find that the SER
pent had given birth to 80 young ones The
"snakelets" were about two feet each in length,
and in six weeks they have only grown about
an inch in length.
The report Of this "birth extraordinary" soon
spread at P9rra. and about l5O of The leading
gentlemen Of the place went on board the Ar
row to see the mother and interesting offspring.
In about six days after The birth the mama de.
youred 20 pigeons, being the first food she had
tasted from the time she had feasted on the
goat. period Of six months.
Capt Wyatt, since his arrival IN Liverpool.
has disposed Of the boa constructor and its pro-
gcny to Mr.. Edmohds, now the proprietor Of
one of the travelling tnenageTies of the late Mr..
Wombell, which is at present being exhibited
at Manchester. The mother and three of the
young ones have been removed TO that town,
but 80 Of the snakelets have yet to be deliver.
ed, dead or alive, 10 the purchaser They are
at present, in seaman's phrase, adrift in the
ships hold, but will no doubt be discovered, as
the cargo is discharged. The bite of this snake
is not venomous, SO that the young wrigglcrs
may easily be captured. - LiverpOol Aeremg.
.
Jean Paul says that lady officer, If she
r-apfoI 10 a. "a IL I =.
in this strain You soldiers all of you, now
mind, l order you, as soon as have finished
speaking, to stand still, every one Of you on the
spot whore you happen TO be don't you hear
me? Halt, | say, all of you"
Now Monsieur Jean, it was an unlucky day
you wrote that sentence. May you never hear
any thing but that little concise word NO! from
every rosy lip YOU meet between this and your
tombstone May you 90 "wifeless through
life may your buttons be snappish, Jotr
strings knotty, and stockings holy. May your
boot-jack be missing, your feet corned, your
shaving wafer cold, your razor dull, your hair
stand up, and your dickies lie down may your
beard be porcupiny, your whiskers be thinly
settled, and your mustaches curl the wrong
way; may your coffee be muddy, your toast
smoky, and your tea be ,CGter beriiched. may
you dream of Paradise, and wake in-some
other place And with a never-dying desire
for affection, may you crawl throL Oh creation
a meek, miserable, nasty, IOrlorn. 6dgetty. fus-
sy, ridiculous, ruined, rejected. ragged, old
bachelor Amen.-Faaay Fern.
He MUsr Do.-Among the papers of fc-
male bigamist. brought before the Metropolitan
magistrates, we're the following lines in mama
script ......s.a7
a thousand faults in man we find,
Merit in him we seldom meet;
Man is inconstant and unkind.
Man is false and indiscreet, I'D #-
Man is capricious, Jealous. free, ss
Vain, insincere, and trihing too ibas~
And yet, the women all agree, 6',
For want Of better-nE MUST no.
CouRr ScExE-sSr,' said frece lawyer,
do you, on your solemn oath, swear that this
is not your hand writing q
4 reckon not was the cool reply.
Does it resemble your writing?'
yes, think it don't, a.
DO you swear that II don't resemble your
wrtng?' ......-. as'
well | do 1 - 3 -
You take your solemn oath that this wiring
does not resemble yours in a single letter.
Yeast
"lIow do you know 2
'Cause | can't write !
re- !" RAPP1EGS;" 81 ta sal 81 sst
5 We had sweet dreams the other night.
When all around was still !;
We dreamed we sawIa host OF folks
Pay up.their printers bill p
4 Es- Sab do you know de difference be-
tween Mason and an Anti Mason ssss.
yes, sab, / beliebe / does" - 49,, & -
well, what is it ~ 0,sss 4a
III my brains tell dc tfuf, and i neber fails,
Mason is de man what lays de mortar, and An
IT, Mason de man what carries dc hod ?
lHk creotjnn,ah artired IN mo rttv last evenino