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Mar7Gs-En cette vile, mardi dernier, 26 courant,
par Guy H. Bell Esqr. juge de paix, Mr.. Is1poRE
HoLLreR nellie. EMILIA MuRRELs, tous deux de
cette Paroisse.
s Nous avons reeu avec plaisir de pheureux
couple, deux deliceuses tranches de leur gateau de
noces Nous souhaitons que leur lune de miel soft
auss douce que lie gateau quill nous a envoye
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PORTRAITS! P0RTRAETs!!

r. Octave ADoRcr. peintre de por.
4XA traits au pastel, annonce respectueu-
sement ae public de st. Landry, quill Went
d'arfiver aux Opelousas ct quill est pret d
entreprendre tous portraits qui lui seront con.
fes. Ii Sc transportera partout OH il sera de-
mande, pour Ia commodite des DANES. Son
atelier est dams la grande maison en- briques,
ancienne residence de Mr.. Andre Meynier.
Opelousas, 80 Septembre, 1854
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DELIBERATIONS Du JURY DE PoLrcE DE Ia PARo1ssE
ST. LANDRY.

Landi Septenbre, 1s54--Le Jury s'est assemble
conformenent a a:ajournement
Prsse'ss:-Elbert CAN'T, 14e reimbursement. Pre-
s'dent joel H: Sandoz, Ter ditto ; Sol. B. Harman
Pc ditto; F. c. De"illier, Be ditto: John H. Hufpow
ef 6e ditto; Antoine B. Carte, 7e ditto, Joseph o.
Fontenot, Sc ditto William Bundck. l0e ditto; Au-
guste Soieau, lie ditto; Thomas Nc Crory, l2e ditto
James Thompson, lie ditto; John Wright, lae ditto @
Leon Thibodeau, Ice ditto.
Les minutes de la derniere assemble ont etc
lues ct approuvees.
Les rapports suivans ont ets prGsentes ct lus -
Far Mr. Carte, rapport des commssaires pour lie
pont sur lie plaquemine Brulee, sur lie chemin du
Grand C6teau PEglise Catholique, sur lie Nezpi-
que, avec lie plan ct lie devis.-Par MFR. Teale, rap
port p aes commssaires pour un pont sur lie Bayou
Ihsctaw avec devis.-Par lie Tresorier, rapport
du Second Quarter, pour 1854.
hecu de Elbert Can't pour taxes de 1859, 1895 40
Du meme, pour take du Rail Road, de 1854, 1928 65
Oes commSsaires d'animaux non marqr9s, 145 rs
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- W IL S
UGUsTINE WINCKLER. de

~ UGUSTINE WINUkLEK, de Ia Pa.
- roisse St. Landry, ayant presente une
petition l'efet d'Gtre nomme Administra.
teur de la succession de feu Edward Winckler
decide, dernisrement de la susdite Paroisse
En- consequence, avis est par le present
denne d ceux qui pourraient aveir desraisons
legales opposer d Ia dite nomination, d'a'
voir 8 les enregistrer, par eerit, au Bureau du
Grefher de Ia Cour de District de Ia susdite
Paroisse. dams les dix jours qui sdivront il
date du present avis.
A. GARRTGUEs, GreGer.
Opelousas, 80 Septembre, 1854
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THEATRE ORLEANS Nous apprenons
aTec plaisir que NJ. Davis fait une precieuse
acquisition il a engage NINE Gamble COM
me forte chanteuse de grand opera. Nine.
Gamble est, dit-on, une artistic dun remar.
quable talent.
Les sujets de Ia nouvelle troupe ont dl
s'embarquer au Havre le IA de CO mois.
Aux dernieres dates NJ Davis faisait les de.
marches les plus actives pour trouver une
premiere chanteuse legere.-AbeiLLe.
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vENTE PUBLlOUE,

For Ie sousSagss, E7scGntear, dams 1t bo1f
Ia Paroisse St. Landry. : -
W e public est par le present informe quill
- sera vendu, en- vente publique, au plus
haut Ell dernier encherisseur, par le soussigne,
en- face ls Maison desCour, en- Ia vile des
Opefousas, le
Mercredf, IL Octobre proclaim,
1854, les Lots de Terre ci-dessous decrits,
appartenant ! Ia succession en- communaute
entire les heritiers de Charles Barre, decede,
dernierenhent de Id Paroisse St. Landry,
savoir :-L
He Let aseesrQise q,
sur le plan enregistre dams le process inti-
tule Charles Close ct ais, VS.. Alexandra
Close, admir- Cour de District Paroisse
ST. Landry.-No 1925" faisant face 1 la Ri
Were on Bayou Courtablesu, ct cortenant
deux cent quatre.vingt-cinq acres
lie E0e 2ssegs"Qeg6 H,
faisant aussi face ali Courtableau contenant
deux cent quatre.tingt acres ct 25 centiemes
dacre, ct etant dams Ia profondetir des deux
lots ssus-menfi6nnes.
lie Lot asesgs'QsEe III,
comenant quatre-vIngt-quatre acres ct rs
centiemcs.
lie lot assNrQsse B,
contenant cinquante-quatre arcres.
lie Lot sssSyrQsse G.,
conteuant cent deux acres.
LIE Lot sssGsrQWe ID;
contenant cent sotxante- -douze acres.
He lot aassssQsse E,
conterant qaatTe-yingt-six acres ct 28 CEN
themes.
lie Lot assarQaGe n,
contenant quatre-vingt-douz acres
Ainsi que les qastre lots suivants, faisant
face q La kiviere ou Bayou Courtableau,
dams la partie basse du titre Barre.
lie Lot aseasQsse n,
contenant deux cent guaranteeing acres ct
so cen&iemes
LIE Lot Ns0rQase j,
eontenant cent soixante-seize acres.
lie lot aagNaQsse III,
contenant deux cent ct douze acres.
LIE Lot DsGrQaee T.,
contenant deux cent cinquante-neuf acres.
Conaditions :-Payables un, deux ct trois
ans de credit
A. DEJEAN, Enca,ueur.
Opelousas, IS Septemhre, 1854.
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Deliberations du Conseil de yille DIES ODelouSax

Sanaedi Is Septena6re, le54-IIe Consel s'assem-
BILE Presents, Mr.. Simon Richard, President
MN. c. N. Ealer, NJ. Mussand ct A. NJ Perraut.
Les minutes de la derniere seance furent lues ct
approuvees.
Charles Thompson presente les complies suiyans ::
Aodt, II ct 20-Coupee ou tranchee de fosses ct
reparations fates aux rues Bellevue ct Laurent,
SS1 90
Sept. ct Is Memes travaux aux rues
du Sud ct du Nord, S59U0
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- VIZ -

ES contribuables de la Paroisse ST..
- Landry, sont informes que lie Tableau
dAssesscment, est maintenant achieve, ct sera
depose, le Ter. Octobre proclaim, au bureau
de Mr.. Yves Davy, Recorder, aux Opelousas,
pour Pinspectiou, pendant trente jonrs con-
formement i Ia loi.
PIERRE MOUILLE,
ASsessear de PGrotSSe.
Opelousas 80 Septembre 1854.
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o~Une nouvelle telegraphique de Washington,
enVoyee lcl hler matin, nous annonce quill est ge-
neralement avoue dams ce village, que la fevre
Jaune exlste " Les medecns. ajoute la depeche,
dissent quill est mantenant inntile de la canharv
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Sur motion de Mr. Perrault, Resolu que les dts
deux complies, montant cent quarante piastres,
soient payes en- mandats usuels
Sur motion de Mr.. Ealer, Resou quill soft paye
Guy H. Bell: la somme de cling pastres. etant lie
montant des frais des process No. 1888 ct No. 1885,
vs. L. Desche ct P. Goselin, pour avoir abandonne
la patrouie ordre, en- 10 mutt du 10 au aodt
l854-jugemeut ayant etc rendu en- leur favour ct
contre lie Conseil-pour frais de process
Sur motion de Mr.. Mussand, le Conseil s'ajourne
ala prochaine seance.
S. RICHARD, President.
Guy H. BELL, Grgfer.
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La FIEvRE JAUNE.--Dans un de nos derniers nu
meros, nous avons fait alluson une aierte qu et
lieu chez nos voisins de Washington. Depuis CO
joaE-a plusieursdeces sont venus presque confrmei
les provisions de ceux que Pom appelle trop genera
leuent peut-etre des peureux. Nous ne voulons pa.
pretendre, cependant que la svre jaune segne chez
nos Yoisins. A quoi celia aboutrait-il en- effet? A
une discussion que nous ne voulons pas entamer.--
Et puts, tout que ron pourrait dire pour con-
ire eette opinion ne changerait en- aueuue maniere
nj P@tat des chooses nj popinion publique.
On croft gGnGralement que la ferre iaune regne a
Washington. On croft que quelques individus du
dehors scnt allies Ia chercher, les uns pour aller
mourir chez eux, les autres pour sly guerir. VoiA
la mesure de fopinion publique. Qp'elle soft er-
ronn6e non, nous pouvons, nous ne voulons pas
entrepFendrc de resoudre Ia question.
Et disons tout de suite que nous.memes sommes
accuses de favoir chez II est vra que Pom ne
cite pas de cas- de deees nais un medecin en- qui
nous avons confance, un meiecin qui exerce Ia
medicine dams les h6pitaux de la Nouselle- Orleans
tans des temps d'epidemic, a avoue quill await Ell
deux cas- de fevre jaune dams notre village Nous
ravons II s'est enpresse d'aouter qu'ils sont
tres benins ct nous sommes heureux de pouyoir an
que les deax naalades en- question sont main
tenant retablis.
VOLTA done aussi fopinion publiquc tournee con-
tire nous, ct de lie lendemain de cette declaration
on s'apercevait que les gems de la campagne s'abs.
tenaient de venir chez nous Nous ne voulons pas
leur en- f4ire reproehe, ct quoique ayons Ia
fevre iaune si toutefois cest lie monstre) ellie nest
pas epidemique ellie ne lie sera proba hlement meme
pas ct par consequent il ny pas encore de danger
en- notrc village.
Nous derons, &C nous semble, nous repcser en- nos
rnedecins ct quand lie danger sers Venu, nous SOM
mes fegmement convaincus quis aurons assez d'hu-
mantle pour nous ayertir
Jusque In, nous nous considesons en- rarfaite So
curite.-
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Vemfe DubliOUe.

E public est averti quill sera ofert en-
- vente publique, au plus offrant ct der
nier encherisseur, par un Encanteur dnment
commissioner, sur les ieux, dams lie village
de Washington,
lie Mardi 81 Octobre proclaim,
les proprietes ci-dessous decrites, dependant
de Ia succession de feu Dame Jeanne Lacroix,
epouse decedee de Pierre Brugere, derniere-
ment de la Paroisse St. Landry, 4 sayoir:
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hnlnnsations d Ia Nouveile. Orleams- Rapport de
a semaine 6nissant lie dimanche II courant:
Fievra Aufrac
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|Nous annoneons avec plaisir i NOS lee.
teurs, rarriFee aux opelousAs a,un peintre
de merise, Mr. 0cTAvB ADonCl De il Nou.
lle-0rl6ans. Nous avOns etc ] meme de
svoir plusieurs portraits pris par % monsieur,
aux Sources de BellCheney. et nous pou- !.
sons sans erainte de reproches, Is recomrnan.
der au public en- general. Sesp sont 3ea
plus moderes, q
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S6,769 80

Payss
Temoins affaires criminelles, $3.50 90
Pour tetes de tigres ct oups, Is 90
Jurys, Cour de District 37s 80
Warrants de Paroisse, $3.50 80
Compte du Rail Road, 1854, 1928 65
Saiaire du Tresorier 1900
Balance due au Tresorier
sur lie ler Quarter, 1856
6,75s II
Balance dams lie Tresor, S II 60
Etat de la condition financiere de la Paroisse st.
Landry, au 21 ao6t, 1854:
Dettes.
Warrants de Paroisse non-payes, s 1000 O2
Temoins pour affaires criminelles, 1000 90
Jnres, Cour de District, 1000 90
Commissions pour la collecte des taxes de
1852 ct 1858, 5000 90
.ar0iy
Balance due par cautions de F. B. Reeves, taxes
de 1852 ct 1853, s 9Sl2 90
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Voyez les conditions dc Il yente ds
p:sns de Ii succession Barre
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-27

vance of England even in her palniest
days, and exert moral influence approx
lInatlng that of Rome under the Ciesars.
LII we observe the tone that prevades
the discussions in Parliament and in the
legislative assemblies of Europe, when the
question involves nything relating to this
country. we will occasionally fnd some
one bold enough to look little into the
future of our history aud speculate as to
what the future will make actual history
And yielded to the natural current of his
thoughts. the speaker is not uufrequently
led to conclusions that alarm both himself
and bis hearers. In Parliament, the emo
ton excited by such reflections is, of
course, anything but pleasant one, but
at the same time 1t is perfectly apparent
that not only the statesman but the entire
reading and thinking portion Of the Eng
lish people are strongly impressed with
| the idea that our manifest destiny is at
work at something that will astonish tue
nations.
Here are some statistics that must prove
both instructive and Suggestire to the Gu
rious of either side of the Atlantic
The 8 States, Territories and Dis,
trict of Columbia, comprising the United
States of America. contain a population
at the present time Of p 600 900, of whom
2i 600 900 are whites The annual value
of its agricultural productions is 81, ,O0O,-
100000. Its most valuable products is
Indian corn, which yields annually S4,-
coo 600
The amount of its registered and en-
rolled tonnage 4,407 ,0l0 tons The a
mount Of capital invested in manufacture
is 5000, 100000 The whole amount of
its foreign imports in 1853 was S267. .97S,-
647, and of exports S239, ,976l57 The
annual amount Of its internal trade is
S6,0C0000 The annual value of the
products oflabor (other than agriculturall
is 81 500 100000. The annual value of
the incomes of It's inhabitants is 81 ,000,-
100000 The value of its farms and live
stock, is $4,000 600 It's mines of
gold, copper, lead. and iron are among
the richest in the world The value Of
the gold produced-in California is $780,
GOO GOO per amman. The surface of its
coal-felds is 1873. 1872 square miles It's
receipts for customes, lands. Sc, in 1853
was Sol .337 ,574 and its expenditures,
S43, ,543,263 It's national domain con
sisls OF @;lii,loo square. ml4es OF land.
It's national debts is but S50,000000-
The number of its banks, at the present
time, IS about 1900, with a capital of
S300,000000. Within her borders are
$1,000 schools, 5000 academies, 234 col
leges, and $500 churches. Only one in
twenty-five of it's white inhabitants is un-
able to read and write, and nineteen of its
twenty-one millions of white inhabitants
are native born It's mountains are among
the highest and praires are among the
most beautiful and extensive upon the
globe -Bai 1Ameracun
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Darietp.

A curse IS ike stone thrown up towards
heaven, and most likely to return on the head of
him that sent 1T Walter Scott
When You speak surmises, let them be spo-
ken as surmises merely when you state anything
as fact, b sure that it is literally such.
A case of true grit is that Of Miss CaImina
SP.nS> who viii marry her ugly but rich old low
e. Jast 10 keep other young and innocent girls
iiom being duped by his protestations.
The world is like stubbe feld-in which
ne greatest geese generally pick up most of the
golden grains
Gently the dews are Ger me stealing as the
nan said when he had FIVE due bills presented 10
MIN at one time.
The Basket man says that the California fel-
'sIs are fools for going round the horn, he never
goes round the horn-he always drinks it up
When BY giving a stitch in time you save
hine others, TO what are the economised stitch
esput2
In the Game of Life you always find that the
ea'ls ladies' are most anxious to play with are
AeaE;s ani diamonds.
An advocate of capital punishment argues
nag the galloSs are calculated to elevate man.
kind
Joe says, 1 have lost my watch overheard
.' there any way to get itr Divers ways says
sam.
Never Jest with the sorrows and frailties OF
"sn tFat,ties misfortunes and the most sa
cred iamg on earth to eaeh heart is its own sor-
lows
avoid a snarling dog, l,t because we
's' am, but because he disturbs us; so = is with
snarling man.
Iaeres time for all things" said crusty
'- 'elow 10 his wife. an believe that" answer,
y us wife IN sharp vinegar voice, .swhen Won
~ 'o' Your newspaper" Hit him again. old
"''0an' we'iI stand by you.
The difference between carriage horse and
carnage wheel IS thls-one goes best when il is
1's1, and the other don't
oH ny 100 herd to be happy Many run
'-' after felicity, like an absent minded man
'''"s ioF ms hat, while it is in his hand or on
-, somebody says very beautifaly-aAs small
's's are nearest the sun, so are little children
nsaEsst God
we oF THE EPIrAPHs-A number OF odd
III rs are going the rounds of the press The
wing upon tombstone in the cemetery near
'-'''1'' IS worthy OF being placed among tn,
number; Here lies who came :,
>''l and died, for the benefit of his health"
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THE UNITFG MATES.

Ger country is becoming an object of
intense interest to very large portion OF
the civilized world With those TO whom
is lntrusted the government OF the mass
es on the European continent, the feeling
excited by glance at the growing Repub-
lie is one of no little uneasiness, And
this ARISES not so much from the position
the United States ocepies, at present, as
a Power, as it it does from what it is vet
to attain, aud in a short time. A quarter
of century is brief period in the history
of a nation-lS75 in all proba bility will
ind crown upon the heads of some who
wear it now, and no greater change in the
wearer than an addition of few gray
hairs and wrinkles. a quarter of cen
tury will make US very little older as a
nation-the Republic will, in all probabil
ity, still be considered young" but a
very material change will be presented in
It's moral as well as physical aspect As
power it must inevitably be far in ad-
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/ burst into tears he resumed

CuiS' mo Years he resumed
Doctor, l am dying. amt 2" said the
little fellow, for my sight grows dim
God bless you, Mr. Worth I"
E" Can do nothing for you, Dick qn said
L. " You saved my life I would coin
my blood to save yours"
& have nothing to ask-I don't want
to Gve--only, if it's possible, let me be
buried by my niother--yoai fnd the
name of the place and all about it in my
trunk"
Anything, everything, my poor lad
answered, chokingly.
The little fellow smiled faintly-it was
ike an angels smile-but he did not an-
swer. His eyes were fixed on the stars
fickering in that patch of the blue sky
overhead His miud wandered.
" It's a long, long way up there. but
there are bright angels among them =
Mother used to say that we should meet
there. How near they come and L see
faces smiling on me from among them.--
Hark ! is that music2 2H and lifting his
fingers he seemed listening for moment.
He fell back aud the old veteran burst
into tears--the child was dead Did he
indeed hear angels voices ? God grant
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1ooetrp.
WHAT I LIVE FOR.

| live for those who love me
For those | know are true,
For The heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too:
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task by God assign'd ne.
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that can do.
live to learn their story,
Who'ye suffered for my sake,
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake
Bards, martyrs, PATRIOTS sages,
The mobiles of ages,
Whose deeds crownd his.ory's pages,
And times great volume make
live TO hail that season,
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live BY reason,
And net alone by gold
When man to man united,
As bTothers-are delighted
And every wrong thing righted,
As Eden was of old.
i've TO hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is union
'Twixt natures heart and mine
To profit by affection
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And help each great design.
live for those who love nae,
For those who know me true,
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For Tie cause thai lacks assistance,
For the iature in the distance,
And the good that can do.
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NovEL SCENE The ex Postmaster Of
Boston is in Germany. He sends home
an account of a dinner to a railway con-
grcss, at which locomotive appeared up
on the table, to which was attached train
loaded with dishes of the most choice and
most solid food The succuIent train ad-
vanced slowly, in imitation of the passen-
ger train upon all German roads After
having made the tour Of the BILE without
stopping, in order to give view of the
good things with which it was freighted.
the train again started, making station
in front of each guest, and permitting him
to ill his plate according to his appetite
and fancy. The trains followed each 9TH
er in constant succession for two or three
hours, departing each time well loaded with
comestibes, and always returning empty
to the depot. This is just the thing for
an American dinner table, where the
fashion is, according to English author
ity, to gulp everything with railroad
speed
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-27

MARRIAGE BRoKEKs.-ID Genoa there
are marriage brokers. who have pockets
filed with the names of manageable girls
of different ella ses, with notes of their
fguers. personal attractions. fortunes, &c.
These brokers go about endeavoring to ar
range connections. and when they succeed,
they get commission Of two or three per
cent. upon the portion. Marriage. at Ge-
noa is quite matter Of celebration, gen
orally, settled by the parents or relations,
who often draw up the contract before the
parties have seen each other and it is
only when everything else is arranged, and
few days previous to the marriage cere-
mony, that the future husband is intro
duced to bis intended partner for life -
Should he find fault with her appearance
or manners, he may break off the match.
on condition of paying the brokerage and
other expenses
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An EITRA0RDINARY STORY.

A gentleman living at Elk Run, in the
lower end of this county, has the good
fortune to possess the most remark "a bic
grinalkin yet known of the cat kind. It's
body is of unusual length. its fur is of a
reddish color, the whole beauti6ed with
black spots and streaks of different fig
ures they are long in the back aud round
on the belly and jaws. Black stripes run
across the ears, which are long and tipped
at the ends WITH blue tuft of hair Its
physlognomy is fierce, and its nature saw
age.
His masters house being infested with
snakes, which had been bred III neigh
boring stone fence, he took it into his
head to eschew such game as rats and
mice, and make war upon the snakes, all
of which he soon destroyed. Having ac-
quired taste for this kind of sport, he
extended the field of his operations, fre-
quently making excursions more than a
mile from the house, and returning each
and every day with a snake ranging from
two to seven feet in length He has con
tinued this practice for eight weeks On
one occasion he returned much fatigued
and perfectly wet, and all covered with
SAL o. u " ao ." pfooCd 1ifsaO nc HeLu GU
countered one of those large but rare ser
pents known as the Goobat. This turned
out to be true for the day after, Mr. Har-
vey b Rails found the snake dead. and
signs of most dreadful conflict on the
sand Most or nearly all the wounds had
been inflicted on the back of the neck =
The weight OF the horrid serpent was four
teen pounds. eleven ounces
This class of serpents is native of
Eastern Virginia, with very large heads
and great jaws.-the mouth is armed with
cutting, crooked teeth, among which are
two longer than the rest, placed in the
forepart of the upper jaw. All around
the mouth there is broad, scaly border ;
and the eyes are SO large, that they give
it a terrible aspect The forehead is COW
cred with large scales Each side of the
belly is marbled with large spots of chest
nut color, in the middle of which is a spot
perfectly round, and like FURNISHED gold
They have been known to swallow small
pigs, muskra.s, opossums, &c They avoid
the sight of man, and are consequently
rarely seen.
The eat still continues his war upon the
snakes These facts may not gain ere
dence at a distance, but they are so well
known and attested, that no one in the
neigh borhood doubts them for moment
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