The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1855-11-24
Wonderful Snake Story.
Singular OccuInr Delusson

Singular OccULnr DgtuSz0H
| There is good deal Of excitement in Rock
| ingham county, n. c., on account of a snake
having been which has human head.
The animal was only seen by son of Mr. o. B.
Stene.-Hc first saw it at his fathers turpen-
tine whisky still His father to whom he
attempted to point the monster, was never
able to see it, though the boy declared that it
was under his feet. Several attempts were
made by the boy to shoot him, but the differ
ent guns he used would never explode when
pointed i'll the direction of the snake, though
they would fire if turned another way.
The father in letter to the Madison n. G.
Democrat, says:
/ ''Some of my neighbors came in again to SEQ
che snake, and to if they could find any
mark it made, SO we sprinklcd ashes all over
the Still House, and in the hole where it always
came III, and we tied my son fast, SO he could
not make the track himself, in ary way what
ever, and then left him tied in the Still
House by himself, and went away, and it was
but few moments before he let us know that
tbs snake was in the Still House again. and we
went TO see if there was any mark: and behold
there was mark as broad my hand where
it came in and went out, and they were con-
irmed it was something; did not suffer Alfred
to stay about the Still House but little, for
whenever he goes there he is sure to see it, and
it also appears to him in different parts of the
farm, but not as it does at the Still House; and
he was told to talk to it, aud it would tell him
what it wanted; and he says he asked it in tho
name of the Lord what did it want, and he
says it said TO him that it wanted to destroy
the Stilling, and sneaked off; so then, to be
convinced tied Alfred in the Still House
again, and he told TO wear clover in his
hat and then he could see what it was, and
while he was tied in the Still House he had
clover in his hat, and he the snake come
and peep in the house, having face, eyes,
atx,l hn
perfectly knew, and all bat the head pre-
ciscly like rattIe-shake, and it scared him pro-
digionsy Then Sunday last, 2Sth Oct,
there was great many persons who came to
my house. who doubted the reality of the mark
of the snake, came to see if they could find the
mark, and | tied Alfred again. in order that
they might be convinced, all of them respecta-
BILE men, saw the mark distinctly, and were con-
vinced of the mark of the snake"
The trnth Of the statement contained in the
farmers letter to the Democrat, is attcsted by
Il; dozen of the prominent men of Rockingham
county who saw the mark of the snake in the
ashes, and knew that the boy was tied too Sc
curcy to have made it himself The Democrat
says that the boy is very much alarmed and his
health is fast giving away under Sthe mental
effects of this horrible delusion. This snake
bids fair to rival the great Silver Lake Serpent.
CHRIsrIANIrY IN CHINA.--In 1888 there
were only some nan OOZcH TULcStdHt OuIiS-
tians who could be assembled together for
religious worship in China. Now there are
daily religious services at Hong Kong, and at
all the open cities-a score or more In all
upon the Sabbath, where thonsa nds go to wor-
ship: and the whole mass of Chinese minds Is
stirred up by body of insurgents, of whom
one prominent characteristic is their rejection
of idolatrous worship.
A MUSICAL PRODIGY We clip the following
from the Columbus (Ga) Sentinel:
There is in this vicinity blind negro boy,
ONLY six years old, the property of James \.
Bethune, of the Corner Stone, who exhibits
the most wonerful capacity for music, and IS
able to play almost any piece, even the most
difficult, On the piano forte after hearing 1T
orce or twice. He has never been instructed
in music: his know ledge of the science is, there
fore, instructive. IL has the most intense
passion for music, and exhibits the greatest
emotion during his performance. We have
never seen SO wonderful musical prodigy
before"
GLovEs-Belginm is the great glove manu-
factory of the world. 1t is stated that from
one establishment last year 400, 900 dozen pairs
were exported to England and America. There
arc three thousand hands employed there.
HEspEcrAr11Iry ry-"Cato, does you know dem
J ohnsings, up dar, in Congo Place, is going to
"Wall, Scipio, I tonight dey war gettin'
along berry well, but doesn't know how
spectacle dey is"
s.How Spectacle does you tink, Gator"
'WalI guess about tree tousand dollars"
'.More Spectacle dan dat"
"Wall how Spectacle is dey?"
"Why. five tousand dollars an house an
lot
"whcy! good bye, Cato, 1 must give 'em a
call"
How MAxY LIVES WE'RE sAcRIFICED.--It is said
that six thousand Irshmen aside from other
laborers. perished in the construction of the
Panama railroad
Mrs Sw,ssHEIM ON HABY sI1ows-Mrs,
Swissheln has been to a "baby show" and
rather intimates if we can understand her, that
she don't quite like them. Here is what she
saws at any rate:
the poor dupes Of mothers are to be pitied
rather than blamed. Some of them are decent,
Innocent women, who have no definite idea OF
the light in which they place themselves, and
most are too nearly idiotic.to he accountable.
But it is not right that Humanity should be
degraded TINS in these persons; nobody expects
any respect for humanity from Barnum. The
parties really to blame for these exhibitions are
the city authorities who grant these licenses,
and people of ordinary sense who so to see
ANYTHING so totally devoid Of attractions. Ugly,
stupid women, and ordinary, vulgarly-dressed
children are no great rarity in this great
republic: anybody who gives quarter to see u