Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-03
Extraordinary Circumstance.
10 Albany Betnipg Transcript, Of Monday

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says.
Most oil Of our tesdets have heard Of The cele.
btated Kilkenny Cas- who fought with such
desperation that 10th were eaten up by The othefl
Chanting that they have, and gtnntng the stoty TO
Us tine, we have 10 chronicle story equally as
wonderful and which, In consideration Of our
gtAnting The cats story 10 be fact, we wish be-
lIeyed as implicitly true.
Mr.. John Gebiiard, Curator Of the Geological
Rooms, well known fot his penehant In the study
OF Natural History, recently made an experiment
with snake and mouse with The most wondef'
ful and extraordinary results. His snSkeship was
eight feet long and ptopotionately Target like al
or Ills luce liz did mol lnaSllcale, but swallowed
Ills food whole, be the article Of proyendet large
VI small. Nj. Gebhard being Of all inqu iSiiiYe
tutn OF mind, determined IL test lie fact whether
IN the process Of deslulion the snakG managed,
by Sons unknown process, 10 InlSlcate lis lou,
or whether Il was bOlted whole.
Accordingly, a mOre was ptOCurtel and placeu
In the cage with the snake, which Of FIST did not
sppenr 10 notice II, allowing the animal to run
about, leap ovet lis bUly aud ouI up olheE anIlcS
in its haStetO get away, In q few hUIrs, however,
the snake apparently tsmelleI lat,' and tellcl'
Eating itself upon its good fortune in thus bling
furnished with detachable mOrsel tor It's suppet
began 10 move about with evident qualification,
cycling the nfnilesimlol lump Of life with inward
delight. Soon, by tho use Of most potent charm.
Ing powers, the mouse sat upright, gazing at 'lolu
onl master with irresistible and evident delight
This, however, was dangerous pastlme, i0F SUD
denly The snake, making dart at The mouse, 1ooS
It in It's extended ilwS, and merely winklns It's
glazing eyts, swallowed the pnnimol as easily ns
would child asugar plum, and then outle!t llsell
un in Its IisileS, ndOleHt wcy. Nj. O., bel'ey'
ing that lie mouse was forever gone lto'n his
gaze, paid 10 RttenLon 10 the snake until lilo 9eSt
morning, when gong back to il he was surprised
10 Iind mouse running about The cage, having '"e
uppearance Of being saturated with UioCu.
! Upon looking at The snake hole was louUu W
lis body, neuT It's toll, sufficiently large 10 allow
Of the esEess Of The mouse, nnl from The lTesII'
ness Of lie wound, II was evident that lle MOUSE
swallowed alive, hud ealen It's way out! ThlS ne'
Ing lie only hypothesis uron which 10 baEe con,
clISOn, and not being certain, Mt u determines
10 ntch aud see il the snake would again allacS
lis diminutiye though life.loSins prisoner. WNh
patience did Nj. @. keep vigil look over The DoS,
until his sunposilions were VERIFIED The snake
again swallowing the mouse, Which cal lis %a5out
Of the body fsw.nches from The place wlItTe u
! had before leeained daylight! Sixteen llles ~oS
lilo experiment Repeated, but The evtnlten! time
The snake was so completely perforated that ~ !he
attempt 10 again swallow the mouse, onu giving
sudden twich Of The bod, Il was snapped ~
twain. TIE mouse died, the next day, UuI Tue
snake lived week after t!!O