The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-06-05

OF the desert ~ seen ssn',w oo' ,,"h' we
gateway OF the prrtiy eieN'hoase 'ha' .c
dreM monarch ~ thr Iors' anu 'W o'mf
great cats arr eneath his WEI W. Is maas
awam by angry GROWS a." uhc aui'ee"R soa"s
oi shaken iron hai~ ~ ti@ A,rtTr g'sS tv"m
with his daily i"ri harr"w y" one can hs'P
lceling e'r'am sn.e ot arnpr",~s a, Srn,S
thcsc creatures "t al climates S'aUFs~ "m"
hoor'shing xan''n- TO WITNESS "asis ensa''-
gunwd III tooth and esa" l'npa'rhuy lMr"x
To ami no between banks OF s'are' H.rahiums
or h"iS brilliant Win 'he count'rss bionm oi
early dahlas or. sun more "d"'s' 10 w'ness
o'rh OF prey wh''h love !" "r~t W VI" ""f"a
snrr'uh'ed nv n""'hh r""~
rsIuIN. URsAr s>AAks IN ris Hkrris uprse.
The reptiles arr ctLrsl food oncc week,
but will not alwdys feed even al this inscrya,
Tine huge python fastNl the almost incrSi,ble
time oi twenty-five months having prphahly
prvrard himself tnr his ab~t,neacc by u spen.
did goryr Amer fast of evrn days, howev
cr the maiorit, Of the serpenis regain their
apw,i,,~ 1'hr~ O'Clock u the feeding time,
and the wptics which ARE on the look out seem
to know full well the crraGd ol tho man who
cutters with the basket, agains, the sides Of
WiiStfn ti,S h. a. ~, $.s~ - .ki
Gathcrd victims, and the short stai'p of the
doomed rabbits III" k~prrr ofrn the door ut
thr t~'k I" Tue u'h W t"e 'o'""'".'S ~sir
on our right Tor ~ 'h'"i 'herr 's !" ""i
takes oil their blanket nmi drops 10 upon INC
clat'erlng pebbles scan"rlng rap"'t' VINO
hops non, sM '" sue ear'oas 20 "'spec, "'s
new hao,,a''"n prr~n.y Ia.,s, l0,. u.s. sS t'' y"
lnce Silently the rock snake Vlidcs over the
stones unrurl,rc his hugo folds, which like a
cable seem 10 move as though by some agency
fr,m without looks lnr an instant upon his un
concious victim md the next has seized him
with bis cruel iaws Ills constructing folds arr
,uis,,l n. swiftly as n whip-lash round his
sbr,ekinp prry, and for ten minutes the srpent
lies till maintaining his mortal knot unit his
prcy IL dead when. ..ising him by The ears. he
dra~s him through his yiee.liks grip crushing
,xery bopc. nn.l clouvntinu The bnlv prcnsrsto
ry 10 Jc,ourinp In. The boa aud the rock
snake always swallow their prey head foremost
How Ia tba, G,, neck and ,lejIoote head 10
,,,Ls r,om s,, Tim, hulLv rubit , thinks the
.,.,.,n, r,,son,,, Lo .,s-, ,ho ,aw. y.pe
.'I Ill, H., ,.,,il. ,ir,,r. L,o,.,T ,,,,, ,a,L
=, ,,an sss,inws Gia ,rrv as you ,Iraw n .,ocL
i.,,, ,,r.,, ,,o,,, ,or 'tbs h,,c hmm ,,csccu,,.
,nw.. s ha,,.,h ~. .,osl INA ,c.,c. which .sc,n
a. s,... ~I,h a.,on,,o, and tho ,n,,ns,e, coils
him..n nm oncc NOR l., ,ca, his n,cni IN ouie,
y -,
nov 'ANvA'.s - .t..
ing shakc suS ~ ~" sa pt 49,
now no hit n. Iui only 10 ,lr,ye The poor crcs
,ur, I'm a score of tlyinu rabbles before him :;
,.hcn a, i.si A.. aurccc,i. In piercinp the sides
~. f-',s' So '......--''....'y -.
mcne", and " dies convu'@Hi ~ q lew seconds
u Ssa'd Wy those no have wAtchei 'he ven
omoan si'skes, That The mannnr OF dying eAhlb
tied by their stricken prey dsclo-S The nature
Of the reptile that inflicted the poisoned wound
II y scarcely me'F"ry 70 Ma,e INN. "" poIm
"' W" '''' go ~" So .-sIr .i'.''a.
,n ,a',a % .' ~ ,.a ,.nna 49, o;,,ns sI ~;,'
"",'" w" Wv WV W " $3.50, ,,,,as,.
at" ,'y ~, o"n'P,'',"po VI WV p""s"' p, a ma ~.
wn",' I"ns' NV ','"a api' " .,,u y "'" :, ',a, w..
!. ','n ~, Wv" WV NV ~ , n.,, % '.. ,I,, A.
snrs " Wv .a'p """ n th, '.a,,,. a.,
p"m - ,,,, " "",i,c,oa w,,,, n, .Lin . oL,~
." ' !" .,,o.' % re- ",', ,,..L .nJ .as,y ~.
n,a,,ons a.is and a,.,,.I,,I ...r,s 10 bc IT, very
,c,,oniGca,,on oi Ind,a IA We watch n wLcD
IL ,o s,,,,n, wo auI,Lcnlv ,,ncmI,cr that
onIy e,,n oT ,i,s. ,,nnJs i.t w,co us and norc
J,a,h I'm, ,he,c is nothing ,o fear the nv
,ho,, II, ,L,. .J,o,n,n, ,o,m which weigh. n
n''',,, -, 60. ',,,d. ,,,;n,, ,,o.n,oJ an
-, y, T. n, '.,,'oroi ,,o,n III h,,
,I,,,cI w,,I ,Il nj. forc, n, a .poctator Yr
,la SO ~ a,ass b ,d ,,r,,otb IN b,ino him an
., r' "a, I'll ,o h,ni,,J ,,,,,, tho hcoI snd
am' ~ 4" ,,. s,,,l,.,',,, d., H., .n"li ,o, TEL
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