The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-26
The BiO canaan SNAKE.

Thu latest intelligence nf the great snaAv dis
/ covered at south Canaan, Connecticut. is given
in the following letter to 'hs rnughkrrpsic r.
Si,:
You were correct n doubling the story Of
us being shot, rs first Published IN the Armenia
T'mes, for II was all fiction. The great snake
has not been killed, nor has amy ons attempted
TO shoot IL. An ordinary shot gun would have
no more effect ON u than pop-gun on an iron.
clad and~a man would lee called crazy who
would attempt II. II has heen seen every suin.
mer tor the last fifteen yeats IN nearly the aane
spot u was seen but short time ago by gen.
lcman Of the highest respcciabiity. who Is well
known, and no one would think OF doubling his
statements. His name 10 A. Boariinan, q skill.
ful machinisi, recently employed by Mr.. Amcs
in the manufacture Of his celebrated wroughi-iron
cannon, at Falls Village. Mr.. Boardman was
passing along the highway where the snake hhs
nsrn generally seen, not thinking any thing about
i, "hen s"ddenly his eyes caught sight Of some.
thing lAi'g under large elm tree, which looked
| like the shadow of large limb. Its shining
hil.liancy, and the real shadow of the tree being
"pi'Osiic from where the object lay. tile thought
instantly entered his mind that IL WIS nothing
lcss than ,hc hig snake he had heard 81 much
.huui. aud 80 il proved TO r, for IL Immediately
Stated 'ur the swamp. Tue animal having to
't'ts 'l., fnad, he had iair view u his snake
liP = ihgill Oi hufrut passed through his veins
'lic munster crushed ~ way through tho brush
"i'h a.nU.l ilv sl'cr,i Ol tightening into the
,"dmpaua WAS iianl, iiialciJ lost 10 sight. Mr..
| u utuk. % would measure thirty inches around
Co. h''lv "a ~. largest place in tact, IL api,,ar.
80 :" '- n,lft uf one 'iz", except three fee, ir0m
| h' "uI -. tile tail. which lAprIel consdsrabl,
toward III, tnd. Its length. he should judge. 10
! ~ a"' TAT fTom twenty eight or thirty feet. IT.
/ k'u was 80 black that il fairly dHzzlri.
Ihs intni.ts ~ the vicinity complain less of tie
| l'arr,lAiicns Of ihr animal than formerly. On
! 10 borders of the swnmp where Il lives, Craze
lus" herds ~ COWS aud It Is among these IL gets
| It, htimg u" snrfs of THESE COWS have for
son' 'itur past. wondered Why come " their hssi
inil't. liad fil'l :" give their usual quantity OF
mt. - u :. only in the morning the owncis
| in..s .i hua ilr, have rome Ia the conclusion
th'' i.r ~utkr sucks them and thus gets its1iving
II D. Nti huhwn That snakes are iOnd OG warm
nra nnll.. sud u is this Kind of food, no doubt,
,h,' has ra"s"'l this one 10 grow TO such immense
.'r'f iii"u-
Iu's~is t.Warl -; un- hundred dollars offer
81 d. it'shiv ci,Esn lut is capture alive, aud
ma q kiliri There il strong pressure bearing
nn 0" town authorities To Oiirr a reward large
'nru'h iu secut- lis capture or destruction. aud
~ r!yect will he brought before our annual
i"yn meeting, i''r iis.t Monday in October Hun
'lgcls - .,u attended ihe ramp.lnertng lately held
her" ctinc more fuf the purpose Of seeing where
il1. monster snake lived, than 10 seek for the mar
r1w way Few could he induced i0 siny on the
ground ~ nights, for fear II might make them =
sisit u WAS this one thing, more than any 9th
-. that aadr the meeting almost a failure. One
ln.,u ha, iel,tmncd to sell ! il tarm and leave
'i' i'iacr. His wife has already left and says she
Ndl rrs't hve on ~" place again until the snake
- huia'i There ]. perfect panic among the
lr"r." and what will he the result. time alone
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