The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-08-14

II IL kill.sinnl CssptuIssi.

II ~ killesinnsl Captured.
1 I wrote yoa on the stA iastaat,
that the serpent rad broken tAs bos
asd cleaec.! Fur the vcoAu. fhis
ereaisd . greet deal OF coss>sswaiisa
IN the community, asd all lay lov
until toward evening, whsa tAs
acighboes po& together aud devised
sosss msaas to PCT IN end :" him.
GA a close casm inssios of tks hog Il
was discovered they had pat . d4fss-
tive pl~ak in II, il bsiag windshstss
from one end 10 the other, aud thus
whss tbs captive hssss 10 ssves, 10
ssos startsd this pissk, ssd sss ahls
to break out. The hsls il the xrosna
wAs nov securely stopped and every
one present determined 10 mako Il
thsie busissss to hsst Mn Up and
destroy him. They fslt IL ssssssary
for their safety, Stsosx Laads veil
armed wcat together and secured the
woods, beat the ,hickris, aAd search.
Cd closely cvcrywhsre, until they h.
gsn to Despair Of sscesss. Bat whss
they least looked Coz ii. fortune
smiled upon their efforts. Some
mile aud half OF two milsa from the
den live Mr Isaac Nelly and a Mr.
trviws, close neighhoss. Yesterday
morning Mr. Nelly walked over 10
Mr.. lrsines carrying with him his
gun, an Eoheld ,ine Finding Mr..
Irvine In his field, nearly a, tho top
Of. the hill At work, he called To him
and NJ. lrri"s aud ho seated them
selves on the fence, With their guns
(ior DO man uos went without one)
near them Mf lrsIucs vas com.
mon squirrel rife. They had TALKED
some time hcre when they became
aware Of peculiarly Musky odos
perssding the air. They had felt i,
at first, but II did mol excite their at
tcntion until I, became sictening in
il power Mr. Nelly looked sroand
uaeoaseiossly 10 zee what could pro.
ducs 1t, and there. within ai1ty yards
Of them, aud just above, lay the ser.
pcn,, tho Office, If their dread Their
FIRST impulse wss TO ran, bat af,er
they bad involan'srily jumped from
the fence, they thought better Of il,
and, like true men, as they are, they
determined To tire on II. They laid
their guns carefully on the fence,
tho snake sever moving, ssd tskisg
deliberate aim, fred at his head. Al
the. crack Of the guns an asful crash
ing and slashinp was heard, md h..
iieving the svful creature vss uPoa
them, they throw sway their xsas
aud Asd for dear life, sos did they
stop uatil they reached the house.
The country was quickly alarmed
and AFTER a good deal Of careful 70
ccnnotsssing, tho spot vac approach.
ID, 10 Sad The serpent goae, but lssv.
iug bshiad sueh = great trail Of
blood, they knew he was badly
wounded, Without difAculty they
followed this trail, sad did No, pro.
ssed ssoss thsa twa hundrsd ysFsls
dovs besids the fence before they
cspisd him, perfectly limp aud dead.
But Il took several shots from . dis.
lance 10 convince them n this before
they darsa sppvossh a1-
Tho struggle where The mosstss
vas shot msst have bsss Terrific, for
large bushes were heat 10 the earth,
and the ground vas tors up, where
he hsd lsshsA il with his tsil, 0sss.
credit is ass 10 sts Issrspidisy Il ths
gsntIsmaa Who shot him, for few
would have dared i,
Mr. Irvine q.ickly brought . pair
Of mules to drag him OF, bst When
the mules caught sight Of the hugo
animal, they became 10 frightsssd
aolhing cosid hold ihsa, ssd they
b. oke and tore sway like mad. by
this time = great many people had
collected aud they tisd thain
around hia neck with = vsnstse
MOOSE, sad dragged him sArssgA ~
sid to tho big road. They sov
found = couple OF strong horses gsn>
lie enough, aud they with thcss Dc.
tcrnincd to carry him 10 Mole neville,
{, being ths sesvcs, poiss IN shs pike.
Esarisg Of These circumstances, /, in
company ~i.b VIZ, Ben. johnson, Of
ii.. place, started fnr the .ssne Of
action. When near Mr.. Bit.oet $
y. 80. al, 'tss-'-- '.'aas sn;r~
to the sane pcis, We had not gesc
far bsfore W. hove IN sight. aud here
VIC met with a very serious accident,
for no sooner had our horses caught
sight Of the hugc body Of the serpent,
thaa thsy b. gan TO pIxngs At such
fearful rate ~ u throw al ,hses Of
Us. Sir. johnson aud myself sus-
tanning no Injury but Esquire Green
received a severe dislocation 81 tho
satls, that will probably lame him
for life.
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