The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-07-28
A Snake Story.
The Columbus (Obio) Statesman

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is respohsiblb FOR the foflowing:
For soihe time past an iminense
blacksnake has been seen on the
Chittenden farm, on the Westet.
vile road, abott two miles from
the city, and by reason Of his fear
fnl proportions ahd defiant atti.
tudes, has filed the neighbvrhood
with alarm and terror. Not long
since he was seen slowly travers:
ing q field, with head efeSt, and
bearing in his mouth large
rooster, which he had captured on
a foraging expedition, and at an
other time ain amateur sportsman
of this city suddenly came upon
him as he was in the act of crush.
ing a cat in his frightened folds.
The snake was of such great size,
and manifested so much rage, that
the young man became almost pal:
sled with fear, and Immediately
ran away from the terrible local.
ty, not once thinking of his gun,
which he might have used most eff.
fectually in destroying the mon
ster.
The fact of seeing the snake was
reported to a number OF acquain.
tances on the arrival home of the
frightened hunter, and the next
day a number proceeded to the
locality where he was seen the day
before, bat no trace of his snake
ship could be found, and the hum
ter was jeered by his Eofipaniois
as the victim of a baseless, imagi-
nary fear. The following day two
boys were walking in the same
heighborhood, and came upon the
snake, who, with erect head and
darting tongue, at once gave chase.
The boys ran furiously for nearly
half a mile, closely followed by
the reptile, before he slackened his
speed and gave up the chase
This also was reported, and again
an exploring party visited the
ground and searched carefully for
the snake, but without success.
On Tuesday morning of this week,
the same two boys again visited
Chittenden farm, this time better
prepared to encounter the foe
should he put in an appearance.
They had not been on the
grounds great while before they
were gratified by an appearance of
the monster, who was approaching
them with evident war-like intent.
The boys took position, and 80 soon
as an opportunity presented, made
such well directed shots as to place
their enemy entirely in their pow
er, when they soon despatched
him. The monster measured six
teen feet in length, and was pro-
portionately large. One of the
most respectable citizens of the
County, a gentleman we'll known
in Columbus, saw and measured
the snake, and assures us that there
is no mistake in the above state.
ment of it's length. We under.
stand that the brave slayers of the
reptile are having his skin proper
ly stuffed, and design exhibiting it.
AN English paper gives a curl
ous calculation of the weight in
gold which each of the liberated
Abyssinian captives has cost the
country. Ten millions sterling,
reduced to weight in sovereigns,
represents 78 tons, IL cwt., ! Or,
IA lbs, 8 o.; or for each of the
sixty men, women and children,
released from the clutches Of King
Theodore, an expenditure in solid
gold of 1 ton 6 cwt., % lbs., and !
OF.
AN abandoned city with fine
buildings, evidences of high agri
cultural prosperity and extensive
facilities for mining, las been
found on the Northern border oi
the State of Sonora.
The New York Times thinks
that we don't want Cuba at any
price or under any conditions. The
climate is too tropical, aud there
are too many negroes.
| A wedding took place near Dry
Grove, Miss, q few days since
in which the bride had scarcely
reached her tenth year, the groom
being over six feet high and thir
ty-eight years of age.
WoMEN are scarce in Sioux City
Iowa, and a paper of that place ad
vertises proposals for fifteen hund
red New England girls of indus
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