The New York herald., 1869-06-23
INTERESTING SUMNER ass9Ss FOR 14E WATERING PLACES.
snakes of the Period-A shower Of snakes at
Springfield, nI.-Monstcr snakes. Garter
Snakes, Trousers snakes-~uaie-, snakes,

A springfield an paper has an account of what
for want Of better name, that paper calls snakes"
whch iel during the recent great storm in that W.
clnlty. IL saJs;-On saturday ana sunday last
every dltch brook and pool the prairie north OF
fayorsvlle was alive with nondescrpt creatures
which have been described To tis being from one
and hall 10 Two leet long, and IRON three-fourths
OI an men 10 an inch IN diameter. The diameter u
very slightly lessened AZ The head aud tail The tan
u nat ike mat OF eel but has caudal fin; indeed
there - no in at all. the head IL, IN shape, that
ot an eel, but the mouth rs that OF a
sucker lhe eyes are small and the ears are
simply orinces. Immediately behind the head on
each side, ~ Upper. like that Of turtle say three
Srs ,Ss n 81 % sn nGn 70 ae sn e N length including
color those snakes, Whatever they are, dark
blue. The number OF these creatures ~ beyond all
estimate; as we mentioned above, they swan In
every branch and puddle of water.
Their mode OF progression, IN addition 10 the un-
duatory motion OF a snake Ia the water il by the
use OF the nippers described above, and they swim
entirely under the water or with the head and few
inches OF the body above the surf ace, thus lndlca
ing that the fippers are not absolutely essential TO
motion. Tney are perfectly harmless. Boys aud
men take them from the pools by hundreds, aud
they are brought TO town for inspection
They have bg "snake story" IN Montgomery
county, OHIO. well-tO-do farmer while pioughlng
near Dckeys stone quarry. Ia Van Buren township,
saw the reptile passing within few rods OF him al u
rate OF speed faser man man could run. with IT.
mead elevated four or i've feet, and evidently pur-
suit OF prey The farmer represents the 'yafInlnti
as about twenty feet long, and az thick ss a mans
thlgh. Another person. who professes TO have seen
IT two weeks before this, thinks At was thirty leet
long, ana the local reporter OF the Dayton JOrUdt
voucbes that the story humbug, and that he
can produce some OF the "odest inhabitants in tina
neignborhood who will swear that his snakeship has
been d0mestcsted With them FOR ave years past
TINS snake story comes from IOwa;-A man was
following his plough, and behind hfn, following IN
the furrow was his boy, fodder OF three. The man
accidentally looked beaind aim ana saw a large Oul
snake, about seven feet long, rapidly approaching
his child. He ran back with al possible speed,
caught the boy In his arms when his snakeshp took
him by the panaloons and gave NINA right smart
shaking
A youth came into Osceoa, Iowa, recently, drag.
gng q snake seven feet ana two inches long that he
had just Killed snort distance from the city aud re-
ported "two more out there Uigger'n him that nc was
gong TO capture alive.n
serpent twenty-five feet long threatens to sur.
round Munce, III.
A snake three feet through the body is wriggng
about Indiana
A raitlosnake measuring four feet and two inches
In length was Killed near Prescott WIS, recently.