Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-09-12
a Social Serpent in q
Lady'S Chamber.
'rom the Ottava lnI. Indenaen

Ottawa, met with a terrible, and
to her, also a sad adventure
= They had recently y renewed into
a somewhat dllapidated frame
house. Between the plasterine
and the walls of one room there
was vacant space. and q hole
at or near tsle ceiling of the
room in one corner. Near this
bya window, she had hung her
bird-cage out of reach Of the
cat. She was in an adjoining
room when she heard her bird
utter a peculiar cry. She came
into this room, but seeing no. cat
and thinking she must have
been mistaken, she went back.
Scarcely had she done SO when
the strange cry was repeated
She returned, aud on looking up
. at the cage was almost petfifed
with terror on seeing a large
snake in the cage and partly
cOiled around the outside.
/ She Runaway screaming with
fright, and a gentleman passing
was called in. lie soon sue
ceeded in capturing and killing
the reptile, which was found to
be a ''house adder" the bite Of
which is deadly, we are told
1t was about three feet long
1t had killed the poor bird, and
was in the act Of swallowing it
when the man arrivedwho killed
the horrid snake. 1t had
Ecrawled up in tie wall and
thence out of the hole in the
plastering. 1t is needless to
say that as snakes 90 in pairs
and as the other snake compri-
sing that pair has not been kill
Ied, the house is now for rent
Mr.. Lewis tried to sleep. that
night but sleep would not come.
Toward morning, in his rest
lessness, he touched the bot
tom of his bare foot against the
bedstead. He got up and howl
ed Snakes, by John RoGg-
Iers~ he put on his boots and
she put on her ''hern," +" and they
sat up theremainder Of the night
watching for snakes. Hunting
for snakes is the chief amuse-
ment of Aurora people nova
lays, and especially at night
They tell us of a man who was
asleep, and so was his fair part
ner, who has sharp toe nails =
She dreamed that she was dri-
wing the cat out of the buttery
and she digged her toe-nails IN
to her mans leg. He woke up
and cried snakes" burglars, =
fire, . police" and all that
She got up too in u hurry, and
that bed was searched through
about twenty-three times, bur :
the snake wasn't found.
Another man woke up one
night and by the feeble lightof
the moon saw his Wife's switch
eoiled around one Of the orna
mental posts at the foot Of the
bed. 1t looked for all the
world like a snake. There were
its great Shiny coils, ana it,
head pointed toward the head
of the bed, as if the snake was
preparing for an attack on the
party of the first part, his wife,
and their heirs and assigns
The party oftho first part walked
up his wife, and she, Of course
kicked, screamed, and jumped
out of bed ran into another room
to faint, leaving him all alone
wish the blOody-minded, yeno-
m0usly disposed sarpient. lie
was now in a lively state of
persplration, but his presence
of mind had not entirely desc
ted. He slowly drew up his feet
and jumped out Of bed and ran
to the kitchen to get his double
barrel shotgun, and then came
back. He came in sight of the
serpentine intruder, and taking
1 deliberate aim, as well as his
luaking knees and trembling
frame would permit, blazed a
way. The sound of the gun a
'oused the lady from hcr third
3woon. They advanced upon
he enemy with a light. The
was tonnd in alimping
state, dangling by the bed-post,
md evidently dead. On near
ng it, imagine his feelings,
when she exclaimed, claw
jakcs, what have you done?-
spoiled my bestmohair switch!'
The shot holes in the bedstead
IAN be filled up with putty, and
t reyarnished. He can get q
new mirror for 81. The old
.Om-cat sitting on the fence out
,ide in range of the window
will never squall at the moon as
he was wont todO. He has lost
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