Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-22

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Ia the great Champaign snake, lor !. -
-sst- securely at the bottom OF lns La ~
-. - a. Thoroughly dead as one OF !
- --.., liberals The editor o.
- IVb;tehaU Times knows whereof Io
49, 7rben he testifes that tact. lor nc
bslned n Nm the =. huge and SHINY MOI MOI
rev and the TINES man stes1Imony i
m bv \ formidable array Of " tnorousL-l
vsraeious's people. all OF whom CAIN - =,
ton Of his snakeship's exeitabie tA.ln5
The way OF Il was tins Las o-l-s- -
Marty. consisting Of editors, sclenlino
tiemer. and x-legislater=-whosen 'llile = =
-iven in fuu in the IIzies-chartere9
sss-.sT,--1r and saIIiei forth. armed with siio'
rruns and Mimic rifles. fully Determined -
eaD1ure me serpent OF die in the atIen iit.
The expedition was secret IN IL characieI-
beeause II was designed IN case sueess7
failed 10 crown the essay. 70 s1y nolAlA=
ahout II afterwards They approached me
ennnosed iair Of the reptile with mingled
fseIInrs of rrenidation and shespIsnness- Dut
7T,,dr- the command Of ten Barrett they
f1sIfv forced ahead Of the dangerous spot
RoDrinr themselves IN line on the boat
Tbey nroceedea. three at time. % ire tnelr
- A. the water. The effect was InIne-
diate and astounding \ terrible CRACKING
and whistiing noise crested their ears ~
the beginning II was low suppres7ea Dt7s
whistle. then il gradually arose n slrel4- 81
and tone until It became most uneaI sii-,
noise. which hlHnched the features OF an
v-ifbin hearing. But the noise was not the
- h7-ribie nortion Of the resultant phe-
nomona. As The order was given 10 steam
away for dear life. the head Of the mammoth
snake appeared above the tangled Tegeii-
mon s c-rsvish hood upon Is hea4
Honped backwards and forwards Ike the IN
msnse ears OF An elephant. treat ridges OF
silver sheen appeared all over the surface
undulariur and scIutiliarIng IL the urlgnl
sun Ike the highly polished surface o. O
,,,-~io--s helmet The ian-Ike TAI waved
IN the air SIX feet above the water the great
rIariur ewes rescmbied TWO burning c1al--
a. its rare increased. while The rows OF long
ana formidable teeth peariy Wnlle ai-
wicked looking. sent an Indescrlnalle tLIll-
through the terrified observer Inc s-=ll-
sav- the Tunes editor. was % norrlult- mag
,,ff,reur soul-rhriiilu- and reminded MN
of everything internal Inar be nad ever ha-.I-
Of Finally. some of the party mustered
Z courage enough 70 reload and 1ro their 7ioi
ruu- Thoroughly intnrIate1- enc monster
dashed the water OF b1-h ends. making
snasmodic and powerful lurches az Do pur-
sued the seemingly devoted boat. uull- at
+ last. after Indui-lnr ia c0ur1rtl0n- % agony
terrible ID wIrueSs tho 30 h1rreur shape
rare one gigantic Wrlcrla and slowly as
anue1red beneath the surilce- thorough o.
dead monster. Ii now lies % the bottom Qi
the lake. entirely Harmless and i D. not tl1
muca 60 say that the Imperlled villagers
+ rnereab1uu are saved from q terrible nate -y
the intrepid bravery u those e1l-lr--
scientists ana legislator The snake was
estimated BIS competent u-ser71r- Oh le
twenty inches rnick ana iJ-rT 1ee1 long, ana
F 1ne eaururc and destruction o1 suc- @ non
F s-er may well he deemed o desirable accom-
ullshmau-. Now. the question j.. why 1i-
rrar nn- ze.-.re the carcas- Inc stuffed
hide Of TINS serpent would be @ fortune Do
any smart Snowman pocket. while Ills n1t
o. he denied that the sI-lr oi sucl trophy
w1uli materially aid the digestion OBJ the
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