Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-28

ever. too quick for him, and jumped at
and knocked him down, striking him on
the left shoulder, just below the shoulder
blade going over him and down the
mountain to the southwest for short dis
lance. when he turned and pursued Walk
or. who had risen, and with speed in
spired by the deadliest fear, was making
his way 10 the top OF the rage.
Unfortunately for our informant
he stumbled, and Immediately feli,
the weight of the monstrous pursuer gild-
ing over the body. He gave himself up
for lost then, but it seemed hard 10 tell
which was the most frightened, the man
or the snake, for the latter did not seem
disposed to run the risk Of contest, but,
gliding across the body OF the prostrate
man, he slid off al tremendous rate to-
ward the ridge Of the mountain and across
it to the east side. Walker rose ana
watched his movements, and says tnat
after crossing to the east side, the snake
turned and re-crossed to the west side and
down the mountain few yards, and then
twined himself around large mahogany
tree, where he remained waving his head
to and fro, tapping his tail on the rocks,
and whistling and kissing defiance. That
was the last he saw of him, for he made
his way back to his companions as quick
ly as he could. They wanted to return
and hunt for the serpent, but the hero OF
the adventure was too weak from fright
and excitement to do 50, but says they In
tended to go on an expedition to hunt the
snake in very short time. The color OF
the reptile was yellow, with black mark
life halfmoon on each side OF his eyes;
he had a beard or fuZz round his mouth,
and what appeared to our informant to be
crown-shaped mass on the top OF head.
The latter was about six inches high,
and varied in color, being green, blue,
white, yellow and red. The head OF the
creature was about as large as that OF
full. grown bulldog, and in shape, between
that of bulldog and monkey. His
body was covered with hard scales, six or
eight inches long.-Deseret (Utah) Neaos.
Sylvester Bowman, of Claiborne Coun-
tv, XIV, undertook to bruise the head OF
six-foot serpent lately, but the pesky SER
pent came near turning the tables on Bow
man. Another man helped him out OF the
scrape, and the snake was found to have a
horn at the end of its tail little over an
inch and a quarter long, shaped like a
ROSTERS spur But what was still more
it had two eyes in its tail,
which, excepting the horn, was shaped
exactly like the head, but was not so large.
Indeed, to see the tail one would have
thought that it was the head, and that the
horn was its tongue The horn was very
sharp. The snake seemed very thick at
its tail end, and endeavored to strike eve
rything that came near its tail. Various
were made to ascertain
whether it could see with the eyes in its
tail, and it was demonstrated that it could.
These eyes had lids, which opened
and shut and cleaned with anger.
Indeed, the tail head seemed far more
fierce than the other head. 1t was so fierce
at both ends that it was necessary to
shoot it,
The Elk River Mimi Nems says that
Mr. Jones, of Battle Brook, in that (Sher-
burne) County, captured alive upon his
farm snake with two heads, one upon
each end of its body. The heads were ex-
actly alike, and it was impossible to tell
which way the thing would move until it
was in motion. He kept it for several
DAYS, and exhibited it to many who had
the curiosity to call and see it, but at last
let it escape, and has been unable to find
t since.