The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-07-01
Wonderful Wonders in Talbot County.

Talbot County is certainly the most wonder
fully wonder-producing spot on this round
world. The editor of the Standard has seen a
number of sights within the space of week
any one of which would put all of Barnums
museum of natural or unnatural curiosities to
the blush. The people of that part of the
world surely never patronize menagerle, or II
they do, it is to see something which is not
wonderful and to familiarize their eyes to COM
mon, ordinary looking creatures. Though we
would suggest that if it is common for the citi-
zens Of Talbotton to see such sights as the
editor of the Standard describes, they had bet
ter vote on the liquor question, and decide in
favor of no license, like Rome and Newman.
We will mention only few of the sights seen
by the Standards local, beginning with snake
story as follows: .
"a gentleman was riding the road between
Talbotton and Redbone the other day, when
his eyes fell upon the largest rattlesnake that
he ever saw in all his life. 1t was in the act
of crossing the road. The gentleman halted,
while the terrible looking thing exhibited its
aDgs, which were fully two inches long, licked
out its forked tongue, ratified away with all its
might and prepared for fight. When coIled
up the snake looked like huge pile Of steam
boat rope The impulse of the man was to
so large snake as that to roam the woods.
He thought of his pistol and pulled it. Being
a splendid marksman, he soon had the pleasure
of seeing the horrible monster writhing in the
last thrOes of death. On measurement this
snake was found to be exactly twenty-five feet
six inches long, and it had thirty-one rattles
and button. Old citizens say that it is the
largest one they ever heard Of 1t is a great
pity that our friend did not procure his hide
and have it stuffed. He has the fangs and rat
tles however"
The next sight which greeted the vision of
eve local" was in the shape of human mon
strosities which are described as follows:
"a negro woman in Talbot county gave birth
last week to four "what is it's" One had two
human heads and body like dog. Another
was more singularly formed. Its body was
shaped Ike that of a chicken, and was covered
with literal pin feathers, while its head was
that of perfect pig. The other two had no
very remarkable features, save that both of
them had each four perfectly formed legs and
arms. Of course they were lifeless. The ply
sicians who attended the woman secured the
mcnstrosities and will send them to the New
York Museum Of Anatomy"
coveted much, but it was watched over by a
gourd with jealous eye, for it had held the
soap of many generations. But we will quote
from the Standard, and give, in his own graph
ic words, the editors description of the vision
by which he was goaded almost to madness:
"There is an old lady, of eighty summers, in
this county, who has a gourd sixty years old
that holds twenty-five gallons, all told. It was
bridal present to her from her lamented hus-
band, who died many years ago. She has
housed fifty crops of lard in this remarkable
vessel, and it is good to pass to the third and
fourth generations. She scarcely ever allows
it to be out of her sight, out keeps it sitting in
one corner Of her room where she can keep a
constant eye on it,"
These are few of the thir;s seen in one
single week All we have to say is, that when
editors see so many very wonderful sights in
SO short space of time they would do best to
keep them entirely to themselves. - Washing
ton (Ga.) Gasette.