The Hillsborough recorder., 1875-10-13
H0w A SNAKE CHARMED A BOY.
The Reading, Penn, Egle. tells the fol.

gers, aged eleven years, wood cutter Oh
the Blue Mountains stout three miles from
Hamburg, has been in the habit Of leaving
his fathers house every morning about 3
o'clock and not returning till noon. The
parents Of the boy have questioned him Sc
yeral times as to where he went, and the
boy would reply to play with apeighboring
boy named Springer, On Friday the faith
er watched bis sob, following at short dis
tance. and when about half mile from the
house the boy entered piece Of thick
sprout land. in from the road some two
hundred yards, where be seated himself up
on . large rock, and in less than ten min
utes the father WINS borri6ed on seeing o
monster black snake crawl upon the rock
and put its head on the boys lap. The
father states that the snake was the largest
he ever saw on the hills. lie states that it
was fifteen feet long and as thick as his
arm. which is well developed. The. boy
had taken bread With him and was feeding
the snake. which, at intervals, would stick
a large tongue out as if kissing for more to
eat. Then it would coil itself around the
neck and body Of the boy, and play with
its mouth and neck with the boys hands.
The father had often heard Of snakes charm
| ing children and that If they we're disturb
ed while they were in the act, they would
kill the. child. As the father turned to
leave bis boy with bis deadly companion.
he turned back, and the snake hearing o
noise, at once uhcoied itself and raised is
body at least four feet from the rock and
looked in al. directions, and then it return
ed to the boys lap, and the father return
ed home and awaited the boys return.
which was. as usual. at noon. When told
that be had been playing with snake. 4 d
boy. said the FIRST morning he met the snake
he liked to play with it then he took it
food, and he was 50 much pleased with his
companion that something told him that ie.
must meet the snake every morning. One.
morning he said be was late. and when he.
reached the place the snake was standing
tup. and II came out to meet him, then fol-
lowed him to the rock.
Thersis some .hing very, strange about o
snake charming not only children, bot a..
dults have come under their charms. There.
is certainly some truth in the fascinating
powers Of snakes -
On Saturday morning the father and two
of his neighbors went to the place with
guns. and at the usual time the snake made
ITS appearance, when all fred at once. kill
ing the monster. On taking it home Mr..
Rogers found the above measurement 10 be
nearly correct.
a Ohio woman. couldn't find the peck
measure. and she called to fer Toy: Here
Tom, take my hustle and give the preach, rs
horse all The oats II will hold
A Tennessee girl told fellow she
would give him kiss II he would catch
her. She ran well til She got out ofsight
Of the old folks, and then gave In. This
shows what Tennessee girl will do when
she's hard run.
Nothing isso discouraging TO young
lawyer Just as he wakes eloquent about
angels tears,' weeping willow, and iomb~
stones, Us to be interrupted by the cold
blood justice with "You're Off your nest
bub; this Is case Of hog-stealing.'
Paddy said he made his fence six feet
wide and five feet high, so that, when ID
tumbled down, Il would be higher than
when Il stood up.
Theautobiogranhy Of an Irishman In
forms us that be "fEi' away early III life
from his father on discovering he was
only his uncle,
Anything plteyon dere?' inquired one
fisherman Of another, while. engaged III
angling. NO, noting at ALL "vell,' re-
turned the other, nothing pite me too
'What 10 sou know of tile character of
this inanT was asked Of witness at q
Epolice court the other DAY. what do 1
lknow ofhis characiers know Il TO be uns
bleachable your honor he replied with
much emphasis.
l wearp. all Of us, different creatures with
AdIfIerent people; our very physique chan
ges according to orr surroundings. We
expand mentally, morally, physically, In
one atmosphere, aid we close aud shrink
and fgde in another. Nervous, sensitive
peo pIe sirow this distinctly but even III,
most phlegma,ic do not otescape the effect
Of repulsion or attraction.
Children are children, ~ kittens arf
kittens. "A sober sensible old cat, that sils
pnrring tefsrs he fire. does not trouble
herself because her kittens l. hurrying and
,lashing here and there IN fever of ex
citement to eateh IFS own tail. She sits siil
aud purrs Oh. People should do the sau,
with children. One of the difficulties o
lhoins education Il the impossibilily o
making parents Keep still; It's with them
out ofof their affection, all watch aud
worry
The hardest trial Of my .ife. sid goo.
old Deacon Banes 'was 10 she'd tears at tn
news that my uiie's nncle had died and lef
s.cr sixty thousand dollars