Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-25
now A SNAKE CHARMED A BOY.

HOW A SNAKE CH AkME ED BOY.
For the last two weeks a son of Allen
Rogers, aged eleven years, a wood cut
ter on the Blue Mountains. about three
miles from Hamburg has been in the
habit of leaving his fathers house every
morning about 8 o'clock, and not re-
turning till noon. The parents of the
boy have questioned him several times
as to where he went. and the boy would
reply, to play with ncighbonng hoy,
named Spriner. On Friday last, the ia
ther watched his son, and followed at
short distance. and when about half
mile from the house the boy entered
thick piece Of sprout land in from the
road some 200 yards. where he seated
himself upon large rock and in less
than ten minutes the fatherwas Mortified
on seeing a 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. He states that it was nearly l5
feet long and as thick as his arm, which
is we'll developed. The boy had taken
bread with him and was feeding the
snake, which at intervals would stick
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
charming children, and that if they were
disturbed while they were in the act,
they would kill the child. AS the father
turned to leave his boy with his deadly
companion, he turned back, and the
snake, hearing a noise, at once uncoiled
itself and raised its body at least four
feet from the rock, and looked in all di-
rections, and then it returned to the
boys lap, and the father returned home
and waited the boys return, which was
as usual, at noon. When told that he
had been playing with the snake, the
boy said that the first morning he met
the snake he liked 10 play with it; then
he took it food, and he was so much
pleased with his companion. that some
thing told him that he must meet the
snake every morning. One morning he
said he was late, and when he reached
the place the snake was standing up,
and it came out to meet him, then fol-
lowed him to the rock.
On Saturday morning the father and
two of his neighbors went to the place
with guns, and at the usual time the
snake made his appearance, when all
fired at one time, killing the charmer.
On taking it home, Mr.. Rogers found
the above measurement to be nearly cor
rect.-Reading PA Eagle.
AN OBSTINATE MorHER.-Mrs. Bliss,
of Mullet street, found euchre deck in
her boys pocket and when she took him
by the hair he calmly said;
Hold on, mother-it isn't your
play"
"Ill play you p she hissed, tighten
ing her grip. "How came you by those
cards ?"
Mother, you shouldn't trump me
this way p he exclaimed.
"Trumps trumpsl What do you
know about trumps 2"
why, mother, any fool knows that
the right bower will take an ace every
time"
"It will, eh ?" she hissed as she walk
ed him around.
"Of course it will. If diamonds are
trumps, for instance, and i hold the ace
and left bow
Bowers bowers I'll bower you to
death, young man ]" she said as she
walked him the other way.
"Or. suppose that spades we're trumps,
and you held the nine spot and king
and turned up the ace, what would you
do ?" he earnestly inquired.
''Oh, I'll show you what I'd do !" she
growIed as she got in left-hander on
his ear "I'll teach you lesson you'll
never forget :"
THAT wouldn't be Hoyle, mother
you could pick up the ace and make
point every
But she drew him over her knee and
played lone hand Detroit free Press.
INSocKScE-A little girl, aged ten,
whom will call Eva. was sternly re-
proved BY her sternly-yirtuous goyerness
for earelessness Of certain kind, and
told that she must never, on any occa-
sion, allow herself 70 be seen in her
chemise by boys or gentlemen. The les
son having sunk deep into Eva's mind,
an occasion for practieing it soon arose.
Her young cousin was rushing into the
room one morning, aud the girl scream
ed, "Stop. you mustn't come 10 | am
in my chemise" There was pause, af-
ter which Eva cries, Now you may
come in. The dear child had slipped