The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-22
A MONSTER OJER SIXTY FEET LONG
AND a DOUBLE- HEIDER.
A Collection Of fo3 Rntucs-A Rnt,iesnnke
seven Rect long kiiicd ny ~ Few tcnr-rid
Giri-N hisk,y md Its Use In SNAKE Bites

ynn Dcuzor left their teams and followed the |
snakes Tho rattlcrs led them n chase Of two |
miles. but the excitement that followed pnid |
for H. The men had been taken plumb to |
Matt Tamagc's famous den. Tho snakes lay |
nbout in scores taking in the merry sunshine. |
and rcgrctting that the hucklcbcrry pickcrs had |
oil left the woods. This was picnic Van
Douzcr and Tompkins had not hoped for They
Got clubs and went at the snakes. The fight
lasted about ten minutes. More than half the
best ones got away and hid in the assures Of the
rocks. But tho men gathered the raitlcs off OF
nfty-six very fair specimens. Some OF the snakes
they killed were three feet long. They took
home 1913 rattlcs. and expect to get out at least
four gallons Of oil for linimcnt
This den was a favoriie one Of the celebrated
snake catcher Matt. Talmagc. H. used To take
hundreds out Of it. alive lie lived in Wurs-
loro and raiilrsnakc bite never had any
effect on him. H. followed snake breeding.
and he had some of the most curious and rare
specimens fth" snake family oyer collected. IN
il made a grcat reioi it hut finally it lit him on
the thumb. He paid noqttcnuo4 to II. although
a pilot = bite IL especially "aded. being very
deadly. TNlnoee'- thumb logan In sw,n niter
some days. HIS arm tn IN commenced getting
,ntnl i nrony liz lived several weeks. con.
tinuing to swell all over. AMI at last he dicd.
His don has probably. not been visited before
since his death.
from n, o1reg S,aad
HARwooD. Aug. i0.-Ihc most intense cx-
citrmcnt has been created hero ny Il" appear
nurc of n monster iu tl.n waters Of our lake.
which. according to the description given ul II
by those who have soon II, rivals amy ol "a"
specimens ~ the Eru -ra serpent; Two
American gentlemen wore Oul Yesterday ON
fishing excursion. and when ul Whites Island
they noticed Am unusual rpininption ~ IN"
wntcr looking toward the north shore. Th"lr
eurm-cs anil double wrr' soon set at rest on
discovering the undulaiing portions oi the
body Of "A monster which WAS making its way
the lulxt ttA.nII lIlFNNINt. They AT once
gave chnsc and were rapidly gaining on the
creature when their couIag" was tested hy ne
monster turning around and making directly
fOr thcm. Tho view they had OF II ut ms
juncture was the best they Obtained, Of IL.
n head almost like that Of horse. hut twice
as long. eyes fierce and glnrlug. the color
having large but apparently SOFT fins or long
hair along It's back So far ns seen. They could
NOT see more than about twelve feet 81 the ami
mails body. but think i must hn over siMX .iegt
long. They succeeded In reaching Ilyl Wild.
the monster having Disappeared before they
got 20 TIE shore. This wis about II O'rlu X III
The morning. 81 O'Clock two Indies and two
gentlemen standing on III" piazza OF the Lake
-. 80 .s.....n %.
Sposkc IeITnd. Wih \ Z --T0T-Fr 'c'Ses '''''v
were enabled to motto" more accurately the
movements of the monster serpent, for such
pnssed behird Srn-ke Island and made direct.
r. for the mouth OF the Olannhoc. but disappear
ed suddenly when in that part of the lake which
IL cons li'r"d tn river chnnnel, ANA has not
sLt H. SI,, a., ~ i, ,v.i ia n, mo, ,'ris,,1
around H., islands for som" time. but could dis
Won hi" II nnything iarther + seen or heard OF
Si"s,,,,,ttii ii H. H. ~, ''''~ '' ~ " - W -
ms s r,s, ~ ,.o,,l.us, inst arrival from
g. Il = ~, ,Hrf II, ~ m. ,'.i..r ,,ae ..,t
disporting himself between Sh""i Island and
the shore. A party is being .orsan5ed 70 AZ
when It at once disappeared.
| am told that the ladies and gentlemen who
Saw III monster are about making affidavit Of
The fact before magistrate. In the mean time
esety cHoI' - 10 ~ li"t NJ WITH w. ~ 10
ssnpu"u,tj l, ,n, ~ thn int"nd remnvinp
iaos, '-' - '''' ~ ''''N ~
""S'' Prom ., W. seriay r,n,c-al
large raitle-nakc was killed in Broathitt
touhty u leH uhY7 u~n N.Y. llyNvu 90 ID. pt ~
, ,uIloS ny l., WnS i,',Ls ond bnd Thc
Yrongs Of the nerks wcr' a,nut four lncnes
long, nnd IN. -nake ns.l mh n"HtS ~ me .
hnin. UNI Ilh,n- WV HV', IT. "t ~ l IN
1ut Us tonsu,s IN spl',tul anu a ie
re ann nlanr" iwP Hro 'ucr h. a. 'a. .
tornity until his snakeshr was dead. We give
Judge f. c. strong Of Brcathu as authority for
the above. and he says il can be suostantlated
BY dozen good witnesses.
From n, Pao Pinu Ga, ~ Sa-.
Ar J,s Chict a fnrner n reliable citzon
nm nnu n a., Dl hra b has hnan in th boh, ~
thY bIi19s' Nhetu ne na7 pc.h III "a" haplt ~ oi
going to ilsa, o''rh Trnn'iinf oyer ,nl5ht, IN
sor n H., & IN ~ rvir tnio n tn
pmbankment. which was oyerlaid with big
waters adne bS m"ang of a grape Vine. he dis
1arI1 sh4kr h.nuing tv"Huun I'm Win eIvnt
tpoGu uhu , I necrd the nnn
ttr4h ihs II ABOUT We h'v n, nD, ~ unun','ii,
~ u. ~ D.'i ll't =
, ans" in ia, st,,ati"n' Mr. C. scramLled un
mo sI"p' Ni' I. N,' i.p nl W. I'm WHIT" y r.
sh M"s ni,t,' ~ ,,S KEN Si"i1 ff. IN oi ,'' n
mnnsur,, hy n cir'.uiinus r6utr emf oiT liz
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