The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
Snake Intelligence.

One dark night, recently, three men,
who dwell near Caseyville, on the Ken.
lucky side of the Ohio, started TO 20
over the river in skiff that had been
lying against the bank for some days.
The oarsman pulled vigorously for the
other shore. When about sixty yards
from the bank, the man in the bow heard
the hiss Of a rattlesnake in the boat In
a fash the oars were stopped and all sat
listening, and not sound was heard,
The skiif was pulled across 10 Caseyville,
and there the man at the stern sprang
into the water afraid to go through the
boat. Procuring lantern at the hotel,
they went down to examine the boat, and
found a rattlesnake With eleven rattles
coiled under the oarsman's seat,--Har-
din Gazette.
On Tuesday, Mr. James l.. Dubois,
who has built nearly half of MARI
borough Village, New York, paid a
visit 10 his brother Isaac on the Latin
town road. Returning home toward
nightfal he came by the way of Graves
dye works, and as he was passing the
upper pond large spotted snake sprang
up from behind clump of bushes and
bit him under the right eye. Mr.
Dubois grasped the reptile by the neck
and hurled it from him, but as he
graspcd il the snake fastened its fangs
in Mr.. Dubois under the ear On his
reaching home remedies were applied,
and by midnight the swelling on his
face and neck had been reduced. Yes
terday he was still suffering severely,
but no fatal results are anticipated
Kingston Courier.
Ed. Squires informs NJ that there is a
snake OF tremendous size in our neigh
borhood, supposed to have escaped from
some menagerie. IT has been seen by a
number Of persons, and it is said to be
about ten feet in length, and as large
around as n mans thigh. Farmers will
not work in underground for fear Of be-
ing attacked by this ster.-Columbia
SpectatOr.
Miss Lydia Rusk, of jefferson City,
Missouri, was bitten by snake OF the
c0ttonmouth species on the 22d. While
picking up some wood for the kitchen
fire, she felt scratch on the forefnger
of her right hand. During the morn
ing she frequently bathcd the wounded
finger and applied some simple house.
hold remedy for such pains. Two hours
later another of the family went out for
more wood, and discovered that ser
pent was lurking there, On a more par
ticular examination it was found that
two scratches or punches had been made
an inch and half apart, one on each
side of the middle knuckle of the finger
The usual antidotes were administered.
81. Louis Repubiican
Mr., Kelly, an assistant engineer on
the steamboat State of New York, says
that on Monday evening, at about seven
o'clock, as the steamer was between
Huntington, on the Long Island side,
and Stratford, on the Connecticut shore,
he saw, not far from the side of the YES
sci, the head of monster raised several
feet above the waves. The hour (about
sunset) was light enough to show the
creature plainly; it was seemingly not
fifteen rods off. 1t was a horrible head,
with wide open mouth. The head dis
and part of the body was
shown, forming an arc under which it
would have been easy, 40 far as space
was concerned, to drive a team of oxen.
There were several smaller curves, indi-
eating a long body. The object disap-
peared in few seconds, before Mr..
Kelly, who was standing alone in the
gangway, could call any one to
see it. He describes the body az being
I" as large around as that of a big
horse" MIR. Kelly is sober, trust
worthy man.