, 1879-08-05
Tho Nosa SnAke.

H. L1Hff i1fk. NfEHffA.
A gentleman who ID ordinarily truthful sends
Us tho following extraordinary snake story from
Lebanon No., ths rcaaer being Loft to Judge Of
It's accuracy:
"Last Friday terrible hnyoc was done On the
farm Of Henry Miller, iu the vicinity oi Leb-
nnon. About o'clock Ia the afternoon Mr..
Miller, who wss conrcrslng with tho Rev. James
Aibcry, Methodist nl!ttls,er, heard trc.
mendoue uproar In the direction Of a hog-pen
ia which vas confined SOW With litter OF teu
young onet. This preacher and farmer rushed
out to The pen, when they were thunder
struck With anaazcu,eut A gigantic snake,
Apparently hfty feet long, had raised
itself erect and was locking down on tho terror
stricken hogs, Presently nineteen young suakcs,
ranging from foot TO to1t aud half IN
1cugth, spraug from the snake's mouth auA be-
gan attacking ile litter. Tie monster, With
continuous Kissing roar, stretched out thrtu
fri0!tfnl looking fnnss, which "efo from lour
TO lvu feet Il, lcnEth, md Advanced toward tue
hog, which stood In corner trembling n every
1ltnb, unable to move, as It fascinated by the
tmtnonso sna!;c. Meanwhile Ny. Miller Ind
rushed to his house, sc!zcd hla shotgun, nnd,
just Us tho gIn.ntlc beast "as about to dart on
hss prey, Tired. The shot dsd not appear to
have any effect, but the monster quickly
raiscd tteelf, turned ia the direction OF tfe
shot. stretched forth his formidable fangs, a.sd
emitted uoxtoua yapor almost a. na!'scatnE
Us asafetIda. IlIcn II Eare q low, hlss1llg wall,
upon which stgnal lhe nineteen young spakes
icapcd tnto ti.c maternal NAV, and the hugu
serpent took to Hight. Mr. Miller lfod ugaiu.
The snake tracd itself Will, in1nense rapidly.
The two men fOlloTed tho trail and called tor
assistance, but when they rot to tho wood thry
lost all trace Of It. A. body OF inen surrounded
ti.e rood m hour later Nth guns and re-
yplyers, and bent the bush thoroughly. Tho
snake tad Disappeared, Great alarm IS felt Ia
tlle vicinity. -Four OF the litter were killed BY
GMr. Alovry, tho Methods. preacher, was In
town Yesterday, and was interviewed by your
correspondent He affirmed thu coFrectuosa Of
the above story. lie described the monster a.
betncun torty aud afty feet ln length, with !
astteDed hcal, the size Of a large beer-ktG, two
astron' a'nS s tltes tsfrtes lt
a sort ot scales. resembling those Of = dab,
which gliateued like ailver. The tall wxs about
uiue feet long. was divided into two parts, aud
apparently was extremely flexible. Wueu tha
make WAS agitatcl 1t gave forth htaaIng roar.
Hut the most xIrtkfnE feature WAS tMo mammoth
wings which lay along lhu sides Of the serpent like
= very long umbrella, about fifteen feet In
length. Neither Dir. AioorY nor Mr.. Miller
knew there we're wugs until Ia making It's es.
were something similar to the w!lIgs Of but,
nnt were almost transparent. Each wing, when
extended, Must hare had q surface Of Ut least
140 feet. With their all the anlu,al Leapud oyer
. fence seven feet high. 1t was at this point
that the snaka became Lost TO view, and only bis
trail was 1acesniba In the tall reeds. Boil! tlIo
lees atr. Albtry aud farmer Miller arc reputa.
ble, houest. aud truthlovlng porsons, Who stlnd
hgn i ths community, md tsy b9th ..5l 1Gpsh tor
made N affidavit ulereto." '