, 1879-05-31
WAKES IN CoNSECT1CuT.

5'< This sho knows.
,vAKEs IN CoNSECT1CuT.
rnryr,roudtnce Ven 1Iorf Sun.
49,, rosroy, Conn.,, Afay 23.--unctc joni
N" rhen he came IN from days Planting
ltss'. 1.rtnc remarked tl1at lo uct,tA1Iy believed
~. ,.t llcd ,nory snakes illau lc lad planted
a. ~ = co,n. "I'yc been born md broutht
sn w.. mi. ,cre town." he Batd, az hc stund With
n,u ~. aver Ills shoulder talking toa few OF
~ ~ s,,ohhozs, "an1 seen Il heap Of snakes
~ ~ .ne, but never Recn 40 many big hack.
.t,, " rrru,ar fighters, Us I llayc THIS season.
4 n.., tll.' .,
Iuht" .
=, r.cxou an lem up, but there must hare
.sn forsy Or uny. Some Of 'csn wete little
1,,., but tt,csn were tllrce black follows rs
,i,m ray wrist, md shonld thIuk pretty nleh
ffo,t iopg, and they WIS lolltets."
did thcy fight you1" -...... .,
uO1a't gire lem chance. II lad, they'd a
-,t for mr. throat. They don't hltc, but-thcy
4ott icllur to death. ] a!n't nuci skccred
a,q,se, Il can eco 'cu,. but don't want to
.,nt IN bunch OF the black ones all OF sud-
In t don't know wtnt to make ont. Where
to,ht, Il! come from}''
fran all parts OF the gtate como reports Tint
+outfu Uucie Josh's' experience. Connecticut
u,ms to be oycrrun With large und ncrce blacIs-
tstset There hare been found = good many
t,Lh,t5s and conpcf.colored ntldcrs, and on
lie Meridian ll|ll and IN tl1e northwestern 1pars
ff,hc State there arc 'dtscovereI almost every
t,.ou aicw rnttlesnasea: but there IS no rec
nj ii 20 many Of the swift n1il ugly bfack rem.
de. hag[ng been accn nnd Killed IN any previous
Ision. e ...
1ftn tgo Young ,ncn Of bridgeport, strollIlg II,
lt tn'!as. eeat T5amball. 5u,, discovered 1 i'est
tas 0! their torpof, asa wese stt.! sluggish. Tha
Igupg uta Killed forty.plght without much
fnub|e, il farmer named Peckhaul, who Jtycs
i lhat aettiemcnt IN thu Town OF Lctanon
tGorn IS Kick H!1l. began to cIcan out hts wall
,isx aa5s ago. Ilc came up In . hurry. lie
i,qm the stones TINT waiIed, the vol. How the
ng.iles got u.ero ho could not guess; for the
ytl b Ii hts loor-vard, and sono distance from
uyrcods, After day's battte 1Ie drovs out
vi Killed fouttoen. Every ono was black
lsiie,
Eex Boston, IN the northeast corner ot the
Esile. came upon six Of these snakes. supning
tttmsslres ID Ills lot. lie ind neither stick nor
fons, and prcctpGtately rctreatel. Cutting O
1.-The walnut spsoNt, he returned aN1 dealt then,
b'o1 which broke the 1acks OF three OF them.
The others raised their heads, md with open
rupsbs, the torked tongues dartIng like light
tauped tack, and With tho walnut stick levc1cd
ixonore, The last was SO close thnt Atr. Tyler
spelt bot use his ste!e. lie had the presence IT
Ead 70 Jump on It, md was fortunate cnough
tosrush It's back with his heels. Nome of these
makes measured less than four feet III lengtt.>
Meridian farmer reports that llo saw, ono
ty!us week. 3 baacksnakc FULLY isya feet long
t!ublng IN appie trcu In hls orchar1l. As tho
itise's bead reached tic lower branches tile
trmtr heard the cries OF d robip. Hs then
less what the snake was after. There was
til! III The tree, and there Is nothing black
r'less il be yerY sfnail toaus. But biacksnaEcs
ueS trouble owls ncats. <They. .1Qsa tl}gtr qyes
alhc. do. The cries u tic robin ''brouEht Its
ntle, anl the two, utter patt,elc appeals for
hlp, boldly attackcd the snake. Their pecks
tut hEm evidently Just enough to angcr him;
nosed along toward tllu neat. Just as he
Ha;hed i the farmer Nth u pole struck the
ta.kt b!ow Tint brought him 10 the ground;
9et as brought the nest mud eggs With Him.
About ten miles from tic place whcra this
6ittie occurred, usa dav or two Inter, Daniel
:" tSteI1st u MlGulG-AEE4 }AI!HCIt WA& TGDQlF-
hg ttone wall on bid farul. lie auddcnly felt
tHolenr bloW against his shoulders, nnt1 ct
mt iupposed that limb had fallen frofh d
tft. lAeu he felt another, and heard at tho
l'mc t!lne l!ss. Ho at oac0 knew telAt ho was
iHseged py biaeksuake. bIr. Perlilna had
slqa similar experience year or two before,
thd kneW that the bite OF tho black snaka Is
!sfteety harmless, but TINT Il QUE onco gets a
10! About nlnn's neck, tt8 M,,Aetltar power Is
fft.! enough to stranetc him. He seizrd oua
y We fhakts-fOr there we're two OF them, ll-
.a9ae1 a. irst hfr. Perkins did not know II
Ell .at Ehllc nghtin. desperatelyt atoopcd aud
ekssa ut' an ax that 10y oH the ground.
ssans II near the tron hn nlannged to cut both
ttssplles, and they at once dropped. Then no
aa!eu Them. One measured etx feet, and tho
ehts 0ss a,l half. MF. Perkins says thuy.
.oa,a ~ pfuoaoly have Rsrauglod hin, bad ho not
tsa1t 97er tho Connecticut line, Ia South
ssaee sha aioas, Ayan Grover, Quo day iaat week,
sals WORKING ia his tisld, cu1ne suddenly upoti
st nest Of blacksnukes. Ilo at 1lrst saw oaly
~ ~ ae others besug hidden by log, and he
I1'. I1na a dozeu Or tnora black hepds, with spark
~ ,e eyst al,d l!ssilIE tongues, appeared from
sS,a aud dRrtcd toward Mr.. Grover. lie
iHsa nase run II running Ind bcon Of my lsc.
ttsucu - 10 !llni as Il lie WIS surrounded. but
.i.1 ny h!s Iace toward them, utsti SWUNG bis
!xHt etill left. up md down. After tiHht
~ fss'slea 1ully ilftGun minutes they wore all
i;sa., Of 10Y with broken barks. Then Mr.
trr s,sr W. touhted t!irm. There wcro sixteen, cY.
y 'ue oSer four feet long.