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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
Asbestos Roofing.

NINTH white fre-proof coating, for steep
w or fiat roots, in all climates, in rolls
ready for use. Easily applied by any one
no heat required. 1t weighs only 50 lbs. per
100 square feet and costs only half as much
as tin or shingles. and lasts as long.
For sale 6y ID. II. BOUIC,
aug 20 Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

The bronze statue of Gen Custer was I'M
yelled at West Point on Saturday with i'm
posing ceremonies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

Representatives Wolfe, Silverhorn and
Short Of the Pennsylvania Legislature are 10
be indicted for conspiracy to advise and pro-
mote corrupt solicitations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

Since 81, when the act for the destruction
of muiilated and otherwise defective currency
first went into effect, there have been redeem
ed and destroyed at the Treasury Department
81. 65l, 1877, OLA Al in government notes that
have circulated as legal tenders, inclusive of
the notes of national banks that have sus-
pended. During the last fiscal year the sum
DESTROYED was SIP, 600. 900.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
BRIDGE BUILDING FOR SALE.

MIR. THOMAS G. lIARDESTY will sell
WI the building Of the bridge over Paint
Branch, on the Columbia road, on MONDAY,
the sth Of September, ~ 10 O'Clock, A. M.
Specifications made known the day Of sale
sep Stu
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

To give the employees of this office an OPP
portunity TO attend the Fair the SENTINEL is
issued day earlier than usual.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
o.he Eal4A4s-a soue,y .Co4ptu.:

H. He esr-a24A2lae1y .C0IDtH;
AS stated in my card some time since, | am
an applicant for the OLERKSHlP and that
may be understood, ! wish 10 state that |
propose to submit my claims Cor the position
10 the octsrs Of tile county, at the polls, in
November merit
favor all measures demanded by the PEG.
pie, which tend to reform and retrenchment,
and that may be calculated to lessen the bur-
den of taxation.
S. R. WHITE.
ROCKVILLE, Mo-, July 10th, 1879.
July lite
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

A sad case of wedding followed closely
by death has occurred in Philadelphia Mr.
E. d. Reed and Miss Perry became engaged
in the spring offs. Soon after he was at
tackled with consumption and went South in
the hope of regaining his health. 1t did not
avail and hesreturned in helpless condition.
The wedding day was fixed for Sunday but
he was SO feeble that the day was anticipated
Two days afterwards he expired and his in
terment took place on the day previous to the
day set for the interment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
THE CLERKsHIP.

10 tie Voters Of Montgomery county:
AT the solicitation .sf many friends, offer
myself as candidate for CLERK OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT of Montgomery county,
at the ensuing November election. Respect
fully soliciting the suGrages of my fellow
citizens, | pledge myteIf to the faithful per-
formance of the duies of the Office to the
best of my ability, 4, elected
PHILEMON NJ. SMITH
DAMASCUS, Sept. md, 1879. [sep 5-te@
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
DAVID YOUNG.

late of said county, decd. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscribers on or before the
I'd day of September, 1880; otherwise, they
may by law, be excluded from all benefit of
said estate. Persons indebted 10 said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
Given under our hands this I'd OF Septem-
Der, 1879.
ISAAC YOUNG,
EDMUND GETZEND ANNER,
sep SIT Executors
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
LOG DWELLING HOUSE,

lce-House. Wagon Shed with Corn Cribs on
each side, and other necessary outbuildiRgs
TERMS OF SALE: One-third of the pur-
chase money to be paid in cash on the day of
sale or the ratification thereof by the Court,
and the balance in two equal instalments,
payable in one and two years respectively
from the day Of sale. said deferred payments
TO be secured by the single bills OF the purcha-
ser or purchasers with a surety or suretes to
be approved by the Trustees and to bear in-
terest from the day of sale and on the ratifi-
cation Of the sale By the Court and tho pay
ment OF the whole purchase money, land not
before, deed will he made by the Trustees.
Conveyaucing at the cost of the purchase
GEORGE PETER,
JAMES B. HENDERSON,
sep o-ts Trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE of power contained in
I'D a Deed of Trust from James Williams
and Martha A. Williams, his wife, to the
Undersigned, dated the 4th day of August,
in the year 1876, and recorded among
the Land Records of said Montgomery
county in Liber e. B. p, No. Is, TO
ios 1926, &c, the subscribers will offer at
public auction to the highest bidder, in front
of the Court House, at Rockville, in said
Montgomery county, on
TUESDAY, 18th of September, 1879,
at the hour of IL O'Clock, NJ, the following
tract, part OF tract, piece or parcel of land,
lying and being in said Montgomery county,
viz;
All that part Of tract of land called "Lea-
kens Lot Resurveyed," containing
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

Russian peasant woman recently gave
birth TO female twins, with separate arms and
heads, but with one trunk and only three legs
They are healthy and at baptism were named
Anne and Aptopine
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
o R D e r N I S I.
In the matter of the Deed of Trust from
William A, Cummings and wife to
Thomas Anderson.
In tie Circuit Court for Montgomery county,
IN Equity.

nRDERED this 18th day Of Augusta D.,
~ 1879, by the subscriber, Clerk OF the
Circuit Court for Montgomery county, that
the sales made by Thomas Anderson, Trustee,
to Nicholas D. Offutt aud within reported,
be ratified and confirmed unless cause 10 the
contrary thereof be shown on or before the
9th day Of Seplemler next Provided copy
Of this order be inserted In some newspaper
printed and Published in said Montgomery
county once in each Of three successive weeks
before said 9th day Of September next.
The Report states the amount OF sales 10 be
$1,000 Of.
+. b. PRETTYMAN, Clik
Circuit Court for Montgomery 60.
True copy Test
aug lj-3t l.. Is. PBETTlMAN, Clk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
fJ Acres and .s3 Square
PerehcS on Eand.

more or less, and both parts together consti-
tute what is generally known as the "Ryer"
farm of the late DR. Franklin Waters.
This farm is situated on the Potomac rive:
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and on
the public road leading from Whites Ferry
TO Edwards Perry, about two miles from
Whites Ferry and six miles from The village
of Poolesvile, and adjoins the lands of G.
Wiuberener, John JoaeS, j. Sprigg Poole A .
G.. Boteler and VIM Eice.
1t is well watered aud about seventy-fve
Acres thereof is heavily timbered The i'm
provemcnts consist of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

nRDERBD, this I'd day of September, in
~ the year 1879. by the Orphans Court of
Montgomery county that the sales of the lands
OF Andrew Y. Booskirk, deceased, made aud
reported BY Mahlon V. Booskirk aud Mahlon
Is. Cornell, executors of the last will and tes-
lament of the said Andrew V. Booskrk, be
ratified and confirmed unless cause 10 the con-
trsry thereof oe shown on or BE fore the ODD
day OF September, in the year 1879: Provid-
cd a copy Of this order be inserted in some
newspaper, published in Rockville, 10 said
Montgomery county, once in each of three
successive weeks before tbs 22d day of Sep
TENDER, in the year 1879. The report states
the amount Of sales 10 be So 27G.
L. W. OWEN,
A. II. SOMMERS,
SAMUEL DARBY.
Judges Of the Orphans Court.
True copy-Tcst
sep 5-at ROB. W. CARTER, Reg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

For the House of Delegates,
WILLIAM GRADY, u
THOMAS j. OWEN,
GEORGE G. PATTERSON.
For States Attorney, /
JAMES b. HENDERSON.
For Judges of the Orphans Court,
REMUS G.. DORSEY,
EDWARD w OWEN,
ABRAHAM ii. SOMMERS.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court,
L. b. PRETTYMAN.
For Register of Wills,
ROBERT w. CARTER.
For County Commissioners,
JOSEPH T. BAILEY,
SOLOMON DOWDEN,
THOMAS G. HARDESTY,
WILLIAM w. POOLE,
GEORGE L. WATERS.
For Sheriff
JOHN II. KELCHNER.
For County Surveyor,
CHARLES L. TOWNSEND.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
1912 "a ACRES OFLAND,

more or less, which was conveyed 10 the said
James Williams by certain William o Chap
pel, Sheriff, by deed bearing date the 18th
day OF July, in the year 1919, and recorded
among the Land Records Of said Montgomery
county in Liber E. B. p, No. 10, folios 1874,
&c.
This property is situated on the road lead
ing from Rockville to Damascus, about | l-2
miles from Laytonsyile aud miles from
Gaithersburg, on the Metropolitan Branch
Railroad; adjoins the lands Of Nicholas Ray
and Tilghman Thompson, and constitutes
what is known as the lower farm of the said
James Williams.
Ii is well watered and is convenient to
Stores, Mills, Schools and Post-Oiices. The
title is good and undsputed.
TERMS OF SALE 0ue-third of the pur-
chase money in cash on The day of sale and
the balance in two equal instailmenls paya-
bic in one and two years respectively from
the day of sale; the deferred payments to be
secured by the single bills Of the purchaser or
purchasers, with a surety or surelies 10 be APP
proved by tie Trustees and to bear interest
from the day Of sale.
Conyeyancing nj the cost OF the purchaser
WM. NElRS BOUlC, Jr.,
JAMES b. HENDERSON,
aug 22--ts Trustees
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
90 1-2 a . r. e - ,
Frame Dwelling House,

a TENANT HOUSE Barn and Stable (30x25)
and the usual out-burdIugs and fencing.
Therei is also on the place fine, thrifty
young Apple OrGlF,rd one-lhird Of The place
is in wood aud the residue in good state of
cultivation. The soil is goud, being princi-
pallv bottom land.
TERMS or SALE, as prescribed By the
Decree ,--Uue-third of the purchase money TO
be paid in cash or the day Of sale and the
balance in two equal insta!lmen of one and
two yar5 from The said day Of salo-sad
deferred payments 10 bear interest and 10
be secured by the single bills OF the pull
chaser or purchasers with surety or suretes
TO be approved by said Trustees and upon
the pay ment of the whole purchase money,
the Trustees, by a good and sufficient deed,
TO be executed and acknowledged according
to law, shall convey to the purchaser or pur-
chaserS Of said property, and TO his, her or
their heirs, tie properly and estate to him,
her or them Sold free, clear and discharged
OF and from all claim of the parties to this
cause or fanny person or persons claiming or
to claim by, from or under them, or any OF
them.
Conveyancng at the cost of the purchaser.
JAMES 3. HEN DERSON,
W. VElRS BOUIC, Jr.,
aug l5-ts Trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
Notice 10 Creditors.

NOTICES hereby given that the subscribers
IN have obtained from the Orphans Court
of Montgomery county letters testamentary
on the estate of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
For County Surveyor,
CHARLES L. TOWNSEND.

Election, Tuesday, November 4th.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
SATURDAY, 9th of Septem Der, 1879

at the hour of 2 O'clock, P. NJ, the follow
ing property, TO wit
All those tracts, parts of tracts, pieces or
parcels of land, lying and being in said Mont
gomery county, called part of 1.-THE Resurvey
on Cider and Ginger" part of 'Conard, part
of accord" part of "The Forest" and part
of NEW Eropus," designated by the Com
missioners appointed to make partition of the
Real Estate OF the late Thomas Hilleary, as
the lst and ID partsof Lot No. 3 in said di-
vision
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
1874 ACRES OF LAND,

more or less, in good state of cultivation,
NSwA improved by a TWO-ST0RY
fsSssiA FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
,...#Ss containing seven rooms, Base
.sllf!YS melt and Cellar. Also, good
Uul-BuildIngs, under good fencing and well
watercd an excellent ORCHARD of choice
fruit and about 25 Acres in fine CHESTNUT
TIMBER.
The purchaser will have the privilege OF
seeding about so Acres in what this Fall,
one rd uf which is wheat siubble, ready
plowed, the balance corn stubble, well lined
last Spring, aud potato and tobacco land -
Abonl 80 Acres are well set in grass.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash and the
balance in one and two years. bearing inter-
est and secured by deed OF trust on the land.
aug Peat JOHN s. BELT.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
@ R D E r NISI.
William 0. OrndorT ct al. VS.. John A. Orn-
dorff ct al.

In The Circuit Court for Montgomery county,
as curt Of Equity,
nRDERED this 2Glh day Of August in the
" year 1879, that the Report of the Audi
tor filed in the above cause be ratified and
confirmed unless cause to the coatrarv thereof
be shown on or before the 20ih day of Sep
temher, in the year 1879: Provided copy of
this order be Inserted in some newspaper pub
lshed at Rockville, in said Montgomery county,
once in each Of three successive weeks before the
said Goth day Of September, 1879
r. b. PRETTYMAN, Cl'k.
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
Tse copy-Test:
aug 29-ldn E. B. PRETTYMAN, CPk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
ORIGINAL POETRY.

IF Boots or Shoes you wish to buy,
just call at GEORGES STORE, and r.
His Boots; how well they fit your feet
His Shoes in town cannot be beat;
His prices are exceeding low
Cash Sales, Small Profits, his motto.
Remember when you wish to trade,
That money saved is money made
By purchase G at Georges Store
You save full ten per cent. or more.
Prove the fact, you'll find in time
More truth than poetry in my rhyme.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

DsS- BOARDS AT REDUCED PRICES
SEE
WILLETT & LIBBEY'S ADVERTISEMENT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05
rT MARY,S INSTITUTE

SNT. MARY'S INSTITUTE.
y For YOUNG LADIES,
Under the direction of the MISSES DUGAN d
VALLEY, will reopen in Rockville, Mont
gomery county, Nd, on the LIST Monday Of
SEPTEMBER, 1879.
For Circulars and Terms apply at the In
Sttute, new building corner High and Mont
gomery Avenue. aug 22-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

Fur Clerk IF the Court IF hppEars,
SPENCER G. JONES,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-09-05

For Clerk of the Circuit Court,
L. d. PRETTYMAN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-17
A MEAN ADVANTAGE.

There was 4 score or more of women gath
cred together at Mr.. Johnson's house Mr.
johnson is 4 good hearted man and re-
spectacle citizen, though h is rather skep-
teal in some things The women had just
organized "The Foreign Benevolent Society
when Mr.. johnson entered the room. He
was at once appealed to to donate few dol
lars I: foundation to work on, and then
Mrs. Graham added:
g 1t would be so pleasant in after years
for you to remember that you gave this so
cety its first dollar and its first kind word :"
He slowly opened his wallet, drew out
ten dollar bill, and as the ladies smackcd
their lips and capped heir hands, he asked:
lis this society organized to aid the poor
of foreign countries -
fes-ycs-yes.' they chorused.
" And 1t wants money?
''ieS-yeS.
Well, now, said johnson. rs he folded
the bill in tempting shape, there are
twenty married women here. If there are
fifteen of you who can make oath that you
have cOmbed your childrens hair this
morning, washed the dishes, blackened the
cook stove and made the beds I'll donate
ten dollars
81 have" answered two of the crowd,
and the rest said:
'Why, now Mr.. Johnson
''1f fifteen of You can make oath that
your husbanes are not wearing socks with
holes in the heels this money is yours" con
tinued the wretch.
",Just hear him." they exclaimed, each
one looking at the other.
:" If ten of you have boys without holes
in the knees of their pants, this y goes to
the society,"" said johnson.
''Such man. they whispered.
eff there are five pairs Of stockings in
this room that do not need darning, I'll
hand over the money" he went on.
"Mr Johnson" said Mrs. Graham. with
great dignity, g the rules of this society de-
clare that no money shall be contributed
except by members, and as you are not
mel. der, | beg that You will withdraw and
let US proceed with the routine business"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-17
ORPHANS, COURT.

The STATED MEETINGS Of the Orphans Court of
Cecil county will be held on the SECOND TUESDAY
in every month Executors, Administrators and Guar
dians, wanting their accounts stated will please bring
in the vouchers few days before Court
REUBEN D. LAMAR,
Nov an. IeS7-r RAoiatar
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-17
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The School Commissioners of Cecil county will meet
their Office in Ekton for the transaction of current
School business, the SECOND TUESDAY of each
and every month. JOHN SQUIER,
Nay 8, lT4-H Secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-17
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.

ON AND AFTER MONDAY NOV. 10th, 1873
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-05
The Mystery Of the Lakes.

There is mystery about the Ameri-
can lakes. Lake Erie is only sixty to
seventy feet deep, but Lake Ontario is
592 feet deep, $50 feet below the tide OF
the ocean, or as low as most parts OF
the Gulf of st. Lawrence; and the bot
toms of Lakes Huron, Michigan and Su-
perior, although the surface is much
higher, are all from their vast depths on
q level with the bottom of Ontario.
Now, as the discharge through the River
Detroit, after allowing for the probable
portion carried off by evaporation. does
not appear by any means equal to the
quantity of water which the three upper
lakes receive, it has been conjectured
that subterranean river may run from
Lake Superior, by the Huron, to Lake
Ontario. This conjecture is not impos.
sible, and accounts for the singular fact
that salmon and behring's are caught in
all the lakes communicating with the
st. Lawrence, but no others. As the
Falls of Niagara must have always ex-
listed, it would puzzle the naturalist to
say how these fish got into the upper
lakes without some subterranean river;
moreover, any periodical obstruction of
the river would furnish not-improba-
BILE solution of the mysterious dux and
rehux of the lakes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-05

and sat myself before it. There was a
kettle on the hob singing . duct with 4
chirping cricket. a. largo wdry terrier
came and crouched OF my feet. There
was nothing strange in this. But presen-
thy heard ''clock, clock" behind me,
and turning round beheld lilly Slow.
boy in pair of wooden clogs! The idca
dawned upon me that I was among some
of the dramatis persona of the "Cricke,
on the Hearth" Superstition soon grew
into conviction, for in few minutes II
pretty little round woman came III and
informed me that my supper was ready
in an adjoining parlor. "Det, by Jove |"
l moro than muttered. Late my supper
and went to bed. My host reused me a,
halt. past seven, gave me a cup of coffee.
and bore me of in his little chaise t"
Northwich. On the way we passed a fine
old, fashioned house. s'Who lives therea'
I asked. "That, sir" was John Peery
bingle's reply, "belong to Mr.. Hoearth,
a musical gentleman" "Hogarth! Why,
he must be Mr.. Dickens's father. in-law."
"He is, Sir, and Mr.. Dickens do often
come down here; land he has been and
took off me and all my family and pu,
us into.a Christmas story, which he do
call the Cricket on tho HEARTH but il,
amt all true, for there's no blind toy
maker in these parts, and Dot and me
never had dispute about her brother"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-05
Trees and Health.

Everybody knows that trees take the
oarbonic acid thrown out in the breath
OF men and animals, separate it into it's
component parts-carbon and oxygen
give back the latter to be used over
again, and work up the former into wood
and fruits. ....
It is also coming to be generally un-
derstood that forest trees do important
service in promoting rainfalls, and in
helping to retain the surface-water for
springs, streams and general use.
It is also known that certain species.
planted in malarial localities, help to
render the latter healthy by somehow
using up the deadly miasma.
1t would now appear that trees grow
ing near drains carry off the sewage
water. .a-@. '...
A gentleman, whose cess-drain was
constructed just like his neighbors' and
in the same kind of soil, had found it
unnecessary to clean it out, while the
others had to be cleaned out frequently.
An examination showed that three
large trees, whose roots had penetrated
into the vicinity of his second, or waste,
cess-pool, were clearly the channels
through which the waste all escaped.
Whether it was changed into plant
food, as is likely, or was exhaled through
the leaves, in either case twas disposed
OF with equal safety.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-11-05
Daniel DOOne's Snake.

"A writer in the Cincinnati CONNER.
cial deserves. the ribbon for the
champion snake story of the season
The narrator tells how he was engaged
in blasting with gunpowder some large
and tough logs. From one of the logs
thus split open crawled an enormous
serpent, which was easily killed. The
man who tells the story continues from
this point as follows: "On stretching it
out I found it to be 81 feet and inches
in length, and the thickest part of its
body measured 20 inches in circumfer-
ence. It was different species of SER
pent from any I had ever seen before.
Its tail was armed with sharp pointed
and curved horn; its body was varie-
gated with alternate brown and dirty
yellow stripes, and on close examination
I discovered that it had been totally
blind, its eyes seeming to have turned
into reaectionless, hard, bone-like
substance. This explained it's unde-
cided, hesitating movements when it
first came from the log. A strange
crease appeared about the neck, just
back of the head, which I found to be
caused by a stout thong of leather,
about which the flesh of the serpent
had grown until it had sunk almost out
of view. Cutting this thong and re.
moving it, I found attached to it's under
side q copper plate which had been
heretofore hidden by the body of the
snake, and on one side of which was
scratched ID. Boone, April Is, 1872
I split the log in two, and near the low
er end of the hollow I found where
there had once been an opening, but
long years ago it had been closed up
with plug made of oak wood, above
and over which the maple had grown
until it was almost concealed. The
dead appearance of the small portion
visible of the oak plug, was all that
called my attention to its existence
My theory of the matter is this: Daniel
Boone many years ago, probably on the
date recorded on this piece of copper,
caught the snake, then young and small,
fastened the copper plate about its neck,
and imprisoned it within the hollow of
the tree by the means of an oak plug,
where his snakeship had remained un.
til the day delivered him to the free
air and sunlight again."