Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-11-11
Yarns About Snakes.

A rattlesnake killed near San Diego,
CAL, had eleven rattles, and in its stom.
ach good-sized rabbit.
On taking plant from a fiower-pot
at Columbus, Ga, a lady found nine
snakes at the bottom of the pot.
A Litchfield Qll.) farmer, John C.
Smith, says he has killed, this year,
sixty-four rattlesnakes on his farm.
Fannie Schermerhorn killed rattle
snake with fish-pole at the door of her
home, in Traver Hollow, N. Y. 1t had
nine rattles.
1t is common thing in the streets of
Wilson, Texas, to find snakes that do
not hesitate to entaugle themselves
around your ankles.
A Kalamazoo paper asserts that one
evening recently rattlesnake with ten
rattles was killed under gas lamp on
Union street.
Lewis C. Wilson, of Washington
Borough, Penn, killed a large copper
head snake which, when opened, was
found to contain sixty young ones.
Fires in the mountains near Ukiah.
CAL, drove the snakes from their re-
treat, and many rattlesnakes were killed
Al tuC obA CCto Va tuC Sltys
A copperhead snake bit Mrs. Henry
Overart, of Concord, N. c., on the little
finger Of her left hand, and she died
before medical aid reached her.
Mrs. A. w. BigeIow, of Calveras,
CAL, killed a rattlesnake with twelve
rattles, and George Jones, of Lancaster,
s. c., killed one with seventeen rattles.
When the daughter of the Rev. E.
Squire, of Centerville, Mass, awoke
one morning, recently, she tainted at
the sight of an immense black snake
whose head was thrust out from under
the pillow.
A rattlesnake bit Miss Horner. of
JohnstOwn, Penn, while she was in
berry patch. One of her companions
hurried her to a tavern and dosed her
literally with whisky, but il is thought
she will die.
Walter B. Adams, of Bedford Station,
N. T., killed a white-tllroated black
snake recently measuring twelve feet in
length. Lyman Lee killed rattlesnake
which had twenty-one rattles at Chico,
Cal.
While the daughter of Alfred NJ. Page,
OF China, Me-, was watching at the
bedside of sick sister, spotted adder
over three feet in en- 9Th passed over
her feet. 1t was killed by her father in
the sitting-roOm. 1.
Residents of Montgomery County,
Penn, have hunted blacksnake that
has been terror since 1877, but have
thus far only been able to handle his
cast-of skin. That of last year meas
ured twelve feet six inches in length.
George Smith, of Providence, r. l..
found two snakes in his poultry-yard.
One. black snake four feet long. had
the head OF 4 garter snake three feet
long In its mouth, where, seemingly. it
was inextrieably wedged. Mr.. Smith
killed them both.
While picking herries in the Walker
ton marsh, near South Bend, Ind. Mrs.
Wideman was attacked by black snake.
She grabbed the reptile by the throat
and screamed for belp. Two. boys came
60 her aid and killed the snake. 1t was
seven feet in length.
While minister was conducting a
iunefa, service at cemetery In Potts
grave, I e<ssd its head and came toward
hin. & his eye on il while going
on NI35 ritual. The reptiIe was
finally By gentleman psaIa with his his
cane.
While bathing near Austin, Texas.
Lambert Briatt was bitten by water
moccasin. he knew the necessity of
acting promptly, hurried TO camp, took
q coal OF fire and burned the flesh from
where the wound was clean to the bone,
thus destroying the poison and saving
his life.
West Dayton, Iowa, comes forward
with the champion snake of the season.
DIR. c. d. Brown and B. Pierson say
that BY the use Of chloroform and drugs