Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-01
A SNAKE IN A HORSES EYE
Roar Inches Long, as Thick as a Knitti7,sf
Needle, and Extremely Ict;ce.
New York Sum-

Fomr Inches Long, as Thick as Knitsia,tf
Needle, and Extremely dct;ce.
New York SUM-
There are many stalwart truck horses in
the stables adjoining the factory and luna
Der yard of Messrs. Dodge & Bliss box
factory, at Green and Bay streets, JERSEY
City. This stable has been visited by many
persons, who reported that thay saw a live
snake coiled in the eye of one Of the tall
est horses.
about two months ago" said Driver
Paul Meyers to reporter, in the stable
yesterday, Il was riding across to New
York on the truck with the driver who
manages this horse. While we were on,
the ferryboat we saw . man stop and look
up into the horses right eye. He kept
standing there, and pretty soon another
man came up and stood
beside him, looking at the
horse, too. Then another and another
came up, until in few minutes there was
a crowd around the animals head. Some
OF them began to laugh, and one of them
sang out: Hey, Mister! there's a snake
IN yer horses eye We didn't pay any at
tsntion to them except to shout back that
we mad got up too early that morning to
be sold. But they insisted that there was
snake, and finally we jumped down.
There, sure enough, we saw the snake
twisting and turning like mad. I've been
around horses for more than ten years.and
l never heard of such thing. 1 have.
been told that if I pulled hair out of a
horses tail and corked it up in bottle of
water it would grow into snake. but this,
beats that
On leading the horse out of his stall. Mr..
Meyers said he would have to harness him.
because there had been so many persons
to look into his eyes that he got nervous
when he was led out for inspection, but
when he felt a harness on him, he seemed
to think it was all right. Accordingly he.
put collar and head-stall with binders.
on him. He was a powerfully built horse,
stood about sixteen hands high, and had a
rough chestnut coat.
''There it is" said Michael Turley, the,
Waterman of the establishment, holding
back the sight binder, sThere's tbs snake,
going it as lively as usual"
The eye was sightless, and the pupil had
changed to purple hue. Inside, never
ceasing its motion for an instant. and
pearances, little snake. 1t was white.
and about four inches long. Its body was.
round and about the thickness of a
knitting needle. The tail tapered to
point. The head was larger and fuller.
and darker in color, and seemed to guide
the movements of the parasite. The ami
NAL moved about with great rapidity and
twisted itself into every conceivable shape.
Sometimes it coiled up into a ring and
then unwound like broken watch spring.
In another instant it would go in eel-like,
motions across the disk of the pupil.
and at another it would dart round and
round the edge.
During the five minutes the visitor gazed
at 1t. the body described over fifty different
figures. It appeared to be floating in a
liquid. The horse did not seem to be con-
cious of its presence. He chewed some
oats very contentedly, but closed his eye
when the visitor leaned forward once 10
get closer view.
DR.. H. A. Long and DR.. Clark, of Jersey
City, made superficial examination of
the horses eye last week. They were out
of town yesterday, but a gentleman to
whom they had spoken of the pI enome-
non told the reporter that they had stated
that the snake was perfectly formed. and
had tiny fangs in its head. Sometimes it
was quiet, but when disturbed it darted
about viciously, and at such times sound
was emitted that could be easily detected
with the aid of a stethoscope.
None of the physicians who have seen
the horse have as yet been able to account
for the presence of the parasite. Driver
Meyers said yesterday that when the horse
was sent out to pasture last summer,
while being treated for sore foot, there
was nothing of the kind to be observed in
its eye. Others about the stable are equally
puzzled by the mystery, and say that they
are utterly at loss to account for it, Drs.
Long and Clark are to visit the stable to-
day to make minute examination of the
snake with an opthalmoscope.