The daily gazette., 1882-08-04
EsNAKE OF AWFUL SIZE
.,.,o REPTILE NEAR DEL
Hohn'Ik AWARE CITY.
,,r NJ THIRD STREET BRIDGE.
,.,,v Reliable snake story From
Perfectly ,,,,v-A Giant Reptile thS Boss
\ 4 The Road.

|oi the Boad'
,.,...re CITY has another sensation, and
eaSart Is" !, "a one that Is positively starting
time l,, u + ,oId J Is true. There can he nc
be story sor Do,' If Its correctness, inasmuch
|ubt howeSe, ho,sead for BY James Cheeseman,
n n he "a gentleman neyon" yn.o. PrT4cl' TAa !,
,n Of un, .tstes that while driving leisurely
ptl'asn man sad SosS from Delaware city to st.
Sng Tue '"To T,esday morning last, he was
prges, Cd .,"5 ~ when on the st. Georges
den,y denly 'rs1 uear Dragon creek, by the ap-
sews' V.: of I large reptile coming down
|Fanre ai,sstlv =, : toward him at rapid pace.
nau ~ SovinS mass approached he dis
ms y % vas huge black snake at least
r ~ feet long and about a foot In diane
my Ios, ~, as could be judged by the hur-
= S,nee T he gave the "varmint."
E As loaths0me creature reached
e,U'' ~, ID horse q cut with q whip
S.SIke made jump for the anil
n, hOse sprang TO one side and
..,11, dead run, apparently terribly
WI The snake missed its aim, but
Y N front wheel of the carriage a
rIur blow, breaking out nearly every
mi making the vehicle tremble
,,rt dangerously to one side. Mr..
,,,m,D did not succeed In stopping his
Dtl Il had run about a mile, when
rotrl back but saw nothing of the hor-
rDtie, which he describes as being
md with large scales.
6,rss Brown and his wife, while black
rpr In the same vicinity last week,
4 rhased BY the same immense creature,
h dnt Of hard running they succeeded
hbhg place Of shelter.
eIlstence Of the snake is well known,
gentleman who does not care, from
||tty, to have his name appear, very re-
hrtly gives an experience he passed
.ugh about 10 days ago. He started out
in the marshes along the
thd Dragon creek, carrying with him
shot gun. Feeling tired about noon
Uncuded to rest awhile and began 10
!, bis way to an old log, as he thought,
l 70 feet distant, to take seat. Upon
Mching what he believed to be fallen
he object moved slightly, when he dis
nd It was not log but an immense
|, 90 which were scales about the size
up plates. Instinctively he fed as
iy IS the nature Of the ground would
tiI leaving his gun behind. Finding he
Dot pursued he glanced back and saw
RlGeship moving slowly away, and
fOgh he believes he saw the middle of
nature first It was fully five minutes
rAe tail passed through the bushes.
tncEling noise followed in the wake of
make and small trees shook as the
lvs tail swayed from side to side.
hg courage, the GAZETTE informant
iAhs gun and started after the snake
bad disappeared in the woods. After
Ping about a mile the hunter came IN
fdithe trunk of an old hollow oak,
b 70 feet high and two feet In diameter,
the Top ofwhich protruded the head
almost ten feet of the "awfulest thing !
aw, a. our informant remarked. Its
WA about the size OF a nail keg, and
glossy black color, its forked tongue
ung out yenOmously fully a foot, ac-
panied BY a hissing sound resembling
ping steam from locomotive. The
er took aim and fired, the load of shot
|llg the snake, the shooter thinks, two
lfom tue head. The lead failed to
any Impression, but dropped to the
lhd naltened out A shot from the sec
barrel resulted the same way.
lSI report, however, seemed to anger
make, and II started out Of the TOD of
n lt fre-llke eyes cleaning In the
eal The man at once left, looking
~ When some distance off and seeing
OI'asoIne creature slowly letting itseif
y the tail to ground, while around
'opol the tree appeared the heads of
is aOus small snakes-perhaps hundred
a'u'ly The young Of the monster.
"a now thoroughly frightened berry
T et ned preeipitately and not until
Sueyselasl' ..N experience became known
sWll ol his adventure, which of course
-''e 70 be taken cum grano sails.
n us.eaee OF a huge snake In the
!! Iellioned has been known for some
,m r"S S.N II Is on record that Henry and
aI larson, sons of John Carson, were
y, "tr W., Aased home while out Deriving,
n v;,S SIe party was organized, and,
s,c N guns, pistols, hatchets, pitch
sitSonn, Sn SOafed the vicinity for two days,
,rmSS ,ajT' ~ success. Another party ia to
orso,4. ro" ~ leW days, and a grand snake
'lulI report '''' >~AAfrA viii