Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-07-06
A MONSTER SNAKE.



Hunt In Coliiery.
Minersville Pennsylvania CORES
pondens OF the Philadelphia Times,
writes under late date ~ follows ;
SINCE Friday last people living n the
mining pascnes N tne nelgnDofhood Of
NINE Hln zap nave peen IN . lever o.
e1cl'ement over monster snake that
ives u tne abandoned working o. the
oid MaJioRer Uoiiiery, . lev miles from
this place. On Thursday evening the
ees. Alreo q. nossl'er drose wildly up
~ tue ansion house ana ueciareo
'nas "nlle passing carey Pascn' nor1n
= 'ne ap' he saw = SNAKE De1ween
'nlry ano torsy lee' long ana as snick
= - ...s ..sr ' ss :. a. - o : aaAn vlnu,ns
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1870 mn -
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so1.1 1u s'9, o'uAa1 whining
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roar ~ n i : .tort 49, a.
faat lone nearly two faat th;ct "a
covarad :, with blacr red .nd rvaan
sealas aoob of which ;s os 1.~ra.s a.
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come : ~o,l;nc ont af tha $500, ms
.tronra hall ,r.s ,,ora,oraa - .l:..-
fortu .a..1oss o.aL : Z
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er were they that il appeared az thouph
they would never be able to separate
themselves. They cot anart. bowavar
with ramarkabla calar;tv and on;ch1v
rancod themselves II : tuantv-,oot u.
ala Il tba oanta, ~ which uitb ba.a
erect rlar;no aves and rising crast 49,
coiled the ssk;nc snaka /. as ,ao,la have
call Il Tba narfoct s;,anca wh;oh
lastad a nomant ~ two aftor +bs .;rola
Was formad uaa brokan bv 4 rattl;n~
cborns y wb;.b ara-v t.;I - .,-as
v;coronslv Tba stror1a r,rs;o ia !.
wondarful offact on tba L;no snsta r.
a~aa toa.na ~-at .~,.os ~ IL,
e - 80. -.,1sS 49,. 1e ~ yo-
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80 80 80 Il ~ " anu
~ . pe.ie0' sims "isn VIC iasllns.
ne moss femarhaoie 'nne was tna'
0s0rs snaAe s'oppeu la'ellng ~ tne
same ins'an''
Three Of the largest rattlers then left
the circle, and approached the king.
rattling as they went. Reaching his
body their tails became silent, and he,
kissing loudly, moved down the hill to
the platforms below the breaker. The
rattlers followed IN his track, but made
no noise. Keaching the platforms, the
king snake stationed himself on the
south side. which is open and much
fallen into decay. The small snakes