Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-14
ABOUT SNAKES.
The First Installment Of Reptile Stories
for the Senson Of 1886.

The First Installment Of Reptile Stories
for the Season OF 1886.
A woman living at Reno, New, has
inst been relieved of four snakes, which
were growing fat in her stomach while
she grew thinner and thinner from day
to day. The largest of the reptiles is
said to have been three feet in length.
While entertaining some callers re-
Gently, a Georgia lady picked few
roses from bush in her garden and
was bitten by diminutive snake which
was eoiled around a bud. Farther
search revealed a colony Of small rep
tiles which had taken refuge in the
rosebud during the recent blizzard and
were just awakening from their torpor.
After having been treated for years
by the best physicians for internal
pains which were thought to be
produced by a cancer in the
stomach, the wife of Cleveland
contractor has Just been relieved Of u
small but vigorous lizard by an Indian
medicine man belonging to st. Nav
icr's mission, in Arizona. The reptile
was of a species common TO the East.
and it is supposed that twas swallowed
by the lady while she was drinking mt
Il brook near Phillipsburg, L. s., years
ago.
Mr.. A. ii. Cooper, Texas farmer.
walked into the office of n Dallas news
paper and unwnding yearling rattle
snake from his neck, offered it IN part
payment Of his subscription. 1t Is said
that Mr. Cooper's weakness for rattlers
which, by the way, is inherited, has
grown on him to such degree that the
bric-a-brac which adorns the interior of
his cabin is made up to u great extent
of the fangs, rattles and stuffed skins
of departed pets. The ycarling in ques-
ton was the first offspring of Il once
highly priced RATHER, which died a few
months ago to the owners great sor-
row.
That great sea mystery, the great sea
serpent, has apparently just made its APP
pcarance in South African waters. .Ac-
cording to late mails from the Cape the
huge monster was recently observad in
Morcwoods Bay, Umhlali, by eight or
nine people. IL was first seen seven
or eight miles from the shore. swim
ming in very erect manner, and APP
parcntly proceeding at the rate of
eight or nine miles IN hour. Occasion
ally it plunged into the water, making
Il noise as il sea were breaking heav-
ily on an open sl.Dre, and flashing the
water into foam for yards around.
Fins like immense oars protrudod
from all sides. Its length was com
puted at from ninety to one hundred
and sixty feet.
Workmen who were engaged IN taxi
ing up water pipe at Bullvillo, n. T.,
recently came upon nest of Thirty
five snakes Of different kinds and sizes.
The reptiles were torpid and were east
ly gathered into bag and stored nNay
for future use. Later in the day The
same workmen discovered colsny OF
rattlers near deserted spring and put
them in with the other snakes. Ia the
evening the bag with its contents was
t taken to the village tavern and placed
on the kitchen range to thaw 0dt,
I while throng of men, each armed
with \ stick, eagerly awaited develop
ments. Soon the heat had its cfse..t
aud suddenly the mass of struggling
: wrthing reptiles broke from the bag
, and darted wildly around the room,
where they Iere soon dispatched