Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-08

day eeniipsde Il found under the Tower
stand; snd the nexi there Is a scorpion
In the rov,l one ha. been reading. or q
snake on the shelf or hidden away 10
one. napkin at dinner.
No. 'oas .iuee a friend ( o n the 90 s.
related while visiting here 4 recent es-
perisrcs which /, really no. uncommon IN
this pait OF the world. One evening
leaving the lamp In hi. drsssing-room.
be ,i.pped into an adjoining room in the
DARK Noticing the peculiar Odor. so like
that Of raw po;A,oes, which often indi.
cate. the presence Of snake. he called
20 hi. wife TO bring cane and q lamp.
Knowing veil what such q call means.
she lo., no time in providing the reedsd
stick and light. There On the step over
which he had jus, catered the room lay
an immense cobra, enjoying the eoolne''
Of the place after q bo, day on the
.eorching plains. Mr.. had stepped
directly over hi. m.je.,y and bad Il no,
been for the unmistaksble ojor which
betrayed the snake be nigh, no, have
lived TO tell the tale. i, Is a fortunate
fact ,ha, the cobra can readily be killed
With cane or club.
One Sunday afternoon while walking
in hi. pl.nisin garden. deeply engaged
In thou shi. a gentleman here was not a
little Asioni.hed 20 have . large snake
spring from between his fee, and glide
into one Of the small buildings a,tsea,d
10 the place. II had been engaged In
swallowing a toad aud seemed as startled
a. the Sahib himself The latter calling
for help instituted chase. I, took some
courage TO enter this small room a. II
wa. no, known TO what species the rep
tile belonged. Armed With new Amer.
lean AZ and bamboo cane, the hunt
progressed for few moments. during
which the snake sprang several times
seemingly It's full length into the air.
msking futile attempts 10 escape. The
AZ came off conqueror and |, was found
TO be . Dhsmsn. measuring seven feet
seven inche. In length. Thi, kind OF
snake has no f.ns.. belongs TO the eolu-
Der order, and "klll. with II. tail, 50
the native. say. I, Is known to be de.
.uue,ive TO cattle. in the no',ril' OF
which il insinus,es It's tail aud then
draw. il forth With ,iolen, abra,ion.
|, /. no strange Sigh, 10 fad 10 the
morning q eas,.oif skin Of some snake on
the lattice which protects ones window.
or twisted about over q bi, Of terrace
wall or on one. pc, rockery. which. by
,he.by. /, q most dAngerou. form OF a
flower garden q. !, afford, shelter for
snakes, lizards. cen,ipedss and scorpion.
innumerable. A few days ago found
one Of these slough. Of cobra. seven
fee, in length. but presume u was
longer for being empty. for while II Is
common TO hear OF . hye'foo, cobra, one
seldom hear. Of one as long . 'ix feet.
No, msny day, have passed since the
following occurred; One stormy evening
door being heard TO slam. one OF US
wen, on, 10 the dark TO close IL. This
time. no, from any odor but from q feel
ing. the instinct taught by experience,
oar friend stopped With one FOO, raised.
and called for light. The light Was
brought lfor We DO not have gas) AMI
revealed a green. triAngular.headed viper.
jus, ready to strike with It's ivory white
fsngs which a, the time seem immensely
long The reptile WI. ',raek do~n at
once and held firmly With one stick until
a second one could be brought Mean
while the deadly bu, still pretty creature
va. wri,hing aboa, the cane which held
IL, biting and tearing its own tesh. The
strange fac, which DR.. Weir Mitchell
made known to the world 10 1868. that
a poi,onou. snake e.nno, poison itself. y
/, no les. strange because true.
one evening. sending = 'ervAn, to
hun, for pair Of missing scissors, We
were no, much surprised to have him
soon run in brea,hles,ly. aying-"Come.
Sahib snake Asnake F" Ga inve',i'
CATION We found that looking in corner
for the missing article. in.ead Of seeing
the looked.io scissors be saw the bright
headlight, eyes Of q snake called RairA
(nish,) looking into his. !, iss pretty
snake, being Of a seal.brown color on the
back crossed by ere.csn, bands Of white,
while the belly !, beautiful red. The
name may no, seen definite, but Is given to
/, by the natives. who say Il !, found at
nigh, hence the name. I, was only the
next day that the baby Of the hou'' was
found amusing itself by rolling jack
frui, back and forth over Riua which
was close to il. feet. These are possessed
Of fapg.. 90 Of course are not harmless
A few night. later, just as | was about
to step into bed, 'omihins told me not
to move my raised foot. 80 carefully
reaching for the lamp and looking under
my Zoo, there beheli great Scorpion
which after death metsurcd i've Inches -