The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-24
SCARED BY A BIG SNAKE.
1t Came All the Way from the South
Pressed in a Bale Of Hay.

Pressed in Bale of Hay.
From the NelU York Herald.
Three west side truck drivers, who stable
their horses at No. 1876 West Seventeenth
street, are in a state of open revolt against
the proprietors of the stable, who, they say,
are responsible for the presence of a mon
ster snake, whose present habitat is the
stable hay loft.
A bale of straw was ordered last week
from bay dealer ON Tenth avenue. in the
vicinity of Fifteenth street. This hay
dealer gets his hay and straw from the
south, and the snake must have been bun
died up in the bale. This, at least, is what
the drivers say. When they ordered straw
on Monday they were given bale that
they are positive must have harbored the
snake in its journey from the south.
Two OF the drivers are uamed respectively
Tom and Jerry. The snake was discovered
on Monday night by Tom. who climbed up
into the hay loft to throw down fodder for
the horses. He was in a merry human, it
is said, and was singing when his hand felt
slippery substance.
THE SNAKE APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS.
Tom went down, falling backward, and
he tumbled headlong to the floor below.
fortunately he was more frightened than
hurt.
so, Lordp' he gasped. ibid you see it?
There, there!n
With this he pointed to the trap door
above, and according to Jerrys statement
both men stared with open eyes as the head
OF INDUSTRIOUS snake appeared at the
hatchway, and after Kissing and splitting at
the men slowly glided from view.
On Tuesday the drivers organized a
search party for the reptile, going into the
n cd xKyifh Nal,r
The search, however, proved fruitless, and
now the men are afraid to go into the loft
alone and will only be induced to go near
the place when all are together and prop
erly armed for the encounter.
Accounts vary as to the actual length of
tho snake. Has been seen several time during
the past few days, and has always been ag
gressive, altogether ugly when approached.
On Wednesday one of the men saw il
drinking water out of bucket 1t was
then, he says, some ten feet long. AS usual
the snake spit at the man, who got out of
the loft instantly.
THE CARPENTER WASN'T AFRAID.
A carpenter who was employed to repair
some bins in the loft yesterday was at work
when | called at the place.
Eyes, said ne, "Pve heard of the snake,
but Pm not afraid of-What was that
there? Sea- o, it's only your cane"
l was convinced from this that the car
penter would face a whole nest of snakes if
necessary.
Iprodded about with a stick among the
straw, but couldn't find even the sign of q
snake. 1t is rather singular that the snake
| travelled from the south inside a bale of
| straw, where the pressure was something
| like $50 pounds to the square inch. The
men, however, are positive in their asser-
tions that a snake is on the premises. They
are determined on its capture, and whe1 it
is caught it is their intention to have it
stuffed and hung up in the stable in com
pany with the horseshoe over the door as a
harbinger of luck.
| In this latter event they will have to cap
| ture it very soon, as every day seems to add
a foot to its length, and it is calculated that
| by next week the snake will, if not cap
tured meanwhile, be able to devour some of
the horses, to say nothing of similar risk
the men themselves incur.