Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-07-10

Thirty-three days afterward the animal
was killed and examined. 1t was found
that advanced symptoms Of tuberculosis
had developed.
A SINGULAR snake story comes from
near Greenvillc, Ala. A very small milk
snake, it appears, crawled into the house
Of man named Walters, and found a
bottle of milk without cork, the bottle
being kept for a baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walters. The reptile crawled into the
mouth of bottle and drank freely of the
milk, and it was there when Mrs. Walters
came in. With scream she seized
broom to kill the reptile, which took
fright and started to run, but it had
drank too much milk. 1t had gone in
without any trouble, but it now found it
impossible to get out, and after pulling
the bottle about the floor for a while, it
was killed. Even thenit was impossible
to get the snake out of the bottle, and
they were thro \ n away together.
THE steamer Yang Use, which arrived
at Marseilles recently with the mails from
the Far East, met with curious expert
ence in the Red Sea on her voyage from
Alden to Suez. For upward of twenty
four hours she made her way through a
veritable bank OF locusts. 1t is estimated
that these insects covered the sea over a
surface of 1875 miles, and that they would
have sufficed amply to ruin the vegeta-
ton of an entire country. AS it is, all
these locusts were drowned, and, instead
of carrying devastation in their train,
have provided the Red Sea fish with
rich and unwonted banquet.
A BOY named Drews performed dan
gerous feat in West Orange, N. j., the
other day, it is related ''The contractor
for the drain that has been laid to carry
off the standing water in the lots on VAL
ley road wanted to determine whether or
not the drain was free from distractions,
and offered the lad small sum to 60
through it. The pipe is eighteen inches
in diameter, is laid eight feet under
ground and is 1900 feet long. The boy
accepted the offer and entered the pipe.
Half an hour later he emerged safely from
the other end"
YouNG BAKER, aged II, was picking
chickens, when something he thought
was small spider bit him on the lip. In
brushing it away he crushed it, and the
wound burnt badly. 1t began to swell
and to give the boy intense pain. He
became unconscious and remained so for
two days. He then recovered for few
hours, and soon afterward began to sink
rapidly until he died. The coroner said
that he thought the boy was bitten by a
blue fly. The fly probably stung him and
injected septic matter, and it may have
deposited eggs.
THE country south of Milan, Ind, is
infested this season with black snakes.
Joshua Cottingham, an old and we'll
known farmer, had desperate encounter
with two of these large reptiles. Had he
not fought them vigorously with club
they would have twined about his body.
Miller Sutton, farmer, has killed score
of these snakes recently, and squirrel
hunters report shooting large numbers of
them. The reptiles are of the belhgerent
disposition and timid people in the in
tested district are badly frightened.
WHILE a little two-year-old girl was
playing in yard at Lethonia Ga, she
suddenly called ''Ma,n but the mother
paid no attention to her. In a short
time the little girl went to the front porch,
where Mrs. Medlock was, having small
black snake firmly grasped in her little
hands. Mrs. Medlock was badly
frightened, but managed to release the
child's grasp and kill the reptile. The
snake did not bite the child or make any
attempt to do so.
THE skin of Arctic voyagers often ap-
pears pale, with tinge of yellowish
green, on return of sunlight after the
long night of winter. The nature of this
phenomenon was studied by DIR. Gyllen-
crueutz, at the instance of Professor
Holmgren, in the expedition of 1928,
and the results have just been published.
The conclusion arrived at is that the
change is due to an anemic-chlorotic
condition, possibly that of incipient
scurvy.
A GRIFFIN (Ga.) farmer has on his
farm grindstone which has been in his
use twenty-one years; he is the owner of
a bride, which can be seen on one of his
ponies whenever he comes to town, which
has been in use twenty-five years, and it
is not bad looking bride, either. He
also has pair Of shoes which has seen
five years service, and large armchair
that tradition has accounted to be 100
years old.
EAGLE Rock, between Oil City and Ii
dDute, in Pennsylvania. is the most no.
torious place in the United States for rat
1t is said that there is den
of them among the rocks, and on sunny
day hundreds of the reptiles can be seen
basking in the sunshine. Six men from
Oil City captured ten rattlesnakes and
killed seven. The hides of the reptiles
are converted into neckties.
THE Sturgis (Cal.) Record reports q
novel lawsuit A man from Bare Butte
Valley lost his pocketbook containing
$3.50, which was found by man of Elk
Creek. A month later, upon learning
who was the owner, he returned the
same, and the owner was very thankful
but demanded interest for the use of
the money for that time. Judgment was
given for 81 40 and costs.