The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-09
SNAKES IN CONNECTICUT.
Testimony Going to show that They arc
Taken Seriously and Otherwise.

MrDDLETowN. Aug. St is evident that a
big rattlenake that A. T. Norton's hired man
OF Darien killed ut the old gate place" day
or two ago was blessed with an excellent up
petite. and that It had taken ample means to
satisfy 1t not long before It's sudden end. The
hired man had lively battle with tho rattler.
handicapped though 1t was on account OF re-
cont gormnndlzng before he bagged It Then
he noticed that the serpent had queer. stuffed
look. that its skin was distended abnormally
In several parts OF 1t In great round glisten-
ing protuberanccs. So no hastily dissected its
body and drew therefrom young woodchnck.
n ful!-grown frog. and two field mice. The
snake was about four feet long. and its body
three inches thick in its normal condition.
In the laurel tangled skirts OF lovely Ian
torn HILL which scars loitlly in the southern
part OF this county. is on apparently inexbaust-
ibe lair OF redsnakes. The country is SO rough
and wild all about the hill that 1t is hard to
get at tho serpents. SO they thrive and increase
yearly. and have stacks OF fun with picnic par
ties that 20 there for days outing and fancy
they must climb the precipitous mountain for
q browning achievement AS the lads and maid
ems toll up the sleeps through twisted copses
OF laurel and shrub oak toward the bald top.
copperheads hiss warning signal to them
from the underbrush. and are often met with,
coiled and pugnacous. in the hard path:
SO It is no uncommon thing for an able.
bodied swain to carry MS o sT zee soat
ahs o The Way down. Sn This fact
explain in measure the great popularity OF
Lantern Hill as summer excursion resort
hill. Once year Ledyard and North stoning.
tm tim ,aj jnss 70 Xii redsnSkes and somoies
they get n bushel or two OF them In a DAYS
roundup Not infreIuently farmer is n,Mdsn
snake it becomes necessary, for ths victim to
d %nsA nes %o Gsntsn ffiP SSs
are ppsab s
they expose themse Ives to the hazard Of being
bitten 4 caution-to the snakes One or two
they swell up considerably. still they can't re-
fs nr ns
Se h1S '"s5 %aa
the biggest and most vicious copperhead ever
killed in that region, twas four feet long and
as S n chs Il s o. had
s sessn O snoy With IT st h 5Rt Willie moving on
be bic watersnske with his scSthe. It was not
more than q feet long; but It was inches
III RlTtt. NO one III otaHOTu Hhu eNeT btcu
such snake before. Its body was begirt with
curious rings, and handsomely mottled.
Mrs. Christie Siebert OF 90 Buckingham
street. Waterbury. tells q curious tale about
snake that hung himself IN tho vines at the
pent chung to vine with his tall. and while
he swung the forward part Of himself for,
way no raised his head now and
then and wnked first one and then the other
Mrs. Siebert that his face had rather cool
and impudent expression. as II he were sub
guaco: Pretty fair sort OF a yeranda you
have here. Mrs. siebert; I'm glad icame.
self and raise q rumrus. There's room
enough for both Of us" g." Just then however
dumfounded and speechless. awoke from her
frightened stupor and emitted piercing yell
that was heard four blocks away down Buck
ingham street. Whereat her son Fred Jumped
upon the scene and killed the snake with a
stomach was a Biz bunch. which was caused
by large bullfroR. 1t was watersnake.