The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22
THE CHA MONSTER.

THE CHA MONSTER.
DR.. c. j. Foster. with three Of his spo-
cial friends. celied at the office Of The
Fest Thursday morning. Dr Foster was
IL AIDE welcome, but his friends were re-
garded with eoldnoss and even dislike.
The doctor himself is clever and anna
Bile gentleman, and we arc reluctant to
judge him by the con pany he keeps His
irieuds consisted Of n rattlcsnakc nearly
four feet long, carried In a sripsack, u
ella monster and srake with four legs
like a lizard
DIR. Foster is wimerng in houston with
his museum, which he has allowed to run
rather low, but expects IN the spring to
travel over the country south and west
of San Antonio with Il view TO raplenish-
ing his stock of snakes and reptiles.
short time ago the doctor had in his
possession thirty raitlesnakcs, including
Fifteen different varieties. "a copperhcad,
pair of South American adders n North
American adder and a pet talantulh In
addition TO the two ella monsters lie now
has.
Besides this. he carried about sixty
large bun snakes, used IN the snake wor-
shin OF the Apache Indians. trip North
reduced his stock of snakes from over
two hundred to only "A very few. Snakes
raised in Texas do not appreciate Change
of climate so great as the air In Mime
sofa and the States In that section fur
uIshcs.
ne most interesting OF me pots shown
the ella monster that he owns. The CHA
monster is generally regarded as n very
poisonous and dangerous reptile. A great
iIma,y pcop'v Irs"'d urrn ~ y ,,o,.t
breath was vcnomOus The ella monster
was first discovered in the ella river wall
ley. in Arizona. and has been found from
there southwark to South America.
Arizona people viii tell you that tho
CHA monster splits poison; that his breath
Is deadly. and that he cxudes poison from
his skin. Zoology, however, affirms that
such Is not the case. Arizona whisky Is
twice as deadly and can XIII at much
longer range than the ella monster can
Scientists in the East have examined
from lime to time specimens OF the CHA
and cxnrcssnd different onInlous Dr.
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rtpulc was not NthpiloIs, 'A,'l'' pv'Sn''s
on oJcaAIons, a. Is ome NJ S a. nv.
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tuhelhi'ts. ~ IN ~ 80, ,,d round
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on its iouf ltss oiiu eol'ii,uh''S S,'iIs
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habit ana its seh,ia, Mtl'rnc 80 ~
no douit. - RESI- "us'ul' ~ i'''tis ~, NC
dreadful talos tol" Oh 10 uea"'S Hu"''''V9
,,n- ,.,o l., ror,ro,
Now YORK mus Via ''oi'""i ~ ~'''''
Park fftoen inches long Tho Smithsonian
b,..t,,.to ocf,rs q considerable sum for enc
twenty lncheS "Hs.
Or Fosters pet measures n little over
,,ne,eon The doctor look tho monster oit
- ava h,,dio1 n ,,,t,a
afiectionately lie says Gill" IS quite
tame and knows ms voice ana aPp ,;ni
a s,n3tt' ri''.n",'ior checkered MARKING OF n
Gark brown. Ito cats eggs and calls for
them hard boiled pr. Foster kindly o'rr,
co 70 p4s' VA ~ IN In XXX .,,sanin hoIding
thcir hands behind their backs with con-
siderable hlltcur; Hlln monsters 'ne ~, r'pt
come WIN ,nu', ~ ~ SrcntcJ Ike Vo,ifs
Iadv pos,s with curling hair until their
rn 81 Ia 6 haen inouircd into
Dr Togter next took IA four-fooi rattle
snake from a grinsack and treated Il with
"a familiarity almost amounting to con-
tonrot lie prled open It's mouth with
nrrcfl and showed it, robson Racs and the
=, hieh tho virus IL elected
Dr Togtc- saws tint comparatively fcw
.,,crnlo ale rro,n raftlcsnoke hitcs aud also
gfetes th,f aromatic splri,s of ammonia
taier internailv Ten drons al a dog ls a
NJ ,emcdv B,gltaus edminisicrcd IRON
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