The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-07-13
The Deer Creek Farmers. Club.

The members present were John d. Worth
ington, John Moores, William W. Finney.
Thomas H. Robinson, Frank H. Jacobs, John
B. Wysong. K. Harris Archer. W. B. Hopkins,
J. Lawrence mccormick, George e. silver ana
G. g. Street, the visitors being Philip H.
Close, ]. T. q. Hopkins. u.s.. Richardson, Jr.,
John c. Finney, Harry N. Hanna, DR.. q. A.
Hollingsworth, DR.. ]. c. Butler. j. Edwin Web
ster, DIR. John NJ. I. Finney, W. H. Harlan, 6.
Smith Norris, John II. Reckord, Rev. d. a.
Castleman. Rev. Kerby s. Miller, j. H. c.
Watts, ]. L. G. Lee and j. Wilson Richardson.
The chair appointed Messrs. Williams, Lee
and Moores q committee on inspection, and,
accom- panied by the club. they made an in
teresting tour of the premises. The dwelling
was thrown open to the visitors aud few had
an idea that hartford county possessed within
her borders such q beautiful residence. While
the main points were designed by Wyatt &
Noting, architects, yet all the details are the
work of the Doctor himself and the result Is
pleasing beyond description. The walls Of the
house are brick, covered with an artificial
clay which has hardened to adamant. The
large hall, which extends through the centre.
ia a living room and this might be said of all
the rooms in the house as there is no par
Ior. While making the detour the Doctor ran
his hand into a jar sitting near by and pulled
out one Of his pets, q pun nosed ADDER, ex-
planning as he strOked the reptile fondly that
no one need be surprised to run across one
anywhere. 1t is needless to say that all sus-
picious places were given a wider range after
that by the visitors. Handsome and rare
specimens of wild animals adorn hooks and
corners everywhere and 1t was easy to see the
d;rection of the hosts tastes. The upstairs,
reached nv an essv stairway. reminds one of q
nslsna instead Of -. nrivate residence The
bathine rooms are MAGNIFICENT riyalling the
fsnoua Roman baths. The LIGHTING Ia done by
incsndescent electric lights and is also piped
for pss. In front of and in fact all around
the mansiou are beautiful beds of fiowsrs In
them are many rare specImens. The whole
sbovs that the skjlful eve of the LANDSCAPE
gardener ia overlooking the premises and the
we'll kent beds attest his fidelity, The land
scape artist ia Mr.. Joseph Maucher and he also
noasesses the traits of a good trucker az the
Doctor,s match well shows. The scenery from
tbia elevated point commands several good
yiavs of tbe Chesspeake Bay and the mouth
of the Gunpovder river, Standing there, on
that beautiful afternoon, when the town below
WINS nerspjrinp and tuning itself, with watt.
ino breezes overlooking miles of beautiful
oorntrv the background beine outlined with
tho massive. graceful form OF almost palace
tho visitor might indeed ask himself il he had
+..,od NJ tho food of the I,otos eaters.
.,nono Dr KsIIv,s horses was seen one
,,,t,oh Nc nod ,ots,v traatad for tistula. The
as--.. ~, ~. ono nd .ho,,ld ha ,amam.
49, -, go, Fence MS 70 omen the. ais.
go, no ,res,v with a knife and keen II omen
'nt,l the discharge has passed away. The re-
oovarv will he compete in a short time, -,
The Club decided to abandon its regular
me,bod of procedure and instead, requested
Tho heat tn rive them a lecture on snakes.
which he did in an interesting manner. 1t
vou,d rive ia great pleasure to reproduce his
xvords In bis own well chosen language, but
40 some of ,be technical terms are little con-
s,,.,,, ,,Io,n vorda are substituted In their
nl,oo Ne COMMANDED nv saving that his
aarIv amhition had ALWAYS been to become a
uat,,roItst and in this direction bis tbouRbts
-, .Ithou.b ba had chnsen a more usefui
rrofoosiop ran and in natures studies there
-. rona ,,ora Interesting than snakes. He
a,d M, think II right for a man. considering
hiusaIr a. the centre of the Universe, to de-
strov these creatures which were put here for
| .or,. yood nurnose. "a they have az much
right to live as we ourselves have. Few are
| noiuonous and these are easily dIstiuguishable
Recause of these few we wantonly destroy
| many which should be preserved A minute
| .,uav sbovs a. much diversity az any other
.rin,sI One necul,arty ia their sdaptablity
| Tn org wi ON the ground, Their ribs, about 200
| in number. spread out broad and in measure
toka the Mace of lers. A saake cannot run in
anv direction except in a sismoid lateral
dirsction. The doctor here produced a live
hoo.nosed viper. which he handled as tenderly
~ a. yactIonately AZ kitten. Snakes do not
after materially from lizards, except they
hive no ears. The bones In the head are also
dissrent The snake has six different Jaws,
| tnstood of two in other aninals. This enables
| If m swallow bodies larger than itself. 1t has
| sat of palatial teeth, to enable it more firmly
tn holo its prey. Among the different varieties
are the tree snakes, which are generally the
ooIor of the foliaRe and fresh water snakes
The latter,s mouth is on top of the head to al.
low them to go under the water. Sea serpants
arc almost ALWAYS poisonous. Outside OF the
noisonous varieties the snakes do very little
80, In ooma nlsce. in South America
thav are TENT in houses to deyour the rats and
49,. proh.blv their worst trait ia destroy.
In, ro,,,1 birds and meats. For this purpose
s ,od ,'sr;otios bava baen known to climl
,a,o,+,ots For long time did not be
g., .,o,ld 90, eogs but II ia nov
sn,,,t.d zoo, He related an iIlustratiy,
60 ahont a snake which crawled into &,
ohinL snd swallowed so many eggs that Il
la no. ,.+ hack IT, was killed. the eggs sci
- t,vo,vo littla chickens Matched out. Thi
| -. 49, thav do not cr,,ab the e0vs and tn,
| ..o. e. Ell. "a ,b,t thew have no iips. som,
,,ar,aties hav va well defined enamelled teeth II
.ta In, Tho question has been freauentl,
Ia ,rha+h.r .nstes drank mr. not. II ba
s1.s, -, tha, J ,oro. quantity or water Il
saas,-,, g.. ,no,r eyistanoe
.,,,,,os o., ~. oountrv tho .am
,,a...tio, ato,,,d n. axarcsad "a with nlants n
Ir Thav 40 ho,nfu, m nature and ouyb
"n. III 49,, - thon h,rd. IT, the,
~ W ii, ~. o,,a-run Nth rodents
NJ W 1910 so .as,Iv recovniz.d
-, 80 Li,do IN this vicinity. tn
49, hosd ana Tho r.t,ler The nosonou,
/, sop ,pa .H,au nit On tho fan of the head Tber
." - ,,,ooo.o,r ,r this vicinitv On
etoa,aI,a. .ro ,,arrsctlv n. rmless lint sboul
:. vs. sastronad 90 ,bev ast ssb One verv poisou
-,St 100 70 ,.r,, n,,,oh Kin IN IN
,,Iass q IN. uor,eonin or ,Ip,,s f,lpiu.. Hi
a,a. ts rsiIow , nd ia marked with black an
!, Acc ruIe bs ia Ma harmless "a h
,aa,-s Vic comnsnions are GENERALLY tn
= ha,-T,ies, va,,etv and they do not look uulik