The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-11-06

1t was a Pet Of the EedIaudS Board of Trade
Miss Carter is SO Delighted over the
Event That She Weeps For Joy.
If there is any happy woman in Red
lands today it is Miss Z.B. Carter, stem
ographer for the Board OF Trade Ever
since some one presented Secretary
Thaxter with beautiful live rattle
snake, she has been on nettles. Soon
after the reptile came, a nice glass case
was prepared for his use by Contractors
Huntington 4 Newton, and then Miss
Carter had more trouble
First the boys came and brought live
mice for the snake to devour, but in
the absence of Mr. Thaxer, who was in
attendance upon the big X. z. gather
ing at San Francisco, she assumed con-
troll of affairs and required the boys to
kill the mice before she would permit
the snake to swallow them whole.
Twice the boys crowded around the
case SO eager to behold the sight that
they broke the glass, and then there
was a scatteration, but it is said, on
good authority, that Miss Carter beat
the boys getting out of the room. Final
ly man was found who would go in
and cage the creature. Then there were
other trials, until Miss Carter's nerves
were almost unstrung. But her day
was coming. From time to time she
had warned MI Thaxter about leaving
the glass lid of the case open a little
ways, but her protests were of little
avail. However, when Mr.. Thaxer en-
tered the Board of Trade rooms at &
O'Clock this morning he started to pay
his respects to the snake, and he was
horrifed.to find it gone. Then he knew
trouble was ahead.
Either he must kill the reptile and
produce his lifeless body, or else he'd
lose Miss Carter After pulling all the
chairs and boxes and bundles out into
the middle of the floor, and after scan
snakeship coiled up behind a big bottle
of ink. Then came battle royal but
Mr.. Thaxter's sharpshooting experience
aided him in dealing out blows when
ever the vicious thing would spring out
at him, and after d two hours fight the
contest was ended and the snake was no
more. Thinking to have some fun he
picked up the dead snake and coiled it
up i'll the glass case and then went TO
work to straighten up the muSs he had
made. But Miss Carter soon came and
was greatly surprised to find everything
torn up, especially as she knew Mr..
Thaxter had meeting at 10 o'clock
with the water committee. When she
spoke about it Mr.. Thaxter said he had
been intended to fix up those things.
Directly he said he guessed he would
attend to the snake, and while SO saying
be pulled back the lid of the case and
reached for the reptile. Then Miss
Carter broke for the door screaming as
she went Finally she did glance back
and was Mortified to see Mr.. Thaxter
hold it up by the tail. 1t was only after
many assurances of it's being Greatly
dead,'' that she ventured back, and
when she did see that it was no longer
alive, she wept for joy, and made Mr..
Thaxter promise then and there never
to bring such creature into the Board
of Trade rooms And today there are
many persons calling to pay their res
poets to the departed reptile, and thus
the Board of Trade loses one of its
greatest attractions and Mr.. Thaxter a
dear pet.-Redlands, California, Daily
Facts.