The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-02-11
A python That Loved Music 4.

Hamburg. IS many know. is the greet
sdqosrlers of the trade 10 Wild animals
for mensseties and z,os" To Hamburg
are shipped lions. elephants end eirsfiss.
cspturei 10 South and East Ainos, tigers
from Indie, j,susrs sud tspirs from South
America. gorillss from the Conso. orspg-
atsus from Borneo, and. in fsct, about
every kind Of besst, bird snd reptile from
oil quarters Of the globe.
The warehouses OF the two principal
h'ms engaged iu this bu ,iuess srs interest
ing places 10 visit after the arrival Of .
"bssst ship" With new or nnususlly large
specimens Of aoimsl lite.
The narrator made sucb . visit . few
weeks since. on the arrival OF . remsrks
bly, large. brilliantly marked python. ship
ped from PAdsne. Bnmstra. This colo
brine sisu. is more that thirty feet in
length, and wss bespoken by the Austrian
government for xoo at Bodspest
Bot the story Of it's capture is even more
interesting than the huge oresture itself.
for this python had fallen . victim TO It's
iondness for the notes Of . violin.
There 10 telegrsph,line extending seross
6uustrs. from A,dsng. connecting thst
port. BY mssns OF submarine cables, with
Bstsvis and Singapore.
Along this line Of land wire are . num
Der Of interior stations. One OF these. call
ed Psli-lo-pom. has been 10 chsrse Of %
operator named Carlos Gam brino. mestI
70 from Bsssvis. Java. eduosted st the 10
dustrisl school there
The station 10 on hillock 10 the valley
Of the river X ,mrar. sDd is sdisoent to
dense forest, jungle snd Q low morsss.
II is solitary little place, consisting Of
four or I've thstched buss. elevated on
pests to . height Of six feet from the
ground. to be more secure from noxious
insects. reptiles and wild beasts.
The ststion 10 st the junction 1.-TWO %
tive ro,ds. or trails, slong which tbs 10
terror trade Of the island 10 cond noted after
. desultoFy fnhion; snd SIS rule dsmbri
no has little enough to do, except listen
10 the ticking Of the instrument, monoton
ously repeating mts,sges TO remote points
10 which be osn feel little interest. For
solsce sod compsny, therefore, be ire
qusntiy hiss recourse 10 bis violio,
Thsiched houses on posts 10 Snmstrs
ere not commonly supplied With slsss win
dows; bat F.mbrino h,i II ,rded himself
The luxury of tso.psns sssb. set TO slide
10 sn aperture 10 the side wall Of his hut.
aod some 6ve or six month, sso, during
the vet season; be WAS sitting u this vio
dow one sitsrnoon,s be played bis violin.
sben be sav the hesi ois large serpent
rise oot OF the high gv ~. st distance Of
seveoty OF eighty ysrds.
His drst impal,e VS. 10 get his csibins
.nd try TO shool the monster. for be saw
thsi II ws very large python. spd not
neishbof Bot something 10 The
altitude Of the reptile led him 10 sornhe
tbst IL hsd raised itself 10 besr The violio.
and be passed 81 ORC, 10 lively air.
As loog % be eo' toned pisy log The
python reusiced itsr sppsren,Iy motion
less; but when be ssfd II drev ite bssd
down, snd be tas postias more Of /. tbst
dsy. sl.bousb be sstt cat With bis gun TO
look ior H.
NesrIy fortrighf passed, spd the ipci
dent bsd gone from hi, miad. -ftr large
spskes srs not ute IN mon 10 6anslrs.
shen one hight, s be .ss pIsj log the ,io
Ito 10 come ns,ivs . q1.int,nc.s vbo bed
come 10 tbs bat they heard The soapds
usde BY . large tr he sii5ios seross the
bsuboo platform OF n ,or OF the little ves
spis os looking oa, 9th light, one Of
the psrsy ss toss. mottIed python glid
log svsy.
Bat II YES rot nItil the reptile appeared
. third time. rising its hesd nssr The vin
dos. thst the teissrspbsr became osfisio
Tbs, 10 vS really bis violin shieh st.rsct
ID H.