The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-30
IMPOSING RATHER
ON THIRD FLOOR OF UNION STATION.
c.nturea Near Samson and Being fiFe Feet and a Half Long, Is to ne sent to smithsenian sin-
 wtituto Right Away.

uay m in one of the rooms on tne thtrd floor of the Union Station pulio- ing is one of the most deadly specles os tha rattle snake family. and ai- though the gent is nearly years oIu he is chock full of life. heaitn' poiso" and pugnaciousness. .,,, .,,1laa
 When train 2S from Graceviile puitrou ,v,tn tha station yesterday morning. Exnress Messenger Fred Brock caiied station Master Berry Grant up III ms car and. pointing to small nox care S.,il,, ana securely placed in one COT : oS The car. informed MT. Grant ths+ it was consigned to him. Ine station master started Tor ths a. pox' but low, rattling sound tnei ieA' changed his mind In a Jnyh hox
 dIdn't finish his journey to the DON.
 Ths sound that came out or tne harmIess looking box was one tn@t will never be forgotten when 1nos snsra in the woods. MT. Grant nao heard that sound before and ne olo not fall over himself in his eageFhess to get to the box. A councll or
 was held and very gingerly one o. snS norters from the baggage room 1bs th,rS door of the station building. Tn tba box was a big rattlesnake taet Ionx. It was the deadly ~-@illonu haad snake. one of the most Venonioue saacies known except those Tn the Rocky Mountains. o.-,v
 The head of the reptile was neatls +wo and a half inches wide, Whiie oA inc tail were eight rattles ana oiS tn,1 making it nearly years olo . 9a SE,s was mad clear through by then, tso ,,outh under the flat head opehlhs s eH,erw .econd to let the terrible tongue sosdsd with the deadly virus, shoot out r,sIie there was almost cohstanI
 a..ISro the sound that has maoe lots of nervy men Jump' l.. tho woods
 The snake was caught III sie ..e's down near Samson and sent lo %tIa Claim Agent Stallings or she J'o,,o ana Montgomery division or the Lou :. sn.'i,i~ ana Nashville, who Is gong to ns lss hirn alive to the Smithsonian m stitute at Washington. o, tho Aovs in the office of Superlhtehuohe NcK,nney clipped in ana sent town for a chicken. They were VI an experimenting turn or mino t.,. anu were squandering thelr "eoit th a ensI s m 10 the apartments inhabited lie snakeship, one of them more DS t,raaoma than the others, priIeo soar one corner of the box and QUICK l,f ahoved the chicken In the poA.
 " |. arst the rattler disdainfuliy re- fused to take the slightest hosle St,ro, his new room mate. some i'o..nt,. insttnI. told the bird that 1t was oahs to 7, n0aE nesr to to swift death and ddt for o,1eT tsw moments it stayed in one SpO spot, ,ben aIVe1 the ins nSot,ay might have saved its lire Tor at Hn east longer time ii it had ;t rS%ainge 6Tpnotie Ssis1bt if began struggling ana nutter- inc around the sides or the poA ai |, frantic fs efforts to escape: This Seemsd seTry to "iaH nGs,rg inc venomous head there ana ana fs a startlingly sudden dart. The poisoned fangs struck the fG|l sanrn- sanrt9 " !" ,,fver~and rr, the chicken lay hud- Sisd SIsS ,n one corner of the box .an in- a,Tr aniuate mass of feathers. It had taHpn Tbe snake was put in a strong nat hox with heavy wire closely meshed over the top, and it will pfoosoy ganisi sIds tnday tm a,S if MT. stallings gets back from a business trip.