Connecticut western news., 1910-07-07
EAST CANAAN MAN HURT
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT,
CANAAN SERPENTS ARE STILL THRIVING. They Have Those Water town Toads Done to
 a FraZZle.

The press of the state has been prom inently mentioning the tame toads of A. H. Roeske, of Wstertown, and these toads have been accorded deal of prom thence in the limelight. It is wonderful to find toad that will eat worms and catch flies; real live flies at that, and there is no question of the benefit that 8 herd of toads might do in greenhouse. But Canaan; Canaan the beautiful; Canaan the paradise among the Litch- field hills, has these tame toads skinned a mile.
 The Canaan Serpents
 A Canaan citizen owns family of snakes. He caught the mother snake one sunny day last year and caged her up, and last fall she presented him with brood of 35 young snakes, all born alive and as frisky as bull pup at meal time. These snakes grew during the past winter and are now as contented and happy as politician that has bees presented with fat office.
 Their master owns a summer home in the suburbs of Canaan, and spends much of his time. morning and night, in the study of nature. He has these snakes so thoroughly trained that at the sound of the dinner bell there is always a commotion in the snake cage, and as soon as the lid is raised, more than a score of snakes stick their heads out of the cage and beg for food ...f.
 voracious Appetites
 It takes one man and two women a good share of the time to provide for these Canaan serpents. This corps of attendants gather worms for the smaller suakes and frogs for the larger. So tame have the snakes become that they follow the hand of their mistress or master around the cage and take worms out of their hands, and when one snake gets larger worm than falls to the lot and the snake that has been sighted at once grabs the worm being devoured by his cage mate, and then there is tussle to see which can down the most worm ill given time. until at last the mouths of the snakes meet and unless the hand of the master is interposed and the worm divided with pair of scissors close to the mouths of the snakes, they would keep on eating until one had swallowed the other worm and all.
 A Snakes Affection
 One day some one let the old mother snake out of the cage, through accident, and she escaped, and went to dwell among the trakes and sedges. The mas- ter mourned the snake and hunted for her high and low, without success. until one day he heard commotion around the snake cage, and Investigating founu it was his long missing serpent. She stood near the snake cage, on the end of her tail, talking to her children in cap tivity, who had never known the pleas ures of wild life, and at sight of her old time master, the mother snake greeted him with great affection and took worms ana lEOsS IfOn HIS ndnus anu dte buSu with relish.
 A Mystery Explained
 One night there was great commotion around the snake cage, and most un- earthly screeching. It was heard the other side of the mountain by campers on the shores of Twin Lakes, who cir culated story that there was a wild cat loose upon the mountain. Investi- gation, however, shows that instead of
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