HOW THAT SNAKE WAS CAUGHT.
:'■ 4;l\n^ilo at a neighbour's a few :#e>fc;aJ£o M* George W. Ksherj of Independence, Kan, heard a racket ■ oiit in thiß kitchen, and. on going ; ; out ;to ;investigate;the cauieV. found • that a large rattlesnake had crawled int6?the,kitdhen and was fastened : of a jug in the fbllpw'^iiig manner tThJere were some eggs Vand!a : jug ontho floor when the isnake cradled intb the house, and it '■ swallowed one of the eggs, and « as tie jug: wftft lying on its side, had cradled -through the handle^ as far .j^as.ite egg he ha.d.swaUovred woiild :adniit, and, finding another egg i i t cpn^eiuent; as lie crawled through : ■■',' ihe -handle of . the , jug, swallowed thaifc egg also, and as the egg was too- large! to pass .through the handle of the jug, Mr Snake was fastened so hie ..could neither move forward nor backward, there being : ian egg inside of him on either side : pf .the jug han.dle.-^Kansas City
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Bush Advocate, 15 September 1888, Page 3
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