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Show A Serpent In a Cloud. A few Jays ago, Atkama Yatzry, a Bengalese gentleman residing on the flat seven miles north of Shuttezat, saw, as he affirms, an enormous serpent floating along the sky in a fleecy white "tezarer" or "wind cloud.", The cloud and its shiny passenger passed directly over Mr. Yatzry'g farm, and bore off in the direction direc-tion of the "Blue Jungle," Over a score of men, women and boys working along the flat attest that they saw the same hideous monster while in his ethereal flight. One witness describes the serpent as being at leastjfouri Vtsongs" (200 feet) in length anil asbig around as n man's body, with a head as large as that of a large alligator., t He was yellow and black striped, according to all witnesses, and kept continually rolling over and darting out his head in genuine snake fashion. The natives are much excited over the matter. Calcutta Indian Gentle-maa. Gentle-maa. ;: . Served the Government Seventy-one Yean. Judge James Lawrenson entered the postal service when he was 18 years old, and has been in it continuously for seventy-one years. He is said to have sworn in every postmaster general since the administration of President Andrew Jackson, When Mr. Vilas was sworn in Mr. Lawrenson was overlooked, and when the postmaster general heard of his records he sent for Mr. Lawrenson and was sworn in again. New York Sun. |