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Show ITIIIS WOMAN IS CURED BY SNAKES i Kewant e. 111., Oct. 29. Believing she would die unless snakes were In hor home, Mrs. Ada Packard has received from New York a boa constrictor, eleven feet long. Mrs. Packard, who claims peculiar povveis over reptiles, alwavb has had a fondness for serpents and when he failed to rally from a recent surgical operation satisfactorily, she became convinced that the would improve it she could get u snake to fondle. A poisonous copperhead vvas obtained ob-tained three weeks ago, and It was believed her health Immediately was j benefited. The ttnokc became chilled, however, find died, after which Mrs. Packard became 111 again. Her husband objected to the serpents, ser-pents, but believing It vvas a case of ; Ille or death with his wife, he consented consent-ed to the order for another. Mrs. ' Packard declares r.he noticed great 1 Improvement In her health at once. I She had the snake placed In a tub of warm water as a protection against cold She says her jrovver has been notiee-ai.lc notiee-ai.lc since she was a child, when f-nakes crawled to her from all directions direc-tions whenever she was in their vicinity. vicin-ity. I |