Show A whisky snake mr owen hatch who keeps a small gro grocery ce ry store in this ne neighborhood I 1 gh bo r can vouch couoh for the truth of this mr hatch sells liquor as well as family groceries keeping only a small stock of liquor on hand he keeps most of it in jugs one day last week a two gallon jug of corn liquor was left sitting OH oa the floor behind the counter mr hatch stepped behind the counter and was surprised to see a large black snake colled coifed around the jug with his head inside he watched it for a moment and soon discovered that the snake was drinking liquor it was not disturbed and after several minutes it slowly uncoiled itself from the jug and attempted to crawl away r but was too drunk and stretched itself out on the floor where it remained a apparently p ardently asleep until next day ur mr hatch examined the jug and fo found und the snake had drank more than a quart of liquor two days later the same snake returned and when it crawled under the counter mr hatch watched it by coiling itself around the jug and giving its neck a twist around the sto stopper P per it was able to remove remove the cork and again thrust its head inside and began to drink liquor it was allowed to drink its fill again after which it was killed birmingham age |