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Show The Monster Nnukc Ciuiffht We briefly referred some time ago to a monstrous snake story of a nion ster snake. This longitudinal specimen speci-men of snakedom had seared a gentleman gen-tleman almost out of his boots in thp region of Coon's Canon, and yet he hadn't " snaix into his butes " cither. ! It was thirty or forty feet long with- 1 out being extra particular to a dozen qf feet; and about as thick round as a. tree, lea-vips everybody to selccf a nuitablo girth of tree to suit themselves. them-selves. It being necessary to capture cap-ture this monster, not alone in the interest of science, but as a precautionary precau-tionary measure for the sa fety of prospectors pros-pectors and other innocents wandering wander-ing in the West Mountains, while there was mnuh fal? qf -endii p-peditions p-peditions to hunt tho monster, nnd numerous invitations were given to combine for that purpose, the lliciiAi.n quietly organized its corps of " Commissioners" Com-missioners" that's the word and sent them armed "cap a pie"' to hunt the horrid hidoousncss in ihdf-ri, or lair, or hole, or wiieievur it kepi itself it-self when qot out on pic-nie parties or ovenlngaociables, Tho Commissioners were successful; they found and cap. lured the monster, alter what terrific struggles we need not now relate; and brought that identical snake into the 1I-:uai,d fuiiritti) sealed up in an ci..-yclope, ci..-yclope, whop1 it yet re)halns. W'o have measured it. ' From tire tip of its keen fangs to the extremity of that tail which so lashed earth and herbage; it U nine indie.; mul iiquaitei'. Koiuiq1 the centre of Ihu body it is eighths of an inch In clruLimtvrencCj and its ponderous jaws can distend to a width of fully three-quarters of an inch. It is of various colors, all of them pretty, and altogether it is as handsome it monger us ye wish to possess. )Ye arc proud ol that snake. J js no(. an. anaconda, nor a boa uuiiaUie'Lcfj:, ijjjr flic serpent that tempted Eve; but it i the Coon's Guion monster; and is on exhibition in the Hoaijj ofliec as proof positive of the fact. |