| Show ODD ENGLISH SNAKE STORY when cow was wai bitten by reptile form of latter appeared on the cream the tha west country ol of england Is no a land of strange beliefs and superstitions in the first week of 0 the present month a cow belonging to mrs heale of goldburn Gold bum okehampton Oke hampton which was quite well at the mornings morning milking was found in th the e evening to be suffering buffering from an enormous swell ing of the udder it was concluded at once that the animal had been bitten by something most probably by a viper the cow was milked and the milk was about to be flung away when the servant girl interposed and speaking from previous experience said let it stand because it if the cow has been bitten by a snake it will s show how up in the milk tho the milk was waa accordingly set aside and on looking at it some three hours afterward the lonn form of a snake was distinctly seen in the cream which had collected on the surface I 1 there was an exact model ot of the reptile the head with the V mark the eyes and the tongue projecting from the mouth perfect throughout to the tall tail moreover by aid of a magnifying a glass the scales of the could be distinctly seen all this was as seen by mrs heale her two grownup grown up daughters the servant girl and the boy groom on the following morning the figure was less distinct A moth had got into the cream and destroyed the continuity of the tail still the figure was traceable and the attention of the veterinary surgeon was called to it he admitted that the form or of a snake make was undoubtedly there hla HIS treatment of the animal from the first was for snake bite |
