Deseret Evening News | 1891-11-25 | Page 1 | The Smallest Snake

Hi. tuialle.t snake, J. C, Couch, who llroa a mile south of Fox l'uatoftlce, has brought ius what la probably the smallest snake ever cap. turad lu Itay county. It waa caught about two weeks ago by Ida topsou, Theodore Jackson, an J (yet tba blook. snake sjreles. It Is only three Inches in length, und at lha thickest part of Us body Is only three-sixteenths of an Inch lu circumference. It Is a irfectly form el reptile, bnt wltli an extra larga haa I. .Mr. Jackaon accidentally killed It by illlllugn few drops of petroleum emit, Thia snake could not teach school or plow corn like some ot his kinsmen found In Colonel Jim Dentou'a neighborhood, neighbor-hood, but Mr, Jackson is just as proud of bis find as Hia colom 1 ercr was ovir any of bis discoveries. -Wchmond (Mo.) Cwuservator,