Show SNAKES POISONED WATER origin of mysterious illness in missouri 8 discovered st louis sept 14 A number of persons in tho the neighborhood of station several miles from Bele Beley Tillo illo st glair clair county III have recently boon taken tn on suddenly sick without any apparent cause tho the symptoms violent pains in the stomach dizziness ness and nausea children as well as grown persons were attacked in several families and the doctors could not solve tho the mystery it seemed as if the people had beon been poisoned polso nod but all recovered gradually af after ter having baving purged violently and partaken partaker par taken freely of warm warin drinks tho the cause of the th sickness 3 kness has finally been solved water for drinking 0 and cooking purposes had boon been taken from a well near ogle farm for many years by tho the farmers families living in the vicinity this well nad become the nest of a family of big green snakes which are said to havo have poisoned tho the water to such an extent that it is almost a miracle that those taken sick recovered thero was much excitement among the farmers when they found that the well was alive with reptiles some few were brought to tho the surface but tho the greater number when tho water was disturbed crawled to a place of safety through h tho the crovi cre visas ses of tho the rocks the finding of tho snakes ceis in the well ended what promised to bo a great sensation tion of a whole neighborhood bosc poisoned ed by unknown parties salt sall d lako lake herald |