Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 7 | The American Adder

I The American Adder. A full-grown adder may measure two feet In length nnd about six Inches around tho thickest part of its body. Its movements are sluggish, and of course tho universal Idea prevailing among tho natives of this country that It Is capablo of transferring its head from ono extremity to tho other once every six months Is due simply to superstition. su-perstition. Tho fact Is that the tail ot this snake does not terminate In a point as with ophidians generally, but Is stumpy and resembles tho head so much that It la dlfllcult for an observer ob-server situated nt a distance of a few yards to distinguish tho ono from tho other, henco the story of its being two-headed, two-headed, the fallacy of which no Intelligent Intelli-gent observer could fall to detect. The Pioneer.