Millard County Chronicle | 1912-05-09 | Page 2 | Snake Had Lived on Eggs.

Snake Had Lived on Eggs. On his morning round for eggs recently, re-cently, Michael Helaeman of Custlce, O., reached into a hen's neat and touched an object that made him Jump back quickly. A closer examination examin-ation showed a big spotted snake eolled In the nesL Heating a hasty retreat. re-treat. Helaeman secured a shotgun snd on reaching the nest noticed that the snake bad swallowed a china nest egg and wss gradually working It down Its throat. It was but the work of a moment to blow off the head of the reptile. Helseman then recalled the fact that his egg supply had declined de-clined recently, snd he thinks that the snake, with perhaps its mate, had been making forays on the roost for some time.