Show snake balks at earth brought from ireland philadelphia verification of the fact that no snakes can exist in ire and hns bris been established to the he satisfaction of william berens of philadel alila lie ile took a quantity of irish earth likewise earth from Cn england gland ind and some so soil of the united states states and made three rings A good sized but harmless blacks blacksnake oake was obtained first it was placed in a ring formed of american earth and quick as a vink lie he plowed through it next it w was as placed inside the lie english ring and was almost immediately of it t but when it found itself inside the circle formed by the auld sod the situation nas aas entirely different when it approached the irish earth it would suddenly jump back as it fit in great tear fear around and around it would circle but under no circumstances would it cross the sou soil ot of erin |