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Show FIND SXAKK IX KL'XCH OK UAXAXAS AT XKI'IH . ! There was a period of excitement at the Nephi Mercantile company's store one night recently due to a most unusual occurrence. It appears , that a large bale oE bananas had been . brought into the store in the after-, noon, and in making a sale of the j fruit it was necessary to move some of the layers in order to get to cut them, imagine the surprise of Mr. Olpin when a large snake darted its head out from between the fruit with an ominous hissing sound and which was apparently full ol fight. Some large tongs were procured from the blacksmith shop of Ira Boynton's; after some little time a firm hold was obtained on the reptile and his life crushed out. It proved to be a Black Diamond Head, a native of Florida. Ho a2 wound himself around the large stem of the bananas' and had evidently been shipped unnoticed. It measured measur-ed two feet and a half in length, and was four inches in diameter. It is said to be a most deadly spscie and it is fortunate that no one was bitten bit-ten by it. It is needless to add that Clyde will take particular pains to examine future banana bales. Xe-phi Xe-phi Times News. |