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aA tn« H—it Mwy‘Btth Dane. the fisherman, eisctrlftadinot of interested listener upon lit streets yesterdsv by ret snot s hair raising stor of an eiperienc which it bad in ( tie morning with a moo tier snake out in Lak^ Mendota near Ltvesey • bluff, r I Don*, accompanied by hu wife, was , I fishing aooi uistanc from the shore,; I abou 11 o'clock in tie morning, whan 11 hit attention was attracted by a black ob-i | ject list was mono*' threatingly toward f | him trot ti direction of the middle of t I tie iaklt; A the water was perfectly f | placid, the new vlsitac npoo tie scene f j vii observe 1 for tome little distance, but e ) as it neared tie boat tie outlines of a 1 I large snai » were tec. The heat of the t I reptne was reare 1 in the air two feet or e I mors above the snrfaca of the water as it , I cam darting on wari toward the boat,| an 1 tie water was disturbed for some die-taoc in the rear, showing that the slimy creatnre was of considerable length As it neare 1 tin boat, Dunn place himaeit on tie defensive, and raising bis oar in tie air, aimed a strong blow in tie war* log beat lie quick-eyed monster saw tie movement, drew back us bead, which became hat, aarte i us forked black tongse back an 1 forth like lightning, an l seemed about to mak a spring upon the boa.. dne oar wn we I aimed, however, and fell across in? reptile § neck with such force that lb creature was partially stunoed. but before the oar could be withdrawn the coils of the snake held it in an embrace whose indentures are sli d visible va the hari wood. The reptile recovered in a momen: iron, its temporary startling, so i raising its bead in the air dart-•d its tings entirely through the oar, and, white its iwai was thus held down. Dona struck it several blows with the otneroar ml then used his hsichet ant the creature uncoiled itself, and its fangs being severe 1 by one biow of the hatchet, the body sank from sight—an nntortnnate circumstance, as now its length can oniy be surmised Dana wii hardly venture an opinion in relation to this point, but 1 | sst § the scat wa man feet in length ’ I an l several mchis in diameter Ihe oar, win the hug black langs of th * snake obtruding from it, wa* purchase by a Chicago drummer, as a great curiosity, s.\Dd hereafter it can be seen in one of the prominent museums of Chicago The soak ws certainly a raonatr and its presence in Lake Mendota is a grei t mystery.Duu i say; mat the body of the snake was of ligbt abada with white spots about three-quarters of an inch in length, while the tongue was of jet black and very long.
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jun 23, 1883
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