Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — A Snake in Church. [ARTICLE]

A Snake in Church.

The services at Grace Methodist Church were rather unpleasantly interrupted last Sunday evening by the appearance of a snake in one of the aisles. The reptile, the species of which cannot be agreed upon by members of the congregation, was about two feet long, and as it crawled along the passage with a wicked look in its eyes made things mighty uncomfortable for those in the immediate vicinity. One or two ladies were especially loud in their exclamations, and would probably be still standing in the pew in their attempts to get as far as possible from his snakeship had not a courageous young man picked up the serpent and carried it out. The ladies then regained their seats, also their breath, and the programme continued.' The reptile was probably a harmless gopher snake, but some have been so bold as to say that it belonged to a more dangerous type.— [Santa Barbara (Cal.) Press.