Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — Finds Big Snake In His Bed. [ARTICLE]

Finds Big Snake In His Bed.

York, Pa. —When D. M. Lucas of Jacobs, Springfield township, retired be found in his bed a black snake four feet long. The unwelcome visitor had doubtless climbed the large rosebush which grew by the house and crawled along to’the bedroom window. When Lucas got into bed he was surprised by touching the reptile, it sent a chill over him, but he kept his presence of mind, immediately rose, and with a club dispatched the snake.