Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1913 — A Real Snake Story. [ARTICLE]

A Real Snake Story.

An old hen with a large family of small chickens was recently given an empty barrel turned down on its side for a coop on the writer’s premises One day recently the’hen gave the signal of distress usea by all good gran gers, and the barrel was quickly sur rounded by the fighting members of the household.

A large snake. found in the barrel and quickly lynched. Several buncos were noticed on the reptile's body, ahd he was ripped up the back with a pair of shears, and seven chickens were found gagging for breath. They lived. -> ... . _