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A Rattlesnake Eaten

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
January
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Itochcstcr JJxpress s.ira : " A poientiflo gentleman of tkis city, and a great goui'mand (we are not ptnnittod to givo .his nanit1, but )ie is well-known here), hnsdemojiatrated that ratt'esnake is a .safe, aud, he tiays, extremely palatnble, articlo of fo'jd. Somo time ago ho received a rat'uer startiing present by exprcss from a gentleman in tjie South. On ïvmovina; Wie coveiing, a larfifo andvery ijowcifulrattlesnake, i'onr or iivo fect in Icugt.h, and about as tliick arouüd as tho largoft part of a man's arm, was discovered in a cago of wickerwork. Se wls vfry lively, and his age, aa indioatod by tho uambcr of hi.s rattlea, wi).H niue yoarc After kpepinp; liira some time ]a vns kjlled, skinaed and eooked, and the gi-rtleman and Hcvorcl of bis frionas, including throe or foitr ludiei, mid! a hearly dinnor off tlie flt'Bb, wbich, tbry say, tastes very muoh lil'.e tliat of èbe ooramon eel."

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Old News
Michigan Argus