Mr. Seth Maker, a curious naturalist residing near Beetown, has a spot of ground on his farm set apart for melons and near it, there is a well known den of rattlesnakes. He has tamed the snakes and by some mysterious powers in the spiritual department of science, is able to conjure them at will into his melon patch to guard the same against uninvited intruders....
[From the Grant County Herald, October 17, 1857, 25 Years ago]
Mr. Seth Maker, a curious naturalist residing near Beetown, has a spot of ground on his farm set apart for melons and near it, there is a well known den of rattlesnakes. He has tamed the snakes and by some mysterious powers in the spiritual department of science, is able to conjure them at will into his melon patch to guard the same against uninvited intruders....
[From the Grant County Herald, October 17, 1857, 25 Years ago]
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