Published in The Waukegan Gazette on January 3, 1874.
    A well-disposed black snake joined the worshippers in a Petersburg [Va.] church, and finding the pews all full, took a seat on a rafter. But when, after the benediction, he came down to go out, there was dismay in the congregation. There need not have been, for black snakes are as harmless as doves.
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