Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

A black snake, four feet and a half in length, was captured in an apothecary shop in Lowell, yesterday. He went to the city in a load of wood. Having made his way to the apothecary shop, liquor was put up on the floor, and the unfortunate visitor yielded, to temptation, got drunk, and was easily captured. This is another striking instance of the dangers to which unsophisticated visitors to the city are exposed.-Boston Jour.