THE SEA-SERPENT. 
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what then could be done was done . Ware and 
Morton came from Boston the leg to shorten ; 
Morton gave first a dose of ether, and he’s the 
first who ever gave it ; nor sinful man, nor 
woman either, had had it as they freely have 
it now, had not our gallant Morton, J mid jeers 
and sneers, in silence wrought on, until he fairly 
taught the nation “ there’s pleasure in an am¬ 
putation.” Besides, in Washington, they say, 
Morton has fairly won the day ; in spite of this, 
there is a faction who blindly worship Dr. Jack- 
son. Well, all the professors, students, and 
men in Cambridge fought with the serpent then ; 
however, his Snakesbip at last got off, scrambled 
down street and into the tide, knocked down a 
shed on the college wharf, killing two men at 
their work inside. The serpent swims hastily 
down the Charles, and at every bridge he growls 
and snarls. 
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