Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-31
miscellaneous.
A TIGER IN LOVE.
Communicated I'm ures,,hnt ut Gen,


;'iIi made lGcm Uhctlicnt to the mciody oi
his snng and OF his ivrr. This is MOI j..
very surprising; for who can Withstand ;h..
tnnsic "f sweet sounds Last summer
h;d occasion To atl,uir" here II circumstance
winch proves that There still exists Il tuvcr
"l''cl' su"dnes wild beasts, and makes ,hc,n
gentle, tame. aud even tender. Advinent,
" iIo Is wei! known ail over The continent,
came to this civ will, his ,nenayere; ant
we f0un.l that he had made greater aCivan-
rt's III The education of those animals than
the celebrated Martin, " no. in f:,ci, did no.
ihinS more than play and innp with an old
ll"n and smaIl hycna. His tiger he left
IN quiet, aud always asserted tha, nothing
was !" be effected with those beasts, and
nat they were "nsuscepIihle Of any train
lng. iu>i nssome teachers will only take pains
with youths possessing extraordinary capac-
ny, and nca lcc, others Ivy whom they are
not likely to- gam any eciut
hts Is la. from being the case with Ad-
rimrnt, the PcstalozZi and Felcnburs of
Mild beasts. You should only see when
he "ntcrcd the cage of the arcat savage hy-
cili,. with what commanding assurance he
took all Solts of liberties 1T, rhc Formidable
brute. how he snarchcd awav The meat
thrown I" HIM, and would ,nn allow him so
much as to touch il. Bui this was unt all:
The tcrocious annual was obliucd to open
MS JAW, tn their full extent; Advineni then
placed hls head bctw cen them, and in this
position he hrc'l "A pistol close to the ear ui
TIE hycna. The siig hest, even invu.,Ini ary
start 0l The animal, the least movement of
the Jaw, E,irnt have Gust him II wo,irm al
least. SO far was any thing nf this kind
from happening, thai the spectators could
'"t h! p no,icin" what pains The animal took
I" keep his teeth al,ar, lcSi he should hur,
l:Is mns!Cr. The same trick Advinrn, per
i"rmcd with the tiger, a powerful aud hcru-
tIlu creature. lie did nui indeed take the
Imra, from lin. but won'd not le, hin, .,,
It, ana laid hold of his fore legs and u ad,.
linn jump and Ounce on the hinder Just as he
pleased
Ihis tiger was extremely graceful i'm nr
fiis attitudes, positions, and Ihrtuns; i,e,cs /,
young lady took a fancy to make draw
lngs of him from nature. Accordingly, in the
morning, when there arc but few visitor.
she placed herself before the cage of the H.
ger, fixed her lovely eyes upon his face. and
waited u.tll he assumed a fine attitude or
ro>ilon. nay, when he had lain down and
cured himself up lo sleep. she allowed him
II" rest, buI mace the keepers rouse and
,c;.Ae him. In the first DAYS he was ex
'rcm.cly angry AT this disturbance, hu, he
snon became more gentle, aud when NADIA
IrpIs lie NJ. placed herself with her ,orti,.
llo eiOre The cage, he would rise, walk y
bout. raise himself up, thrust his paws be-.
tween the iron bars. as il lu reach III. u, .u;
To her, he would Ihrn throw himself dawn.
I'l;'JIh anM rolling on his hack. as cats are
"rt"st"n'cd 10 do, csprsrially wien size.
HhhS to INN. such an intimacy had soon
lhEcn place between ilI, ~ that Advurnt
drcl;:cd that Matlan"i>eilv NJ. NIGH, ven
iurt alone into tho cage, for he was sure Inc
~ ou.d no, huu h,r.
In Ten days she had drawn five dilfcrcn,
l">IlI"ms. Having finished her work, she
cole. her draw Imgs, tied up her port
i"li", put on her gloves, waved Il friendly
farewell 10 the ANIMAL. Adieu, udieu, n on
cher HasSun, je fe rrmIrch bicn said she.
| and away she went. liasSan looked u,,,,
her hex till she reached the door, and ,t,,u
lay down 10 sleep, which he would not be-
lore havc done on any account: for he was
really gallant toward, his fair visitor.
Next nnrnln@ nbnnt The time when NEdIlc
! NJ. had hcen used to come, Iias,ap rn,,s.d
up licked himself, walked good hu,nuredl,
round ana round, presently Stood still, then
lay down III Various attitudes. got up again,
'nrnrd lid wound hi,,srif round like an
acadcmic model, and al i.sl raised hiu,el
| on hls hiId legs. locking imInticn,l, ar the
door, AID taking no no ice ot the kccpcrs
"l" spoke rnrcs,iu=ly To him. iIassan
tlicn bc"ainc sury, hOwled in II ir,phriuI
'nhnncr, gna>hrd his teeth llIruuslv Il, his
kcclr'S, and when he was in the mood Ad-
vihcni 'lrd not deem ii prudent to 90 into
Ills cage IN the evening and 10 peri0rm the
usual h.an@uvres with him. H,ssan even
htc less than usual. and contcmpluously
'eIt - tine bune Untouched.
On the following morning, about o o.
clock, there were the same preparatiOns
the same indications, 0i hope aud cxpect:-
ton, 'ti' same Joyous agitation so long as
hc conceived thai She as iikcl, 10 come,
whn>e sweet smile. whoS, lu. civ face, and
whose nIelodiou, voice had made il deep i'm
preston on his tiger heart. tur an hour
atterw ards he become so furious and utrac-
table that AdvIncnt hrgam 10 he alarmed.
lie called therefore upon MtrlIc M.acquain-
ted her with The slate of the case, and re-
quessed her TO visit fiassal, to see il lie
would then he pacihed. Wha, female
" 'u' not have been fiattered by such an
application. She nccrnnpanic.. him. ana
u" sooner had she entered the nncuager,e.
han Has,an was totally chnnse,I-tim 10Y,
lh" lr ,nsporf, of the brute. after his previ-
Gus rage. vas most extraordinary; lac threw
h'mS"lf down Immediately. and laid his
cal on the floor. keeping his eyes stead
tasty fixed ON the lady he then went thro'
all his former fnvorii positions, and did
every thing to deserve her favorable notice,
and Ia d"'ain her as long as possible. Al.
ter staying quarter OF an hour, she leli