Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-12-04

from the Yankee Blade J

piece Called tile "CataraCt oil the Iran
ges." most generally got up with .twent!
elegantly caparisoled aud highly 1raine'
steeds, aud fall of forty feet Of real wa
Ter This play was gorgeonsly brongh
out by Barney Wcmyes, at the Walnu
Street Theatre, in Philadelphia, in tn.
winter Of i339---a time of empty treasu
ries-when desperate ca,,ses require des
perute measures. The principal sragediar
at the Walnut at that time was mat
named A. l.. Pickering, an actor of nc
part of The semi barbarian. 1brim Pasctia
One eveiing--the play having reached al
important cri<is--1brim was sleeping OH a
co,,ch, with his face TO the audience. AT
this juucture sore fellow entered who wn.
to carry off captive princess by rope
ladder. After considerable pantotnmic
action, the princess was secured, and the
lover had got her half way up the ladder,
when half intoxicated rowdy IN the pit.
whose patience appeared to be nigh about
wearied out, exclaimed:
Go III thunder with yer foolin,' and
fetch ON yer hosses.
Here tail nountryman, who had been
watching the scene with the most intense
anxiety, sprang to his feet, shook his Glen
ched fist at the rowdy, aud vehemently ex-
claimed;
You d-----d rascal, if you make noise
to disturb the old scolindrel before they get
out, III make you see stars
The roar that followed was tremen-
jous' Pickering laughed until he laughed
himself off the couch. The orchestra
laughed until they forgot to fiddle at the
proper time. The balance of the piece
was ruined for the night. and next day
Withdrawn.
HEARING THE ELEPHANT--There is
such a thing as seeing the Elephant, as
some people know to their sorrow, but
there is also such a thing as hearing him
and pledge you my word that his for
ttssin,o voice is musical when he's mad.
recollec, in the winter of l64l Ray
mond wintered his animals and circus in
Philadelphia. He exhibited the former in
Walnu, street, until business became ex.
ceedngly dull. The Arch Street theatre
at this time was closed and Old Amherst
proposed to Raymond to leave it, aud get
&c. This hint was acted Upon and Sc
ries of gorgeous spectacles' were at once
put in train the first of which was Blue
Beard with all the original music, &c.
Ot course the first night attracted large
audience. 'Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, wen.
the bell, and the curtain arose. 'Clang,
whang, bang went the drum. cymbals
and horns, and, the magnificent procession
entered at the very head Of the stage, aud
with chorus most enchanting, marched to-
wards the foot-lights. At the head of all
was Raymond's immense elephant having
saddle OH his back filed with Turks
aud another Turk on his tusks, down
they came to the lights, when the Turk
on his tusk gave him the word TO turn him.
But it was no 20. MIR, Elephants keen
organs OF vision discovered several apples
lying before the leader of the orchestra,
and he was in for them. But sad mishap.
III reaching over them, a large jet of gas
struck him on the trunk. In an instant
he raised it up, and let out a roar that al.
most shook the building. In moment
the orchestra was cleared, and such a
wreck of fiddles, flutes, &C.. was never
seen before. 1t was long time before
the beast could be pacified; but some of
the musicians have probably never been
in the Arch street theatre from that day to
this.
Cot. AtExANDER.--Her Driesbach, the
celebrated lion tanner, used to have all old
tiger which he called Col. Alexander. The
Colonel was terrible fellow to look at,
aud most magnificent chap TO growl and
roar. When the. eccentric Tom Flynn
had the Walnut he was constantly getting
up. as lie said, something splendid AT
ter having exhausted nearly everything
attractive within his reach. he hired Dries
bach and cage of animals, which fortu-
natcly PUT him OIL his pins again. One
day Driesbach conceived the magnificent
idea Of having himself drawn from the
stage TO the third tier in Cur, IN compa-
ny with his pet tiger, the colonel. Clio
rous ilea.' said Tom Flynn, and forth.
with he ordered the property man to con-
struct the car, and posted off to get a
wood engraving made, sof the terrific as
cent
Well, the evening of representation
came, ard much anxiety was felt by the
audience, apparently made up Of marvel
seekers. The play went off dry, and the
critical moment came. Up went the cur
tain aud disclosed Herr aud the colonel
seated in the gaudy car. They were both
in rampant attitude. the colonel having
Hers arm in his mouth.
Slow music now commenced, and the |
fellows at the willdlass under the stage |
commenced turning aud the car ascended
The sight, in sooth, was
well worth seeing. The act Of taking
snbdued tiger among an audience Of wo-
men and children, was d higiimoral spec
tacle; it beautifully illustrated the power
OF man over the wild denizens Of the for
est. Tn the third tier, Immediately where
the block and tackle was fastened, stood |
a young hoosier from the Far West. He |
was leaning over the tier with at least |
four feet Of his lank body visible. just
AZ the car reached the end of the rope
there was lulI in the music, when the |
back woodsman shouted at the top Of his |
voice:
Gentle mem
In aal instant fesring thai something |
had happened that perhaps the colonel
had crushed Hers arnl-you could have
heard pin drop.
'Gentle-mei,. again shouted he, you.
no doubt. think tllis yere great varuint,
and may be he is, but if Ills claws amt