Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-01-08
q Nt,nsnromS Skftri,.
THE iiANINIaL SHOW.

ne following sketch, taken from the Ala.
baina Journal, of few who really did see
the ELEPHANT is by the graphic feather of
johnson j. Hooper, native of the old North,
but now practising Law in Chambere and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. We consider
him, next TO Longstreei, the best delinea,or
OF country life, manners, and customs:
The monoony Of our village life was
agreeably broken, on last Monday, by the
advent Of Raymond's Mensgerie. Not the
Juveniles only, but the whole adult popnia.
ton, male and female, within five miles Of
the Court House, were alive with excitement.
The North wind was cutting as note shaver,
bu, in spite of that and the supposed scarcity
Of coin the 'davilion' was thronged. more
motely assemblage never saw--,he ami
mails were nothing in the comparison--and
in point of decorum the spectators might
have taken lessons from the Grizzly Bear. -
It was the only pnbIic assembly that ever
heard of in the country which the presence
of ladies did not control into propriety Of
speech and manners Even the professional
beast tanners themselves. Mr.. and Mrs
Schaner, failed TO subdue The rampant ami
mails outside the cages.
+ The Elephant was the great point of at
traction, as usually. Many were the remarks
elected by its immence size and dociliiy.
Il want his hide and frame for corn crib,'
said fellow from Pan Handle Beat.
Save me his ears for skerts 10 my old wag-
in saddle remarked another.
Goodness gracious calculated a salow
girl, with dirty blue ribbon around dirty
yellow neck, was it born.d with that ugly
makethtng stuck to its face I?
DTS got almost the least har TO as much
hide that ever seed quoth Jerry Brumbe
low
'Whar do they raise 'em p asked some
honest searcher after knowledge.
'Not here-not here in this (hc) country
replied Jim McGafley, with woud-be-sober
shake of the head
'Vhar, then
THAT ANIMAL said Jim, who was very
DRINK, that animal wasn't raised in the Is
land (hic) of Ameriky 1t comes all The way
/. from inc ITetdHd'
Give us your hand, my friend, exclaimed
old Tom Martin, with an ironical air, give
your hand for the true words ye're tellin the
boys. Don't you see the creatur's tm?
look at this fui? Sure twas made for the
Bogs of the ould countryn
This thing. tho, is but Il heifer, as ye may
say. What would ye say, il ye could see a
giniwine grown up Airish Bull"
'Satis jam salts = soliliquized corpulent
lawyer, as he walked up, unconscious ainiz-
ing the spirit of Tom Haines' remark on a
similar occasion, made to Tom Jefferson
They adjourned 10 the vicinity of the Ii.
? on's cage
E Why didn't they shurr (shear) that crit,
ter's fore parts, as well as his hind one p ask
ed some one.
I You see,' said his keeper a man with
huge whiskers, and a green blanket coat
he's got a breast complaint, and we were
afraid of Increasing his coll.'
l well be granny did notice he wa'
: hoarse, when he holered, awhile ago.
| 'Whar did he come from, jim 2 said one
of the crowd.
From Ireland, too, be Jabers said old Ton
the lrishman, taking the word out Of Jim
mouth Didn't he McGafeyP
$ Il Judge (hic) did, said Mack.
an take my corpral of it, returned Mar
J. tim the groves of Blarney is full of EN- y
" I" Presently the crowd was ordered back
u ] Al C. IL
> with the lion, tiger and other animals.
: THAT takes Billy's horns clean smooth oi
> to the scull-now don't it?' said Tom Hus
= sey.
II 'Its the first time ever seed the like.
and Pm sixty-five come fall remarked a
10 old gray-headed man.
=. 'ls it a rail woman in The: p asked skeE
:, tical dirt-eater.
l. Why, you see,' said jim McGah'ey, its
ID rale woman, but she's got great sperets.-
Of Some people, tho,' (hic) think these sho'
A people lhic) amt regular human, no how
D, 'No more, and they ai1'' said old Tom
as what are they then q
q 'Airish, 10 be suren
ID well ain'l The Irish human
- Devil the bit of it, responded old ION
,e rhey're all subjects OF the Queen OF 'rea
ST Britain
,e That's (hic) fact said Jim McGafiey
as and the point was settled
!, Mrs. Schafer shook her whip at The 'ige
IN which dashed by her, and crouched in col
ID ner of the cage, growing fuTiousIy,
lie Take care, the bar legs, the old boys raj
ty Ting his chain-as my old woman tells Dick
is when he cries said John Davis.
ds i say, John, observed half worn OF
ne man in a slouched hat-l amt no objectio
as to that woman showin' of her legs that way
but il Betsy was TO-
Let Betsey's name alone you lazy gooC
h, for.nothiag,' interrupted sharp nosed ft
TO male, with ore child in her arms, and ant
Is, ther at her knee, let Betseys name alon'
ry goodness knows! she can get along withoI
es sich notice as lha,.'-'twas the blessed Elz'
fl beth herself-'snd come here and tote Jacl
Here the've been, sorcug!n' and running