Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-01-13
Awful End Of the Arch I5unlbug.

1t VIII he recolleeted that, at the sale OF his wild
animals q few days since, Mr.. T. |. BIN
bid III one Of the elephants, with the intention OF
Working the animal upon his farm. The intention
/ lie partially carried out, aud the passers by OF
| " lrallstan," his castle or castor, have been
much amused during the past few days at witness
ing the unwieldly animal engaged i'll various do
nestle duties, such as bringing water, hanging out
| clothes, pulling celery, picking up chips, &c. In
these empoyments the creature has evneed no III
disposition to aboring for its human employer, but,
| on the contrary, has frequently when relieved at
noon, been noticed to take up Il bucket or a rake
and 90 through the exercise of drawing imaginary
water, and gathering suppositlous chips. Indeed,
so entirely tractaJc had the elephant become, that
he was suffered to roam about the pastures III
company with the other cattle, until the death OF
fine short horn steer from fright and the loss of
Morgan colt which ran Itself entirely blind and
continued running until it dropped down moribund,
made it necessary to contine the elephant to a
| stable.
The day before yesterday an cid debtor OF
| BIS failed, and B was obliged to
take some of his property On his claim Among
! the lot machine for the manufacture OF
wooden oats intended to be Of service when the
Reciprocity Treaty should come into effect. This
machine was in perfect working order, and was
tried the day it came home-the yield of imitation
oats amounted to forty bushels, and which were
| stored III the barn.
On taking the elephant out OH Saturday, it was
discovered that he rot good natllred usual,
throwing his trunk about and utteIing cries of an
ger The driver attempted to force him to bis
work, when he turned upon him, seized him by
his ample Oriental trowsers and quickly dropped
| him in the WELL whence he with difficulty
treated. The elephant then started off for the
| pasture where he encountered a drove of cattle,
which he tossed in all directions In bis mad ca
| reer ne overthrow a smoke house, demolished
threshing machine, turned over a stage coach full
of passengers, and finally ran into the river where
he remained all day, attempting to pull down the
abutments Of the bridge. Not succeeding in this,
he seemed to be char !.rncd, and went sulkily to
| his stable at evening.
| In the course of the evening Mr.. b went
to the stable accompanied by the 1nahout who
had received no injury beyond ducking, and the
two attempted to lead the elephant out. Seeing
Mr.. B, the creature made at him, pinned
| him to the floor, and with terrible cries tramplcd
him until there was no life left in his system!
| The cause of the animals anger has been ex-
| planned. Mr.. B, whose success in hum
bugsing the public has been so great, presumed
too far upon the gullbiility of the elephant He
had fed him with the imitation oats The ANIMAL
| in his rage at thus being deceived, sought his re-
yenge!
The elephant has fed, and the whole town is in
| CONSERVATION. The funeral of Mr.. b will
be attended tomorrow His manuscript biography
will be buried with hm.-Batalo Democrat.