The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-01-10

consesTnatiOn Of the class that they could
hardly refrain from langhlng outright
The professor. who could not tell from
whence the sound proceeded Ind thoughs
i rick Of the class. reprovsd them So
versly sAd then continued his lecture
sGendensn. said hs. prepare for brill
lians sSpsrimsal; / will show you most
sratlflg effect er .4.rt
And be did! Hark! there was sud.
den crash . IL every bottle IN the place
had been destroyed at once--a smoke
rose up--thers was terrible howl, that
made the blood csrdle and the marrow
thrill -md through the frail glass IF ath-
er ol Truth! we had mistaken the cage
there ieaped forth, infuriatcd with the Ii
quid which streamed over him-horror
an untamed royal tiger.
No words can describe the consterna.
lion Of the class. Pe:rified by horror
motionless ss-there we sat. Not mus
Gle quivered, so rigid were we with in
tense fear. 1t was our preservation.--
Maddened with pain, the animal rushed
on with terrific bounds, and meeting with
no obstacle, passed down the stairs into
the great hall. There, as he leaped and
rolled and howled in his agony, the ell
dest daughter Of our janitcr, coming with
q message, uawit.iagly entered. She
screamed and fell. The tiger frantic
with the acid which was eating 10 his
very flesh, needed her not. On he passed
and the girl lived. Better had she died
for never again shone the hight of reason
in those vacant eyes. From that forth
she was gibberlng and incurable idiot.
On passed the tiger, on! ou. through the
streets with the populace flying TO every
side for shel,er-past his old prison,
where the keepers stood wondering at
his escape. On he went, while behind
him; before and around him, arose the
mingled cry of man. woman and childrep
l-'she tiger the tiger I"
At the extremity of the main street a
traveller was riding quietly to has house.
!. He heard the noise behind him, and
casting his eyes around saw the cause.
He spurred his orse who started snoring
with terror for he saw the coming OF the
nlg h,y animal as well as his matter. ],
was in vain The tiger noticed not the
man. He only saw the terrified steed.
One leap the distance was just saved
and he pu, his claws into the hind quar-.
ters Il the horse, wl.o unmindful Of his
double burthen, rushed on bearing his
fearful load as if il were hut a feathers
weight. The man received no hurt
With presence Of mind and GOODNESS
most de,e rmined - for Il resulted from
despair---he drew his bowie-knife from
his bosom and with ole stroke Luriea i. ,e
It's hilt 10 the tigers neck. The spinal
marrow of the royal brute was severed
and he died on the instant. But he dld
not release his hold. Still! with hi.
death gripe he clung to his place, hi.
eyes CLASSY and glaring and his claw.
sunk deep into the fesh. 90 wen. the
horse. snor,iny plunging and rearing il
mingled pain and terror Ton he wen
until exhausted by fatgue and loss o.
| blood he ,el prcs.ra,e. Those who came
tha! way an hour after, cautiously enc
siDidly, saw the three stretched together
they stole up-lo the hores and tigel
we're dead, and over their lifeless form,
was the traveller, insensible, though alive
and still grasping in his hand the friend
ly knife.