New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-23
Whipping a Lion.


sionaly, and by this time We're visited by old Nat
Wheatley, jolly, weathel.beaten boatman, well
known in Baltimore as an nyeterate joker, who never
let any get to the wndward OF him. lie was further
more sufferer of the first class.
Nat visited the menagere. AS he entered the
Snowman was stirring up the monkeys and torment
ing the lion, giving elaborate descriptions Of the
various propenstes and natural peculiarites OF each
and all. .,...,t H. 4.=
"This, ladies and gentlemen, this, say, is the
Afrikin lion. A noble beast he is ladies and gentle
men, and is called the king of the forest; | have
often heard that he makes nothing OF devourng
young creatures, of every description, when at home
in the woods. Certing it is that no other beast can
whip him.
M minister" interrupted Wheatley, "d-do you
say he cant be wwhiwhippedW
q / duzn says the man Of lions and tigers.
What w-will you b-b.bet l c-can't fetch crtter
whatll whip him ~
81 Amt a bettin' man at all, but don't object to
taking a small bet to that effect"
"Ill b-bet | c.can fetch something thatll whip
him. Wha-at ssay you to h,hundred dollars !"
Now there were several merchants in the crowd
who knew Wheatley well, and who were fully con
WINGED that if the bet made he was sure of win.
ming. So he had no difficulty in finding hackers,
one of whom told him he would give him ten gallons
of rum if he won. The menagerle man glanced al
his lion There he crouched in his cage, his shaggy
name bristng and his tail sweeping the very picture
of grandeur and majesty. The bride was tempting,
and he felt assured.
| Certing, sir, certng; have no objection to old
Hercules taking a bout with any cretur you may
| fetch.'' ..
"V-v,very w-well," said Nat a it's a bbet."
| The money was planked, and the next night was
| designated for the terrible conflict. The news was
| spread over Baltimore, and at an early hour the
| boxes of the spacious theater were hled-the pit
being cleared for the fray.
Expectation was on tiptoe, and it was with great
| Impotence that the crowd awaited the arrival OF
| Wheatley. He at length emerged, bearing a large
bag or sack on his shoulders which, as he let it fall
on the floor was observed to contain some 1emar ka-
| bly, hard and heavy substance. The keeper looked
on with Indignation.
where's your animal ~ he inquired
"Thth-there," said Nat pointing with his finger
at the log
| establishment
Th-that, l-lladies and gentlemen" said Nat ges-
ticulating like the Snowman, sis wh.wh-whimbam.
per!''
50 A whmbamper ~ echoed the keeper. " That's
certainly new feature in zoology and anatomy. A
whimbamper! well, let him out and clear the ring, or
old Hercules may make mouthful OF both OF YOU
The keeper excited. Accordingly Nat raised
the bag, holding the aperture downwards and out
rolled huge swapping turtle, while the cheers and
laughter of the audience made the arches ring.
"There he is" said Wheatley, as he tilted the
.'whimbamper" over with both hands and set HIM on
his legs. The snapper seemed unconscious of his
peril Wheatey was about leaving the ring when the
keeper swore that his lion should not disgrace him
self by fighting such pitiabe foe.
every WELL said Nat, "f yy-you ch-chose to give
me the hhundred dollars"
!" But it is unfair y cried the Snowman.
The audience nterposed and insisted upon the fight.
There was no escape, and the Snowman reluctantly
released the lion, making him secure to the top Of
the cage.
The majestic beast moved slowly around the ring,
snutfiing and lashing, while every person held his
breath in suspense. Lions beasts, and this one
was not long in discovering the turtle which lay on
the floor a large inanimate mass. The hon soon
brought his nose in close proximity to it, which the
turtle not liking, popped out its head and rolled
his eyes, while sort of wheeze issued forth from his
savagerous mouth. The hon jumped back, turned,
and made spring at the turtle which was now tully
prepared for his reception. As the lion landed on
him the turtle fastened his terrific jaws the lions
: nostrils rendering him powerless to do harm yet
with activity of limb he bounded around the circle
rrowed roared and dashed himself but the snapper
! hung on, seeming to enjoy the ride vastly.
lego it, whimbamper!" cried Wheatley from the
boxes.
The scene was rich The Snowman was no less en-
ragged than the lion. Drawing pistol he threatened
Nat that if he did not take his turtle off he Woulc
' shoot him. ...
At this critical moment, by dnt of losing portion
: of his nose the lion shook his dangerous foe from
him and clearing the space between himself and thu
" cage with bound, he SUNK quietly in, to chew th
J cud of his defeat and pain.
-. 1t was far fight all declaring that the !" whlm
~ hamper" was the victor The next morning he car
. red his turtle to market and sold him. So this val
Il liant champion after cOnqueriDg the king OF beasts
; served to make dinner for Baltimore eplcures
+ -~~4~---
l GEN. WAsHINGroN's ARTIFICIAL TEETH.-A para
q graph stating that Gen. Washington artilica
teeth has elected the following curious statement:
d That same set of teeth changed not only the coun
tenance but the character of Washington, as the lat
l. ter is generally understood. Everybody has noticed
:, the marked difference between the " Stuart AM
the "Trumbulln portraits. The latter is by far tn
most spirited and martial looking face, yet for som
reason or other it has never been the popular ayorte
The popularity of the Stuart picture is the ,cide IN
o enpressipe gTandmotheriy mouth, which one sees
this day in all the engravings. But this face was no
Westinghouse but was an exaggeratlon, or distortio
rather produced by his artificial teeth, which enmre
II changed the expression of his cOunenance giving
certain look of maternal bengnity that IS not oun
T. in the Trumbull likeness painted before the DENTS
Is had earned his Five hundred dollars, by job who
y though very well in those days. would now be reckon
u ed a bungling piece of workmanship. These iact
II ~ though have not seen them in any biography
u Washington are well authenticated as his patro
le ism or consummate generalship. Trumbu and Stua
were accustomed to talk of the matter together al
er in the correspondence Of the latter there is an ausic
H. to the artificial teeth, and the striking change the
le- made in the appearance Of the wearer 1t may
III, owing to the fact that the American people like
Gu contemplate the genter qualities OF Washington rat
NJ er than the stern and heroic virtues that they ha
"a, always considered the dentists portrait as the tn
nc one though in TRUTH it is false as the teeth whit
&C. distort it. The fault was not Stuarts, who paint
7u his illustrious sitter as he found him. but he had t
ny misfortune to attempt the heros likeness n spite
- his teeth and the result was SUCH as HllSnl DC
Lis pacted
er- PLEASANT CoMpIIMENTs--We find the follow
Ell in the New York Mirror. 1t is excellent specm
o." of a very thorough style of pen-sashing We canr
int remember of ever before having seen quiet, gent
oil manly editor like Fuller, pitch in" so feroclom
~ and to the purpose
on. Poor Old Bpanett-The toothess old viper of
III. Herald who has been nine times publicly kick
ha kuffed kained, kowhded and spit upon, and wh'
irh malice seems to grow with imhecility and age,
,ho again hurting his vernacular bingsgate at the
md tors of the Express and Mirror. lie can bring
the charges against us as journalists or as gentieln
and so he attacks our business in his usual wal!
strain of lying blackguardism. But among men
ing sense Bennett has lost his power to nue his cote
Nv porarGs
d Whether it be owing to the fact that the " Do
nd Times y is daily eating into his circulation, tenn
der edar yeratn) or the growing eXpensveuess Of
ted establishment III Paris, or to the increasing lrr
ent bility of old age, we know not; but the maiti
GUS and mbecle dwellings Of thc} Herald lndicat,
her mental corroson arising from an acid dispositi
my that is truly melancholy to see in such a piece
ARE grey niquty as Bennett, now that he Is totter
me on the verge Of three score and ten.
ESQ, Personally, the cynosute of contempt where
Ner. known eLtorally, despiscd by all honest men
and feared only by guilty cowards the betrayer OF
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