The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-16
Herr Driesbach and his Lion,

The Galena QlI) Courier publishes a
letter fom correspondent in lPotso, Wis,
. who says: Tired oftllis itinerant and
licncdick life, about three years since, the
Herr took to himself one oflhe most intel.
ligcnt and ;miable of the Buckcvc daughters,
anI removed to this place, where he had
purchased himself Il beautiful farm, and
where has ,clircl TO cultivate the earth
and make for llimsclIa pleasant home"
Since then the Lion Tanner has visited
! Dubuque; and the editor Of the Express of
that city gives the following interesting
! recognition:
Last evening wc, with two companions,
walked up street with very worthy Glrmrr
from within one mile Of po,oSi, Wisconsin.
who talked about his pigs, geese. and ducks, ;
and with what success he titled hi, farm
AS all instance Of his successful till he stated
that lie sold the product from fliy feet
square Of his farm, Of which he kept an
account, for fort. hrcc dullas. Hence
may be seen that this farmer, Herr Dries t
bach, has some skill as well as pride in his
farming. Oar chief Object in ,akin" this
walk WAS that the Herr dc$i,cd us to wit
hess meeting between himself and old
pets OF the mcnagcric, which he had not
srcn for more than Il Year, and which, of
course, We were most anxious TO witness TO
see whether timc,trav and change had
"blitcratcd from their rcrollcc:ions their old
nl;Sters. On entering the canv:ss, which
was before the audience began to collect,
Herr desired us 10 stand before the care of
the Bengal tiger, he remaining ut the door
the while. This tiger, from some old sore,
had just rs old grud &c against him AMI
days of yore manage To- give marked dc
mon~ration of the fact This ca"e WAS
selected for the first lest Of recognition.
While We were stationed Immediately in
front, Herr came sanntcring along earelrsslv,
hahitc'l in IL farmers costume, and rs ie
ncarcd the cage the tigers eyes began to
GllScn with great briliancy us they bore
directly upon him, and ut the same time, a
low cultural growl began to raise in his
throat, which burst out into Il icrocious howl
as he lcapcd at the bars to get at him when
he passed hy. This experiment was tried
several times with the same result, and when
at length lIerr spoke to him, his rage knew
no bound, lcaping ut the bars, he dashed
his paws out to tear him, and only ceased
when his old ma>lcr walked out of his sight.
he next place we were desired TO re-
move to was the llISc cage containinya 81 large
lion, two lcopards and lioncss. We
mention them thus us it is the order in which
they stand in the cage, it being dvidci
into apartments. AS Herr approached this
cage the lioncss caught sig lit Of him, and
her eyes tramcd with pleasure, while her
tail waggcd glad recognition. On his
coming up to her she appeared frantic with
joy, and when he spoke TO her and pre-
scltcd his face 10 the cage, she kissed him,
aud placed her paw in lis hand with all
the air of an intense satisfaction.
Indeed, while lie WIS in her presence,
she did not know how to control herself,
but would lick his hands while he attempted
to pat her, roll over, reacl, out her paws to
him and press hcrno between the bars as
though she would like To have had a closer
presence. While Herr WAS talking TO the
lioness, the old lion in the other cu, of the
cage began to get jealous and grumblcl. for
he. too, had recognized his old friend.
Herr said to him, BILLY, getting jralous."
aud then walked up 10 him, when the crca-
ture crowded against the bars to get closer
to him if it were possible, and kissed his
face aud licked his hands Will, rs great
demonstration of delight rs the other.
The lv"ptds, too, in the same cage knew
their oil master, and watched him rs they
lay with their nose close to the bars with
evident p pleasurc, and seemed highly pleased
us he spoke to them.