Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-04-11

: that wakened fearfully the sleeping echoes
Of the night. The animal in the hogshcad
growled, and bis voice came like distant
thunder, SO deafened was it by the wood
in which he lay. His fellows had no in
cumbrance to their voices, and they howled
as clearly as though they had been in their
native forests.
Fearful of being discovered we remain
ed quiet for some time holding our breath
in suspense, But no one disturbed, or
tn )ught of disturbing u.s. The animals
often started chorus of strange noises
during the night, and the keepers thinking
nothing unusual to be the matter, merely
cursed the unruly beasts for destroying
the unity of their rest, and turning back
went to sleep again.
AS soon as quiet was restored, we slit a
hole in the canvass, for we were afraid to
emerge by the aperture which faced the
tavern, rolled our hogshead through the
Yard to the back gate, This we urtastcn-
ed and pass into the road started at a
quick rate for our spot of destinations
Over and over went the hogshead, the an.
imal within growing at the rough treat
ncut he experienced, and we nearly con.
vulsed with laughter at the uncouthness of
the noise which he made.
AT length we reached the back part of
the college, when one Of our party climbed
over the wall and unfastcued the gate, we
rolled in our prize to the back door of the
laboratory, which was tue place where our
professor OF chemistry lecured. We found
that in consequence Of the narrowncss of
IL tI,y,,,o1, H., Iorp1,oI
would not enter. Such being the case, We
were then about to stlrt the animal
through the open door, when an idea more
redoont of fun struck the fancy Of Somers,
Back Of the lecture ro NJ was small ap-
artment containing odds und ends, and
which was not visited, perhaps once a
month. He said rightly, that if we placed
Bruin in this apartment he wouid not be
likely to be discovered until some time dur
ing the noise he would make, attracting at
tcntion, the plot would readily be brought
to crisis. We joined our strength, aud
upon our shoulders up went the hogshead
until it was placed on level with the win
dow. A ght young fellow, the smallest
of the party, climbed up h5istcd up the
window ond slidol tho li' of the cask. We
shook the hogshead violently, but at first
to no purpose. The animal was thorough
ly frightened and lay still, or with only an
occasional groNl. We shook it again and
he started. here was but one possible
mode OF progression, which was right
straight forward--and the bluc gave a
; spring through the window. There was a
crash of glass, a howl, and then the terri
fed animal, crouching in the corner, re-
mainod silent, Ourlittlc companion closed
the sash and loapcd down. We rolled the
hogs head up in to a corner of the yard,
and returning to our respective oms, con
,inucd our rev, Try until near daylight.
1t was about noon when | awoke.
hurried on my clothes, passed a wet towel
around my head, swallowed some soda
water, aud afterwards cup of coffee, and
then fastened to the college. 1t was the
hour of professor of chemistry, and l en-
tered the room just as they had com.
mcnccd to descant upon the subject. The
! class were all wr'pt in attention-eor the
| lecturer was an able man, and was treat
ing upon "Light," matter of interest and
, capable OF beauti 'ul illustration. He haG
, scarcely finished his short and eloquen
!, exordium, before we heard the crash O.
? bottles, and low startling growing in the
: next room. | he professor started, ant
stopped moment, while those of the clas
not in the secret looked at each other il
, astonishment. There was pause of few
5 seconds dur"tion and then the profosso
. proceeded.
h | began to feel alarmed, as I remem
= bered what had been done the night before
h Under ordinary circumstances there wa
/ no danger to be apprehended. The bca
# was tame enough and had been whippe,
C until he had imbibed proper sense of til
o superiority of man. But from the sounds
Q | judged that Bruin had worked himsc
into the room, only separated from us b
IS q thin partition, full of windows in whic
c were kept the various drugs used in illus
Is trating experiments, There were a grea
d many carboys and bottles of acid in tha
5 room, Should he overset any of these, an
their contents touch his skin he would
/. apt to break through the windows Of I'll
1t apartment, and do some mischief before W
1t could secure him. By the looks of my CON
= panions ! saw they entertained the sam
- fears.
|, There was another crash and growl -
5, The professor stopped again, and the cla'
looked around in dismay, Those VIII
$. were acquainted with the cause of I'll
rs noise could scarcely keep their countenanc
II In spite of the alarm under which the
:, labored, there was something so ludicrol
le in the growl, especially when we figure
e to ourselves the coming CONSERVATION {
:. the class, th,t they could hardly refrai
ii from laughing outright, The profcsso
/. who could not tell from whence the soun
proceeded and thought it trick of til
'e class, reproved them severely, and the
,e continued his lecture. "Gentlemen," sal
id he, prepare fer brilliant experiment;
v. will show you a most startling effect.
$. And he did! Hark There was
I'd sudden crash as if every bottle in the plaC
I'd had been destroyed at oncc--a smoke aroi
I'll pp-there was a terrible howl, that mac
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