Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-11

| TREMENDOUS EXCITNENT-AN ELEPHANT
LOOSE IN THE STREETs.-Yesterday morning
n tremendous excitement was created in the
lower part of Williamshurgh, caused by the
Elephant belonging to Van Amburgh's me-
nagerle becoming enraged and breaking loose
from his keeper. A man had been employed
to bring some shavings to the menagerie.
which were brought in a wagon. The man
| drove into the tent, and while unloading his
wagons the elephant was observed to grow
restless at the sight of the horse which had a
white blanket on. The man was advised to
take his horse away, but before he could do
So the elephant advanced a few steps and
! knocked the man down with blow of his
! trunk, next seized the horse by means of his
! trunk and injured him seriously He next
! seized the wagon. throwing it up in the air
ard breaking it to pieces. His anger was
fully aroused then. and proceeding to the
cage OF the prairie wolf smashed it with his
trunk, releasing him. Next in his mad way
was the cage of n black bear. This cage
was demolished but the bear was chained up
and could not escape. The cage Of the zebra
being next in his way, he pushed it through
the tent and clear through the wall of
small shanty at the back of the tent. Then
leaving the tent he got into the street, pur-
sued by hi keeper and hundreds of people.
none of whom were able to cope with the en-
ragged elephant. He did not molest passers
bv, but seemed to have great aversion to
horses, which he would pursue as rapidly as
he was able, being hoppled with a chain
connecting his tusks with one of his fore
legs. He was finally driven by the crowd
into the stone yard, corner of South Fourth
and Seventh streets Here n number of
workmen were engaged in dressing stone, and
had Just placed upon wooden horses a huge
stone weighing about fifteen hundred tons.
In attempting to get out of the stone yard,
the elephant got caught by his chain to this
stone which checked him. The keepers
gradually approached him with chains to
tasten his legs, but it was not till he had re-
ceived several severe blows with spears that
his attention could b. diverted so as to rem
der 1t possible TO further secure him. FL
nally, he was thrown down upon his side,
where he Law for some time believing and
thrashing about him with his trunk. Ap-
plication was made to Hook and Ladder
Companies Nos. ! and 3, who furnished the
keepers with large hooks. One Of these was
run through one of his ears and twisted
round until the poor animal could not move
his head from pain Of the wound When |
he was perfectly subdnel, he was heavily /
bound with chains, and taken back to the |
menagerie. He is almost covered with /
wounds received from the hooks and spears, |
and it i not deemed safe to Xhibit him for |
a few days, nor would it be safe for his keep /
er 70 approach within sight Of him. 1t is a /
very fortunate circumstance that no person /
was killed by the elenhant, or trampled to /
death in the confusion Of escape; as it is, the |
poor animal is the grdatest sufferer. This is /
the largest elephant that has been exhibited /
10 this rart Of the country, and is the same
that few years since caused such havoc by /
escaping from his cage at Harlom. These /
fits of anger, it is said, occur annually, and /
the keepers have some time been expecting .
some such dem nstration, and kept more |
careful wOtch over him