Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-07
VOL. 7---NG. 30.
an EIcpf,ant Ece.


The following Frencby aneojoie Is fransia-
ted for the Boston Safar1Iy EueHing Ga-
-ettc:
At the last fair at Tarascon there were Of
course assembled troupe of gymnasis. jug
elers, acerobats, and multitude of menage-
/ ries, in one of which was an Asiatic Elephant
remarkable for the largeness of his cars HIS
owner called him Kiouki IL.
Among the aeerobatic troupe was maker
of red balloons, recently so popular IN Eng
| land and America He travelled with the
show, and seduced a couple of sous from the
pockets of many patron Of it by selling him
a balloon.
A countrYman stopped one day before the
meuagerie tent. and entieed BY painted rep
resentation Of the elephant pOid Lis money TO
see him. As;onshed at his size, he asked
the balloon man IS he went out
Does that beast bring forth young, or lay
eggsF
Without moments hesitation. the noun
tebank replied
He lays eggs
Il thought So
And if you wish one. TO afford yen the
happiness Of possessing, under your own roof,
an Individual Of his species, for a franc VIII
guarantee that you shall carry home what no
one else In the country possesses
The greenhoru did not hesitate TO offer his
money. and the acrobat presented red bal
loon
Behold the egg Ihad the honor 10 promise
you. 1t is one franc only-and only for you.
because The Jarein des Planets at Paris bays
all my elephants eggs at six francs apiece. for
the Algerinc expeditions, where they use all
the elephants they can find for the war against
India. 1 chose the Hghtest egg | could find
for you, that YOU might not wait FOO long for
il to batch. It's mother having already sat
upon It many days, il viii suffice you to wrap
it up in wool and lay it in q dry place, 10 Oh
tain without expense and without effort, the
magnificent Asiatic product which 1t contains.
Astonishing! bGt how in regard to suck
ling him?'
q1adrupcd nourishes him Lacking a COW.
SOW, or even goat, you can bring him M
yourself on turtle soup.
The courtryman departed, charmed with
his prize, and to keep it safely as possible.
wrapped it in blue cotton handkerchief
which he had bought at the fair for his wife
But il spite of all the care Of which the egg
that bore kioUki ] was the object, IL was
written il the Book Of Destiny that ats pro
prietor should not see II hatehed under his
rocf.
Some little distance from the village where
our countryman resided runs a stream He
approached il for the purpose of imbibing
the clear water. For the purpose Of making
n cup With his hands, he deposited the pre-
eious burden on the ground. He drank free
IL of the water. then rising, turned 10 bis
elephants egg. He looks TO the right aud
to the left, but no egg, He looks above hitn
sees the egg rising higheT-highcr- car
rying with IL his Wife's handkerchief
He believed that the elephant was about
to he hatched, and it was not long after the
egg was out of sight that he returned home
crest fallen. His wife asked him where the
handkerchief was he had promised TO bring
her. Then he narrated the entire adventure
The good woman opened her eyes and cars
and seeing her husbands grief sot only at
the loss of the elephant; but Of the handker-
chief, exclaimed:
Content yourself husband: III lie content
with my black handkerchief, and Pm glad
to know the poor baby hasn't gone oil with
swaddling clothcs!"