The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-08-25


teret. aud capable q beautiful ilIus-
tra,ion. He had soary : finished bis
short and eloquent exefdiam. before
Ne heard a crash Of bottles, and a low,
startling growing IN che next room.
The professor started, aad stopped a
moment. Alile those of tie olass net
IN the secret looked a each other IN
asiouishmeat. There was pause Of
a few seconds duration, and then ihe
professor proceeded
! began TO feel alarmed, as ] re-
membered What had BON done the
night before. Under erg eifci,n-
staaooa ale uas 10 siasi i'es b ~ ar.
pretended. The bear was tame
enough and had been whipped until
he bad imbibed a proper sense Of the
superiority Of man. But from the
sounds, ] Judged that Bruin had work
ed himself into the room, only separa-
ted from US by thin partition, tull Of
windows, in which We kept the yari.
Gus drugs used in illustrating expert
ments. There were great many
carboys and bottles Of acid in that
room. Should he oycrset any Of these,
and their contents touch bis skin he
would be apt TO break through the
windows Of the apartment, and do
some mischief before we could secure
him. BY the looks Of my companions
! saw they entertained the same fears.
There was another crash aud growl.
The professor stopped again, and the
class looked around in dismay. Those
who were acquainted with the cause
Of the noise could scarcely keep their
countenance. In spite Of the alarm
uuder which they labored, there was
something 50 ludicrous in the growl,
especially when we fgred to our
selves the coming CONSERVATION Of the
class that they could hardly refrain
from laughing outright. The proies-
sor, who could not tell from whence
the sound proceeded, and thought it a
trick Of the class, reproyed them se-
yerely, and then continued his lecture.
Gentlemen said he, prepare for a
brilliant experiment; ! will show you
a most startling effect"
And he did Ilark there was sud-
den crash, as if every bottle in the lab
oratory had been destroyed at once IA
smoke rose up--there was a terrible
b )wl that ma & I C bio d ctr le nd lhe
marrow thrill-and, through that trail
glass Father Of Truth we had mis-
taken the cage--there leaped forth,
inluriatcd with the burning liquid
which streamed over him horror
an untamed royal Tiger!
No words can describe the conster-
nation Of The class. Petrilied by hor-
Observation-Disclosures we sat. Not
muscle quivered, 50 rigid were we
with intense fear. 1t was our preser-
ration. Maddened with the pain, the
animal rushed on with terrific bounds,
and meeting with no obstacle, passed
down the stairs into the great hail.
There as he leaped aud rolled, and
howled in his agony, the eldest daugh-
ter Of our janitor, coming with a mes
sage, unwi;tingly entered. She
screamed and fell. The tiger, frantic
with the acid which was eating to his
very flesh, needed her not. On he
passed, and the girllived Better had
she died, for never again shore the
light Of reason in those vacant eyes
From that day forth she was glib
bering iucurable IDIOT.
On passed the tiger---on on
through tile streets, with the populace
flying to every side for slielter-pasi
his cid prison, where the keepers stood
wondering at bis escape-on he went
bound after bound after bound, howl
ing, screaming with agony, On b,
went, while behind him, before ant
around rose the mingled cry Of men
women and children" tie tiger tn,
tiger"
AZ the extremity Of the main street
a traveller was riding quietly TO hi,
home. lie heard the noise behin,
him, and casting bis eyes around, say
the cause. lie spurred his horse
who artel, snorling with terror, TO
he saw the coming OF tie mighty ami
anal as well as lis master. II was il
vain. The tiger noted not tie man
He only saw the terrified stced.-
One ieap--the distance was just savel
and be struck his claws into the hinr
quarters Of The horse, who, unmindfl