Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-02-15

an elephant was worse than useless, so
leaving my howdah. I went to encounter
him on foot. You see, with large tt
ger an elephant only makes a convenient
mark to spring at. On foot you can
watch your opportunity and let the beast
spring over you. Well, he came on sir ;
and I could see by the expression of his
eye that he was aware whom he had to
deal with. He could not have spoken
palmer if be had said, 'Tattle, my boy,
I'm going to be one too many for you
this time !! That's what he meant, and
1 know it. Well, he came on, and I
watched him closely. FIRST Of all he gave
roar that could have been heard at
CawnpOre. Ihad my ouble-barrel ready
cooked; but 1 was not fool enough to
fire then a tiger, you know, always
throws up his head to roar, and what was
my chance of hitting him in the right
place? But 1 kept my eye upon him,
and saw him quail, then, recovering him
self, he took the spring, upon which l
threw myself fat on my face. There was
rush of wind, as if heavy body was
being hurled through the air. The time
had come. The tiger had gone over me
twenty feet. I knew he would turn to
vent his disappointment, and was ready
for him before he could recover himself
for another spring. A bullet in the brain
settled him at once, and the scourge Of
Tarai-not to mention Dude and Rohil-
cund-was no more. do believe how
ever, that I should not have killed him
that time, but that he had eaten village
the day before, and was rather heavy in
consequence. And this is no lie, sir. -
This notable sportsman, I have been
told, was also the hero of the celebrated
story which has been rendered into verse,
under the title of " A New Tale of a
Tub" Getting the animal under bar
rel, he watched till its tail came through
the bung hole. Then, tying that appen-
dage into knot, he could deal with its
owner at his leisure.
IF Tattle had to tell of a storm, it was
such storm as nobody had seen hut
himself
"A storm, sir, such as would have
turned you inside out. You should have
seen all the pine trees blown uP-shoot-
ing around me like arrows-and its no
lie"
He is known to have related the fol
lowing, as incidental to an occasion Of tie
kind.
"This occurred, sir, upon the Calcut
ia course. Martingale, of ours, was dri-
wing out with his wife. The carriage
was overturned. and he had to sit upon
her to prevent her from being blown into
Eastern Bengal AS it was, she was left
so long on the road, exposed to the fury
of the elements, that her hair was turned
pea-green; and her foot and her nose
we're so injured that she was never able
to put either of them to the ground af-
terwards. And this is no lie, sir"
When Tattle could not make an effect
in any other way, be would start a mega
tive popularity, and make point of that.
He was as jealous of his prowess at whist
as at killing men OrtigerS. Thus harm
less man at mess telling of some little tri-
umph the night before. in which trumps
we're concerned, Tattle burst upon him
in this manner:
"Trumps, sir who wants trumps I
have made-more money at whist than any
man Of my rank and standing in the ser
vice, yet never wanted trumps. Why,
sir, I never held a single trump'in the
whole course of my life"
"Surely, Captain Tattle, you must
have held one trump when you dealt"
Most men would have been put down
by this, but Tattle was the more on his
mettle.
"The remark just shows your igno-
rance, sir. Any man who has ever play
ed with me knows-that I always made
a misdeal"
Upon the simplest subjects it was the
same. Somebody remarked in his hear
ing upon breakfast he had been to-a
brilliant affair which had lasted half
day.
Breakfast P' said Tattle "who eats
breakfast2 I never ate but one break
fast in my life, and that disagreed with
me. Not such an ass to try another
Nobody but an idiot would dream of eat
ing breakfast"
The mild man who made the remark
wished he hadn't. The rest of the men
present, who took breakfast every day of
their lives, expressed themselves strong
" in favor of Tattle.
SPLENDID JOHNNY CAKE.-Take one
quart of milk, three eggs, one teaspoon
ful of -four, Indian meal enough to make
batter as thick as pancakes. Bake