Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-08-02
URBANA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST. g. 1865

: a moderate allowance toqueneh his thirs
n during the same length Of time. Wit
r, these facts before him, who can wonde
Z, at the despair which seized that unfortu
i nate gehtletnah renowned in story who
e once upon a time, won an elephant il
s rattle? In this estimate I make 10 &c
D count of the gingerbread and apples tha
: he made way With, as lis Supplies o
5 those delicacies were graduated BY tbt
J liberality and peeuniary resources Of hi.
juvenile admirers. An incident illdstra.
tive of his taste for confectionery will
not be out Of place in this cOn1ection.-
At Tif6n, Ohio, several years since, a
candy peddler, who was following the
menagerie, made a contract With a con-
fectioner to replenish his wagon with a
fresh stock of gingerbread and candies.
The tradesuan kept his oven going all
night long, and, before daylight, the
wagon was filed TO its Utmost capacity.
As the morning air waited the ordor of
the steaming gingerbread toward Hanni-
bal, who was chained to a stump near by,
the temptation presented for an indul-
gence in his favorite luxury proved too
strong for his powers Of self-denial, and.
pulling up the stump by the roots, he
marched up to the wagon, smashed it to
flinders, and gobbled down, before he
was Interrupted, no less than six thous-
and gingerbread cakes, seventy pounds |
of assorted candy, and forty pounds of
French kisses" It has always been
question amongst those who we're on the
spotWhel this depreciation was discovered,
which was the most sublime spectacle
the oomplaeency Of Hannibal after hay |
ing gone through the establishment, or
the frantic despair Of the peddlgr upon
discovering the extent Of his loss.
The last noteworthy incidents in the /
life of Hannibal were connected with the /
closing scenes of the great rebellion. In /
the great procession which took place 7
last March in honor of the Union veto |
ries, Hannibal had the left of the Iine.-i
Van Amburgh & Co. placed him, as well |
as his companion TippoC Saib, in the
at the special request of the
Committee Of Arrangements, both ap-
propriately decked with American flags
and other national emblems, but aoa6om
my plaeards or other advertising devices
of the shop"-an exhibition
If good taste which was not generally
ollowed on that occasion. 1t will be
ecollsot6d that elephants were Usually I
prominent features in the tridmphs p
warded toconquerors in the days of the }
conan empire. Hannibal was parading t.
he streets of Washington with the l
lenagerie when the news Of the taking b
f Richmond arrived in that city. On VI
eaching the War Department buildings - =
e was made to kneeI down, and he re- Il
lained in that position while the band {
layed several patriotic airs in honor of H
le event; Hannibal manifesting by. the "
ravity Of mis- department an evident ap- q
Of the significance of the occa- Ii
on. While passing through Maryland. hi
4 his way to Washington, an ancient 4 u
olored lady, who had never seen an ele- it
hant; met him on the road, and throw So
Cup her hands inadmiration, exclaimed:
Bre8s de Lord, what tings dey do get
p for dis war;" The old lady took him tn
T new Yankee invention, and very tu
kelly will go to her grave in the full be- J..
of that she had seen with her own eyes ma
e terrible engine which gave the finish all
g touch to the rebellion.
Van Amburgh & Co. offered the hide =,
d skelton of Hannibal to the Commits Of
,ners of the Central Park and the gift n1r
IS accepted. It was found impossible. O.,
wever, to secure the skin in a state
table representation The body was ?
ried but when the proper time has ar
ed the skolton will be disinterred and
1t to the Park, where, from its ex- We
ordinary size, as well as from the tioT br
5orioty attaching to the animal while ar92F
ing, it will always be an object Of
'iosity and interest to visitors. t
tisi1