The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-17

Museum. The crowd felt much disappoint.
ed 81 finding no kangaroo, and = general
exclamation Of sold" was uttered by the
spectators. -
At l:3O o'clock 8 cry burst from the con-
course which stood in the square ct Fulton
and Vesey streets, that a woman was being
saved from the fire. Curiosity was On tip
toe to discover the lady, and behold the OPP
Grafton by which she Wss saved from a ter
rible death. The crowd did not h"Ve 10
wait long TO witness the coveted scene of
sacrifice and gsllantry, for s lady, attiredin
q pink dress, vas h&ded down from story
to story BY parties inside. The form waved
10 and fro as if in 3 faint, and the assem-
blage became moro and more interested in
her fste. AS It was lowered, loud cheers
arose from the multitude, who rushed, de-
spite the efforts Of the police. to see the wo-
man. They were, however, doomed to dis
appointment, for the woman proved to be
one of the valuable wax figures which
stood near the well known f0rm OF Daniel
Lambert the giant, and the somewhat ba-
BY face of Lord Byron. The involuntary
deception created great merriment among
the people.
TIE LOSS.
By this fire probably a thousand persons
sre thrown out of employment. From
fifty to q hundred thousand curiosities and
sights of all sorts were destroyed and the
most valuable portion of the city is laid
waste to be rebuilt, We hope, in better sort
in s manner commensurate with the
business character of this part of the me-
tropolis.
The crowd did not think of this, how
ever. They were incessant in their cries
of " boiled whale" "frisd snakes" abroil-
ed monkey and HroRst elephant" thus
displaying 8 sort of 9an1in wit and 8 per-
feet familiarity with the contents of the
Museum. "Throw me out of the canoes"
or GPitch me the boa. constructor, I wants
it for a tippet," Or How are you, learned
seal ?" provoked continual laughter.
q FAT WOMAN.
The fat lady, Miss Rosins D. Richard
son, weighing, in her obesity, over 900
pounds of adipese matter, escaped from
danger, under the care of two energetic
attaches of the Museum, and wa taken TO
the Mercury Office painting and perspiring
from fright and the intense heat Of the
flames, and the warm temperature of the
July sun. She remained at the Mercury
office until a late hour in the afternoon,
when she was transferred to Powers Hotel,
in company with the giant girl and the
CircsssiSn lady. She lost all her personal
effects, escaping in q sort of'semi dishabitLs.
When sll danger was past she became
quite vOluble, and related her experience 10
q creWd of wrspt and attentive listeners.
THE NOVA SCOTIA GIANTEss.
The Novs Scotia giantess, Miss Anna
Swan, being of q more active disposition,
msde better Roadway and reached the hs-
ven of safety, the Sun Office, at an early
hour, without scratch or damage of any
kind. She also lost her wardrobe and
about two hundred dollars in gold coin,
which was placed for safe keeping in a
trunk in her private room in the Museum,
Miss Swan is q rather lsdy-like parsonage,
over eight feet in height, and when walk
ing has rather p crushing effect on sIl sv-
ersge beholders in size and bulk. She was
dressed in q g%rensdine robe, trimmed with
green ribbon, and did not appear at all
frightened or put out in her manner. She
is stoppingst Power Hotel for the present.
THE ALLIGATOR N WHALE.
The tanks in which the alligator and
Wuhio WtI6 IL were DrOkou Opnn IN
order to food the building with water, and
by that means stay the raging element (;
and, Of course, the animals being de-
prived of their natural element, they be-
came rather unmsnageable, aud fioundered
~hA'It in vary Qngraceful manner. The
whale, it is said, before exPiE4-gB--Auant
TO q series of dismal and distressing eroans
almost human in their similitude. The re.
preventative Samson, despite his sesly sal
smsnder back and shell, had to succumb,
and went the way of all animate things.
The huge snakes who were wont to terrlfy
the souls of verdsnt eountrymen and their
curiosity-seeking families, became tame
and social in the presence of the devouring
monster, and after q few writhing springs
and jumps, their troubles we're ended.
DISTINGUISHED SPECTATOR.
Ganersl- Hooker and staff, with nume-
rous other dignitaries now stopping at the
Astor House, witnessed the c~onfsgration
from the windows.
THE sPous.