The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-07-27

lion, the rash intruder Jared badly, and
was aoon in durance vile.
Numerous other incidents Of similar
kind occurred but some "f the most
amusing incidents we,e in connection
with a .sf
THE WAX FIGURES.
Upon the same impuiae which prompts
men. in time Of 6re, 'aoa ding valuable
lyelsing CLASSICS out Of ssree story win
dows and At the, same time tenderly
lower down feather beds, soon sitter the
Museum took fire, . number Of sturdy
firemen rushed into the building r.
carry out the wax figures. There were
thousands ri valuable articles which
might have been saved, if there had
been less Of aolic,tude displayed. for the
miserable eftigies which are usually ex.
hibited under the appellation Of "Wax
Figures" ~
A lit was. n dozen. 6rcmen rushed
into the apartment where they we're
kept, amid a multitude Of era wling
snakes, cha,,ering monkeys and escaped
par"qncts. The Dying B,igand'' was
nnceresnoniot,sly, ,throttled and dragged
toward the door liberties were taken
with the tearfu, "Senori,a.' w:.o had SO
long knelt and 80 cops' an,ly wagged
her dolls head at his side the mules
Of the other bandi,s were upset and
they themselves roughly ronshly seized
The full length statue Of P. T. Bar.
mum, the Prince Of Humbngs, fell down
Of its own accord, as if di>ynsted with
the whole affair. Aired 'sh,r,ed A~eman
seized with either hand franklin Pierce
and James Buchanan by the Goa, col
lars, tucked the Prince Imperial Of
France under the arm and The Yelled
Murleress under the o,he-, AMI cooly
departed for the street. Two ragged
boys qnarrcled over a Tom Thnmb,
but ai length settled the controversy
by one of them taking the head. the
other satisfying himself with the legs
below the knc.s. They evidently had
Tom under their thumbs, and intended
tn keep him down. While a curiosity
seeking policeman was garroting Ben
j.min Franklin withlhe idea Of ahinct
ing him, small monkey, flung from
the window sill bv the strong hand "f
an impatient fireman, male = straigh,
dive, hitting la,or Richard just below
the waist coat, and passing th' ough his
stomach ~ neatly ~ the u.,l qnin in
the Green Monster pant"m.me ever
pierced the picture, with the slit in il.
which always hangs so conveniently low
AM near. .,.E
Patrick Henry had his teeth knocked
out by a flying missile, aud in carrying
Daniel l.amber. dowp ,sf.its, he. was
found 70. hui so large tha, they had 10
break If his head in order TO get him
,hr"uglA the door. M -
At length the heat became intense,
the 'fiygers" began 10 p.rsrire freely,
aud the swiftly appro .ch.ng 6.ncs
all h hanJs Il. d .siS, from any
further attempt At rescue.
THROWN. = parting Il nce behind as
we passed ,luwn-tht. si.slrs We saw the
d'gniiaries il strange,
plight Some enc had stuck cigar in
Gen. Washing'on's mouth, anl thus.
with his chapean CRASHED down owe,
his eves. ard his he-s1 reJl'nirs npsn'
he ample lap iof Moll Pitcher. the
Father Of his Camtry' led lie van Of "a
sorrow'fnl hsni ofpatris'S AZ nat ct en-
comes within ones experience 10 see
Gen. Marion was Wayin. \ dummy
game Of poker with Gan. Lafayette !;
Gov. Morris was having set to with
Nathan Lave, and James Msiiaon was
Dn.ch polka with Madam
Roland on One arm aud Lucrs,ia B.rgia
on the other. The next moment the
flames compelled Us 10 re.
tire 2 Q N
W. believe that all the living curiosi
lies were saved, butt E
X yArwpfy.
Mrs. Anna Swann, vas only rescued
with the utmos, difSpnliv. There was
not door through which. the bulky
frame could obtain passage I. was
likewise feared that the stairs would
break anwn. even IL she should reach
them. Her hst friend the living skele
ton, stood by her mr. hong ~, lie dared,
bn, them deserted her, while, a. the
heat grew IN intensity. tbs persp;rstion
rolled from her face ihiu,le brooks and
vivul.,a. which pa,tsred mu.ioaily upon
the flsDos. Al length, ae hal sesork,
the employees Of the p'ac. procured .
lofty. dsrriuk,. which fortunately har.
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