The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-07-27
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The New York Tribune, in its leng thy
account OF the destruction Of BArnum'l
Museum, on the 18th inst, detail.
among others the following incidents
40 interesting in their la,ure and
humorous 10 their description, that w
think they will we'll repay perusal:
u FREAKS OF MONKEYS, ETC.
A namber of the b,rds which wers
Gagged ia the upper part of the building
we're get free by some charitably in
clin-d person at tho first alarm Of frc
Al intervals they flew out. There were
many valuable tropical birds--parrots
of All sizes and manifold co!ors, parro
quets, cockatoos. mocking birds. hum
ming birds. etc., a. well as some vni
'nres and eagles, and one candor.
Great excitement existed anon. the
swayine crowds in the streets below as
they took wing. There were confined
in the same room serpent, whicn also
obtained their liberty; AMI soon after
the rising and, devouring flames began
% enwrap the entire building, splendid
and emblema,ic sight was presented 10
the wondering and up.gazing ,hrongs.
Bursting through the central easement,
with h,p Of wing and Ia.hing coils ap
peared an eagle and serpent wreathed
in fight. For . mo nent they hung
p,ised IN mid.air, presenting novel
anil terrible conflict. It was the Earth
and Air, (pr :heir respective represcn
.tativc-) vt war for mastery. The base
and the lofty, the groveler and the
soarer, were engaged in deadly battle.
Al length the fiat head Of the serpent
sank, his w,i,hing. sinnous form grew
still, and, waited upward hy the cheers
Of the gazing multitude, the eagle. with
scream Of triumph, and bearing his
prey in his iron talons, SCARED toward
the sun.
Several monkeys escaped from the
burning building TO the neighboring
roofs aud strcets; = cOnsile, able ex
citement vas caused by the attempts to
secure them.
One Of the mos, amusing incidents
in this respect was in connection with
Mr.. James Gordon B.nn-,t. The We
;eran editor Of the .Hcrali" was sitting
in his private office, with his back to
the open window. calmly discussing with
a friend the chances that The "Her sld'''
establishment would escape the conAa
grafton, which at that time was ,hrea
trnincly advancing mp Ann at. toward
Nassau In the course nf his conver
saliop. Mr. Rennct observed: "Hnwev.
er. shengh | have nsn,llv had good
luck III cases Of Are, they say ,ha! the
devil is ever 1t ones shoulder. and"
Here an exclamation f,nm his friend
interrupted him, and tuning quickly.
he was considerably taken ahack A.
ss.elug the devil, or something very like
him, at his verv shoulder As he spoke
4 covering his .qraninl'y, with the
ease ant suatitt which i lsusl with
will, htm ~ all company. Mr. Is. vas
about to address the intruder when he
perceived that that what he had taken
for The genleman III black Was nothing
more th,n Heightened ourang ou,ang
The poor creature but recently released
from captivity. and doubtless thinking
hat he might fill some Vacancy in the
editorial corps ot the paper in question
had descended by the water pipe and
instinctively taken refuge in the inner
eanctum Of the establishment Of che
Office. sae j
Although the editor-perhaps from
the fact that he saw nothing peculiarly
stran.e in the visitation-1aoon regaincd
h,s compos,ure, j. was far otherwise
with his friend, who immediately gave
the alarm Mr.. Hudson rushed in, and
boldly attacked the money, grasping
him by the throat. The book editor
next came in, obtaining . clutch upon
tho brute by the ears the mns,cal
critic followed, and seized the tail With
both hands, and a number Of reporters
armed with ink stands and sharpencd
pencils came next, followed BY dozen
policemen with brandished clubs At
the same time, the engineer in the base
ment received the prtconcertcd signal,
and got ready his hose. whrrewith 10
pour boiling hot water ~ on the heads
Of those IN the street, iiA a,sse II should
prove regular, systr na,,zed tack by
gorillas, Brazilian apes, and chimpxn.
zecs.
OppascIto ,llis, formidable comb;na-