New-York tribune., 1866-12-25
THE NrNAGERIE AT BARNUMS.

THE MENAGERIE AT BARNUMS
Persons who were born and who have lived much
IN ool districts know that the arrival Of wild beast show
in those parts was always Of signal importance On
its first appearance in village the whole town useu 70 DO
turned upside down Every dog in it felt himself impeed y
insnct to refrain from food and drink aud sleep W inc
animal. remained in the ncghbohood and to devote himself
exclusively 70 barking his living best II is pleasant to know
the dogs Of the Ezabchan age did just the same Master
slender asks sweet Page whether there orc not bears
i'm tho town because the dogs are barking So NoheIhhl
red among the elderly female persons Of The place Wlth
whom the idea was present OF an escaped lion IN INC
larlcr or b0aconstrcOr In the best bed But u was qn
otherwise with the Youngsters because boys have of lne ot
mart tendency 10 Geological research and The menace re-
allies them 10 extent The WOad, OF WhIh t{ NV
already learned something from their books IL IS
10 ,,v that one can learn about Zoology rom single
visit 10 mcnagcrc than from years poring over DOCKS oIt
there be gain saying tie act ,Aat we" ,t tn
living animals is an important aid 10 ne student
student that scuec His book learning stands MN l EoSa
stead when De comes 70 have personal VIZ =
OF cocsatoo and although such meetings arc more t,ll
garden. where the animals nave some st'pg ol t's
movements than in q close mcnaggic yet there i neh &C.
he Van Amhurch collection, which Is now convenient sT
ranged Tor public inspection upon the floors Of bnmi l
scum and 10 which many and important additions nave
been made since IL last exhibited ia this city.
ON entering meuagcre tie obs'va visitor s oIt 70 ne
rIs In General vay by the air Of proes; with which Che
larger beasts resign thesec' io 'el9 le
loor OF te Museum is what the label calls white lua.ln
Mountain bear The bear IS very obvious Dr not ~ VIC
H very eccentric. bo'okeniug mind 0r less ulhnsel uy
the tedious tragedy OF hte Smaller ilan oaf Own sweet
monster In form and In action. lie SITS or lo1s on hs eH
launches Ike great dog and TGcs himself 10 ana iioas
iaVolya! In tis' Swedish movement cure
Ie sgoi bycna in the next cage reminds ~ ugly
do with human uor upon is mtiE lnt moses bIt Nllh h
bi, feroc,ous looks 2 b. a aTTuHt coward
Two yery magnificent specimens of the Bengal tiger male
and female are thee n tie They are evidently
Young but have already developed INTO ac and hc1y lnd
power which captivity Scoops 20 haze thrown no gilheias
smell
tie whole lar gt ol te cage sometimes throwing tehse
down mdI'ly with tho g'u1eiI a,1"don o. harmless
There are couple Of cub lions hcroyoang American c
en Of African daceutsnd like many such of the Ped race
lon in state Of bondage Abe Ierstiped lyena in the
cage very much 81 trough in "pleaTnc. WIN As
and heavy shoulders Tor more Pleasing han tI ~ Il'
10 look uy0n the two Indian nyir4aus n ile neat c
Beautiful graceful cryltnes are ti@e of ha u incn Z" t'
ties about them common 20 the OK tribe. The specimens
here although remarkably hue ones nave not !eI '"eA'u
One ~ ~, s1cst specimens Of ihe camecopqrd or giraffe
is the lone one tAat lths L're iom ma"gef I',.a % & y"
head nov tantans hungry horse TO be tnAed INTO
very 0try and con,cmptAc iu.iaor of The loiy erlh
s 90 De- sccI JOB o.. sa oi tIe .-9s o' ', ~ yj
KIM gs tbongb he ,rouId say scc what girn am Behold
in me ini tCcradau; % tlc cam.'oplrds male ed
nale tllf formed he principal attraction ln the travelling
show OF old M NolA" Dlguius Origin OF Species Wo4d
be interesting 70 ibis crgciatel goni II De could ht Iend As
OF bis Kind ana ru Dds cousin 'lc aaca ulilcl NLo r n
tie stall ., ao posos ogi -s head aAd sp's and tries
pair of South American oririches who dwell hari ty
have very rilr and winning ways With them lie alnnte
OF these uo binds bears strong general resemblance 20 hn.r
anJ 90 parted with great regularity down t.e middle u The
40 her 90 though that she did mp her back Lr
viii Lcl 0 aad then recuIcd 10 s bow many ey young
d4ois oi Ncw-l ora society would run up mAeA HsSp
bil than tiAt for general fixing ~ hair.
Passing by hc south American lama and Peruvian goats Jet
pause iof moment before The 1curh ihs poor eo" s
lad o both eyes but bis teeth appear 20 be IN excellent work
.ag order ioT he Hlnses without Sri4 n ns i,le gna
tie result is t4ai !cF n'eseieu or ile uIil'g r'Ip'h
slow ily e,eopcd stomach tan ims Jacans oi t!e
zebra stripe Il Is pity Aat the zebra is the untructnbo
donkey nat Ac M Co-d re o1y yam anu iIA.. tt,o
chusc bin Aese WOld be new aud grand attraction Tor
oar friend Of former days the iapir has grown immensely in
and h since last bad The pleasure OF an interview
b g o animal, condition 4 s1parb He has good deal u
growing DO yet however Tor a LIS Layc South American
slider him be- the representation s hemisphere Of tie
elephant belonging 10 Tie other
Taking Oh our hats TO the sacred COW % Bnrmoh who Is
nuucing hay in very worldly manner IN company with
gddy young deer Jet us pause moment 20 contemplate TINS
he i1sty peicans Of is hemisphere part OF their snowy
p.unage unFod with fehcoor which j. the more remark
70 The head where impar's 70 q. Nj Pelican appearance
Of baldness at makc him look very 11payng ana respect
and gaping with their enormous lc l u to be prepared Tor
such a contingency Gs a shower OF fishes.
The hdeous Of qlairurcds In the collection IL the
tures E be- with knobs an oSr hs face Ike those that grow
upon guare9 trees The toea oi the brute arc nearly big
Tic Abys.nan bc1 Is ne young specimen Of L kind but
nearly noble animal a tic that iu the same
show WHOM last here That great mountain goat was stun
c with fngc of hair down nom his breast 10 be-
low ms knees lie died very suddenly
Three potted axis deer nez, invite The observation OF the
visitor theIo IS no beautiful species Of the ccrvne
than The axis which called ti spotted hog deer by
The white Inhabitants Of the British East Indies 10 i easily
domesicool and with care might be accimatlcd 10 tle
latitude Of Central PARK 20 the attractions Of which il would
be pleasing addition
a large mass dragged black hair with slimy flexible
nose pong out nom 10 aud no visible means Of support n TIE
way Of legs constitutes the fauous looking creature called the
nose as Mr. Aremls Ward says and excepting these and
the hair but little eise 70 note with regard to this urene gentle
from Po0nah Not far from lin couple Of cousins Of
his nom Tibet longieg aeiiveooAng beans with very
The Brazilian TigTess is terrible beautiful creature
though could have been more correct for the managerial
generally accepted word for the South American branch OF tho
leopard family Of which this is Compare with her the
Senegal Leo ard n the next cage There great similarity
between the two creatures b there s one mark by Which You
always spot the difference between the leopard Of the two
consists OF broken rhga between TIE peaclcd segmens OF
each Of whc spot The rings the leopard Of the
East likewise broken and Irregular but Tie spot IN the inner
YOrdcr lies fair specimen the puma long m inhaltant
Of the Van Amburg asylum for dangerous characters She is
severely manned as 70 her eh ioepaw that beng the mem
Der that suffered when she went to play with steel trap and
put her foot In II.
The two young lions here DO ca FOR any special
They LOOK very amiab and will doubtless make noise in
the world when they are Old enough 70 The Florida ALI
gs;or who hes boatng and squat the Of aedin
tank be treated cody lie well worth looking at
Aneriosd Wild boar fierce little pig who with his tuss and
Lis grunt Is wen entitled to the epithe Of psnoer new
pleasure Of presenting him.
There very perfect and beautiful specimen OF the lynx IN
department. IL is the trne lynx though frequently denOm
mated BY the abeist the wildcat from the Rocky Mount
aims The lynx supposed by the anccnts possess the
power Of seeing through solid masses 0fmaonry. Ho tho
first clqirJ0ant Of whom we have any record 4
There small monkeys here who lie huddcd three Of
tom upon The body Of poor little naked Mexican dog who
lok indeed as though NJ ehne there stranger and ey took
could under the ccumstance Far different hom these nmi
bic LITTLE monkeys b this tIucuct looking Hamadyu babOOn
a50ou, called by way OF sensation tie lion slayer" Ger
any he very powerful brute fer0cious and hOmoly
0 fault but unless De provided with cutlery when IN tie
sweet ingls Of lis nativity and knows how Tie same
really DO lot how be could have any chance Ia rough
ulguDle ght with ihc monarch Of the f0gost' The face