New-York tribune., 1866-12-25
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yoa can gness from looking nj him. What y e"P
ySi Si'Sng e5f no only gets q fair chance ,.i.
Tbe Ifrean iackal here is sneI faIet and caitia
c and very similar n other rertc as well rs IN these 20 m
ulo 3 deus here 10 s pity 10 explode t1e nm, ou ot
Entail tradition about 90 iscsl acting as pro'lIsf 2 'e 'I I
Hi1.- % i ,i-9sort liIfle fable on this subject Inc
tk vas ssfcd whence this intimacy Of yours WIN Inc tne
Non T 10 which he replied live upon the leatIhss o @
noble lord and il is when lying within the verge ol ms a.
shadow that feel myself most secure rom n! - Son and r.
ed he iuterrogater Since the lion protects YOU anu IS
lAslsu wy 5is mon yoar good Offices in his behalf low
Il that you Keep certain distance nom M a. pgs % i tna'
fellow like keep the lion but not gue so near as 10
ye bea1tifI little creature in this room the cyetcat
natural perumer Of some renoVn lIIm the Acan "d' ~
looks very intelligent and has Tremendous long aiL o
Although time hoporcd cataIe OF Barnums Museum proper
", the Happy Family is distinctly brych OF he mehAeee
especially now thai has been reorged ana levI % & eo a
footing OF improved aul extended alIah ~ lJ vitb
ces comprising the little colony are occupied as ., Ou, ,eo
very miscaneous Het OF dodgers Inee arc tos here he
quaint little lonEsnoued long talleu o Io,aIIeste of
coates Improperly down antbeas y some laOehesse
the cages They the commonest creatures " ~ %
collections Of wild animals Iheie IS aIse v1uGon ~
great number Of smaller monkeys contribute eI si'"S0' !"
W. nre asoate1l with man. once connected IN the show
busne.s reald very powerful and he Is lame iOr me
about IT, There black dog IN one OF these cages win
Grish capal subject for any artist who furnishes quaint
initial designs for illustrated books There are eats aer9 a
saws Mr. Darwin hati Origin Of species yoe Enow know
and why not Of variety a great array ,,} ooTo
i ~ in iiety and Australian cockatoos. Here
cage by himself that curious Indian bird the gigantic clane
or adtant lie the scayengcr OF the streets IN Eastern
cities the turkey ybuzard is In some OF our American
Here have. too, small Ibis IN cage al 10y nIse p
other The fancy poultry out very strong mere anu III
one cage there hen who having lost her 6eqk BY
Of kind shows face bearing an a"iu IesemDaoo "
The Gordon Cumming collection OF skins horns and other
ton here is a collection full Of interest to tie naturalist
BALLOON ASCENSION.
There viii be balloon ascension this afternoon, between
and ! O'clock nom the City Hall Park
PIREMENs BALL.
The Ncw.YOrk Firemcns Association VIII give Dai ul'
evening t Irving Hall The Assocntioni composed Of officers
and members Of the old Volunteer Fire Department
TIE MARKETS
with more poultry and larger stock Of extra fat beef and
mutton than er before u me o' @ s,n @ uVg' & IN ]
style Washington Market OF course was INC center OF az
traction for those wishing 70 obtain ts Of1 Mn, @ me-
rion ii M some underground elevated railway, other
doyCc needed for It's relief the am being as great as ny
the corner Of Broadway ana futonst b.9l9
that tie crowd swept their customers away 1t being impossible
twas not uncommon ohcar the shr voice Of some vendor
tat there room around hn lhd pg tne Nh'
rather than quality s the ruc still some Of the butchers
aud poultry stands were vel seq 0h wtl iat peei ana Rlto ~
weighing W 10 5 o. and marked e to $40 each There was an
immense stock Of r kinds Of poultry win ar amour! OF
Wild game and thc id upon the huge stocks OF geese ana WI
icys-thosc birds especially selected Tor ChHPi inas-scIioy
lgscucd te piles though perfect army OF H.@ & %oub 3
ever point one would Ate observation showed stacks OF
boxes from which ne piles rpcHishcd needed Ir
Keys Of various prices according to freshness ahEIs
FROM --c b. ih with w Of tie larger birds sehhs M
There w's disposition 90 sell II possible ine VAN ia
being opposed t0 tic Keeping OF such stoc fa geese Do
nearly as much lfkcy uough generally selling ~ .JG
with some poor stock lt0-c Ducks sold about as turkey
while chickens neglected though chcdLg at caVc WIN
| % few extras selling 80 elc. g. io.
Fulton Market could boast of qunntiY bat some Of the
po1try mutton and beef rcmaraby tae Tho only NJ
tampt at dityol extra nt beef ly T. Ot'man whose
stand wen et on and rendered quite ouaHclta WIN
wreathts ns.es Sc hanging lIom iAc ~ quarters oI Men
tucky iIlc, Some of tAc poultry stands were rendered az
tracfive hy Che enormous turkeys weighing %J4<s ID hAu
| laisrd su rath.
Centre Market claims tie rival butchers T. Lawrence and
Laur each ~ whom tries % Ogtt0 The other 10 point OF d
pay They hnI secured large stock Of The Prize ONO and
kauucky at cattle whose pllc plates and fls showed
quite enough ~ M mtcrpelsed with te lean IhcF ais
also lstey -ct oI With ornaments Of eEergreens &c
very fue Soutldovn mutton aitcned upon The swee,
rrn-s tp Central Park also cmpuFy disposed o
ttr tIp displayed ln scoring into At lean muscles OF he
sides back nt shc Gkulug them nud one eNhled
Iuuif NAPOLEON bis horse finely carved ol n TINS muscle
Tho az IN markets showed less display teIec.y
Topns Market whore John Douayan wont 90 dress ph h,
stand With choice beef nad mutton fr tic holidays Many o.
tho avenue and street butchers went n Tor some OF TIE mt STOCK
so plenty boz the h,c markets Of late paying enormous
f. s m e same and tlc shops wcJ set OF VIII supe
/ IloF meats