The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-29
rHf MAN WITH THE A1LIaAroRs
A TALE OF HORROR.

! dtdlhe lOr an elephant, Which las lie
did not want it, did not know what to
do with it, or how to manage it, and
was moreover afraid OF elephants "any-
how, y he ofcourse won-he might have
: known he would. If he had been one
whose ruling passion from infancy up
r ward had been TO possess an elephant
Of his own, and if, with view to that
! possible contingency, he had spent the
best part of his life in studying their
manners and customs, he never would
nave won it, am'sure. But elephants
are not the animals l started to write
about, and that man is not the "man."
y few days ago, just as our commu-
nifty had settled down into its natural
dizziness after :he stirring scenes of the
Railroad meeting and the c ireus-when
the last sound Of the last creak. of the
last Stockholders shoes had dicd on
the air-when little boys had finally
concluded to give up singing "rhat TEL
low what looks like mes and were
| spending most of their time gallopping
insanely round the vacant ring on Uar-
rison Street-at this season of compar
ative quiet, cur people were suddenly
electrified by Tire intelligence that n
pair OF real "live" alligators had made
their appearance in the city, were in
the possession of a highly popular
young gentleman 'not entirely I'M
connected" with the 'sDrug and Medi-
cine" bushes, and were then on exbi-
pitlon at his establishment. Thither
all those interested III the wonders of
Natural History Immediately repaired.
won't undertake to say that anv
one seems to be particularly impressed
with their manners and appearance at
present, as they have very much the
look of overgrown lizards in dissatis-
fed state of mind and low state of
health. They do very well now, mot
pretty, you know; and not dskeeryn at
all,) but it is the future of the thinos
which causes the mind to recoil with
horror.
The man Who won The elephant cot
the 'ull-grown animal, and knew all il
could do. Beyond doubt, he lived in
a land of eircusses, where the blessed
privilege of elephantilc acquaintance is
extended to the poorest and most igno- I
rant. Besides he ought to have suffer |
ed some punishment for his rashness in I
railing for an elephant. But the I'M : :
fortunate young Druggist; who is the /
subject Of this sketch; possesses none of t
5hese advantages. Brought up in a Q
hamlet remote from alligators, he has " !,
passed his life in happy freedom from f,
peculation on the subject. How luck Ii
ess the day when his evil genius took ;,
lpon itself to suggest to his ~friend "
SMITH, Ibid anybody ever get any good n
" having friend SMITH,, who lives in n
lobile, TO make him a present of t,oo d"
Dung alHgdtorsi The diabolical SMITH IL
ent them and they reached here with fl
ut delay or accident, as things which az
eople don't want always do. al
Now am afraid the alligator part of dI
~ education was sadly neglected, and dc
nat l am not as familiar with tbo su
harms fthe creatures as MIGHT he a.,
ut cant help thinking that person sh
i9ht, by exercising scrupulous nice til
of selection, find more agreeable on
'mpanions in Drtg Store, not ez. W. W.
edlng fifteen by thirty feet ia size. an
IAN tioo gro,cn dnigqtors. And the fol-
ings viii grow up-they ,ciH do it, In In
here's the rub! They have already &C.
1t beyond the unassuming tin bucket
ntaining about gallon of some kind en-
mud-colored liquid in which they re- lte
ned luxuriantly for the first two days if
Ter their arrival, and are now bromot- r
to a square glass case, which is plac- cor
in the front window. Imagine the nle
lsations of the proprietor when he
IS them gradually and fatally out B
owing that WHO knows when their ,
igatorhood will begin to assert itself. ler
who shall resist their coming ont kee
ogether? What we'll conducted cat. Civ
ten, or drug clerk will consent to re- puO
in one hour beneath the roof which d
tiers such inhabitants 2 rea'
'hen-good gracious! suppose thew are
w fond of their. owner and take h I,Yll
ey to follow him about Picture ON a
dreadful emotions of the iady Of tine
heart, when she hears him announc- oslt
and sees him enter the sacred pre- s s"6
IT'S of her drawing room followed by bear
Sc two ungainly satellites! Think borr
: sstbe friend ho ,1i1 ,o,.o 90 -. indie
Will make precipitate retreat in min
he nearest house when he sees him You
reaching? Then suppose their aSai
lowing propensities begin to de- D,
pc themselves, and their unhappy cons
er-tlie pride of the failily-the adj
ID centre of a circle of devoted GRAI
lds-fnds himself, some pleasant
acting the part of 81 onahn in n Pr
] theatre of his own before a small rived
select audience! Gran
If LOFT NC homo fo,. t,o4t.,,4,... as Pr
ust that nerciful Police will take fused
natter in hand before it gets so bad the /
at, and come to the assistance of Iht
,,ioti1, 90 ,,ia,,,o '',0o u STEAD
''o''in ~ hit9pi"ceu ALL @. Az
IS ana the doubtful friendship of Presi
rH." forms
nchburg. u. IRE Nt
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STATE NEWS.
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RGTNIA MILITARY INsTITUTE.-tTh
wing circular, from the Socictyot