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Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28
A Three Hours Combat With an
Elephant.

Mr.. Hyatt Frost, of Van Amburgh's s
menagerie, gave us yesterday. says the
Cincinnati Commercial, the particulars II
a terrible fight with Tippo Sahib, the
well known elephant, which occurred at
COunersVlile, Indiana. last Tuesday
The menagerIe has gone into winter
quarters al thai place, and :he COLOSSAL
animal is chained in a small building
where he will be kept until the show sea-
son opens next veaE. TIppo Sahib by
the way, is now The largest elephant in
America He is thlriy.six years old,
and weighs ten thousand pounds.
The BATH with Tippo resulted from
change in his keepers. Frank Nash,
his kerPer for ten years, was recently
surplanIed by Charles Johnson, former.
~ OF BarDum's ; museum. The elephant
will not accept a new master without a
bauIe, and Mr.. Johnson fully prepared
himself for an excuIug encounter. The
elephant was in particularly bad humnr
with all mankind. He would allow no.
body IN his quarters. striking at every
intruder with bis trunk and Iusks most
viciousIy.
On Tuesday morning last, al Ten o.
clock, the Combat opened. The new
keeper, with nine a<sarlanls, had fully
equipped himself with chains ard cables
for lyIug. and spears and pi,chfOrks for
subduelng TippO. The first thing done
was to fasten a brickbat to the end of
the tusk-chain, which latter is fastened
10 one leg and ore tuSk. By means of
thus rope, a twenty ton cable chain. for
merly used TO subdue the famous Han0i
bal, was slip-noo>ed around the lusk -
Next an excavation three feet deep was
made under The sill of the house. and
while the elephants attention was attrac-
ted 10 The other side of the room by a
pail of waer poured into his trough, the
cable chain was passed through the ex-
cavalIon aud fastened t0heavy stakes out
side. All this time. Ehe enfuriaIed mon
sler struck all around him with terrific
frrOcity- and tugged at his chain with
Incredible momentum - 7.te
The next thing accomplished was the
snaring of his hind legs. THIS was con
sumated by the, singing of fresh ropes
around those two stately pillars of elr.
phanl flesh, bone and muscle. and final
ly by the s,ealthy strategy of the keep
er and another man, these ropes were
fastened 70 sIumPs outside, The ele-
phanl was now sufficiently pihniOned to
allow the order charge pIChforks" to be
given Ten men, armed with these ug-
ly implements of Ofense, plunged them
int the ramPagiug beast, taking care Of
course TO avoid penetrating his etes or
joints. The tenderest spot in an e.e.
phabt is just behind the fore legs, and
that locality was prodded numerically.
By means uf hooked spear sunk in bis
back Trppo was brought 10 his knees, but
be surged up again with such awful
strength that he swept his iormeutors off
their feet, and made his chains whistle
like fddiesrings. After an hours fight
ing, he was brOughs dCWn on bis side,
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

but for Two houfs longer be lugged al his
chaines with frenzied Ooslinancy., He
pulled so hard at times thai bis hind legs
were straight Out behind him, and three
feet of the ground. laz- .t
Al the end of three hours, the giant
gave in by ''IrumpeIing," which IS the
elephants, way of crying ''enhhgh- y
The moment this peculiar cry was heard
the battle ceased. The keeper made
TippO get and lie down hnmber Of
times, and he was as ObedienI 10 the
word of command as a gentle pony. The
animal was then groOmed and rubbed
off with wh;skey, He allowed all man
ner of liberties without so much rs flap.
ping an ear. He was subjugated ele-
phant. .'ta.'.'so
a, one stage of the fgh, the dog
Jack" a companion Of the elephant.
thought some Of the tying business foul
play. He few upon JOhnson's neck, but
was pulled off and dragged out of the
room. Jack evidently sympathised with
his friend. as- asf. s....4
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

springing up and calling out, Who's
there Z" ButI was sustained somehow
and remained quiet. Erfe 81.
AT length heard creeping noise
a man dragging himself slowly on the
floor. The distance between my bed
and the halehway was very short-scarce-
ly twice the length of mans body
The CREEPING soon ceased. All my clothes
were carefully drawn from the fo1t Of
The bed Then for moment all was
sull as death! The rober was search
ing my pockets! aaa z.1
Presently felt-a large hand sliding
under my pillow Heavens :! could hard
ly lay sull. Had | moved would have
been stabbed instantly! Now felt my
money bell sliding from beneath my
head. Then there was rather hurried
move toward the gangway.
Creak creak went the ladder. My
lime had come ! Quick as lightning l
turned in my bed, took aim at a huge
form in the hatthWay. boldly outlined by
the moonlight streaming in through the
gable window, and fired !
There was a shrek. q strong, swif;,
downward rush of heavy body to the
hoOr below general jumping up out Of
beds and cries of alarm. o.
Whats the row I? Who's shot 2"
"Any bady killed 2" were questions that
rang around on every side. ] explain
ed matters as quickly as could, and
there was general descent of the lad
der 20 see the dead robber. By this time
The landlord had arrived with light
The man was mol dead. II was the Irish
hosller He was sitting up. groaning
terribly. My money belt, with the mo
ney untouched. lay on the Aoot beside
him covered with blood. l immediately
took possession of it, 1t so happened
that WE had a surgeon in The crowd
We raised the POOR '!esifto his feet, when
from his right hand dropped a long, vii.
ainous looking bowie knife. He would
have murdered me had il. been necessary.
On examination II was found my bulIe,
had gone clean through HIS left shoulder,
breaking his collar bone, lnRicling pain
full, though not dangerous wo1nd2 The
surgeon splinlered his shoulder, and he
was put 20 bed. ...-o ,--.. s.
All the passengers were now thorough
ly awake. II was four o'clock in the
morning, and as there was good moon
the driver concluded we had best go of
early So breakfast was got in hurry,
and paying our bills We gladly left so
pokeTlsh a stopping place. Whatever
b-came of The Irish hosller never after
ward learned,
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28
The ShlrLIeSS Race.

Gen. Howard states, on the authority
of the statistics Of his Freedmen's Bu-
rrau. that despite the terrible drOuih of
1866 and the constant failure of crops
and discouragemeul Of farm labOrers,
and despite Inc damaging rains and The
overflow in the Mississippi Valley dur.
ing the present year, the cotton crop Of
1867 is estimated by high authority at
2 800 900 bales, being nearly two thirds
of The largest crop ever produced; and
the grain is double any ever before rails.
ed in the Southern States, while there
has been fair yield Of rice, sugar and
tobacco This has b en- done chiefly by
the negro labor, in defiance of any ad .
verse circumstances, moral and material
consisting in part of outrages upon and
spollaIion of freedmen. by the whites,
while many of the large landed monop-
oliSis Of the Southern States adopted the
retrograde policy of letting the vast
plantations lie fallow rather than employ
the freedmen under contract atjusl wa
ges. sr- @ T
During the present year these negroes
have deposited in the savings bank eS-
tabl'shed under the auspices Of the Freed
mems Bureau, nearly eight million dol.
lars. which deposits are held 10 their
credit, aud bear interest al the rate Of
slx per cent per annum, and are fully Sc
cured. as they are invested only In y
S. bonds. Besides this, they have con.
lribu:ed fair proportion of their earn
ings to the establishment Of private
schools and newspapers, the building of
churches, and the maintenance of chari-
liable organizations.
In Louisiana alone the taxable prop
erty of cOlored persons if assessed at
nearly eighteen million Of dollars by the
State authorities, yet there as in all the
Southern States, they are denied the ben
Eft of the public schools" that their
taxes contribute 10 support.
And the race which has produced such
industrial results as these has been de-
clarpd over and over again to be TOO
Ihrifrless and shIfIless 10 work unless
subjected to a system of compulsory
labor" within two years after their E.
Emancipation from that system of labor
That is already better than the poor
whites of the South have ever been able
70 do.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

A French naturalist NJ. Yulpian, cut
of the tails of ladpoles. aud saw them
No; only 1--we but groW for ten days, IN
dHerneni 10 ailIhrories of nervous cen
Tres, digestive apparatus, or circulatOry
systems. But the member that seems 10
have the strongest dose of the {" vital
principle is the tail of a rat. this is the
very ideal of life, and here, if anywhere,
we ought to locate the seSt of vitality.
The following experiment vas made by
Mr. Bert He dryed rats tell under
the bell of an dir pump, aud ia immedi
atr proximity TO concentrated su!phurIc
acid 80 as gradually 10 deprive il of all
moisture. Then be placed it in a hermei-
icaIly-sealed glass tube for five days. Al
the end of this time he subjected it Cor
number of hours 10 a temperature Of
ninety eight degrees cenligrade in
stove and subsequently, sealed il a second
time in bis tube. -Four days more having
elapsed. he united this tail by its cut ex
Ireiniry. 10 The freShly-cut stump of a
living, healthy rot, and quietly awaited
the result His success was as complete
"a it was marvellous. Il commenced 10
expand and bree months afterwards be
demonstrated by a second ampuauon
aud careful injection, that It was furnish.
ed with proper VessIs, and was a living
part Of the second rat!
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

We have seen and read. cool pFoceed.
ings ere now; Bot the conduct of ,hs
Vermont agriCukuralIsl was positively
''iced =" aN aI lib si svaz $40
He once sold load o6 hay 90 his
neighboT, shU contrary TO- Ms eEpec,a,
tious, after seeing II. weighed. STAYED IN
see it unioaded. But few forksfulb were
of. when a bouncing rock rolled from of
the Ioad-then anol her-snd q third
cane ''baDk upon lhe floor. o.as
+Whs''s 'hIs 2" cried lhe buyer, in a
loud voice.
Most all herd grass; ft6iis YEAR" re.
piled the deaf man 1s9aA sdi
"But see -here.''5 coadausd shsl lo,her,
pointing TO The bouldeFs which lay,arrayl
ed IN Judgment againstIhe dlshodest hays
man. what does all Ibis mean I?
.'shan't cut nigh 50 much hay this YEAR
as | did last. > replied Ihe dealer n herd
grass. ai.- gv.E boa .bIss 81
Just as be had flushed the. last sPAg
eheei down Numbered a rousing ehtni
of granite, making deep indeniallSn in
tho barn floor, with one Of itS sharp
.aogles. e. g-a-som
81 say. neighhOr NJ screaGIsd forth
the purchaser Of granite, Il wantl0 know
what these are e. pointing 10 ,he bould.
efs and the big lump Of gfdniIe
Old N. took a mighty forkfull Of herd
grass. gave II TOSS intol the haylofl ,
then leaning upon his fork. ejseied his
huge quid Of tobacco. aDd replaced IL viii
a fresh one took view Of the fragmeat
of stone waA that ley before BIN, anI
with one Of The blandest smiles, feplieds
'tFhem ere isrOOks.'f ssusi
| t-' I
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28
0qetgg

an Broken VOys.
PTomisesare iigb1 broken:
Vows en- Whseb we iBlindiy build i
q UTTERED only to be brOkenl
e. forever :uai>i flied t.-s
Oft betrayed but still Believing ,FI
Dipped again and yet again
All oar hoping, 'an our grieyinS
Warns 6s, Tut It warns il vain.
From the cradle to the coral
3.a 'if Fr,m the Sonny days Of youth
.- We arc tau. BIT the simple moral,
StiH We lsubtIthe morals truth.
When boy they found me rather
10th to do as was bid
81 sballrbuy birch, said father.
a. ?, Broken VOWS He never did.
b "a 10 c-kl -
Grown. .cxt.av CANT, " hen yOu;hfdl,
In my tailor debt ran q
He appeared about as truthful
In. his talk as any man. -.
Letme tell sou how he sold me;
"LO,k you, Mr. What's Your-Nnme,
shall summon you," be told me
BuLthe sumh9ns never came.
Trough the meadows. daisy lideu,2
Once il was my lot TO stray,
Talking TO lovely maiden
in very spopay way Il -.
And stole a kiss--OR1tbef-
Then nnothef-then,a lot.
"Fie - sic said, ''I'l tell my mother"
Idle wtrfI she told her not.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

A young lady rec..ntly died in ElCin,
H.. and at lief funeral Ehen her rela-
,ive< and friends were taking last look
a the loved face, young man to whom
she had been engaged, and who had pre-
sented her with an engagement ring bot
a short time before her death. delbpr.
ately bent over the corpse and in The
presence Of all in the church, removed
the ring from her finger and walked of
with il. s....
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

A cross old bachelor says TIE Feasdd
why women do not ssul themselves IN
to by ughJl iaei bg is bttahsA they lase
around thrahearL and thai is 50 hhfd
lhey san not affect iI,n'.r.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

J. P. Parker. proprietor Of Tie PhGnix
Foundry, at Ripley. Ohio was runa.
way Save who Cdhe to town with FIVE
cents in his pocket
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

An amusing debate took place between
Mr.. W.. a skePlic on religious Ecllers,
aud a German Lutheran, The skepId
rIdIcul ing the ruth Of certain psssages VI
the bible, aud surprising bis HhlagpnisI
about cornefed 10 n'argumenlts asked him
il he believed Baalaul's ass eyrF spoke
like. a mans The Lutheran was sllenI for
d mo menl and then said NE read mt
de Bible dat vOn Baaianf teat bis shack
ass, and she speak shast hks8a. man.
Me never hear shackass speak ike
man mlnesef. bu. me hear q good many
men speak shusI like a shackass."
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

"WiIl you lend father your newspaper,
sir. he only wants TO read il !'' Yes.
my boy. and ask him TO lend me his din.
ner, only want 10 eat H."
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

Here is an in tsresIihg scrap fEaBHihs
prayer Of man whOsHa ihihe hahisOf
filling the breaks in his rPehlsns with
she7syIlable ;'er'' +..,t&
%, Lord, we pray fOf cur poor broth
er, who lived for more than ter years on
the E0rd's sid .er, aid has oas siainths
grav. er and the other ali bst'aF.2 sis.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

''Wifei | thought you said You were
going TO have d g50s for dinue14le7e7ssT
So l did; and Ihase IsepE ny w0Eld''
Where IS IL ?'l Isusq ss5 sa-.r.,
"Why, my dear ain't y0p here for
dinner 2, .t-,
joke, -'-1' s7'la '''{i g afslsI e
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

There are 81 weekly Methods. publ.
OaHons IHAhis country,
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28


p A AshreBd cOuRIrys maR Sas 10 lawn
the other day, gswky. uneoulh ahaAl6BS'
cent appearance, but, in, reality,i with
his eys-teerh cut. Passing 5Bp Chatham
Street, through the JesFslf -qhaFleFs he
was continually encountered with inn
pOrtunIIIes "a. buy. ...s t-...-
From almost every store some one
rushed out. 10 accordance, with me ans
nuying custom Of that street, ielO seize
upon and try aud force him 10 puTEHPss'
A. last one dlrty looking fellow caught
han by the arm, and elamOEously urged
him 10 become customer.
Have you any shirts, :" 7i6quifsa1ihe
cUuntrymaa. wf,h' very iuhOeeDt lOok.
"A splendid asscrlmen1, sEs STEP IN.
sir. Every price, .sirs and every asyte'
TIE cheapest IN lhs strssl y sIE,"s,4 ,t
''Are they cleau l' $500 -.
TO be sure, SIR, Step IA" 20
"Tben," res umtd the eebRlFyhnn,
with perfect gravity. Z" Pus oas On tor
you need Ir'1sgGssm a7ss I'd. s1.fIs.
The rage of The shop-keePef may be
imagined, as ;he counIryman, turning
upon his heel, quietly pursued bis way.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28
A hard CUSTOMER thHs mad9les one
Of Hemans beasliful slaHzas3ra

Men have their ine totaIk, tr stf
To gas, to SPIN long yarns, fOrit is hpnan;
And parrots theirs 10 mrck
But thou hast all seasons for thg eVsrlasgins
tongue, D " Sman 81 rr.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

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Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-11-28

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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
A Leaky Poet.

A disconsolate poet has under
taken to immortalize a recent
boat disaster. The following mel.
ancholy stanza, tells his version
of the whole story:
She heaved and sot, and sot and heaved,
And high her rudder flung
And every time she heaved and sot,
A worser leak she sprung.
Bill Poole, a Mobile poet, when
he saw the above, scratched his
chignon for few seconds and then
scratched his paper with the fol-
lowing effusion:
The water rushed in through the leak,
As hard as it could tare-
And the capting walked the biler deck,
A tarin of his hare
The capting walked the biler deck,
The boat she shuk and shivered;
Then down she went, and if she's stopped,
The stop aint been diskivered.
The capting to the top he riz,
And as he riz he said:
''The boat can go to thunder now,
But save my chambermaid!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
How TO MAKE HENS LAY.-Many

How TO MAKE HENS LAY.-Many
persons feed hens too much for lay
Ing. To keep twenty hens through
the winter, give three pints of
corn or two Of oats or buckwheat
per day; also about twice a week,
give them shorts or bran wet with
warm, sour milk, of which they
seem very fond; make it quite wet,
and put in a large spoonful of
ground pepper. Give them all the
green stuff that can be had, such
as cabbage leaves, parings of ap-
pies, cores and all, sc. So fed,
with comfortable quarters, they
will lay all winter. Keep only
early spring pullets. Change
roosters every spring. In proof Of
the above, we will merely observe
that a neighbor had, among a lot
of hens, one that would not lay
under any circumstances, and as
such hens are not profitable to
keep, she was considered a fitsub.
jeet for the pot. On dressing, she
was found to be literally filed with
fat, instead of egg oudrSeS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
Copper in Pickles.

A writer in The Circular, Wall
ingford, Conn.,, gives the following
simple and easy method to ascer-
tain if pickles contain any por-
ton of copper: ."The test is
made by simply thrusting bright
needle into pickle and allowing
it to remain there for several hours.
If there is any copper present it
will be deposited on the needle, CIV
ing it the characteristic red color
of the metal. From one speci-
men of pickles, which were war;
ranted not to contain any copper,
a heavy deposit of the metal was
obtained by this test within six
hours. The copper is present as
an acetate, and may come from
boiling the vinegar OR pickles in a
brass or copper boiler that has
been allowed to become coated
with the acetate OF copper, or
verdigris. Some manufacturers
have been known to use this pig
ment in the manufacture Of pick
les, to produce the fine perma-
nent green color which by some
is thought to be. SO desirable in
this article of diet. Itmay be ta-
ken as a rule, that pickles with a.
permanent green color contain
copper. The test is the needle,
and any one can try it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
Another One Of Them.

One day last week a regular
'blue nose schoolmaster landed
on a plantation about a dozen
miles from this place, and informed
the negroes thereupon, that he
had been sent out by the govern
ment to shed light on their be-
nighted souls. The first day be
carefully avoided the white fam
lily, and on the next the owner of
the place having heard of his ar
rival, proceeded to the negro quar-
ters and found him. He made
the same statement to him, and
the gentleman asked for his docu-
ments. Some negroes being pres
ent, Yank said. they were not
handy, but he would bring them
over in the evening. The planter
told him he was in favor of educa-
ton, gave him a store-house for
his school room, and the upper
part of it as a sleeping apartment.
Schoolmaster was profuse in his
thanks, and with all humility,
stated that he would be sure to
enlighten that neighborhood.-
That night, he retired to bed, but
not to sleep. About 10 o'clock
P. NJ, he approached the calm of
a freedman, and informed him
that he was afraid to sleep in that
store and would rather stay with |
him. The negro was sick, laying
on a pallet before the door, but
kindly arose and gave him the
cool place and sought another not
quite SO pleasant to his feelings.
When the freedman woke in the
morning, the Yank was gone, and
also three coats, one hat, one pair
OF shoes and about eight dollars in
greenback.
The same night mule was sto-
len in the neighborhood, and it is
supposed that he was in such q
hurry that he preferred riding to
walking. He says his name is :
and halls from Henry
county, Indiana.-Etyaza (Ala.)
Neaos.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
VOL. XN---N0. 30.
Radical intolerance.

We are informed that a one
armed ex-Confederate soldier, who
returned to Roane county after
the war, and settled down near
Post Sale Springs; being a man of
liberal education, determined to-
open school in that neighbor-
hood. In this he was encouraged
by a number of the citizens, who
promised to send their children to-
him. The Loyal League heard
of this with terror and amazement..
What! permit a rebel who didn't
belong to their organization, to
teach the young ideas how to-
shoot! Forbid it, Heaven! SO
that great organization held a
meeting, and declared it inexpe-
dient that this ex-rebel soldier
should be permitted to make an
honest living; and a letter was
written by, as we understood it,,
one Robert Hendricks, who is now
about to establish Radical paper
in this city, forbidding this one
armed soldier from engaging in
the business of teaching school,,
and threatening him with unheard
of penalties, if he persisted in his
intentions. Of course he was
compelled to desist. We learn,
however, that o gentleman named
Owens, who was Radical before
the election, though not a Lacquer,
who owns the greater part of the
church, in which the League have
been holding their meetings, and
who is minister of the Gospel,
informed the congregation recent
y, that the League could not use,
his Church any more for their
meetings, after such conduct as,
.hat.--C Chattanooga Union.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-09-12
Hogs in Orchards.

A correspondent of the Rich
mond (Va.) Farmer says: "Sev-
eral years ago we had a fine young
orchard which had not borne
at all for six or seven years. We
supposed frost was the cause of
their not bearing. At last it was
convenient to fatten our hogs in
the peach orchard, about six years
ago, since which time the orchard
has borne abundantly every year,
except last year, when the frost
killed the fruit. The cause Of
the barrenness was the fiat white
worms eating into the roots of
the trees. These the hogs rooted
out and destroyed"