The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-12-14
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Mr. Hyatt Frost, Of Van An
barsks araAKsrie, gave US yestsrda,
the particulars Of a terrible aigh
1 with fippoo Sshib. the veil tneas
elephant, which occurred At Con
sersville, Indiana, last Tuesday
The n.enAgss,~ hss gone into wint~l
quarters Al ,ha, place, and ,h'
colossal animal II chained in . small
baiidiag, where h~ will be hcpt Unit,
abs show season opeas nett year
iippco Ssaib, by tho way, is nov III.
lsrgset elephant 10 America. He il
thirty six ysar old, and Weighs ten
thousand pounds.
Tho battle with Tippoo resulted
froa = change IN his keeper frani
Nash, his keeper for iss yosrs, va.
recently sspplsn,ed by ChAs. John
son for~ssly Of Bsrnum. menaxsrir
The sle;'-. will not scceps . new
master without . battle, ssd Mr.
johnson tally prepared himself for
an excitisg encounter Tho Gle
plant was in particular bad hume,
with all manLind. He would sllo~
nobody in his quarters; striking al
every intruder with his trunk and
tusks most viciously.
On Tuesday morning last. at 10
o clock, tho combat opened. The
new keeper, With nine assistants, had
fully equipped himself with chains
and cables for tying, and spesr and
pitchforts for sabtuing Tippoo
The first thing done was to fss,en =
br'ckbst to the end Of = rope and
throw il over tho end Of the task
chain which latter is fastened 10 one
leg snd one tusL, by mean. Of hi.
rope, = twenty ton cable chai n
formerly used TO aubdue the famous
hsnsibsD vas alp noossd around
the tusk. NcIt, a. excavation three
fee, deep wss made under the sill Of
the house, and while tho elephants
attention wss attracted TO the other
side Of the roon by = pail Of water
poured into his trough the cable
chain was passed through tho cnca-
walton snd fastened to heavy stakes
outside. All this tine, tho infuria,cd
monster struck all around him With
tsrri6c fsrocity, and tusvcd At
his chain with incredible momentum,
Tho next thing accomplished was
the Ansr,ng Of his hind legs. This
vas contaminated by tho singing Of
fresh ropss around those two stately
piilsrs Of elephant Acsh, bone, and
muscle, aud aesliy, by tho sscslshy
strategy Of = keeper and another mau
those ropes were fastened to stamps
outside. Tho elephant was now suf-
Acisatly pinionsd 10 allow the ovdes
charge pitchforts" TO be given.
Ton men, armed with these ugly in.
ssrumsns Of odsnse, plunrcd them
into the sampasing beast, taking
care, Of cosr~e, TO avoid penetrating
his eyes OF joints. The sendsrsst
spo> 10 M elephant IL jsst behisd the
fore lsss, and that locslity vas prod.
dsd numerically. By means AZ =
hooked spssr sunk in his hack Tip
poo was brought to his kness, bet
he surssd UP ssaia With ssch swfsl
strength that he swept his sor~sn,ors
% their feet, and made his ehsiss
whistle like 6ddls strings. Amer On
hosrs eshtisg he WA brought down
on bis SIDE, but for two hours loages
H. tuyged q his chains with fvsusisd
ob..insey. He pulled 40 hard At
timss thu. his HAD logs were straight
~ bshisd hin, aad three fse. Of
The grousd.
Al the end Of the three hosrs, the
giant gave in BY "trumpssiug,"
which ia the elephant way n cryisg
" enough" The mos,ent this pscs.
liar cry wss heard the battIs sssssd
The keeper made 1rppoo ess up asd
lie dowa . numbsv Of times, snd he
vss ~ obsdisut 10 the word Of com
msnd - . ssssIs pony Tho animal
wss then grocmsd snd rubbed On
with whisky, lie allowed ell man
nss Of hbsrsie~ without 10 maeh "a
hspping ~ car. He vas y subju-
gstsa slsphsst.
A. one stage Of The Sight the dog
-" Jsok 70 companion of tho els-
phant) thought nome Of The tyisg
bssinsas fosl play. He esw upos
JoAnson's back ssd tvisd 70 siak hin
fsngs into bis nsek, b~t wss pulled
OF ssd aaegsd oct Of he room
f" Jack" svi1sssly synpsshissd With
his big frissd.