The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-22

/ Recently very fine specimen of the Asiatic ele-
plant was safely landed Southampton, and was pur-
chased by Mr. A. Fargrieve the acting proprietor of
the Queens Menagerie 1t was shipped at Bombay,
and was under the charge of Samaritan named Ra-
NEE Jhandeegga, QamiIiarly known on board by the
term RAINY, y to whom the elephant was particularly
attached and who had brought the huge brute under
perfect subsection (The Bristol Times must be re-
sponsble for the remainder of the story During the
first few days after the ship had cleared the land every
thing went perfectly satisfactorily but, unfo tu-
nately, heavy weather coming on spirit of insubor-
dnation was displayed by several of the crew. The
wond-be mutineers assembled together one evening
near the wheelhouse on the main deck, close to
| where the elephant chained, and held council as
to their future proceedings. The keeper, RAINY, lying
at the side of the animal, fegned Sleep although he
paid attention to what the disaected spirits say
ing. He heard the whole details of most dabolical
plot to murder the captain, and greater portion of
the crew and passengers, and he ascerained that he
tRamy) was one of the selected ones who were thus
appointed to be ruhlessly massacred The onslaught
| was to be made when the watch changed that
night No time be lost in warning the captain
OF the danger but it utterly impossible for RAINY
to proceed to the state cabin without mourning the
greatest risk inasmuch as he would have been COM
PEELED to pass through the midst of the plotting ras-
calls and they would certainly not have scrupled in
efectualy sencing on the spot one whom they had
themselves selected for slaughter. The willy keeper
however, took wiser course and as it eventually
ening the chain which bound the elephants fore legs
RAINY set the animal at liberty, and springng to his
feet in instant, he bounded into the midst of the
mutlneers, followed by the elephant Giving signal
to the intelligent brute it laid about it right and left
with its trunk. and the astonshed sailors were quickly
Frustrated on the deck, wounded and bleeding and |
shouting loudly for mercy. The captain, hearing the
disturbance, was soon on the spot and having been
made acquainted with the facts of the case caused the
to be placed in irons to be dealt with at the
first pert at which they touched The wounds caused
py the animals trunk were somewhat fearful.
WHAT A CLIMArE.-Dan. Marble was once stroll;no
along the wharyes in Boston, when he met a tall
gauntlooking figure, digger" from California and
got into conversation with him.
Healthy climate, ] suppose ?'
Healthy 1t amt anything else Why STRANGER
there you can choose any climate you like hot or cold
and that too without travelns more than fifteen r'
utes. Jest think G that the next cold mornin whar
you get out q bed There's a mountain there. the
Sary Navada they call it. with valley on each side of
it, hot and one cold Well get on the ton of that
mountain with daable. barreled gun, and YOU can.
without Inovin, XIII either summer or winter game
Jest you WISH
: " hat! have you tried it,.
Tried it, often; and shoad have done pretty we'll
but for one thing
: Well, what was that ~
=, wanted dog that would stand both climates.
me last dog had roze his tail off while pntin' on
the summer side. He didn't get entirely out Of the
winter side, you see true as you i've
Marble sloped.