The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-02-01
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" iid rlrl,hau's travel - ianiiirs livery mrin
h-t .fa t,mili :. DO u feittiv- These hef,l.
ih,, afr called r,,u'tiu from, ten iu tgcni,
in'ii, riurl. niihou.h .ins iiines 'hrFr are mur'
then hat even IN she depths of the iurrsis u
lu'li, aud Itt Ian large unuilsts ~ elephant.
travel "a cOaptny from place tO place, 10 s-trri
ui N,lcr, Of broW-. together N the iuendlisst
VA aud any onr eho rh ,nced to them. II
be did not know il.if hat,is would suppose the,
~et- q single herd Hut an the first sign Of dnn
get be would note -. iac, that the elephaniin,
regiment Was made VI 81 tamil, companies ~ht
would ~ once form into an independent bod
and ulry each ~ own ehu-.n leader
These leader. are said 20 h. elected by impair.
tai .ufiHgs There !, no distinction on account
~ '-sy or color for The fimales eligible 10
hi. high Office II They show fhcmselye. III 'of 10,
position
The family pride of the elephant scIcessi,c 49,
One would as BE- read. about them thina that
they must imagine that ihey came over in the
Ma, fowcf and hae grauI'aihefs who fought
a, Bunker Hill. aud that each ef them Wss cdu.
Gated ~ Hartford College they 50 exclusive IN
their manners and treat the f...i - the elephant
kiud with such cool AMI 'lis'tns sul.hed consider
alton
80 write. Sir Emmersoa Tennani. ~ any
aecidrnt, 40 elephant. hccomcs borecssly seI,afa-
tel from his oWu hand be j. u,i permitted ~
attach himself 20 sRy other lie may browse =
th'ii vicinity or resort 90 the same place 20 drink
or taih but %, iHiercuufse - only on a distant
and conventional footing aud no familiarity Or
intimate association d. under ans tiTcums ianess.
permitted There oan b. 40 reasonable doubt
that iais lca,ous aud Exclusive policy no, only
contfihgtes 20 produce, bot mainiy serves a. per
pstaatr the class q solitary elephants. Which are
known by the term goondaAs IA India aad which
FROM their vicious vropen-ities aud predatory
habit. are called iiora o. Rogue. 10 C,ylon
rugue elephant hkc rogue anon. o. an
oatcasi aud hss iAs human uamr-ske d. fcves-
- hinsrf by giving ar Do. li'v 20 mischief 10
Ceylon tAey dcstr"i plantations the, tread
down gardens ihcs ruin rice irlis aud cucotuat
tree They hide ia the forests IN the das time.
but .omr,imes ihcy w.ll veniafe out aud boldly
carry - booty from the field or suddenly rssh
on the traveller 10 the thicA woods aud murder
him without meicy They scciu tohaic men. and
40 doubt have causes enough 20 10 80 fium their
point of yie~ The native are glad hen An
Eaglish sportsman arrives AID eagerly offer 20
guide him IL the hope that he may lay lo~ one
ofthsse truly eiephaniiuc ioss
The natives tell many interesting stories Of
their adrsuigf,s With fOssc elephants, aud from
thssc narratives. as Nfiiten b. q Singhalese geH
uemen, will srleci one Of the besi.
The suPefiniendsut ot coCoaRgi plania li0n
near NegOniso told siofy VI an alVcaiuFe With
az elephant, Nhioh shows that fogf-lsggel
''rosur. are addicted 10 sport AZ well ~ - o.
legged hantefs
4 rogue elephant had Ioue - much injury To
the plantation that the owuefs determined 20
kill il They mad, ups party of ten persons
who carried six loaded fltes The leader was
NJ Lindsay au r.. .lishman Who Nas then liv.
ing at Ceylon
A. they were qaisil, walking along the
Path which led 10 the spot whefe the clephan,
had been seen an hour before the native Who
A. ~
aud toOk 20 hts heels The bTgle at ih,s time
vas only thigiy or foFiy yards from the haaieTs,
EseT, one % ihe.a a. once followed The example
of the native aud ran for h,s lite. The elephant
gave Chass STREAMING al the top OF hts shfill Voire
The EnglishmAn sgccr, ded IN reaching the branch
- ofA,fre w safety lie re-, qnickl, initiated ~.
example
As Tot myself said ,bs gentleman who todd
me the slofs, although made one OF t~O suleF.
human efforts. I could not elimh tbs lIre. hui
there 40 time 10 he lost The elephant Aas
running ai me With b.. trunk Lent down In . curve
toward thu ground Al this critical mouls NJ
Mr. Lindsay held cut his foot, by the help Of
which aud then " the brauehcs, which we're
three or four feet above nv head. ! managed ~
scramble up the branch The elephant hesitate,l
few TnOtnsnis. evidently considering what va,
best fof him ,o do llis mode Of attack show,
how sagaeious these huge cfestarss afc. First,
coillng biz irsnk around the stem OF the tree. hr
tried in vain to tear II up by the roots Putting
his head against u he endeyoTed 10 pash u over
Amer pushing for several minutes BE- found that
his efforts were useless Then Ia order 10 weaken
its hold he iramplsd down all the PROJECTING
roots. moving rouad and round the tree as he
did A.. lie failed again to push Il over aud
tried again and again. Seeing pile OF timber
near hy which had bcen lately cut down. he car,
risd il plecs 6y piecs 10 tue 5000 OF tue tsee aad
piled II up sllh as much judgment aud skill a.
u he had served an apprenticeship TO wood
sawyer.
Amer carrying thir,y.siS pieces he mounted the
platform, put his hind legs on ii raised the fors
part OF his body aud rested 1t on the tree, and
then reaching out hls trunk for bis prey. hut
the siraiagem failed, they were still out Of reach
Mr. Lindsay now thought that ~ fair pla,
was no more than bis due, he would try his skill
on the elephant, aud after two shots, succecdei Ia
killing him. II Is only rogue, OF oulcas
I elephants OF famalr elephants after their Onnp
have been killed, that are dangerous 20 travellers
/ The ordinary elephant u not like the rogue
savage, wary aud revengeful. OF, a. SIR ). baksi
expresses Il, "thirsling for blood, aud knowing
no greater pleasure than the act " crushing Nj
victim 10 = shaIeless mass beneath his feet"
. sES- Miss Moiiali prided heFssif ulA.a her 20
cal accomplishments, which, 10 say the truth
were not VI very high order. She bad shrill
/ Weak soprano voice, Of very uncertain iniona
iion bat she would rattle on an arch song, VI
give forth plalnlive ballad, with 90 muel
qg,iosab, aud such an evident conviction tha. shl
was singing 10 absolute pegfeetlan, lhai peopl'
began 10 believ2 she aas charming vocalist u
splle Of thelr cara Mas MolIatt chiefly professet
what she called ''the vesiris business y aud th'
mention iu the playblll Of The character whlel
Miss MoiIail was 10 play was Invariably iulloxes
BY the snrsls with sangs" And 30 murh wal
this a matter of course. llat when, on one oeras
iou, Miss MoliAlt was about to display ihr versa
lliiy of her lalsnis in Isaatsaaln,e, the prinler
fronl lhe sheeg foroe VI habit, put into the play
I'LL the surprising announccuent, 'lisctte, 4
dumb girl, with songsl by Miss Annette Mol
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