The Republican journal., 1869-08-12
HOW ELEPHANTS ARE EDUCATED.
A Detroit paper has the following:

y Detroit paper mas the 1OllOWlnG:
Baby Annie. exhibited on Friday and Sat
urday in this city, is as popular and we'll
known as the majority Of human actors,
ring. Like them, she endeavors to please
and in her way feels chagrin as deeply when
she fails to receive the appreciation believed
to be meritcd She is now five years old, and
though far from her teens is nevertheless
a pretty good lump Of a body. weighing
eighteen hundred pounds. Her history has
been carefully kept, and Mclaughlin, her
trainer. can tell YOU everything about her
Al the time of her capture She was only
two years old but Smith, the captor. assisted
by Il party of Africans and dogs found her
as hard to control in her infancy rs most wo-
men are at mature age. After few weeks
training she was started for the coast, eight
hundred miles away, and Kenyon has vet in
his cages two large hyenas that rode in bask-
cts slung over Miss Annie's back. Her cost
in New York was $1,000, and at the time of
her purchase she was the smallest elephant
in the country, and is still the only genuine
African elephant. Though she never has
been hard pushed to test her endurance ont
road, she once took I; stretch of iorty-two
miles over the rocky roads of Pennsylvania
in eleven hours, and showed not the least
sign of exhaustion.
Miss Annie is q model tcmale-oAe oi the
old school, and would rs soon twist her head
off with her trunk is to harm Il human being
who treated her courtpouSly. Last winter, in
her quarters at Philadelphia, She exhibited
love and hate in Il very singular manner
Mclaughlin had imbibed rather freely. and
returning to the barn, got into Il difficulty
with policeman, who was bent on alTcsing
him. The cop had been around the barn 4
good deal, and was somewhat acquainted
with the elephant The trainer fled to the
barn, and getting behind Baby refused t.
submit to arrest. The NJ. p. boldly advanced
to bring him out when the elephant thrust
him aside with her trunk. This was repeated
several times, the trainer encouraging her
when the policeman gave her an angry blow
with his baton, and sought to push by. Blow
ING her shrill trumpet. ''Baby' caught him
around the waist, and giving him Il strong
whirl deposited the frightened blue coat in
barrel of oats thirty feet away. As he had NJ
instructions to arrest elephants, and could no
arrest the man without her, he concluded no
to press matters further.
At another time last Summer. during q ho
night. Mclaughlin laid down beside '.Baby'
on Il bale of hay. and soon fell asleep. Nca
him was the cage of the Bengal tiger. Il lierc,
and ungovernable animal, and treachcrous tC
the last degree. BY lying down the heas
could Get his paws at full length under tn,
bars and on the morning of that very day h,
had thus given his unSuSpecting keeper
stroke with his claws that tore open the man
cheek in a horrible manner. Restless Nc
Laughlin rolled about, and the eyes of tn
ROYAL @li>tencd As he SAW the body comm.
nearer to his cruel claws. At length. just a
one OF the keepers entered the door. the train
rr rolled SO near that the tiger reached ou
and caught his clothes. With savage snarl
he was STRENGTHENING ont for a rull to Oct th
flesh under his nails, when the elephant. VIII,
had also been sleeping, rose up 1T the growl
and seeing the situation ut Il glance rushed
forward before the man at the door hH,
scarcely advanced Il step, and with blow o
his trunk made the tiger let 60 hi, hold an,
scream with pain and fury.
Since her capture she has increased Sevcl
hundred pounds in weight, and six inches il
height. Three Years ago she had not >i@l
Of II tusk; now She has worries six inches long
and growing finely. In the summer. whel
the weather is dry, She gets Il bath III ever,
creek and her trainer gives her dozen pail
Of water oyer the back if Standing long in III,
tent. About twice i year she GETS six gal
Ions Of lin,crti oil rubbed over her skin, with
out it, the hide would oct so dry rs to feel IN,
sound like i board. Her usual feed per da,
is i buShcl Of oats and onr hundred and tiff,
pounds Of hay, and >hc drinks il moderated
thirsty. twenty pals OF water ri time. \
stated, she is very doclc, minding readily
she understands what is wanted. Dom!
wrong through ignorance, let her trainc
''bless her eyes" il little, and .'Baby' show
f as much sorrow As Il icpentant infant A
this is her hir.! season, the person must b
sharp who can impose lpon her Il WORTHLESS
gift. About four weeks ago a man gave he
a stick Of candy which had been soaked in to
bacco juice. Seeming not to mind the joke
''Baby" waited a little, and when the joker ha
forgotten the incident, She took up a hug
. piece Of liver lying near the cage of lions, an
sent the mass full against the fellows breast
, knocking him down, and altogether spoilin:
the bosom Of his white shirt, and his ideas o
superior smartness.