Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-30

favor Of the cars running on Sunday,
and he compromised with those that
opposed it by refusing to allow the
rich man to ride, and taking the poor
on that day at half price. He next
spoke on the life of the young men of
the city who had no home but the
boarding-house, "some of which" he
said, "were not the way t. heaven, ex-
cept by long continued vigils and fast
ing" Ifthey do try to go to church
they are met with cold stare, for peo-
pie who would be truly ashamed to
show discourtesy in their own house
think it is right to treat everybody in
the church as if he were penitentiary
convict; and ifthey get in what do they
find ? that the gospel preached has been
handed down from the time of the
Apostles. 1t does not interest them
much to know it, but it isa very beau
tiful thing to know"
4 Gorilla in Love-An Incident
in GAINESVILLE Ohio
The Inst page of Days Donags for
May is, is embelIished with the pic
ture of an affrighted girl standing in
the awful presence of horrid looking
Gorilla. The Gorilla has one hand
extended toward the girl and the other
on his breast, his teeth being plainly
visible through a half angered grin.
The history of the meeting is thus
described in the same paper:
7''A correspondent in GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, informs us that an extraordinary
incident has just happened in that
town. Messrs. jackson and Porter's
Show has been wintering there, and in
the collection is very large gorilla.
{ A lovely young lady of the place has
been a frequent visitor to the Snow,
and has been in the habit of giving the
gorilla sundry dainties. AT first he re-
eeived them shyly. Then he would
grab at them sayagely. Finally, how
ever, he acceptedthemin very gen.
tie way, and expressed great satisfas-
ton at the young lady's kindness.
The gorilla would look out anxiously
for her appearance, and as soon as she
entered the show would evince by his
gestures that he had recognized her.
Z On April 10, the gorilla got loose,
and took refuge in the neighboring
woods. On the proprietor's attempt
ing to catch him, the animal savagely
bit his hand, and after this the pursuit
was given up for a time. In the after
noon ofthe same day named, the young
lady already referred to happened TO
be walking near the place where the
gorilla had taken refuge. The animal
at once recognized her, descended
from the tree in which he was hiding,
and approached her unobserved. As
he drew near he uttered peculiar sounds
by which he evinces satisfaction. The
lady, alarmed, turned round, and, to
her CONSERVATION and horror, saw the
huge monster approaching her, one
hand extended toward her, and the
other on his shaggy chest.
What added to the young lady's ter
ror was the fact that as she gazed she
thought she discovered in the animals
attitude and in the expression of his
countenance that his intentions were
pacific rather than hostlle-in fact, that
the brute was n love with her.
All the wild theories which she had
heard of-Darwinian and otherwise
rushed through her mind, and her
first impulse was to hasten from the
spot. A moments consideration, how
ever showed her how vain it would be
to attempt to fly from so desperate a
pursurer. Another and better idaa
suggested itself. In her pocket she
carried some of those dainties with
which she had been in the habit of
feeding him. She speedily produced
these, and summoning all the courage
she could command extended them to-
ward him. He approached, crouch
ingly, took the dainties from her fair
hand, and manifested the greatest
pleasure.
While still hesitating as to her next
move, the young lady saw two of the
men connected with the show wapproacch
ing. She continued feeding the gor-
lila, who allowed the men to draw
near and secure him without offering
the slightest resistance.
AT the request of the keepers the
young lady accompanied them to the
show, and did not leave until the gor-
lila had been safely caged.'
It is needless to say that the thing
is manufactured out of whole cloth, SC
far as this city is interested. Times.