The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-31

ANUS 10 run arOunO lne fln& anu Juup turotSu
hoops and banners, aiter the manner of train
ed penies, the "boss" hoping, II successful, to
make all rival establishments take back
seat. For several days the training had been
going on whenever the exhibition stopped
long enough In one plsce 10 afford few lei
sure hours; but up to tho occasion referred to,
the hippopotamus had only been allowed to
perform in private with his limbs pinioned by
log chains, and large force of employees on
hand with red-hot pilchforks, pickaxes, crow
bars and bricks, to subtlue him and keep him
within bounds should any symptoms of re-
bellious spirit be manifested. Everything
was lovely, however; thu Behemoth struck mis-
gait admirably, and with such seeming good
nature that bis owners determined to un-
shackle him for shosC time and make him
Jump through paper balloons.
The assistants stationed themselves around
the ring, q mammoth balloon was placed In
position, and at the word 'Go !" the shsekles
were unloosed, and sure enough they did 60.
Allowing his under lip to drop down liks that
of q steam canal dredge when IL eXpectorates
a mouthlul Of mud, the hippopotamus gave a
snort that reverberated through the tent like
thunder, and then plum ged forward through
the balloon, wrecking Il In very handsome
manner, but unfortunately killing tho two
men that held 1t and 49,
UPsETTNG TIE LIONS CAGE,
which contained four lions of unusual lerce-
ness. The moment the overturned lions cage
caught the eye of the hippopoiamns he bound-
ed at It and bit out moathful of woodwork
and iron bars, leaving an aperture through
which the lions escaped, and at once began 10
add their roars to the tumult that ragged on all
sides. The big elephant Horace Greeley"
who had been quietly looking on all this time,
Instead OF keeping q check on bis trunk, be-
gan 10 wave II 10 The air, and after moments
trumpeline broke his nsteDings and picking
up the Cardiff Giant, which lay upon the
ground near by, threw this unfortunate being
clear across the tent, killing another man In
Its passage and KNOCKING In the end OF lhe
cage that contained
WILD RHINooERos,
who at once came out, aud running bis horn
into the ground, gave The now afrlghted
showmen some specimens Of ploughing that
were never equailed by human or steam
power. The four lions now began to lash
their tails In fury and walk In circles around
the centre pole, mp which seventeen Of the
showmen assembled Ihe moment the hlppopo-
tsmus lrst beloved. The latter animal was
in the meantime diverting himself by set-t0
with couple of grizzly bears that he had
liberated. r1t
"Horace Greeley scanned to grow more In
furlated at lhis Juncture, and after killing
couple OF cainels, turned his is'atlentlon 10 the
demolished each, the rlilnoceros following be-
hind and completing thB work. ,,-.r.y ~.
FoRrUSArELY TIE CANVAS WAS NEW,
aud without flaw; and all Of the liberated
snima.s were roaming about the enclosure.
LoH. QpQf1.
prowIed from the upper benches, monkeye
shrleked aud Chartered from the ropes and
supports the air was filed with flying c0cka.
tous;; parrots, eagles owls, aud other birds,
while ostrIches roame1 at Will below, ana
heard above all this uproar were the pltliul
calls from the seventeen men who hung for
dear life to the centre-pole, which was new
and slippery and difficult to ollng to: The
only animal that retained its presence OF mind
was
His cage had escaped being upset, and ne 1e
stood inside, beating bis breast and roaring 10
that half dog ba:k and halt leonine roar that
Du Challu describes as 'scurllng the very
hairs on your head when heard In an African
forest" BY this time, however, voices were
heard on the outside, tie entire neighborhood
having become aroused by the pandemonium,
and the moment the gorilla heard these voices
he changed bis tactics ald Rhrleked, "For the
love OF the holy st. Patrick help me out OF
a GORILLA again as long as I uve." We will
leave this unhappy animal to his fate, and re-
AWFUL SCENE GOING ON
around Us, and among the other Wild beasts
who had now made their way to that portion
of the tent used by the proprietor as muse.
m rQH hnn0ar a
tiger was the first to attack the contents of the
museum, and he com menced by killing The
"Tem nerate Man and bis Family" after which
he spraug upon the "Sleeplng Beauty" and
began to deyour her. The hyenas, VINO are
NOT 40 particular in regard to their diet,
eprang upon the "D:unkard and his Wife,"
and were soon f.astlng on them. The lions
reveled In blood In the cags containing tne
nBell Ringers" whila the elephant amused
himself by knocking The stnfhng out OF the
WEyyptiaIl Mummies,' and also. destroying
several prominent generals Of the war. But
while these horrible scenes were being enact
ed here others more alarming were going on
in the main portion of the tent, where nearly
every animal which had not succeeded In get.
ting taste of the "wax-fgures,"
STOOD WITH pIsgENnED JAWS
around the centre pole, awaiting the moment
when the hold of soEie OF the unfortunates
above should become loosened, ana Inc VIC
Tins come tumbling Gown. The frat man TO
drop Was the rlngmaster, who was the lowest
on the pole. he struck squarely In The jaws
of an alligator that swallowed him whole and
Without choking. THIS sight 80 frightened
'scanvas" man tnst he fell, and the alligator
snapped at him, but too quickly, and the VIC
tim bounded from tie tip OF the crocodile's
mouth Into the arms of q bear, who hugged
him fondly, and carried him of under the
seats 10 eat at his leisure. The elephant now
reached out with bis tcunk and shook the cen
tre pole as q boy shekes an apple Tree for
fruit, and this caused
SEVEN MORE VICTIMS,
including two very plump and juicy acroDaLs,
to drop or The mau on top, however, nso
by this time succeeced in gnawing hole
through the root of tts tent, through which ne
crawled and slid down the, canvas to the
ground, the remainder Of the frightened men
following his example. A hook and ladder
company and two hose companies had arrived,
and, holes being cut In the canvas, several
streams of chloroiorm were thrown upon the
squIrming mass of animal lie within, and 10
Ten minutes tie employees Of the show had
entered and began securing their charges. II
took several hours to repair all the cages ana
get the occupants back in their old quarters,