The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-24


An undertaking rule is to require Five Dol
lars inHzduonce for the announcement OF every
candidate forofice. @i~ ~ -
Blarneyums' Menagarie Turned Loose.
The, ,Htusville Ese,ing Press gives the fol-
lowing burlesque upon the horrible stories now
and then told inthe newspapers as to the ami
uaalsigetting loose in menageries. II IS q rich
and racy picture: = o.,
The muss was originated by the efforts of the
proprietor Of the show to train ahippopotamus
to run around the ring and jump through hoops
and banners, after the manner of trained po-
nies, the ''boss'' hoping, if successful, to make
all rival establishments take back Seat: For
several days this training had been going on
whenever the exhibition stopped long enough
in one placeto afford a few leisure hours, but,
mp to che occasion referreato, the hipPopota-
mus had only been allowed to perform In prl-
yate with bis limbs pinioned By log chains, and
q large force of employees on hand with red
hot tpitch-forks pick axes, crow-bars and bricks
TO subdne him and keep himywithir bounds
should any SYMPTOMS Of arebellious spirit be
manifested. Everything was lovely, however
the Behemoth. struck his gait admirably. and
With such seeming good nature that his owners
determined to unshackle him for short time
and make him jump through paper balloons.
The assistants stationed themselves around the
fing, a mammoth balloon was placed in posi-
ton. and at the word ego" the shackles were
unloosed, and sure enough he did go. Allow
ing his under lip 10 drop down like that Of q
steam canal dredge when it expectorates
mouthf1l of mud, the hippopotamns gave. q
snort that reverberated through the tent Like
thunder, and then plunged forward through the
balloon, wrecking. it in very handsome man
mel, but unfortunately killing the two men who
held 1T: and upsetting the lions cage, which
contained four lions of unusual fierceness. The
moment the overturned lions cage caught the
eve Of the hippopotamus, he bounded at it, and
Bit out mouthful of wood work and iron bars,
leaving an aperture through which the lions es-
capped, and at once began to add their roars to
the tnmult that ragged on all Sides. The big
elephant, "Horace Greeley" who had been
quietly looking on all this time, instead of
Keeping "a check On his trunk, began to wave it
iii the air, and, after moments trunpetlng,
broke his fastsnings, and, picking up the Car
diff 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 the cage that contained
wild rhinOcerous, who at once came out, and
ranring his horn into the ground gave the now
sfrighsed showmen some specimens OF plough
ing Chat were never equalled by human or
steam power. The four lions now began TO
lash their tails in fury and walk in circles
around the ceptre,pole, up which seventeen OF
the1ahewmen assembled the moment the hippo
potamus first beloved. The latter animal was
In the meantime diverting himself by set-tO
with couple of grizzly bears that ne had lib
Grated. - ,,I jsri =
Horace Greeley" seemed to grow more In
a,riated at this juncsure, and after killing a
couple of camels turned his attention to the
ether cages, and with one sweep of his trunk
demolished each, the rhinoeeros following be-
hind and completing the work. Fortunately
the canvas was new, and without faw; and
all of the liberated animals were roaming about
the enclosure. Hyenas sneaked around under
the seats, bears growled from the upper. benches,
monkeys shrieked and chattered from the ropes
and supports, the air was filled with flying cock
asoes, perrots, eagles, owls, and other BIRDS
while ostriches roamed at will below, and heard
above all This uproar were the pitiful calls from
the seventeen men who hung for dear life to
the centre pole, which was new and slippery
and difficult to cling to. The only animal that
retained It's presence of mind was Rarneynm's
Gorilla. His cage had escaped being upset,
and he stood inside, beating his breast and
roaring in that half dog bark and half leonine
podr that Du Chailln describes as "curdliDg the
perx hairs on your head when heard in an Al
uican forest" BY this time, however, voices
were heard outside, the entire neighborhood
having become aroused by the pandomonium,
and the moment the gorilla heard these voices
he changed his tactics and shrieked: "For the
bve of the holy St. Patrick help me out Of this
bloody scrape, and I'll never hire out for go
rilla again, as long as live"
We will leave this unhappy animal to his
fate and return to the 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 proprietors as muse,
um. Excited by rage and hunger Bengal
tiger was the first to attack the contents OF the
museum, and he commenced by killing the
Temperate Man and His Family" after which
he spraug upon the Sleeping Beauty" and
began to deyour her. The hyenas, who are not
so particular in regard to their diet, sprang
upon the "Drunkard and his Wife," and were
soon feasting on them. The lions reyelled in
blood in the cage containing the "Bell Rim
persn while the elephant amused himself by
Knocking the stufing out of the Egyptian
Munamies," and also destroying several promi-
nent generals of the war.
But while these horrible scenes were being
enacted here, others still more alarming were
going on in the main portion OF the tent, where
nearly every animal who had not succeeded in
getting taste of the "wax fggers, stood with
distended jaws around the centre pole, awaiting
the moment when the hold of some of the un.
foftunates above should become loosened and
the victims come tumbling down. The first
man to drop was the ringmaster, who was the
lowest on the pole. He struck squarely in the
open Jaws of an alligator that swallowed him
whole, and without choking. This sight so
frightened canvass" man that he too fell,
and the alligator snapped az him, but too quick
". and the victim bounded from the tip OF the
crocodies mouth into the arms OF bear, who
hueged him fondly and carried him off under