The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-09-12

der leaves Off branch with single pull
OF the snout, and put them in their big
mouths, and go along chewing just as
happy as could be, and ii children drop
ped u small bit of biscuit or candy on
the ground they would see it with their
little eyes and pick it up with their big
snout. Once lady held out a biscuit,
and the elephant took it out of her hand
and made haste and put it in his mouth,
and then turned up his snout and hand
ed it all round to the crowd, like n plate,
to see if any one else had anything to
give him. A man was with these two
who had long whip in his hand he
cut them once on the front legs and
they kneeled down, and he put a car on
each of them, and had little pair of
steps, and filled the cars with children
and took them riding through the gar
dens, and, when he thought they had
gone far enough, he would make them
kneel down, and those children would
come down the steps and others would
go up. Then she went little further
and she met man with two camels fol-
lowing him, and they had children on
their backs too; then she met two more
elephants and two more camels, and all
the children looked 50 happy, and in
every direction they were feeding the
animals. She saw foxes, and squirrels,
and rabbits, and guinea-pigs, and eagles,
and owls, and wild cats, and snakes,
and kangaroos-snd they were so funny |!
they were shaped like rat, only as
large as big goat they had big hind
l., i nd Il
not walk, but just jumped about, till
they made her laugh, they looked so
funny. They poked their noses through
the cages too, to beg for something to
eat.
Then she went to see the mamma and
the papa and the baby hippopotamus
the papa was in his house, and he was
as big as the piano, and his mouth was
as large as the stool, and he had it
stretched wide open to catch bits of
crackers some boys were throwing him
if he caught them, he seemed very glad,
and would chew little specks it looked
so funny to see this great mouth close
on bit no larger than your thumb; he
was too stupid to catch any but those
that just fell into this great open
mouth. The mamma was as big as the
papa, and the baby was about as large
ms Herndon, George and Tom Clay tied
in a bundle all together; he and his
mamma were taking bath and swim
ming around in the pond; they would
stay under the water n long time, and
then come out and walk round and show
their ugly selves until their hides got
dry, and then into the water they would
tumble again. Then she saw the grace
full and pretty giraifes their place was
under fine trees, but they had large
iron cages all round the trees to keep
the giraffes from peeling the bark off.
They had eaten all the leaves and
branches they could reach, and she
thought they were tall enough to stand
on the pavement and poke their heads
into George Nicolls nursery There
were striped zebras, and ostriches, and
rhinoceroses. / saw two of them with
their tough hides, and turned up noses,
lying on the floor asleep, and one in his
pond that looked just as ugly and lazy
as he could he was all under the water
except his nose, and the hump on his
back was sticking out. She thought the
test, and the hopping kangaroos were
the funniest. And there was the laugh.
ing hyena 1t laughs like a man, only
as loud as a horse; it looks like wolf
and is larger and long haired like bear
There was place all full of fish
shrimps, crabs, oysters, tad-poles, ter.
rapins, and snails then another place
was full of little alligators. And this is
what Aunt Lou thought. If Herndor
were here he would like to ride the ele-
plant; if Nan were here she would like
to feed the cranes if Lucy were here
she would like to ride the nice little
quiet donkeys with their little side-sad-
dies if Nell were here she would love
to give some nuts to the pretty squirrels
and see how nicely they would ca
them if May were here she could Civ,
a cabbage-leaf to the pretty little guinea
pigs and see them nibble it up; if Ton
Clay were here he would drive in the
goat carriages and take his sweethear
with him if Nick were here l know h,
would like to have one of those prett,
parrots with the long red tails, and tina
stood in the rings that were tied with
string to the trees if my little Judg,
were here he should ride on little gra,
donkey by Lucy's side; 1 saw the yer.
| fellow that would suit him, and he woult
let him whip him too, and not kick VI
his heels at all. If my chap were herr
L couldn't let him do anything but jus
talk to me and look at the fishes and i
Robby were here everybody would lool
at him, and say, "Whose child is that !?
and / would show him the monkeys
And now, Aunt Lou sends love to all
and hopes when she comes home sh
will find them all well and happy chill
dren, and that all will remember VIVA
she has told them about the animals i
the famous London gardens.
LONDON, June 30, 1872.