Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-05
..Rnmen- Tanned.

VIZ HtlAAtea AHis wy % ~
ei.s iude IN the merry month Of June last.
Tie was connected with Adam ForepaDgh',
Mausgerie. a position he had long held
With credit TO himself aud 10 the utter an-
hihilation Of sunlry o: his keepers. lie
had become a citileu Of the United States
long before. had iramped over the eoun-
try y ,ar after year without having acquir-
ed title to any Of is soil. except such IS
he carried upon his multitudinols bac'
He grew old aud weary. andbcsau to lrok
With contempt upon the bard which had
I 10, ed ia his ears through whole decades.
lie became aweary of the staring mul-
iitudes. and turned as dysPertic from
The gingerbread aud peanuts that "a e
glad his youth. lie had buried whole
aarem OF Julcts, aud had seen his baby
elephants 60 off, one after another, into
rival shows, setting up for themselves in
the keepcr-kiling line.
He had become perfect John Flastaff in
rhe world Of elephants, waxing fat, grow
my old. and believing that there was 10
virtue exisnt. llea cdumulated boils, did
considerable 10 the dead.bone lire, turned
lis immense bulk into a mass of corruption
most COMPOUNDED, and then, calmly aud
peacefully, lay down his huge form upon
the earth aud gently died-died in the
dover Of his you'k, for he had but attain.
ID to the boundaries OF his second century.
The last intelligent and interesting per.
formance through whi,h the gallant hero
was conducted occ rred rpon the night
If Saturday, jane Sth. the day following
the ono upon which he closed his mundane
cxisiance.
There was au dbsoncc of life and ener
~ about his actions, and an atmosphere
which savorcd Of rho charnel-house.
Professors Boyd and Withers, assisted
hs six butchers, were the principal artists
aud the performance was the dissection o
the venerable foreigner preparatory to
removal to more passive and less tryil
sphere, not Of action, but of entity.
whatever may have been the nature to
the cavity within, the Chicago AcadeIr
of Sciences is now the happy and envie,
posseSsor ortho outward scmhancc Of Re-
mco the Mighty, whose clcphantiue gam
bo's were for so many years TIC soIac
,nd delight Of youthful America.
Romeo died on the 9TH of June las,
Tle caravan of which he was the bri h
particular head.centre passed along OH it
winding way, gathering much flthy luc' c
but the great monarch of elephants heedec
not the march. he tarried by the wayside
the day-star Of his existence had set, tn
world grew dim, night came on, and h,
"sme,t the reese above tho mould"
More than hal year has passed sine,
that eventful occasion-time, having I'M
portant business on hand, waited not, bu
lasved along on the seven tenor of hi
way--and now comes the interesting in
tolligeDce that Romeo, though Lost t,
sight. still holds place in the memoir
of the Chicago surgeons. He has beer
tanned-positively and emphatic,.lly tan
ned after the most scientific p.anner an,
already occupies prominent position il
the halls of the Acade my of Science. Hi
hide, which bore the marks of his man
encounters with his friends the keepers
measured no less than tao hundred am
t'oetUe sgua,e feet, and weighed scvc
h inbred and iorty-threc pounds, while
averaged nearly an inch In thickness. TIL
~" Hide and Leather company wer
the tnnaers and the work was successful
ly accomplished under the direction c
Mr.. g. q. Hirsch. Eighteen human b,
igs devoted their untlriug attention I
re hcrcucan task Of tanning that Ell,
han, skin, and it required united exc
ms to handle it white it lay simmerin
the vat, The hide came out beautiful
ly, vas indeed grand sue $ and ma
safely be called the most stupendous to
# ne age.
The skeleton too, which has been carr
ally preserved. united at the Joints
tires, now hangs by the side of the ski
-gn elegant memorial of well.speC
lie. There, for the future, Romeo wi
cyntinuc to be the observed of all obser,
ed of all observers. His march cas- enc
cd forever the ringmastcr for him wi
crock the whip no more his antics nj
hushed, and all that Is fill of his te
thousand pounds Is an empty void
Forepaugh's Great Mcnageric. Itseem
even at this late dad, that it was fifth
that so great celeh ity should have die
in city SO noted as Chicago for its ma
velous events, great fires, happy divorc,
and ooliglng hackmer- Romeo had visi
ID that city in his younger days. and ca