Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-01-06

ful roaring lie raised himself up on his
elbow, and saw the lions wide awaac and
one ol them dashiug against Tie bars OF
the cage and shaking thsm. shut up,
says ho; what are you making all this
noise about lie was just tuning over
to 90 TO sleep again when he saw the lire
coming out Of the loiler room. 80 h.
Jumps up and calls the other men they
were all in their shirts and drawers -and
then ran 90 the other end of the building
When they got there they louLd Camel
Charley the one who has charge OF these
animals, and 'Coon'-hc', - dMkey that
takes care OF The snakes and sleeps every
NIGHT on the top ol The cage whore thr!
are kept-tryiug 10 put ont Tie Are. which
by this tmo had reached the 2iraile's
cage. While they were doing this two men
went to work tearing doNu TIC bars q.
TO let ito .Himals loose You can i'm
agiuu how much the lire had gained
when :ell you that even the names aud
tails ot the gifailgs were on fire Wen,
Ihty got The bars down and persuade
one ot ;hem to come ont Tommy he
was. one OF the incest, geute,t iiuie
fellows that ever was: YOU could lead
Him all aver town with one end Of u
pocket. handkerchief In his mouth But
jus, ~ soon "a he saw The flames he
whc,lc.l right round and rushed back in.
To the cage. and tIore they had To leave
him. 1t is curious. bat al animals x
ccpt elephants arc like huI,c>, ire ,c.ut,
them - that they don snow whaI they
.rc about, and it, the hlacsi work la the
world to move them away Then lhoiirc
ran on to the cage OF the happy family
aud all at them were i.,hbcring ami jump
mg and dying around inside, making 4
tremendous row. You see, The cages
W-lc of pine wocd. and lie flames rush
cdover thsm in an instant ~, ou the
ground within ten minutes after the first
alarm WAS sounded. and aided In tAc best
al NY ability 10 rescue The animal ant
tn. building banned TOO quickly for u>.'
"Wouldyou have let the lions and tigers
loo>e in the streets ?"
Certainly, though don't know about
the tigers, they are 90 ucarherrG- thai
rou never can tell what they will dr \,
To the lions. You know we have nets read,
to catch them in as they come "u, "i the
cagr. so wc should have had no trouble
with them. Hul sc hAduo, time enough
10 do anything. and some ul u> had TO
SAVE ourselves
4 representative ol the World called
upon Ar Gorham the agen, of Nh. Bar
uUm. al Tho residence OF ihc latter gen
lcman, corner of Filth avenue and Thirty
ninth strerl, last evening. and obtained
lrum him the following statement. In
answer TO the inquiry ~ 10 The an. mt OF
tho ln>, Nj .iorhNm said: Il cannot
give YOU the exact 'rs>, hu, should
place the m oncy value alta rough cslimals
at hom SlNo.Ooo tn 100000; bat the
money value does not adequately express
the loss There were many rare animals
and articles OF exhibition destroyed which
caanct be replaced For instance, there
were the four giroiiss, which werc the
our sirafc- la the country there are
two others believe IN london. and these
;le all this side o.! South Africa. You
cannot put cash valuation upon animals
like these. Mr. Barnum priced them
vcJ highly; they were sor OF pets
with him. lie made a hobby ot lis
giullr>. and no amount OF money would
have purchased them. gIc purchased
thym 81 the i,,hmUs @! Sucz. There
were oix ul lhem originally, but TWO died.
Then there were the tw0 Bengal tigers.
the finest specimens in America, and
there cannot Lc-ropaood. Besides these
we had Of the more expensive amin ais
two sea lions. Two polar bears, an arctic
,cal. ten camelS, one OF which, he double
bumped one, wa, saved three elephants,
Two uf which wcrr saved; one Gland, the
horned cox OF Tarlay, L lion and lionesS,
besides q large npmbcy ol more common
aul Is? expensive animals. All of tho
animals havq mentioned wcFe Young,
and lhcrc IS no doub, but that they were
The finest collection in America All of
the mechanical figures OF lIoudin were
in The building, and these can hardly be
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