The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-01-08

Of TIE tGnll -raijoE- bose a 20 re-
! NAMED wrapped u slumber acre
faallF called to sudden c0nscieasuess
by strange Bneartbly sound. which
for a moment seemed bu1 tlse eoBdn-
1ati0n Of grislv nightmare. This
xiia weird noise was the trumpefinE
OF the two elephants who were saved
jeanette and gypsy, f9r 20 long 5
tine stationed IN Central Park, where
The little one, GyFsF, used 70 be s1eb
q perennial JOY 20 ehiidren- They
had escaped the flames, roaring and
believing behind fbem, and ran IN
Their clumsy, long-reschilg fashion
oaf into tie street. There they sub
sided into 3 condition more reseA-
bling their usually eGimT. PLACID
equaaiHliiy, and proceeded toward
Third GTeBBe. When near The cor
ner q the block they were joined bv
sBe q their keepers, who, not daring
70 attempt leading them back the
var tber had cone. gaided then Up
tie avenue through Fn1eeuth street 20
Irving place. Here 1beF were pick
eled- and for some Ilstants remained
Tranquil Soon. however their trunks
were raised in1o the ar. s1d their cg-
rioEs screams frightened 81 listeners
Their keeper lef1 then. went u tbe
bz-1ing building. and returned with
s Dog Wkieh had been accustomed u
play about them The sni,Halran Up
70 the two elephants, leapiBg and
Earging net alcBe his tai. LII the
whole hinder part q bis BODY. HaA-
biRg against The hu-e legs, which
Eere about the same SIZE a. his oBn
body, be gembolled about them with
great apparent glee a. again seeing
his pIsymstes. Nor did fbe elephants
seem less delighted; Their smaH,
keen eyes looked kindly upon him,
their feet ugxed cautiously. lest some
injury should be u8wifIingly iaiIrt-
ed, and every nov a1d tken their
Iong trunks would gracefully de-
scribe q long, sweeping eircle and
softly stroke the SIDES q the dog
Near them KLs te1bered TIE single
camel which lad been brought CIT
from the fery furnace, ard before
l0aE the three surviving animals q
large me1sreris were led away %
place where tie atEospbsre was BEL
ter suited 70 Their comfort than was
! the eold, keen aiT 4 3 winter morn
/ Ing
TIE Two elephants were saved
more BIZ TIE exercise q Their sEn 81
gaciTy than By any SPECIAL ezort q
these Inside tae building Upon Tie
chain q the old one, JeznDefIe, beng
broken she rGn on followed almost
immediately BIZ the little one, wbo,
being beng kept merely II q loose
pen, was quickly 81 a liberty. The
/ third elephant 10 one dursi approach
She was a evl-tempered beast, AID
her keeper, the only one who eoGld
exercise any mastery ever her, vas
u Central Park VIII the Key q beT
pen Ia his pocket On Tie ether
SIDE OF the pen were confined the caD-
els. and with the one exception a.
ready mentioned, tbey, toe, persisted,
I for no sDe co1fd resch them wi1rouf
passing 80 closely 10 the elepn211
that the attempt would have Dseessi-
tated the adventurous mans risking
bis life
The first in1ima1ion the man u
eharre Of the animals had Of the FIRE
was an awful roari1e- he was J1st
turning oTer 70 20 % sleep again
when he saw The FIRE coming 0ut q
The boiler room 50 lie Jumped I'd
and called The other uen-fbev were
al II their shirts aud d-awers-E1d
thew rzn 70 the ether end q the
bailding. When they so1 Ibe-e they
found Camel Charley,' the one who
has cbsrge Of these animals. and
-Coon-be's s dsrkey-1haI taxes
care = the snakes, and sleeps every
night On The TOP q The cage where
theT are kepi-1TyIng 10 PIX 0Bf tbe
fire which bv this TINE had reached
the giraFe's cage While they were
doing this tw0 went % work tearing
down the bars 50 a. u lei the All
mals loose. You can imagine how
much the fire had gained when / tel
vou that even the names and tails q
the girzFes were On FIRE. Wei they
ret the bars down and persuaded one
Of them 70 come oul-Iommy, he
was one Of the n5ees1, Esltles1 fel-
lows thar ever was; y0u could lCad
him al over town with one end q
handkerchief IN his mouth But Just
as soon a. he saw the flames he
wheeled right around and rushed
back into the eage. and there theF
had to leave him. Then TIE FIRE ran
on 70 The cage Of the happy family, 4
and ali Of them were jabl,ering and
jumping and aying round Inside, max 4
ing q tremendous rev 1oa see. f
the cages were made Of pine wood,
and The flames rushed over them n
Al instant
The roar Of the tigers and lions
vas fearful while 2bove the erackie .
and the din of the flames arose the
unezr1hlr vel Of the sea hons The
chatter of the monkeys could also be
plainly beard As the Ere IEeirciee
the fre-Troof corrugated frame, and .
and advanced toward the western
side. where the more valuable sRi-
uials we're eHee6. the hens a1d tigers
became frantic and beat The iron bars
Of their prissas with ferOeiaas rage
There WAS 10 occasion fsT fright
heweFer. for II 8 few MINUTES the szf-
fsrinSs Of tie poor beasts were 81 81
end. snd soon after the -hre-prouf
iron structure fell. q erunpled-up
mass Of debris
FT7enen and others who were early
On the scene describe The suffering q
the poor beasts g most exuUciat3g.
znd s1ch as 20 iadGce the Hremel.
throuEh sheer sympathy. 70 re3oEble
their exe-tioBs The panther, after
much struggling was seen 10 actual
II bend the bars of tie cage and e.
cape, but Il Was only avoiding Seyla
and getting into Charybdis. for 10
sooner hid be rot free and vas aseuf
10 plunge of for safety thar part Of
brick wall fen upon him. crushing
him eompletely- The affection q
animals for their yaung was striking