Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-31
BRUTE AFFECTIONS
Touehfn0 Scene In a Cfrcus.

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g Creusman,s contribution to a Louisville. .papea
Six years ago old John Robinson
of circus fame, purchased lin a eW
York city . a white double-humped
camel of the. Susan B. Antony per-
suasion.n This animal, with none
other of its kind, accompanied Mr..
Robinson's migratory geological ex-
hibition to various parts Of the
United States, for, two years finish
ing the tour at Cincinnati late in the
fall of 1869. The animals were
scarely secured in their ! winter
quarters, when, to the astonishment
of old John, an addition was made
tofhe menagefie in the form of a
calf camel, its mother dyingaa few
days afterits noble effort to furnish
additional attractions to this estab-
sment. Ea. t2g5 h54is 81 fd-soas1
l.r Mr.. Robinson and his family were
particularly interested in the little
stranger. with o. great care and
their careful nursing, they8oungster
tfourished and grew up. the finest
and largestrq camel on this eonti-
gHent. iuodaj am07G9 Isah:qgset E u,
i Mr.cRobinson's big elephant Ma
ry, exhibited an early attachment
for this particular animal, aud the
two were for the past four years in
separable companions, manifestihgl
their fondness to each. other by a
peculiar caressing bearing a fesem4
blanlcce of kissing, affording' Sight
Seers in the menag agerie, particularly
the young country lads and lassies,i
a great deal of amusement. A great
many funny incidents are related of
.the.tw6, and the pranksi and tricks
they have played on their sleepy
and sometimes not -watchfuI
keepers. ~
q At Galveston, Texas, a7fsw7weekS
since. John RobmsDnJ Jr. wassbipping
.hiss great exposition to Cincinnati
and in leading the. animals, on board
the steamship. it was found neees1
sary to use little argument not
exactly compatible with tlteIhumane
Bergh's idea of ''kndness to one an
other. - Fhe white camel particuI
lafly got its Is back up and would
not drop on its knees and crawl SiI
the small opening OF gapgWay, Of
the ship. The. more this demure
Quaker looking animal was whipped
the louder hewould below. and sthe
more frantic efforts he, iRouldsmakd
to free himself from his, supposed
prosecutors, His cries of distress
brought to the rescue the efeI
phant, Which had been quietly
Standing on. the docks, accepting
such little acts of charity, as apples,
cakes, and candy from the, idlers tol
see her off. Suddenly, with up1iftI
ed. trunk, she rushed through thd
scattering and afrighted crowd iItol
the camePs sidey as if withHermigh-
ty strengtfrt to stop Immediately any
further punis shhie1t being inflicted
aponF her faRofite fTiendSsmeii1si
The Trip across the Gulf Massd
very stormy one, the elephant parI
ticulaTy becoming very sea-sick, and
it was quite. amusing to watch the
fivet tons of elephant fat, as She gent
ylreclinsd on her sides, keep moi
ItioR with the rolling ship, mdlYem
iting as, much, as the tougA-boys and
,tan-bouHeers, who were snugly emf
sconced in the cabins above. The Ell
ephant looked appealingly to the
camel and then. to herh keeper, as
much as to say "Please. take me off
1 am so sick" -, al, -,
Sunday night before Christmas at
Cincinnati, while the animals 7 were
in a temporary building don5 Sixth
street awaiting the fitting up of their
regular quarters under Robinsonss
Opera House, for the winter, the
white eameliby some unaccounfdblei b.
circumstance, rolled oyer, and broke
its neck, The genuine grief ,exhiPi-s
ted by the elephant on this oceasioh T..
was more 'life-like than ANY pro-
,fessional mourner at a New Work
funeral. For several Ffotys' aftfr
daylight the old elephant would try d.
toPlate the dead camel on iitsifvei,
but failing to do this, would trnse
its head up gently, Ind tenderIy- lay >
it down, as much as to say, aWhat
does all this mean?9 Ab6h lRoonl
the animals were removed toSthe
Opera Honse bhildihg, when Mr.
Robinson found il tynsesssary 70 call
cut his Sighting bIlsSds 10 cusFca