The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-11-18
Fight Between Il Tiger and a Gri9 ..y

prletor oI travelling CIRCUS and
mcnagerie. One day he met man
out west who had a grizzly bear for
sale. AS the animal was splendid
specimen of a young grizzly, Lent
| purchased him, aid after he got him
he found himsolf in the position of
'he man who drew the elephant. There
was hut one cage ia the menagerie
that could contain the bear, and that
already had an occupant in the shape
Of large and fucly developed Ben:
gal tiger. Lent told one of his part.
ne's that he was going to quarter the
gnizzly with the tiger.
"rhe devil you are."' w4s the ans
wcr. "Why; that tiger will make =
square meal Of him before you eau
| wlnk.'
"All light! If he does I'm satis.
fed" says Lent. "You look after
your Tiger and Iil take care of my
bear"
The grizzly was according lifted
into the cage, the tiger having pre-.
viousl y been driven into the opposite
corner by the application of hot irons
linen all the employees Of the circus
guhcrcd to witness the fight: The
animals sighted each Other ut the
same instant but while the tigers
eyes blazed with fury and his tail
shed the bars in his excitement,
the. grizzly simply nodded in sleepy
manner; rs if in recogu:ti,u of tho
pres.hce Of the beast, and crushed
! against tho bars waiting develop
mcnttS. They remained as far apart
a the tage %uult hernlt for At least
five Ih'hhtes but every moment tue
rage Of the tiger seemed to increase,
while the bear seemed t0 be sinking
into deep slumber. At last the
tiger lcgan to gIowl aud slide to.
ward the bear moving from side to
side ofHhe cage as lie did SO. The
gl"wling aroused the bcar to life, and
he had just time to meusute his eic-
my, wncn, with the rapidity of light
n,hg; the tiger spring forward and
alehtcd upou his head and back.
For moment there was terrible
bowling from both animals, as they
rolled over aud over in the cage, and
they sepa' ated 16r ali instant, the
bear seeming to have shaken off his
antagonist. During this brief ccssa.
tion Of fhostilities it was feared that
the bear had got decidedly the worst
of the co,iibat; as lie was bleeding
freely from several gaping wounds.
The hacker Of the tiger Was de-
lighted, and wanted Lent to tGuseul
to having stop put to the light.
"Nu," answered he "let item fight,
| and l'll bet on the bear" So at it
they went again, and there was ter
iiblc lighting for several minutes. 1t
finally cndod in the tiger giving
Several mournlul howls, and When
they we're separated he sluuk away
TO his corner as meek and submissive
looking, as an animal could
be. After that day tho bear
bossed that cage, and if the
tiger became unruly ho received a
b low frotii the grizzly's paw that set
him to thinking over pas, events at
once.
A very Jealous Cincinnati lady
lately evoke UP the wrong passen
ger" 4 gentlcman aud his wife were
promcnadlng the street in the twi.
light. a we'll dressed lady rushed
up suddenly hehid the pair ana dealt
the wife sharp Llbw ON the temple
with an iron poker. The woman fell
| and then the aSsail6nt ran frightened
away. The male member of that
promenading pair was amazed aL the
little incident. IL catrieA bis wife
into drug store, where she was re.
stored to consciousness and wondered
what it was all about. The resi-.
dcnce Of the as.ailant was known,
and she explained that she thought
the man was her own husband, and
she knew the woman with whom he
was walking was not her husbands
wife. She was exceedingly sorry for
the painful mistake; and begged of.
Owing to the resPectability of all the
pnrties tho matter was smoothcc over
and the poker laid away for the pres.
ont.
If The old nan Will insist on taxi
ing a smoke after going to bed at
night the sooner the, house is iGsurSd
for twice itS value tie more 6ompla,
cent will be the feelings Of tHe 1Gia::
tives who stand by wien the f'remtY
hunt among the. ruins for his bones:
/ [Detroh Free Press.
| : A trunk che ckcd for Chicago at
tho depot yesterday had the FOLLOW.
ing incription pasted on it. "for
Heavens sake, play light on this
trunk. All I've got Is in it, and
every cent IN my pocket will have
to spend to get divorce from a
shiftlcss husband. :. 49,.
! F7'oy 7ihsts.
| At tho late Baptist Convention III
Providence, Rhode Island, tic Bsp
tist Church at jamestown applied for
letters Of dismission from that body
on account of its tsexercising open com L.