The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-07-24
A Little Circus for Three CenEs-.a
Class in Very Natural History,

most in the jungle. He Is very
strong, as you viii observe when
you get a smell of his csge. He
| pounces on his prey by stealth, and
in his politics he's a tory.
"a tory?"
'sYes. predatory"
'When does the lion reach his
greatest size?"
"When Russell < Morgan put him
on a show bill.'
"What are the different kinds Of
lions?"
"Asiatic lion, African lion, mali
cious lion, lyin' in wait, Richard
Ceur de Lion, lie on Nacduf, dan
dylion-"
@Hold on there. What is the fe-
male lion called?" +"
@Lady of Lyons"
"You will be Claude if you keep
on. Next boy-who was the oldest
lion performer?"
Daniel"
"Why didn't the lions hurt him
@'Cause he was sick
sHoW do you know he was sick -
"Don't we read Of Dan i'll in the
lions den?"
(The teacher takes the precoeious
lad across his knees and works over
him a spell, and then tells him be
can sit down, which he can't do for
some time with any comfort
''Next boy; describe the tiger"
"The royal Bengal tiger is ma
tive of India, where he lives In
India gent circumstances until cap
tured and brought to this country,
when he enters npen q career Of
luxury and indolence. He makes
triumphaI procession through the
country in a gilded chariOt and
varies in his diet occasionally BY
chawing up a performed He is
partial to 3 sleight-of-hand man, as
he is someWhaton the jugular vein
himself"
ain what manner do men 6ght
the tiger?"
aAt the faro bank, with red and
white chips"
"You'n pass yours in early il you
don't look out. Next boy; tell rs
something about the leopard"
"The leopard is a native Of Af-i-
ca. He has a thievish disposition,
but it is difficult for him to ever get
away with anything"
''Why?"
Because he is always spotted
"What is your advice about the
leopard?"
"If he is ever caught hauling
down the American flag, shoot him
on one Of his numerous spots.
"That is a quotation; but who
said it origonally2
"Ipse Dir IT.
'sNext boy-tackle the elephant.
"The elephant is the Daniel Lam
bert of animals. He always travels
with a trunk, but it is never consid-
cred sufficient security for his board.
although it is sufficient to secure is
if there is 8 board within reach. He
is q very obstinate animal, and it is
almost impossible to move him when
he has once planted his foot down.
He is sometimes hard up ike other
show folks. I saw an elephant
shove up his trunk at a paWn6rok-
ers shop once, but it wiped the
pawnbroker out. Hannibal was a
celebrated elephant. He had city
in Missouri named after him. There
was once two elephants named Rom
co and Juliet. They lived in great
harmony and it was pleasant to see
Romeo drink while Juliet eat.2
"Can any scholar tell me about
the great rhinoceros?
Il can. The rhinoceros is an in
temperate beast, and keeps q horn
before his eyes continually. some
times two Of them. He is so thick
skinned that no newspaper attacks
have ever affected him. The tapir
is another thick-skinaed animal, and
a native of Snmatra- They don't
live long in this country, but it
don't do any good to Sue-matra for
damages. Drinking men don't ike
to see snakes and things at a men
agerie, but after a hard spree they
have no objections to a tapir."
ssYou can have q recess-go and
Join the crusaders. Next boy; de-
scrive the gisafe.@
''Tbe giraffe is the only animal
whose nose is so far from his ex-
tremities that he does not have to
wash his feet. Although no orator,
as brute is, he gets his living by his
tongue, with which he crops the
herbage from the tallest tree, and is
correspondingly fond Of high hy-
ing"
dary."
"The dromedary, or Arabian cam
ell, is useful as a beast Of burden
and furnishes the Arabs with milk.
There is no dairy equal to the drOm-
edary. The milk is said to be ex-
eellent as there are no pumps IN
the desert), and no Arab considers
his dessert complete without t.
The dromedary can go many days
without water, but there are men IN
this country who can beat the drom-
edary to death on that lay, for they
don't drink water from one years
end to another.
"That viii do, Zebedee, arise; can
YOU make mention Of the bearf
eyes, bare-mention. There are
several varieties Of bears, the black
bear, white bear, brown bear, grizzly
bear, bare-neck, the bears Of Wall
street, and bear and for-bear / 60
for bear. Bears oil is used on hair,
but don't want to have any bear
soil me. When it comes to hugging
there is no animal that exeites the
admiration of the girls equal to the
bear"
"That is enough"
eyes, that is the last Of the bear
one"
a student wanted to know, when
the armadillo vas provided with so
impenetrable a coat Of mail, Of
what necessity it was to arm a dilio
but he was promptly rebuked for
his armadillatoriness, and when an
other boy asked where the beaver
learned to swear, as he never met
anything in profanity 50 perfectly
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