The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-12
An Affair With an Elephant.

The wyandotte correspondent of the
Kansas City Times writes Tuesday the
entire population, except blind woman
and Rouse, went over TO see Queens great
show and have nice time. One granger
sold the two bushels of corn he had from
the Relief Board for 81 80, and enjoyed
the sawdusty arena far more than he
would the planting of the same, land be-
Sides" he remarked, "the poor ye have
with We always. but circuses are rare and
should not be stunned" A young lady
from across the Jersey took her feler and
an opera glass, the former to buy her lem
onade and peanuts, and the latter TO show
that she had one and to enable her to see
the performance. But as soon as the eX-
ercises began she saw enough with the
naked eye to convince her that class was
unnecessary; so she laid it in her lap,
whence it was absorbed by one of the IA
kris, and now beams darkly from some
pawn-shop without doubt. The young
lady says she thought the performance real
romantic until she stopped to see the ele-
plant. She wore one of those pockets
behind, in which, besides her handker
chief, she had deposited an apple, hand
full of peanuts, quarter of apound of gum
drops, little bottle of ammonia and some
miring the complexiun of the huge beast
turned their backs upon him to watch the
monkeys and the live kangaroo, and gaze
into each others eyes. To do this the
better they leaned back against the rope
which inclosed the stately monarch OF the
south, who saw the apple protruding from
the pocket of the unconscious fair one.
He hesitated a moment and was lost to all
sense of honor or self-reSpect, for with a
shutting movement he emulated the exam
pie of our common mother and plucked
and ate the fruit; but instead of clothing
himself in a fig leaf, returned to
the pocket and scooped out the
gum-drops and peanuts, with sly wink
at his nephew who was looking on with
anxiety at the proceeding. But in the last
mouthful the majestic beast took in the
ammonia bottle by mistake, the cork
came out, and about an ounce of harris
horn ran down the throat of the greedy
beast. This beverage is said to have re-
viving and stimulating influence, and in
this case 1t proved its power, for more
revived elephant was never seen on earth,
and it is doubtful if ever the kingdom of
heaven ever contained so stimulated an
animal. With a wild yell, he grabbed the
protuberance behind the lady which had
been the cause of his disaster; she was
pulled back" some before, but as the ex
asperated trunk yanked at the hustle
and accessories, all former attempts at
that style of wearing gear seemed pale
and sickly; every thing was pulled
back" until the young woman looked like
the statue of NiObe in blue calico. The
young man with great presence of mind
shouted "shoo," and the gentlemanly
clerk of the elephant, with long prod,
persuaded the beast to let up. But the
fun was over for the day; cake had no
charms, and soda no balm for these two
souls, who walked nome with but single
thought about wild animals. The big
elephant has learned lesson in morals,
which will probably induce him TO let
other people pockets alone, though no.
body dares to carry bottle within range
of his proboScis.