The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-11-18
The Geological Garden al Cincinnati.
From the Cincinnati Gazette we
take the following:

From the Cincinnati Gazette we
take the following:
There is an unvarying e7enn SIS in
the weekday attendance of visitors
st the Geological Garden, and a
mercurial tiexibiiity in the Sunday
attendance, corresponding with the
brightness or eloudiness OF the wealth
er. On week-d Iys there are seIiOm
less or many more than a thousand
Visltors, while on Sundays they range
IN numbers from about 3, 1000 on dark
days up to 1900 or I5,UO9 on Ie
more inviting. Tue average number
on week days Is increased by q hun
dred or two on the occasion Of the
Thursday afternoon Concerts. bot IL IL
doubtful II the aggregate of the six
secular days will equal the average
SUNDAY attendance. 1t is noticeable
that the first arrivals each day are
strangers, VINO reach the grounds ear
IN the forenoon, remainging for
dinner, and that few Cincinatians ar
rive before the fashionable hours Of
the afternoon. The display, however,
Is at all times equally interesting, and
at an institution as extensive
as the biological Garden, the crowd
can never be so great as t. inter-
fere with the observation of any per-
son, while the legitimate purpose
with which every person visits the
grounds, renders all so orderly, and
tends so fully 70. confiniug aIl to a
strict attentio NSatheir own business,
that none nD1 fear the unpleasant
circumstances attending the assem-
olage OF large numbers of people from
motives OF idle curiosity. The great
mass Of visitors is, of course, amused
by a merely casual observation of the
peculiaFties OF form and disposition
exhibited by the various specimens,
butquite large and respectable por-
tlon md deeper and scientific in
terest In closer study OF them. A
full force OF guards prevent, to a
great degree, abuse Of the animals,
but the common trait Of unrestrained
huHanity to worry the helpless Is so
strong that many animals have suk-
fered during the temporary absence Of
the police.
The Garden is now regarded as a |
complete success by all who know |
anything Of the management. Ling
journeys and irregular care effected |
the health of many OF the animals for 1
: time after the opening, but all are |
now in excellent condition, and al 4
most as comfortable as when in their /
native elements st home. The DIM
,ulty attending this WorK of treating
IND subsisting properly q collection |
'eprenting almost every order of the
animal kingdom and every climate,
'an not be understood by the public,
Ind forms, perhaps, the most impor-
ant feature in the management OF the
Institution. Food Of the animals
natural choice can not possibly be
in every instance, and Just
lere the scientific knowledge OF those
q charge is applied to providing suit
Ible substitutes, as well as to creating
'onditions corresponding as closely as
possible with those surrounding the
'nImal in its normal state.
From Mr.. Teuner, general manager
Il the Garden, we learn that the cost
u feeding since the opening of the in
titutiOn on the 18th Of September
ast, was 81 ,250. or about S23 per day.
lue hundred and thirty-six pounds Of
eef, four or five beef hearts, five GAL
Ons Of milk, and about a wagon load
f vegetables, bread, and seeds of
ariOus kinds, are consumed daily.
he beef, OF course, is not OF the high
st market q1ality, and Is obtained at
cost OF cents per pound. The COM
nissarist is therefore quite an i'm
ortsnt department. The kitchen is
9 large as that of some Of the largest
Otels and restaurants. Here the
read is baked, the meat cooked and
ut, the rice boiled, the milk heated,
nd the food appOrtioned to the vari-
US sections.