The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-27
AN EXASPERATED BEAST.
How "a Girls Dress Was Pulled Back la
Elephant.

How n Girls Dress Was Pulled Back bl
an Elephant.
/ Iwyandotte Correspondence of the Kansas Cit
Times.l
Tuesday, the entire population, excep
blind woman and Rouse went over Il
visit circus and have nice time. On,
Granger sold the two bushels of corn ht
had received from the Relief Board fol
$1.50 and enjoyed the sawdusty arenf
far more than he would the planting ot
the same; "and besides" he remarked
"the poor We have with We always, but
circuses are rare, and should not be
summed" A young lady from across
the Jersey took her feller and an Opera
glass, the former to buy her lemonade
and peanuts, and the latter to show that
she had one, and TO enable her to see
the performance. But rs soon as the
exercises began she saw enough with the
naked eye to convince her that glass
was unnecessary; so she laid it in hel
lap, whence it was observed by one OF
the fakirs, and now beams darkly from
some pawnshop, without q doubt. The
young lady says she thought the per-
formance real romantic until she stopped
to see the elephant.
She wore one Of those pockets behind,
in which, besides her handkerchief, she
had deposited an apple, handful of pea
nuts, quarter of n pound OF gumdrops,
a little bottle of ammonia, and some
other trihes. She and her swain, after
admiring the complexion of the huge
beast, turned their backs upon him to
watch the monkeys and the live kanga-
roo, and gaze into each others eyes; to
do this the better they leaned back
against the rope which enclosed 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 shuffiing
movements he emulated the example of
our common mother, plucked and ate
the fruit, but instead of clothing him
self in fig leaf, returned to the pocket
and scooped out the gumdrops and pea
nuts, with sly wink at his nephew, who
was looking on with anxiety at the pro-
ceeding. But in the last mouthful the
majestic beast took in this ammonia bot
tie by mistake, the cork came ont, and
about an ounce of hartshorn ran down
the throat of the greedy beast. This
beverage is said to have reviving and
influence, and in this case it
proved its power, for more revived ele-
plant was never seen on earth, and it is
doubtful if ever the kingdom of heaven
contained so stimulated an animal.
With a wild yell he grabbed the pro-
tuberance behind the lady which had
been the cause of his disaster; she was
pulled back" some before, but as the
eXasperated trunk yanked at the hustle
and accessories, all former attempts at
that style of wearing-gear seemed pale
and sickly; everything 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 good prod
persuaded the beast 20 let up. But the
inn was over for the day; cake had no
charms, and soda no balm for these two
souls, who walked home with but
single thought about wild animals. The
zig elephant has learned a lesson in
morals which will probably induce him
o let other peoples pockets alone,
hough nobody dares to carry a bottle
within range of his proboscis.