Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-07-01
Story Of an Elephant .

Elephants have Il decided liking for
military NE. Various regiments whilst
serving IN the East have had such an all
mai winch often rendered rood ser
wee 70 corps to which he might be at
tathed. The Kings Rangers at one
I'm" were IN possession of fine male OF
enormous size, which for many vcatS
was never once b>cut from parade. A,
soona> the buglc sounded. he wouldwalk
ihajr>ucaitr To the place OF mus ter. and
ttAe nP ~ position at the right Of The
column. II Inc mahuut or driver pre-
>chted himself, the elephant would Iif,
hun en- 70 his shoulders bv means Of III,
'fnhk, and evidently without the slight.
est effort to himself; but il left 10 his
own nnaldcd Intelligence, he obcycd the
ordinary words cf command without
ever making mistake, such as: Right
lace March, Mark ii ne. Halt He
insisted at all times on giving help to
me men whenever tex were engaged
~ loading or unloading baggage. ana
was evidently pleased To be allowed To
make himself generally useful. When
the wagons were lmpeded ON the march,
a. II NOT nnirequenrly happened. Jock
was duly sensible Of Nj own iinpnr-
tance, for by hi, cnormou, strength he
would push heavy load up a steep de-
cIlEIty. which six or eight oxen failed
70 90 without his assistance.
l. happened that the Ranger, were
suddenly ordered t. embark for China.
ahd there was no accommodation tor
taxing Jock on shlpbOard. TO the great
disappointment ot the men. the au.hori-
lle, decided that he should be lett i'm In
dIa. lie was, however, permitted To ac
company the regiment as far a. the ouay
70 Watch the troops as they went on
board, many Of whom had "A partipo
word ot Aindnc-, for their old comrade.
'Good-bIc, Old man. Poor Old
Jock, We're repeated, with many va
,iatl"hs' both by officers and men
Meanwhile the animal watched the pro-
ceedln9, with great apparent interest, as
II wondering when his own turn would
come to 20 on board. But when the
vessel steamed oil and left him ashore he
Decalne frantic with rage and disappoint-
neht. Il had been proposed that he
should be transferred to another corp,.
Dut ne most pcr>l~teltlv refused 10 have
amy lhln9 10 do with it. Neither the
coaAIng nor the threats Of his mahout,
were Q! amy avail. Though he had pre-
fionSlH manifested the gcntlest dispos-
Iti"n, tie now threateningly withstood
~ Kindly advances on the part of his
would-be comrades, and AT length 80
savage did he become that it was deei..
ed eXpcdient to place him in conti4.r-
lhent. Even the mahOut himself was
several times placed in Il very awkward
prcdlcainent. and on one occasion bare
~ escaped with his life. No means
could be found to assuage the grief or
TO calm the anger OF this faithful Great.
ure, which 50 constantly mourned the
loss OF his frie nds. But in little less
than two years the Rangers came back
to their old quarters, and were inform
come over their old comrade.
NO 90 near-no touch, sahb; he
strike hard said the mahout; lie
kill
Why, Jock, my boy,' said young
o1ilcer, formerly one of hi, special
Trends, why, what's the natter
lhe animal prlcked up his ears, and
instantly recognized the voice, which
was proved by his nIanitesting unmis-
taxable signs and sounds fiov. Ii was
quite affecting to see, when once more
lie wa, permitted freely to repair to
the parade-ground, with what kindly
recognition he embraced maHH OF his
companions, placing his trunk tenderlv
on their neck and shoulders. | need
haruly say he was at once reiustated in
his old reginental post, the duties OF
which he recommended to discharge as
II no interruption had taken place
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