The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
be Mlatsoag OF q Eaou TaEaeE:

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| Al firut the tongue Of the tanner We.
pretty closely tied touching matiefs o
his profession, but 10 due tine be. ex
panded into talk when he saw che .genl,
ine enthnsipaEn IF tbe kespsF fer all that
related e e p shs sIsjh k pgae
ticed tsiict relefSe Ia evlrythihg eadaaftsstb eeadaftsstb
ing hio particular worE,,s Eh 4, 5spSsll, ipd iprd.
fessionNi e6e1ets remained aatonzbeA.
,;fIe shus:Tht saeh were Hosu no lhiss yd
caticn, aiiG shere was no resistingit.. HI
had followed shows and hung af5und ifor
cages when he was a boy. Toward man
hood the business had exercised such d
fascination that he at last obtained en-.
ployment With tamer, ghn.n BE Eciiey.
edtahtit he was Ikillted 5y iiislbeasE, Thit
shnsu1fos %ss lo5 &c hs for sas
but he Continued his work. ,l,,ai diTE
There were two kindS Of 1ions !n thS
menageries-those born and .fa..sed in the
cages and those caught as wheIps yildiu
Asia and Africa. A few full gsown were
caught in pits. The first dmelhe entered
a cage YVES in q email ehew IN q pfevin.
cial town. The two lions whom he then
! encountered were old and sick, and bore
the scsrs Of twenty years whipping on
their bald hides; besides, they wero born
and4tpNb hp Ibphipdfthb 6asaSi Unity
growled from force of habit. but there
was not much danger iI them. The
posters, Of course, announced tho brutea
az suO ofthei1last ferDaieusIkings Of the
| forE6t.isii pu. tD >booSa a.sIt1UK
From these ne spasA4ti t3 nehlsIbfed
| lions in their prime, thence to Tho wild
animals, of which 3rutus was one. Un-
til the tanner was able to work with thesc
| last, he was not considered to the rank oi
real tanners. Tie sensation he expert
enced the first time he entered1 the cage
| of wild animals was difficult to describe
| itwasiao appreciation o6egipeDtda9get
coupled witt courage. hWhen he issued
frcn, :he csgss Lis tighes and spangletl
cloth felt as IF they had jrlst come out of
the wash tub. He was 4teeled up to the
point Of bravery before the brutes, but
ten minutes asterward q child could have
knocked him over.
The principal secret Of, managing the
bruteS was not to be afraid of them.
When the man showed fear he was lost.
The mastery was not acquired go much
through violence Of treatment, as an ab-
solute sense of security in their presence.
Audacity and self-possession were neces-
! sary every minute, every second q mos
mense losssof equilibrium might profe
| fatal.
The buttery mode of treatment about
which Bookmen wrote had no existence
in fact among showmen. J No man maa-
ages his beasts with kindness. When
his b,ates licked his face in bis perform
ance it looked affection, but it was not
he was afraid; and wheis the animal
went through this occulatory business he
was obliged to keep n,y eye on him with
all the concentration Of his will, for there
was something in the beasts eyes showed
that he would 600n5T use hi5 teeth tharl
his tongue.
There was an impression that lior
is broken to harness. TIM was an error
che lion had TO be tanned every day anees
in order 10 keep him in snnjection.
] Rouudera asked him il he meant tc cay
that all lions were vicious. To which he
1 answered negatively. There were good
lions and bad lions, just as there were
| good and bsd men. Tbs bad beasts
however, were more numerous than thf
others, for 1t was their nature TO kill tc
provide fc: their hunger. The book taik
about their generosity gas not trust
worthy the instinct Of the beast was to
Kill when IL wa5 hiiHsTy, but when liz
stomach was full it was less dangerous
| He had captured Brutus there when the
animal was two y.ars old; he was tner
ten, but always retained eom methi.g of his
| wild nature. He was secur:d in q pii
| Nth his mother, thc mother Seiag ah0s
In another meuagerie In which he had
been employed his principal Dc lfoTmance
S7as 'tthe happy family" in which he
brought together in the same cage two
lions, several wolves, O couple OF bears, Q
sheep, q small elephant with a monkey
on his back. The croN nilg feature 81
this WIS the introduction IF the sheep's
head into ths lions mouth, which he held
open by the upper lip with strong grip
Tue sovereignty of the lions was acEnowl
edged by the other animals, vino Looked
at them with :es-, getting as, far away
from them es the cage would permit. He
had to pull each one into the cage BY
force. He compelled the bear to stsni
with his nose in close proximity to thai
OF the lion ne called s6iSS s6iSS tAS tAies kiss O.
friendship; the bear had to be kicked
anu pushed into position, looking ut tii,ii tii
lion with terror; the lion did not deigr
Go look at the bear, bnt kept his eye or
his master. whos he obeyed under pro
test. When the sheep was brought for
ward, and its head was put between ths
lions jaws, it was almost in swooninf
condition. and excited general pity HI
I'D :. 81 81 .:ee e - -;
daily fear causing oien1 soon to decline
into death. ,,.,., ..i4.zo
| che foregoing in substance, was b por
tion iof the talk with which Brinton graf
fled himself rs we'll as his listenar. tn.
appreciative Roundei.--AL5cyt Rhodes, Il
tse GaRaEy for February.