, 1877-02-01
BREAD OR BLOOD.
Meeting Of the Starving Inmates Of the
Museum Menagerie.
A Committee Appointed 10 Wait on tho
County Agent and Demand
Relief.

Relief.
A lack Of appreciation Of tho merits Of tho
Museum, attributable unqucstfonably to tho
Presidential mulld1c {ant tho fcur of the public
thnt tho question wnull be settled bcforc the
highly moral performance thoul,l close}. has
had reflex influence on the animals. It might
he h,1ppuscd that the devoted Snowman would
look 10 the creature comfort Of Ills lncnagcrfc,
but hard times affect tho salnrfcs Of actnrz und
the rations Of bsl;tcs about tic same, and after
suffering for more than reasonable time tic
ranEs of hunger, tho constituents Of the dumb
element arosc last night mud protettel.
TRIBUNE reporter sought adtnttance to tho
but later application TO tho Secretary would
insure him ali outline Of such portions OF tho
proceedings rs were deemed proper for publt-
cation., The trained 1ackass explained CONT
lgnttally that there WIS really no objection to
the rcpUrtcr's presence, but TINT It wout.l rive
tho meeting n mare tltEntf1rtl and natural ns-
pect II y fol1nwcd the prurcdcns established by
other rcforncrs.
From, the sccrctary's mlnutct, sent in with
rc1ucst that his naulo bo published, with
small puff Of Ills eminent fitness for his Office,
the following outline Of the meeting ia cx-
tractc.l:
TIE TRAINED JAcKABs
hssumed the chair, ail'1 nftcr the election Of Tint
popular lnl well and favurAbfy known fellow
Ctt'xen, tho rinEtatfcd monkey, to Tie otf1eo Of
sscretary WHICH ''o Eracees, etr., thc Chair cx.
planned tito object OF Tho meeting. lie sal1 that
the animal STOMACH WINS susceptible of tho high
est degree OF trAfning, btt every effort to ac-
custom IL to starvation had failed. Zig did not
starve his esteemed friends, but he submitted
that aqllarc Of ginger bread md M apple
core were not sufficient tn support life more
than week, and t.c felt that tic diet might bo
changed, i not Increased. upou this point lir
wntlll Listen respectfully to the sense If tho
mcctng.
TIE LION
cleared his throat aud sail no had considered
the matter in ali ts bearings, and had concluded
for several ,ays laborcd unslcr the lclustUti that
his thront was cut, and he felt dispoacsi either
to scc,ltc for Ills digestive orEans something
,ore suestq9tal t.an eigar stMmps a,d buttons
OF South Africa h. flaa accustomed himself to
four nattyes per diem, and aincc he lad bcen
rcdnccl to cabbagc leaves anu uyster cans he
impaired. but tfIa was not vii (nni liero thcre
Wns t0f1cl. Of nature IN Ills rU1ce}: he could
suffer himself, but When hp looked i1pon
Lts vile (ss>lu1n he remembered as the bcllu
potuto.skins, md few Ut that, it Gu. him deeply.
Only thre. nights ltcforc In her hungry sfeep
abe tlatl hit his thumb, and though In hls anger
lie had kicked her sf!ns for tho foray, jet In Ills
that alo might 10 led 10 forget the pangs Tint
Emwcd her v1tals. Some action SHOULD and
must 30 taken, he concluded, and lo thought n
committee might do soHlc good. lie Didn't
nuke = motion; he merely threw 1t out as q
Thrn tho Cashmere goat arose timldly md
asked If any one kuew What the receipts Of the
AfMseun, llaf1 beon for two wocks tack.
The lioness replied TINT she did mot know
hnw t!r lcc,urc-soo1n had done, but ellc waa
frank to atint sllc Ind not heard ml,clt applause
oi late. A to thu nicnaRcrlc. Tint hntl been
impressed upon her mind by the fat legs mud
general lufc1nuss Ut tic youth.
THE BLACK HEAR
cosrohoraicd tho stutcmrnt su far ns the woman
wns concerned, anu sa!tt she Ind presented him
ION the end Of sticky with chunk Of pepper
generous tlnpulsiycncss would not suggest cat
inE vi, the patrons Of tho show. TllIs might,
he would admit, tend to temporary relief, but,
abroad, mud in n few .!ays even this supply OF
fon,l would BE- c,trtailcd, If not cut OIL.
Thc lloncss said she did nut mean Anytaing OF
tlie sort. She had been a mother herself, nnl
even suggesting tho im.noiat!on Of patrons.
Nncn her first child Wns : months
Here she was Interrupted BY the lion. who
fnid these things were l,arrassuE, and 1le felt II
WIS better for tho cub to 70 from tho maternal
font 10 q premature grave, than to live to be
fed on peppermint candy from the cnd Of q
sticlt.
Tic lcar WAS about to rcply, when the chalr
rapped for orllcr, utid nlAio a brtef speech,
tlelsecating NIL personalities.
Tic goat assumed the ho0r again, at,.l satd
ls race fad been noted ioF cclll>acy, but he hal
been prevented from taking to Ills breast eoat
whom he loved dcrotcdly, sitnply because he
lad no y!sihte means Of support.
THE LEOPARD
thought this lar.!s!lip, hut not much worse
tllan hts aw1', for, having two wives, he was
inability to light for the first lick at what h,
WAS fortunate enough to pick up. liz hal
spoken To the manager about the matter atml
hal been assured TINT tho receipts hui been
evenly divided nll around, and when he askcd
tho manager lspw 1t was the cahhaIcs hail faIlcu
oil, TIC WINS Informed TINT they wcrc now util-
zGt IL ftee.!,ncl' tcmptlngly set before the
Al alligator called attention to tho preserved
hr,is, utd desired Information upon the, at,-
stuffed while the living 20 etnpty!'
rogatory for sotnu time. He hal eccn tho skins
III other seals wrapped around full s1uinaehs,
willis his own was hut hollow covering TO m
empty yolA.
AMI rcnlnrkc'l, that it Jay In nutahcIl. Tho
ntcnageEic lsall put up will such treatment fnr
50 long that tho management had concluded to
skclctontzo the outdf, anil we're only awn!ttng
the AlOtflEa pftE,rc8H al hatuFD toward the lc-
coMsrl'sl!Incnt Of that contamination.
Tie Chair remarked that perhaps something
temporary could bc u0nc Will,
TIR COUNTY AGENT.
II lie were properly approached he might hc in
durc,' to afford relief, and II wus III onlcr to
move the appointment OF committee to witt
upoL the Agent, with power to u,ako u!l co,,ccs-
slons o. To short weight Antl sick meat, etc.
The lion Rald lIe understood tint all app1icn.
ttons fur ukl from that source required fDur
months consideration before any artion could
b. taken.