, 1877-07-09
KICKED THE BUCKET,


Ohio Rfvcr Water Too Mnrh for II.
Cincinnati Esqsarer. 1#ty7.
Her lsdyship, the Bciuga tlor that's the Find
Of hsr-pin shs wash Is no more. She 10 de-
funct, and the tank In which she was wont to
dfspost and display her faIr proportions Is now
empty, and has IN ancient anil ilst,-Itke smell.
This is low # happened: Her whalcship ap-
peaFed to be doing pretty well, thank you,
until tho storm ct Thursday night
arose. Tho wtntis held high rcyei around the
Lookout House and the esn,as On the top Of The
and played hob With thlnEs generally. 1t scared
the whale wonderfully, and while the lightning
flashed, the thunder crashed, and The winds wcro
blowing o. 70 crack their cheeks, sbe seooted,
possessed Of H., = rc.tless devil. In her
ani s, spout" stream Of muddy water as
nigh rs t'ie botto'n Of the secomi-story
iIcr then did not comprehend tho true situation
of affairs, aud they thought her frfskfness waa
thc result ot e1htlasation, and that she highly
snioycd tha war Of the elements. Alas, poor
NeluR2, like many another Of her Sex, Was 1nis-
Understood. With all Ills l,oaated kiloxleugc,
man never thoroughly understands tho fcini.
nine heart until IL h too late. Then
l,s,,, he weeps s.. useless tears Ct repentance q
Awans sing tteir sweetest notcs a. their sun Of
life desccnds Its lor!zou, and w},alcs,-wel1
whales are gaJest while passing 10 thelt chips,
dc happy ~ ~ T. xcre. Yesterday morning, ii
reached tto taak OF fMr whascshIr1 aud hc
found her lash'ng the water With her tail untt
II fairly bollcd- Several ladies' who
wcra present were delighted With her
iow Of an!tnh spirits. IlarperA psncticcd cyo
told him differently, and he saw at glance tl,at
the jig xas up The whale At this time was coy-
cred with q tn1ddy deposit t!st made her usu-
n y Inn. t1adf ,ftht xtf
and she seemed In terrible pain. Hastily dis
plunged into the tank, drrsscd a hc WIS, and
commenced to rub the muddy al.1ne oG tic ly-
tie leatrcd to assist her, for she WAS as tea.aho
un'lcr his manipulation a. lamb, and even
permitted him to catch her by the tail md steer
her under tue falling stream that was flowing
better for n few moments, and swain around tho
tanka time or twu, and tcn llyesl to tho butto1n
right in the centre OF tho vessel. She staycti
down about five minutes, then arose to tho sur
gave up the gl,ost xith - u,uch resignation ~
II she wcfc dying murderer viswnr tic pcarlY
gates sxlngtnc ajaT from the top Of q scaffoid.
When Mr. Stewart asrivel at the sL.lc Of tho
After weeping 4 few brtuy tears antl "cussin ~
biz luck Ia rount, set phraac, Mr. Stewart Cavo
or1leE8 to larc the whale taken ont Of the
tank and placed on the floor Of tho ampht-
tound 70 contain about two quarts VI small
round stones, the bottom OF gass sumbler, and
Alnnll piece Of stiuk. Nothing else MAS found
In tls stosnacht though she lla.l been fed somv
two or three thousand mlnnows cilubs, aud
sinners Oh Tuesday night Ihe atencs she IL
supposed TO have obtained In the Hay Of bt.
LaWrenee Tho botton Of tho tunlFiIer, 1t 10
aah fell Into tho tank last Sunday nig'lt, when
a man took bcer-tuulhlcr and tried To liIl It
under the strsatal that supplied tho ta1k. II Is
said that the force Of the stream broke the glass,
ind the bottom fell tnto tho tank, WLcfe tho
whale got 1t oud swallowed 1t. The story hardly
sccms plausible, but lt'a the one the ut,alera
give, an1 despite any better one wa give It to
the public. FrGn the etupty state Of the whales
stomach, II y thought that hcr death #as caused
by want of fool aud tue muddy water. Tllu
managers Of the slox were making great efforts
to get live tlsh for the whale, but though they
acnt 6ye mel, after them they could not ret
them they say in tine Tho cells that were sent
with her from New York died l,ofpru theY cou]l
bo ied to her. Yesterday s!le was
viewed by gpol many PERSONS, who ha1
= far better chanca to see what shu lacked
like than they did when she waa swimming in
tho muddy watcr. Her length was about eight
fcet sIM1 her weight In the tae.ghbUrhooi Of Gn0
pounds She was literally washed with carbo!fc
actd last night and thea covered with lee, and
to-day shc n u he exhibited for tho lnat time.
Mr.. Stewart has not decided upuu thu dispo-
alton hs will make Of Tho body VI this whale,
though te will pethaps give II to aolue Of his
medical friends for taciE u.uscuMs.