The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-15
WHOLE NUMBER 500.

'em he went quietly away, and he has
never been near Dick since.D
But why did Chief alone of the
elephants show this dislike to the
cat1elP'
"Lord, sir, who cur understand an
elephants motives? No to say ns how
they haven't motives, or as how they're
tickle; but take thick headed elephant
like Chief and you can't make him ottt.
It's my opinion he was jealous, but the
other male elephant there isn't jealous
bit, thodgh he's just as good right to be.
l must say as Chief is mysterious ele-
phant oftentimes."
Is that good lionf"
Emperor? He's a beauty, sir. That
Lion never did anything vicious but
twice; the ffst time he pulled off the
head of yak and bit mans calf out,
and the second time he got hold of
visitors arm and ate it off up to the
shoulder. He got out once down at
Augusta and walked around the grounds.
Probably he didn't mean any harm at
all, but in springihg into dark shed
he landed ON a yak; and being startled,
fixed his teeth In the yak's neck and
pulled her head off. Otr Joting man,
Boxer, went in to get him, and startled
him again, and he bit off Bakers calf.
But then we got ropes and secured him,
ahd he went back to his cage just as
pleasant as vol please"
"Do the wild animals get out often "
"Well, no; but occasionally one gets
out. There was Jim, the panther there,
got out once into the pan of beefsteaks,
but one Of the men closed with him and
got him back easy enough. The man
Just threw himself fight fat on the
panther and gripped him in his arms.
Jim scratched his breast a little, but it
didn't amount to anything. That buff
falo, there, got out in Cleveland, and
ripped up all the reserved seats, and
Henry Barnum, our General Manager,
went right up to him with pan of oats
and the buffalo came up and began eat
ing Just as quiet as a heifer. You can
always catch buffalo with a pan of
oats.n
"These I presume to be elks."
Yes, sir, those are elks. They are a
beautiful animal, but not so sagacious
or SO strong as the elephants. / can
give you an instance of this. When we
were travelling from Augusta to Aiken
we Put an elk into a cage open at the
top with some elephants, and on the way
the elephants became playful and lifted
the elk up with their trunks and dropped
him outside. When we got to Aiken we
missed the elk, of course, and sent a
man back to look for him. We found
him safe and well in a planters shed.
A nigger going through the fields had
seen him and run back to his employer
with the story about the biggest deer in
Carolina, and the planter had come out
with his gun and captured him. The
elephants was only playing, of course,
and had no idea of hurting the elk"
s.You have alarge number of ponies 2"
Yes, sir; ShetIands breed like pigs.
When we Travelled through New Eng
land we had new colt almost every
day. 1 named each colt after some
famous man in the town we happened
to be in. That brown one there was
born in Hartford, and his name is Joe
Hawley; that bay one with white spots
is Sam Bowles, because he was born in
Springfield"
At this point of the conversation an
immense roar went tip from all the beasts
in the place. Men were bringing vast
tubs of raw meat to feed the menagerie,
and the gray-eyed man made his excuses
and departed.