The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-26
A Tigers Hatred.

Sometimes, for no very apparent rea-
sons, animals will evince special antipa-
thy towards one out of crowd of per-
sons. These animal-aversions, as we will
call them, are not at all times easily ac-
counted for, seeing that the object of an
tipathy may be child, or, as in the fol-
lowing case, lady, who we are assured
had never given the animals the slightest
cause for jealousy or ill-feeling. Our
correspondent writes as follows:
"Some time ago, in company with
some relatives and friends, 1 paid visit
to the Geological Gardens at Clifton:
One lady of the party, Mrs. M, had
travelled with her husband in foreign
countries, and expressed herself very
fearless about wild beasts. Before en-
tering the monkey-house, she informed
US there was one monkey which had
taken great dislike to her, and however
long period elapsed between her visits,
its recognition of her was always instan-
taneous. The house in which the mon
keys were confined had cages round the
wall, and a huge one in the centre in
which were large number of all sizes
and shades. We entered on the tiptoe
of expectation to see if this time itwould
recognize her. We were not long in de-
termining which was the euemy. One
of the tribe jumped from its perch aud
clung to the bars nearest to us, chatter
ing and grinning ia a frightful manner.
Whichever side of the cage we stood the
monkey followed, all the time intently
watching Mrs. M, who had with her
nuts and ginger-snaps, with which she
proceeded to feed the other monkeys.
"Seeing this, Mrs. Ms enemy
sprang upon them, seized the food and
threw it back augrily in her face, chat.
tering and screaming in great fury; and
I am not sure if it was not the same
monkey that succeeded in tearing off
some deep lace Mrs. M wore round
her mantle, and climbing on to the top
most perch, commenced tearing it in
pieces.
81 was not sorry when we left his ugly
grinning face and screeching voice be-
hind us, and paid visit to the lion and
tiger house. Here, Mrs. M inform
ed US, was tiger which would show its
dislike as much as the monkey had done.
On seeing her it begun to growl fiecrely,
and turning, walked slowly to the other
end of the cage, then facing us again, he
threw himself with great force against
the strong bars, which, had they yielded
to the shock, would have involved GER
tain death to Mrs. M, who, fixing
her eyes on the enormous beast, and
shaking her umbrella at it, exclaimed, 4
should like to tame you.' A gentleman
standing near watching the proceedings
said, 1t is your eye it does not like
And here l should mention that Mrs.
NJ has very dark and prominent
eyes. After visiting other parts of the
gardens, we returned to take q last fare
we'll of the tiger. 1t was agreed Mrs.
NJ should remain outside, while some
of our party entered, myself among the
number. We stood before its cage and
commenced to make remarks about it;
but, beyond looking at US very quietly,
no further notice was taken. On the en-
trance of Mrs. M nearly the same
scene ensued as at the first visit; Of
length the huge animal gave loud roar,
in which all the other lions and tigers
Joined. Nearly all rushed from the
place but Mrs. M, who stood her
ground before the cage while the roaring
continued, while the keepers ran in haste
to learn the cause of the disturbance
We then left the gardens, commenting
on the strange conduct and knowledge o.
the monkey and tiger, which after sc
long time had recognized and so un'
mistakably expressed their great dislike
to Mrs. N -."-Chambers Journal.