The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-28

slghe . deprooslCn 10 the skull some
six inches in circumference. THAT"
he resumed, twas done BY q lion nine
years ago. l Was then playing an
engagement with Barnum at his old
museum in New York, and one day
when l was giving an exhibition with
our 6ercest lion be gave me love-tap
that crushed in my skull. ! was laid
up for eight months. never quit my
bed during that time, and the doctors
all said that my case was the strangest
on recOri, aud that my recovery was
almost . miracle. The medical men
removed five pieces Of my skull. but l
lived through it. 1 was not born to
be killed by a mere love tap from q
lions paw. Come out and see the SEA
lions fed"
THE SEA LIONS.
A basket Of fish. forty pounds in
all. was taken out to the tank where
the sea lions. two in number, originally
from the Pacific Coast, were founder
ing about. On sight Of the basket
they fioundered up to the edge of the
tank and set up mOurnful, discordant
noise that resembled the smOthered
barking Of dog more than anything
else that could be imagined. The fish
were tossed to them two ut time.
and the unwieldy creatures caught
them in their mouths with a neatness
that would have put to shame q pro-
fessional base ball catcher, and gulped
them down, bones and all, without
even taking the trouble to MUNICH
them up, When the bOttem Of the
6asket was reached, one odd fish was
found. and it was carried back into
the feed wareroOm. the feeder re-
marking that if that fish was thrown
into the tank the lions would fight
over it all evening.
The dromelary, antelopes, llamas,
peccarys. Chinese and japanese hogs,
foxes, black jackals, coyotes, black
Arkansas wolves. prairie wolves, silver
foxes. Tartary yaks, bufaloes, elks,
eands. spotted axis deer from India,
the Cape buffaloes from Africa, the
deer park, Cashmere goats and bear
pits were visited, and all found doing
as well as could be expected.
ONE OF THE PITS
is occupied BY q fine California Grizzly,
who gives promise Of attaining a rare
size. All OF the lesser animals. from
the raccoons down to the prairie dogs,
were called on. and then a peep was
taken at the inmates of the bird
house. Tine collection of birds is one
of the finest in the country and
embraces something over 600 different
varieties, from all parts Of the world.
Owing to the cold weather, no visitors
have been allowed in the bird house
for some time. and the parrots at once
realized that u stranger had called. in
the person Of the reporter. They all
wabble,i over to the hall side Of their
large cage, where they could obtain
u good view. and then began the most
discor'lant chattering that was ever
heard.
ONE OLD CUSTOMER.
that had been slumbering on one Of
the back perches. marched over to
his companions and clambering up the
bars few inches secured q firm hold
and then after fixing his eyes on the
intruder for a moment Us it mentally
sizing him up, calculated, LAY on,
Macduff, thou art 10 good :" Prophetic
as were the words. the reporter re-
manned long enough to lonk at the
Australian cockatoOs, FlOridian paro-
quettes, African parrots, Spanish
macaws, golden pheasants, msgpies,
gold finches, orioles. cat birds, canary
birds and numerous other species, and
and then dropped in at the monkey
house. They were all found happy
and chattering. apparently glad to
welcome the NtGT commissioner, and
chewed his 6ne cut with q frenzy Of
delight. There it but little -eonsump-
ton among them this sesbon, and
according to Superintendent Winner,
the health Of all the animals and
birds was never better.