The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-17

HOW THE FORMER COMMITTED MAYHEM
ON OLD BOLIVAR.

FROM the y, /. world
The Kingston correspondent of the
Poughkoepsie Eagle has interviewed Chas.
johnson, the keeper Of Bolivar, the i'm
mense elephant in Van Amburghs menag-
erie, which was attacked by vicious camel
while the show was at Pawling, on the Har-
lem Railroad, on April %. "Bolivar' said
Mr.. johnson, us good elephant and very
submissive, but that male camel is a peiect
devil. never tether him under a canvass
without having pitchfork where | can put
my hand on it, for | don't know one min
ute what he will attempt do the next. In
the street paradCs that beast has to be muz.
zled with steel muzzles. Now those other
camels, though they have young. can be
handled with ease and trusted to a certain
extent. Bolivar has a proper conviction that
am his friend, and IS amenablo to my
orders. / tell you this 50 You can appre-
ciate the job we had with these two crea-
lures on Friday last, at Paving. 1t was
during the afternoon, and had gone from
the canvass under which we kept the ane
lmals into the circus for something, and
had been gone but moment when heard
the audience in the Menagete canvass MAX
ing row as if panic-stricken at something
Then the under-keepers rushed into the
circus canvas and shouted, Where John
son? | rushed in, found. the spectators in a
state of panic An uuder-keepCr called
out to me, That devil of a camel is |
at Bolivar and one or the other will be kill |
ed Inside the ropes found Bolivar and /
the camel hooked together and Bolivar had |
the worst of it. The camel had in some |
manner got loose and Immediately began |
fight with Bolivar, timing his attack so as /
fD caiva tho IL .. L
teeth, and to which he chung with despera~
ton, endeavoring to strike Bolivar with his
hoofs. Mr.. Boyd and four under-k
seized the camel while endeavored to inns
press upon Bolivar that help was at hard
The camel clung to Bol!yar's trunk with
such tenacity that the tour men could not
pull him away until l had succeeded in get
ting chain about his throat and choking
him down.
''The widest confusion reigned in the
tent, women screamed and tainted, men |
Yelled the other animals made their pecu4
har noises, but high above all the din was
Old Bolivar's trumpet, seemingly screaming,
Take him off and let me get just one crack {
at nm. The uproar was quoted as soon |
as we got the camel separated from the ele- !
phant and secured, bat Bolivar was in a 0
terrible plight. See lere.7 At that Mr. +
Johnson held ont his hands when Bolivar !
presented his trunk to the keeper. and as I
Mr.. Johnson shovel the laceratgd member
he elephant emitted a most Ueculiar 7
and mounful moan. The trunk ON II
each side, between a foot and Il
loot and a foot and half Of the p
over end is wOund5d aud lacerated in a p
earful manner, and for some DAYS the Il
'oor brute could not use it, but had to he b.
ed snd wateFed by lis keeper Ike an i'm, 81
lense baby and it was feared Inflammation o.
7ouid set IN and prove fatal. but Mr. / "
ohnson says the immediate danger is pass h,
d and he hopes for a continuance of warm II
leather 50 his patient won't catch cold. >,