The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-25

"Now, wc'll take look at the ami
mals," said Mr.. Hutchinson, leading
the way down to the first story. lie
swung open tho door leading from the
ring barn into another compartment
OF the same dimensions. a current
OF warm air, heated to n temperature
OF siXty-fivc degrees, rushed out. The
animals will spend the winter in that
climate. On the asphalt pavement
stood long rows of cages, not the
painted ones Of tho tents, but plain,
solid structures intended only for use
III winter quarters. Tho cages stood
on trucks, SO that in case Of fire they
could be rushed through the double
doors to a place of safety. Professor
johnson, aided by eleven assistants,
was In command Of this department.
The Professor was preparing n deli
cate dish of toast and broth for the
monkeys in ono corner of the room.
and near him stood stcaming kettle
OF cooked meat for some Of the car
nivorous animals. The Professors
pets in the sixt! cagcs cat $50 pounds
OF meat, four bushels of potatoes and
four OF carrots in day, besides pump
klns, cabbagcs and various other arti-
clcs in considerable quantities. The
sickness, tatncss and high spirits of
the beasts and birds bear testimony to
the quantity and quality of their diet.
Perhaps, however, the selection of the
best animals only out Of the two COL
lcctions makes the average higher.
"Iou scc," said Mr.. Hutchinson,
"that it was n question Of the survival
OF the tittest. Perhaps a Barnum
leopard had longer tail than Lon
don leopard; the Barnum beast was
chosen. Or Barnum tiger had a
piece of an ear gone, while the auricu-
lar machinery of n London tiger was
perfect; in that case tho London c,t
got the cake. Lions names, hycnas'
teeth, Zcbras' stripes, monkeys consti-
tntions, and all those other tinc points
were critically compared by our cx-
perts., The result is mcnagcrie with
out bad looking animal in il, unless
you object to the peculiar style of
beauty OF the wart hog or the horned
morse III those two cages over there.
we shall sell off animals where we
have too many Of a kind, but we shall
always keep duplicates of every yaric-
ty on hand, to draw upon in case OF
death or accident. We have lust sent
$20,O00 worth Of animals as a loan to
the Central Park menagcric. Our
own Keepers arc there taking caro- of
thcm."
a ROMANCE OF BOSTON.
a visitor stopped before cage con.
tanning an African lion, splendid
specimen Of his kind "rhat lion wns
raised from n cub bya Boston LADY,"
Mr.. Hutchinson explained. "WGcn
1t was q little tcliCw she had. no trou-
Die whit. But he grew to large
size, and although nc was as gentle as
a kitten the ncighbors became afraid
OF Elm. The lady was dcvotcdly ot.
tached to him, and could not be In.
duccd to part with him. Finally the
neighbors carried tho matter before
the City Council and got special act
passed that compelled her TO givo I'M
her pet. So she sent him to us, nj.
, though it almost broke her heart. DO
you know that woman followed thc
show for weeks in different parts OF
the East to sec that lion? lie would
recognize her anywhere in q crowd
and would bound around his cagc and
roar with delight when she camo up
TnH ELEPHANT ROOM.
The room is eighty feet su1are, and
has circus In the centre like tho
horsc-training barn. A. man stood IL