The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
Elephant Sam-Hls Memory II 1 Blow
and Aew He Keyenged Il. ia

six inches high al the top Of the arch Of
his backbone, His tusks are just start
ing out from under bis trunk. He bears
the reputation Of being an ugly brute.
The officers of the Wisconsin, however,
have nothing but praise to bestow upon
him, though he is'fond of rum. He
was led ON board the vessel at Liver
pool With the pro6ered inducements Of
rum, and sugar He is an easy-going,
self possessed elephant, but with !
sense Of insult, Quartermsster De.
laney was passing his pen on, the ,-voy-
age and Sam, as usual, had his, trunk
over tie door, and was beating The. cir
,iOEoabbage leaves and potatoes, which
Tie nan were in the habit Of giving him.
Delaney happened to have . short stick
in his hand, and the trunk swung across
The gangwsygo ~ us slsl1ne'' '.'7 II -
''dAT the dickens wild ye!' said De-
laney, ~ he hit The trunk . welt with
his stick. Sam jerked his proboscis in
OYER the door. Two days passed. He
= Yer altered his demeanor toward the
d her sailors, but continued to beg them
f6h cabbage leaves and spuds as usual.
On the third day after the blow was
given the sea was running smooth in q
gentle breeze from the. southeast. De-
lanet was sauntering along the gang.
wayI thinking, u he passed the door
Of the pom there was a nash, as Of half
a length of India rubber hose, and the
Iauartermaster was strewn across q
closed hatch. The. blow struck him on
the side 10 | theJ Head, aad ! he
fvas laid up for half day. Sam never
] AJerward appeared to notice him, and
he never tookany further liberties with
Sam. 'How - nc sHf f. ,''.' L ,.#
yesterday afternoon Sam was let out
lefhis psn..' Around his neck was . col.
lar 81 heavy rope. 1t was covered with
sheepskih where it rested on the top Of
his neck, and in each Of the hanging
ends Of the rope was an iron eye. These
eyes we're joined with . clevis and bolt.
Attached to the clevis was . stopt chain.
1ehihd him ~ he stepped briskly out Of
bis pert M d yMMaH LsGpold, Ais
keeper, holding the other end of the
IAhain. heh1d him 'BoatswMn William
bod held in his hand packed ball Of
Moist 6luttn sugar. First Officer Cush-
i4g stood in 9.1alroV Yaosa@ behind q
(tchway ready, to help. The rest Of
e officers mounted on some freight to
get a fun view Of the situation. Sam
switched his tail and lurched forward
for the sugar with his trunk extended.
William Leopold tugged back on the
chain with . hundred-pound pail. The
bQstSwain glanced over his shoulders to
see that the gangway was clear. The
elephant glided into trot, and the boat.
swain broke into a rum for q quarter Of
the ships length. Then ie darted into
. three-fOot passage beside a. open
hatchway to cross overto port. Sam
pulled up at the turning and cast Z
glance out Of the lover corner Of bis
right eye downths hSAaAway. William
Leopold talkl lah1D African e. Aim
srd increass hispG q on the q -
two hundred Yo1ld; Ut with 5 Z :.
Sam brushed t6r6A thas1k - =
passage aiter41 = (,1o MI -
self y the port gangway. HsWss want:
BEEN iii ii Sl% 3 1 81 1 .sSors 81
| no boaeswain and the sugar, however,
ID re1eatedt forward On the port side,
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