Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-05
Philadclphia'S Baby Elephant.

AhhduCipHIdS y baD1 ElppHdut.
The baby elephant is the TUX OF the
town. In fact her ladyship is in danger
of being spoiled by the attentions that are
being showered upon her from all quarters,
not TO speak of her liability to fall an early
victim to much gingerbread and peanuts,
with which well meaning but iniudicious
visitors would pamper her. Yesterday
there were not less than 800 people at the
stables of Cooper & Baily, at Twenty.
third street and Ridge avenue, craving
admttance. Money was offered in some
instances for the privilege of getting ii
peep at the little stranger. Ii is needless
TO say that advantage was not taken of the
unbounded curiosity OF the parties in
question, and they were allowed to enter
and view the latest recorded addition to the
elephant family to their hearts content
In the afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the
little elephant disengagcd itself from the
old elephants legs walked off to the edge
OF the ring which the mother has made by
trampng around Sn MANY times with her
feet. and there curling itself up on IL little
bundle OF hay cooily went to sleep. Visi-
tors who came after this saw only little
black lump of i'm animal about the size of
a Newfoundland dog, with its body doub-
led up in the form of II semi-circle,s so that
the soles of its fore feet were almost
planted against the soles its hind feet, and
" ranosing ogainst tho hraas' c,r ,5o
,}ime being fnTgotfni Of ia t' tronhios " Tho
mother kent wolting ,rnnnd m and .nifirr
,t II with her ,runl 1n,iI Gnjimn !, f,S,
aslpen sha tnrr nJ aw,y and 6oron ~
nihhle at her h,y Monn,inn If NV ono
wonld mass neor tho b,hv "ho you'll ,urn
toward if .nI throyy ony bn. ,r,,,i. ~, -
sort Of onard rho bahv slen, vorv SonnJ
for over half IN bonr Tho "niu s;nn 1"nJ ~
life visible abont if bning tho ris;ny and
fnllino of its side in its hraahinr Jean'
time he stable was full nf visitors who
were anxious to see her hahvShin aw,te
Presently it bep,n in stir and thnn ibn
small head was lifted nm n li,Ile w,v and
the small mouth opencd 10 GAM This
seemed to please everybody md there
was a General rush toward the ring The
old elephant nnncarrd to think il tima for
her 10 intefcre now. and coming forward
stretched ont hcr trunk md tsking the
| little one bv the whist lifted it 70 it's feet
As for the resi- The vonno elonbont soemed
to understand well enonoh what to do
It staggered up. shook itself -, li,tle
paped AGAIN. then waddled over and oot
directly nnder ifs mothcr's lcys and hoa,n
to snckle cnrIinr its t,.nnt nm "'o oror IT,
LeoI and nsinG W lie linS aPor AZ o' eam 0
moments it's bnnonr was % ,nnoasod ] .o" an
naran,lv w and II G;oon1.sr"i @ "lpGSo ;'soIs e "p,
tho n,atarnaI W iontl;n isti t.T.n ~
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ness Of litten Mter '''''''5 u '"o p'''9 '0''
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strotch ont lie % Mia "U ,,nni. w "ooe' y. ~
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nsolr I dr.,n i, j., .nu r a ono "onnu iiio hn
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