The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-06-25

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number of horses required. we conclud-
ed TO put as many animals "a possible
in a cage. II Is not the heft Of The ami
mails that amounts TO anything, but II y
the room they take up. SO we put a
hyena. a tiger. a leopard and lion N
one cage. Well, sir. that hyena went
10 work on the whole gang. and before
the men could get AT them he had
whipped the crowd. lie scalpcd the
lion and used the tiger up, and had the
leopard scared half 10 death. A hyena
will eat out Of any place you can put
him. We have to keep them chained
in their cages all the time. A hyena
will work away until he gets a tooth
into the bottom OF a cage, and n e
something is bound 10 come. Heavy
sheet iron Is no more proof against one
of these animals than tissue paper
would be against a cannon ball. They
are very troublesome on this account,
and II they were not kept chained they
would never stay in "A cage"
ELEPHANTS.
as an elephant c~owardlyv"
"A male elephant, when he gets old.
is always very cross. When he gets
mad he Is like q mad bull. His rage is
beyond conception. and he wants TO
knock to pieces and break down every
thing that comes in his way. George
Bailey, Barnum's partner, had a big
elephant showing with him in South
Carolina one season. They were COM
ing out Of Camden u day, on their
way TO Columbia Aftey they had got
about five miles they came to a mill,
near by which was a little bridge across
a pond. Mr.. Elephant wouldn't 90
over the bridge. George West was his
keeper, and when the animal got stub
born, George tried 10 compel him with
a spear TO 90 across the bridge. The
elephant turned around. and, spying a
colored man on a horse, he made al
them. He knocked them both into the
pond and killed the horse. lie then
started out n road that led to States
vile, and George tried TO turn him
back. He then took after West. and,
striking him with his tisk, he broke the
man right in two. The unfortunate
mans heels hit his head. The elephant
was so enragcd now that he tore West
all to pieces. He tossed him to the
air, and scattered his cntrails and
brains and flesh along the road for a
quarter Of a mile. Wherever he could
find n piece Of the dead man be
would throw it into the air as high as
his tremendous strength would send il.
Scarcel; any thing could be found OF
Vests remains after the elephant got
through with him. You see he was SO
mad that he couldn't satisfy his ven
geance on the man. and kept on de-
strovinc the remnants OF his enemy as
long n he could find them. There was
no help for West. for nobody saw the
killing but a negro. and he couldn't dc
any thing. From the way the black
man described that scene it must have
been the most horrible thing eve wit.
messed. As soon as word was received
atthe nearesttow about n hundred men
armed themselves with rifles, and they
hurried to the mill and got inside. The
elephant had come back and took pos
session Of the mill-pond. and the ride
men began firing on him. Each mar
aimed at his eyes, so as TO blind him
The elephant tried TO ret into the mil
at the men. hut he couldn't reach them
and they peppered him for hours A
length one of his eyes came out. ant
hung down by a thread Reaching
backward with his trunk the anima
seized the eye. and stutiing it into hi
mouth he ate it. The firing was KEEP
up until the elephant had been shot
thousand times. At last he was ove
come. and the rincmen killed him.
"Did you ever have any trouble wit
/; any Of your elephants?"
-. had one, while in Louisiana on
season that was a bad fellow 70 handle
I He ran his keeper on a raft severa
! mixes from New Orleans one day an
tried to get at him on the raft. II
killed a negro. threw a cart over
fence, and killed a mule. Anothe
negro got under a mill and the elephan
made the most frantic attempts TO e
Y at him you could imagine. He coul
e reach Within about a foot of the colorc
2 fellow. and 1t was laughablc to see tbs
Q big brute running and lunging At III
e darkey; and every time the elcphar
4 made q mt him the negro woul
{ veil for dear life. Finding h
g couldn't reach his intended victim. Ii
animal started through Algiers, breal
: ing and smashing things at a fearf'
rate. and creating q regular stamped
II was some time before he was caugh
= but a little fellow we had with us 70
4 lowed him into the country with SON
Z feed and got a chain on him, so b
q could be handled
.What kind Of elephants are tho'
g you have with you now?'
4 1--WE have one that Is a mighty wicI
2 ed fellow. Old Chief. lie is a murde
9 Gus old rascal, and is dangerous. III
2 other day out hero at Columbia ]
didn't propose to 60 on his t%eeterinI
,, board, and his keeper tried TO mai
y him 90. He began 70 get on his dien
ty. and just about stampcded the aud
encc. He was Quoted down Al
= coaxed on. but they couldn't force hiI
< lie Is kept straight BY Old Mary, a
male elephant, who knocks him dow
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