The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-02

ELBR4AHTA, BHIN0CR1OUS,,
AND nISPtPSfAMU4
saeries by an OLE Circus Han
An elephant is worse than any other
wild beaat yhep le ID WICKED. .becsaa
he has 20 much intelligence in planning
dsviltry and cunning ferocity in exer-
ciane a. With his ssrsihts p6tse. IL
an elephant could talk he'd Be Q match
in cuteness for most men. And they
do talk among thems-lvea- In 1862.
when ~ss travelling with Nay bie's
show. v, we're gyisg to lndeneodsnes.
lows. the TO IN where Mr. Oler. D <
N m.nsger. lived. and, - it vas his own
town. We wanted to put on some style
there So We had three elephauts
-hitoted 10 the band wsgoo. They
= ere ssadsm, OF course Betsy. small
COW elephant. went frst: Mary. . little
larger COW elephant, was second. and
Saltan. . very big bull elephant. vas
between the shafts. We bad to Gross =
bridge geipg iHsp the .taYnzze wooden
bridg{. forty ia hige bvs tts rocky
bed Of g4reap Mat IN the w9,ey had
gSns AutApfA RheA ppu enSeaa q
bridge With elephsntait lent 90 ~ you
please. but 60 - they please. Iboss
three moved % slowly that We we're
fully fifteen minutes going dfty feet. l
was sitting on Ike front Of the band
wagon and could Just feel il move and
Nat WAS oil Betsy would put down .
foot. try to ssbSkf<1t&dgs sh it.
put her weigh 1sspdS II eAd1 and
then send back series OF the queerest
little gIunts and whipniss that you
Sver heard. to Sultan, and he would
spswsr her in the same way. Some
times Mary would join in their cnnver-
sasi:n. last q ~ got J" "ths csater Of
the bridge theb taeA3 3rsa nd SD,
lAn dropped Sfght t6rou( ID fd bse~esn
The shafts. IKE builstw6uld 1ihk in
mater. aud the ether two dartsd across
to solid ground. esoh giving frighten-
yell - it made the plunge. The band
wagon, With ten musicians, the driver
end myself stopped at the edge Of the
hole through which Sultan went down.
Isprang of aud shouted TO the musi-
clans 60 lamp outs TfEy ~ dido.
except trpmbopes Playbrs - pt
scher. vhtsk lad dp1rd his erunS ~
aud who rn@e up sn said: 'Nps Ssn'tl
got cast uilouk dot hstr ament.' Well
We ran down. IS Sultan. He bad fallen
h s sitting posture. aud there be still
sat, grosning dreadfully. 1t took ten
horses and twenty men. with blocks
and tackle to hoist him to his feet.
With great trouble We get him out Of
the rsyine aud up.te Mr. Qdesis farm
where thp1 'nefsSd H6 M 4 wbSk..
They dosed him, end used linimenf on
him by the kegful. but still nothing
seemed to relieve him. He just Icy on
his side groaning terribly, and touching
the end Of his trunk 90 one eye a. il
trying 70 call sttsntioa TO something
there. That motion wasDoticsd sat Lest
and the doctor went to work TO examine
that eye. The jnAsnt he tondl6ed it
Sultan gsvs : big Sigh Of sstisfaction.
aud strstcbed himsslf ont. - much g
to cay. sTheb ~ blfess look out n
thst We 5doetsr.ptlled out . spliqt(
three quarters as foog = your little
anger, that had bean broken from the
bridge and gone right in bsside Sui
tan's eyebsll, and - saoop as this va
out the animal got. t.up Ibd csmmsuced
70 get better. Poor SGultan. he was .
Ans tellov. With tusks ak feet long and
great bfasS Nsils Do Che sSds of S6sds.
10 which Long John. his keeper. used
n ksep has mnpcy, As heaoot hie
ssrsMRsh back he ksst dsngsguao, sed