The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-25

horse and cart, and it occurred to me
that be would not be afraid Of that. Sc
we got out the cart. loaded it with hay
and he let rs drive right up 10 him. and
we noosed him.
.Eleehaptss yp. we never had but
enc get Iooss TAat was one OF the lit
tie fellows that We LETT .tethered ont.
One night he broke away. and the next
morning he WAS missing. We found
him enjsying himself in the upper end
of the Park He played ~i,h Us lit-
tie. bat We got the hooks in his ears
and be gave in.
II The tapir is another big. harmless
animal, whose escape bothered rs. We
had moved bis cage out doors. and in
the night he broke ont and made his
way to the upper lake. We got boats
and lassoes and rewed after him. but
he lodged US by swift swimming for
some time. We finally got him. how
eyer.
Next 10 tho bears escape, I guess.
visitors got the biggest fright over .
|1eopArd, We had sent every body out
of the bulldog and barred the doors to
. - change some, Of the animals. Hun.
ufeds of people hung around, the doors
and fattsned their noses against the
window papes to get . peep. There
was no, possible chance Of any animal
getting out of the building. One Of the
leopards sprang out of the open do,r Of
q cage t. the ground. He's loose! be
looser shouted somr b ,iy. tsprineing
back from one Of the window, Ii the
animal had leaped in'o the middle of
the crowd the panic Could net have been
greater. Away went the people pell
NELL. Benues seized chiidren to their
arms and ran like mad. Men. women
and boys rnsaed wildly for the Sixty
ffthsstraat~ exit, and kn0okeds doxn and
trampled upon, one another. -,s.~.
And what became efithe leopard q {.
oh. he was grabbed by q keeper be-
fore he i.Andly stopched tho Aoor and
was flung back into bisc.ge.s Allthose
animals of the Cat tribe are easily han.
died. if man pounces upon them sud
d. MY i~f"se they haye tame 10 decide
villa. they wiff do next fss -
But if We had the laugh on the peo-
pie that time, they had . great deal of
fun at our expense when the Kangaroo
got out in the summer of 1876. He was
a big one. six feet high. end thetway he
coulda jamp WAS . caution. We took
him out one aftern ,on to put him in a
paddock that we had prepared fer him.
The fence. arounh the enclosure was Of,
unusual hight and We thought the kan
garoo was secnse. Well. sir, he cleared
the fence with one bound, and away he
vent bsbeing across the Park. eight
s5eet ct jump. Half o dozen men
started in pursuit. They surrounded
him and drew in their circle about him.
Just as they thought they had him he
gave q gentle hop and vaulted right
over the head of the man in front of
him, and away he went. We chased
that animal for four solid hours. until
tho men were blown and tired. The
only wsy y6h hAb1 Mold . kangaroo is to
grab him BY the tail. Que of our men
.xied It .on this one. but he got hold
'jdst as the animal had braced for
prodig99s, jjnmp. aud the man was
flung s1Bss3 4s far as the kangaroo eau
jun-p. Another man finally got good
tail hold. md s0ipferosnents coming
up, the Australian jumper surrendered
The monkeys give us some ysxasious
chssta. They are SerJ cunning gin max
ing sheif sscapt They take 10 the
beans and rsftefs under the roof Of
the bnilding. and sometimes get into
the trees in the park. There isn't
much more amusing sight than dozen
able-bodieq men in parspit Of . email.
Spry. cunntng nonke1.s The men have
to tske to the beams and trees Just a.
the monkeys do, and when monkey
geta o6ane. Ii ns1sp f0m ttds u. tres
the out look isn't encouraging. We
catoh1 them IN bags on ths9nds Of
poles like hstter6y nets. q G ir .hg2
FY But the shiA0sssos iasd thss<lephAot
md al the res gave me Tess worry
@ASn did Z little mink that squeezed
throaghsshe ~iEes Of his cage and es-l
capped to the LAKE, I didn't get wink
,leep toe tHo r1ights on HE account
ior I knew" be mtAist -deStrnction to
yousg w~ns. ducks. and, other birds
without number. Minks don't come
out much except st night. and that was
tboatoyr only chsgye b eetshin.i He
|s~ouldlf 20 ssss aiS4p; ysS, : sSaRun
in hand, perched myself ON the bank
of the lake to sit up with him. ]
waited ell night to no purpose; We
{ Kept sp2ho 1Rlh Sb1ks6wssd DE esd
Of the second night he popped out aud
|4 shot him. siss = sAsa 'ss'sa = e's' 9
The ouIy animals khat take n, de.
/ Hight IL feedoA ass tAps 1ekrs They
ERE t<fribt 5nGhtpeed khe4 Shey ct
out. rs iast two hat msds theihr ss- :
0pe rushed madly across the Park and
plunged right of the bank into the
tr1nsyerss rosd. They Aepke their,
leeA Soe1 t4bwG shfb6s'hs6sollilt
Absm.
The last sscaps We had was about
Bus useas ego sAsrscsops sss siss-
|ipe ffoik his cags when the men rme
- the morning. We GOT NO trscc OF
him until the other day. when two well
dressed -geutlenen cane hcreu and
v.nted 46 knew II vs had lost snch IN
animal aud hoWsnnch We woold pay
Ios It's return. They knew where ons
he'd bssu fsusd. thsy said, and would
tell where il vas il / would par them.
I told t6ehs Me faccalp lhiggt not b
surs, and Il must be idsnti6ed frst.
They told N .eehat it Was ~ hoass on
the east side Of Second asenue near
Fifty-u3Ath; ;s1reSk II Seat ! 1An-cver
Shere anh 6buu15 sufz 'coon. he tad
evidently ppsed tkssseh Fifty ninth
street acrsss Fifth. Fourth. L~xingtoa.