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

How They sometImcs Indulge In
Aatlc~--An Enrsred Elephants Fury

How They Sometimes Indulge In Dangerous
Aatlc~--Aa Enrsred Elephants Fury-
LAST evening an Enquirer reporter.
while chatting with Uncle John Robin
son.the world renowned Snowman, asked
IL il were true that the lion is a coward
IN beast. The lion has been called the
King OF the forest. but there are persons
who profess TO know that deny the ale
CATION. and claim that the much-boasted
bravery Of the animal in question is all
bosh. As Uncle John has had a great
deal OF experience with animals of all
kinds the reporter was anxious TO hear
the testimony ofthe oldgenileman. Said
Uncle John:
.All Of the Information ! have from
men who have travelled in the countries
where lions abound in their native
habitation goes TO show that a lion will
not attack a man. A man named Ali. the
first that ever brought a hippopotamus
TO this country, once had a talk with me
on this subject, and he said that the
lion would not court an attack from a
human being. In fact. the beast would
run, il possible. Ali was a celebrated
beast tanner, and had hunted for many
wears in Africa, and. no doubt he knew
what he was talking about. The Bengal
tiger. he said. would make one
spring NJ a man. aud II IL missed him il
would keep on going straight ahead
after alighting on the ground. But as
TO the lion being a coward ! have my
doubts. One day we we're going into a
little town called Washington, in Vir-
ginia. and il happened that The door OF
the cage Of a big African lion we called
Prince came open. and Prince sprang
out of the a The band-wagon was
Just ahead Of the lions. and the band
leader said: Lets get out and catch
that lion Old Prince was waiting to
be caught. though. He smellcd the
horses Of the wagon behind him. and,
making a spring, he embraced one of
the horses around the neck with his
fore legs, and sank his claws in. the
poor bYutc's shoulders The horses
began TO real and plunge. and the lion
went to work in earnest Quick as a
flash he caught his hind claws in the
horses belly and literally ripped his
e~ntrails out Of him. II was a terrible
fight and the widest excitement took
possession Of every body. The lion
after he had killed the horse jumped on
his feet and in a quarter Of n minute
You couldn't see a member OF the band
Not one stopped to see what Prince
would do next. Every fellow Of them
took to the field. Prince then knock
ed a wagon and team c~er into a ditch
and raised a frightful rumpus before he
was secured. And that lion wa as
tame as a kitten in his cage. have
seen men sleep in there with him and
nobody thought Of being afraid Of him
But when he got out he wanted to tear
every thing 10 pieces. lie matters not
how quiet and tame a cat animal Is in
confinement. ii doesn't do to let them
out. It's dangerous.
A LEorARD's EAR
"Onc day / lent q man named Hutch
ison q leopard I o help out in IN cxhi
bition he was having over here at tbs
Gait House corner. One day while the
exhibition was in progress they came
over to nv house and told me that tho
leopard had got out. went over. ans
when | got there said. Why dom
YOU catch that things? IL will do SONS
damage among the other animals. &c
him. says I. and put him back in hi
cage. You cowards,' says |. go TO
him. Just about that time the leopars
made a spring ut a man who had
board, and IL seemed to me the beas
went through the air sideways. 1
jumped twenty feet. and as II passe'
the man with the plank it fetched hin
aswipc with its paws, and tore tn
whole side of his face of. The leopar'
jumped into q stall and went under tn
mangcr. As quickly As possible th
men got boards. and. after getting tn
horse out Of the stall. they boarded !
up. Then they cut a hole In the boards
and. by means Of a s~hifting-box, the
rot the animal back into his cage"
AGRIZzLY WHIPS A LION.
"How is the grizzly bear on pluck 2
.. remember one time at the VauN
hall IN Louisville, KY. we put q grizzl
in 4 cage with a lion. You ought I
have seen that bear 90 for the lior
II just whipped the hair off i, and III
lion would certainly have been killed
the keepers hadn't got the grizzly on
You see, the audience gotexcited In III
light. and wanted to interfere 70 see fal
play. and the people thought that "
spoiled n nice lot Of fun for them b
parting the animals"
(which animal do you regard as I'll
worst 70 tackle, Uncle John9'