Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-01-06

horses stall. Be side it stood several tubs.
such rs eleplantsI stand on.
"Ne are getuT up new way Of form
/ ing a pyramid of elephants keeper said.
1.-The old way wal to let the elephants stand
with their hind feet on the small tubs and
| put their fore id ct on high tub in the cen
/ tire. Next seas ION we are going to put one
I OF the elephants in place of the centre tub.
and let the otheI RS put their feet on his back.
In breaking M the middle elephant We put
| him IN that irame work where he can't
move When he gets used to it we will
take away the frame
| Now, MIR. Arstingstall, show us the
baby, SAID Jlr. Hutchinson to the head
keeper. The Keeper stepped to fenced off
portion OF theI room, and let d wn two Of
1 the four barsJ Before he could drop the
other Iwo b X leg was thrust over the top.
then anotherf Then a short. CHUNKY body
followed hal way and stuck fast There
seemed to ti'e another heavy pair of legs
dangling theI other side of the bars. There
was short season of wriggling; then the
rear portion of the body went up and the
tore part VI ent down. There was a final
! plunge and there stood revealed America"
the only ba' " elephant ever born in captiv-
lty nine months old, three and half
feet high, 90 pounds in weight. frisky as a
spring calf. and clumsier than Newtouud-
land pup. Hebe. the proud and only elc-
phant mot ler. started to follow, in order to
keep her We on her babe. but the keeper
ordered h' lr back. The baby thought she
would 90 back too, and over she went with
a reckless tumble. That was SO easy that
she decid I'D to get over again right away,
and she lJloundered out sideways. She re-
peated thIiS great feat with keen relish al
least IdOzcn times IN as many minutes.
Next NeI mounted the rim of the circus
ring. AMI fell off before she had walked her
length. l Then She spied a tub and stepped
up OF. H. bottom as she had seen the other
elephan h do. She jumped off soon az
Nht got on to follow man who was carry
ing pHil of water. When the man shut
the do1f r on her she came back and lodged
aroundt under the other elephants who were
watch ~ her antics and finally she got
Spank4d with biz board to make her hasten
her re lurn to the pen again.
Ami Icrca still nurses, and her mother new
er lctt her 20 out alone if she can help it,
thouth the other female elephants carc>s
aad }lndlc her, and would not see hel hurt
for II t. world. BY the time She is weaned
Hcbfs proud distinction threatens to be
lost. and Queen, another Of the fine London
ShoY elephants, promises to usurp her place
IN q r. public eve.
B}eNides the eighteen elephants in the win
ter kquarter>. there are four dwarf woolly
oneI on their way thither from Europe
IhJce OF the Central Park elephants also
bel iong TO the show. making total Of TWEEN
tyiivc. Mr.. ArStingstall has five expert
enfed keepers assisting him in caring for the
ej nhants. The animals are never left bv
n S,.lN f,r 81 mar ,itrb. 10,
mi n sleep in the room every night The el-
cihhantS eat 1000 pounds of nav per day,
I.sde> eight bushels OF oats and corn and
-four bushels of carrots.
"lou You'll have to come again" said
y lr. Hutchinson. as he swung open the
iouble storm doors into the quadrangle
1--WE can't get all around in half dav. but
wc1 just look into the other building, and
you'll! have sort Of panorama as il were"
Here IS the panorama: \ great stable
full Of work horses; lofts where hav 100
tons at time, is slowed away big cellars.
i'll which cabbages and carrots were being
dumped by the car load; harness repair
Z shop in full blast; great room filled with
chariots; another loft to which cages and
wagons were being hoisted to be vanished :;
great storeroom filled with mattresses and
pillows and blankets; another full of paste
kettles and brushes and cuts and electrotypes :
car stables so long that il would almost tire
man to walk the length of them and back
again; and finally, after long climbs up
stairs and down stairs, into attcs and cellars
a seat in cosey office, where YOU can sit
: and talk by telephone with men in any part
f OF the half dozen buildings, or touch an cleo
, trlc signal that will bring the entire Bridge
T. port fire Department to the spot. Here Wis
e ltng showmen who desire to purchase stock
, and others who have business with the com
e pany, are received. Here the familiar form
f of Henry Bergh. who had come to see that
D there was no cruelty practised to the training
h animals, was seen on Friday, and Chang the
giant. also dropped in, to see the people
, with whom he is to travel.
b GETTING READY FOR 1881
T. But the Bridgeport winter quarters is not
the only place where the drill and prepara-
ton are going on for the coming season.
At the company'S office. West Third stleet
this city, Mr.. Hutchinson is attending to a
vast volume of correspondence, and engag-
ing novelties and curiosities Mr.. James A.
Bailey the general manager is continually
or flying trips to Cincinnati. Buffalo, Phila-
delphla, and elsewhere, looking after Sl0O,-
O0D contracts for seasons poster printing
anu uldhlHp OllltF business arrangements
three or four men are in foreign countries Sc
curing new animals and other curiosities !;
in Thirty fourth street twenty women are
sewing on elephant robes, camel covers,
blankets, and Others fabrics that every we'll
regulated show requires. Gymnasts are
practising in private quarters here and in
f; Bridgeport Those in the latter place going
occasionally to the winter quarters to perform
in the ring.)
Early i'll March the cars of the combined
shows, resplendent in canary-colored paint.
Will be turned out of the New Haven repair
: shops, and will bring the shows to tnis city
for the first exhibition, which will be pre-
ceded by night parade mile long that
will t=Barnum Barnum. After a short
season the shows will move eastward through
all the large towns. a town of less than
10000 inhabitants is too small for a paving
business for it takes 1000 admissions. or
$500 day, to pay the expenses of the
combined shows.
When the union of the London and Bar
NUNS was first effected it was designed to
send one show to Europe and have the other
travel in this country. But that plan will
not be followed until the two shows have
! tried the experiment of keeping together
The menageries of the two companies are
merged in one. The circuses will be kept
distinct, but everything is to be included in
single exhibition. Whether to have the
animal tent in the centre, with the London
circus at one end and the Barnum circus at
the other, in different tents, or to have three
rings for the circus performers under one
tent, are details that have not been decided
upon as yet If, when Boston is reached, it
is found that the combined shows cannot
travel together at good advantage, the Lon
don will be detached and sent to Europe,
under the name of Barnum's American show.
and the other show, bearing the name of the
separate companies that compose it, will
travel through the United States.
Mr.. Barnum expects to travel with the
combination. as usual, but will leave the de-
tails to Mr.. Bailey, the general manager and
to Mr. Hutchinson, his partners. Mr.. Bar