, 1881-07-03

:
| while standing ut the bar,
Remarked" That's Billy Edwards;
Can't the little devil spar II
! FACTS CONCERNING JAY GOULD.
| San F1uucfseo Post.
The other morning while Mr. Cole, the pro
prletor or the approaching circus and lncnag
eric Of that name, was picking his teeth OF
the Steps Of that excellent circus hotel, tht
Russ House, u tall, sunburned, baldhcadet
man, with pine burrs i'll his clothes and d
stick Of sassafras in his mouth, approached
and said:
y BE you the wild animal man, mistcr?''
The proprietor of the "Doube Mammoth
Mastodon Aggregation admitted that such
was the fact.
"Thvn," proceeded the party from the
mountains, 50 l think I'll get you to make Inc
an offer for Il large-sizcd healthy California
lion I've got.''
GOOD specimen, ell ?' asked the circus
man.
Good? Well..I should say so. Measures
eleven feet from the tip Of his hose to tile tip
Of his tail. Caught him myself when cub
Just four Years old Tomorrow"
l1nnl--sood appetite9"
Appetite Great ScOtt-appctitei We'll,
should suile,-that's just the point,-tnat's
just why Tn parting with Jay,-I call him
Jay Gould because he takes everything in.
II it wasn't for his appetite and tho queer
little things it makes him do wouldn't part
with Gould for i fortune"
Savage. eh ="
swell, ITO; don't know rs should call
Jay savage eXactly,-sorter nibblisil, though,
liz may be. Has kinder habit OF gnawing
up things, SO to speak. III fact, the neigh
bors-l live up at Bleddcr's Pcak--llayc got
ten to be so f,!ssy and particular Of late that
! can't so much Us uncllaill J. T.. for lit
tie iresli air without their getting grumpy
"Therc's 10 pleasing some people," said
the hippo.lromer.
~ should say not Now, f'rnstancc, 'bout
three months after Jay got to he as big us I;
boarding-ho!lsc sofa, came home one day
from Il picnic alld found he had eaten up
Aunt alaria, who had been left ut home 10
mind the house, --leastwise she was nowhere
to DC found; ;uld, as Jay Gould seemed sortcr
bnlgy-like, and kept coughing up hairpins
and false teeth for 4 day Or two, we kinder
suspicioned the whole: thing"
a, maternal aunt2o inquired the Snowman,
"Exactly. My wife took on dreadfully at
1lrst, and wanted me to shoot Jay right off.
But l told her that he probably suffered
gooa denl Us 1t was, anu that as most likely
he'd catch rheumatism and things from the
remains, we'd better call it square,"
And did she?"
"Wel!, she kinder got reconciled after Il
while: especially as Jay seemed fond Of play
ln2 with the children. One morning soon
lived with ME, you see-didn't come down
to breakfast. KS all her false hair was hang
ing over i cair-back, and Gould crawled out
from under the bed licking his chops, and
W'tl. y, Ills tongue good deal coated, ,-mother-
ln-law was always taking things for the
liver conplaint,-we saw at once il was an
other visitation Of Providence. and that the
heavy hand Of at1liction was again upon u.s."
Looked that way, didn't it?"
that's NY wiie~pranceed around md "a good i
deal then, and got down The breech-loatler
right away. But Just then arrived gold
medal from tue S. 7. G. 4. Society, awarded
on account OF my forbearance III the Aunt
Maria business, and so l got her calmed
down attera while"
"i'acilied her, eh?"
Yes; managed to arrange reprieve for
Jay, somehow. lou see, was always awful
fond Of pets and tender hearted, and all
poor animal didn't know that he was doing
rong,.-mersitnl man is merciful to his
beast, etc. That snloothed things over fur
another month";"
What happened then? ?''
We'll, 0ne day sent johnny, our young
est boy, down To the store for soMe sugar,
and l!e took Gould along for company. Now. /
whether it was because Jay was fond Of
sugar or not, don't know, but he came |
home alnnt, ;nu, as soon us we Noticed Il pc
cuiiaT Kind of bulge OIL his ribs, about as big |
rs JOHNNY, we concluded that the dread |
arcllcr had marked another Skidmore-nIy /
NAME is Skidmorr-f0r his own. Tile whole /
family took on like mad, and Mrs. Skid was |
lbont.to shove the powder-keg under Jay
,ut thai it wouldn't tln to desecrate our of |
springs tomb in that way. So Just had the
burial service rcatl over the lion and tied !
rape around his neck for thirty days. How
locs that strike you?'
"At.cr tlnlt yt,, kept the animal chained w
Well, no. The fact is set out to get Il
'hain several times. but one thing and an
'ther prevented, until ONE day last week l
lct1lally missed The old lady herself. L
ooked around for her Il couple OF days, when
where she was. / gave Gould about half Il
'o11nd uf emetic right away. but all we could !
;et ont uf iiins WAS pair Of hisil-llceIcd
hoes and clrst protector. It WIS too late
olln. and had jay led behind the hearse to
he cemetery. Wanlcd to have rs much Of
ne cnrpse present us possiblc--don't you see'
We Lad theanitnalali decorated witt. flowers
lM things, AS t!ile rs you please. Folks said
was the touchingest thing that ever took
lare IL them parts" and the bereaycd llus-
alni sighed heavily.
don't wonder you want to sell the
east remarked the lncna@rcie nan, after Il
nslSC.
"Wcll. sorter do md sortcr <|on't,, said
Ir. sfId,uo:e abstracte,Ily. s.Thcrc's SO
'any memories and things clustering around
. G:,- seems kin,lert like parting with ones
.mlly bUryins-l"t, rs it were; On tho other
Hlid, though. HOW the old lady is gone, |
'rter feel It's if the insect I,ad.:-well, had
utllyc! it,. usefulness, ST to sle:k. So sup
nse l just have this box ,ilauleu around 10
our Show after the Dc!fOrnance this after