The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
ELEPHANTS.
A Little Talk About Big Mate
rial : What Archie Campbell
Knows About the Animal with
q Trunk.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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a Trunk. ,
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
| There are few people in Cincinna
ii who have not seen or heard: {
Archie Campbell, the veteran show
man and clown Of Robinson's circus
| Indeed, Archie is known all over tn
/ United States, and there is hardly
hamlet, village, town or city in til,
broad Union where his feet have. no
trod or his voice yibrated. just nov
he is enjoying his winter Otiun1 eWD
dig, as it were, in Cincinnati Like
a great many more sensible people
Archie knows where he can get the
most real enjoyment ito the square
inch when he has few months Oi
dull time to fritter away, and he
comes to the Hog Metropolis. Oc-
casionally, he comes down town.
We say occasionally, for most of the
time he fingers around the classic
precints of John and Poplar Sts.,
where the showis hibernated. When
he comes down town he may be
found at Aug's club house, toasting
his shins drowsily at the fire, and
willing to talk to everybody about
the show business, with which he is
en- rapport. 1t was here an En4uir-
er reporter found him an evening or
two ago, and remarked: 3@sa 5
"phis is rough weather on ele-
plants, eh, Mr.. Campbell?" 81
"Youre right young man, assem-
ted the Snowman, drawing up lit
tie closer to the faring CRATE. "It
was such a spell of weather a year
ago which funked old Bismarck out
of the stables: You remember Bis
marck, don't your" . ~ 2oa.t
Our reporter replied that he had
had the felicity to write up post
mortema which had been held on the
huge carcass. Then he said: "Tell
me something about elephants, Mr..
Campbell" ~ ysGa,ig# .a.
"What would you like to KNOW"
"How long do they liver 2 s a
"Well, they are said to be known
to have lived four hundred years.
There was white elephant in Siam
which. the people worshiped- once
upon time whose age was known
to be that much. Now, there is
Mary, of our show; she is 81 years
old, and is as frisky and kittenish as
ever" ea ea-r aJ
"What do elephants eat2" a.1
"Everything-everything that a
man or a boy will eat. There is a
common belief that they detest to-
bacco Now that's a mistake. An
will eat tobacco as he would
eat grass Old Mary is a confirmed
tobacco eater, and never refuses a
chew of navy or dog leg. - ea ,s-a
"Isn't t it pretty expensive to keep
an elephant?'
"Of that you must Judge for your
self An ordinary elephant eats
three bushels of oats or five bushels
Of corn a day and about 400 pounds
IF hay besides" ID t9ea ila-# r
"Not a proftable-pet, Mr. Camp
Oell?" 1.EAy h.r ,l=ae t2AH
"Well, no, and particularly to let
oose." .f. r
"Why not to let loose 2" ..r
Because an, elephant left to him
self and his own free will can destroy
more in a day than an army of other
His bump of destructive
ness is unusually largely developed.
lust pen an elephant into a stable
'ome night without chaining him,
md if he doesn't tear down the en-
ire building before morning I'll eat
he elephant alive" {" .a- s
How do they sleep?" z r.. fr
t.Just like any domestic animal.
They lie down and sleep soundly.
If not disturbed, our elephants viii
lie down about 80 clock and sleep
i'll daylight" .a-
e Are they not great towards for
heir size?" r.; Ar-a a--.-.
{" In some instances, yes. They
ire very timid about crossing a
bridge, for fear they may break
through, You'll see the elephant
always feel his way over a bridge,
md if there be stringers to the struc-
5ure he'll be sure. to pick out the
strongest and walk over it. r7
""They are very thin-skinned, |
nave been told, Mr.. Campbell2" aols
"That is mistake. An elephants
skin is fully an inch thick, but they
IRE, nevertheless, more sensitive than
| horse, In the summer time, when
lies are troublesome, they use their
runk to throw dirt and sod on their
pack till the skin is covered, In
his way they protect that part of
their body from flies they cannot
reach in any other way. Why, one
gad-fly about an elephant will drive
him almost crazy" v5gsgo-r f
"They are generally very mis-
nhievous, are they not ~ s
""Well, I should observe One
night while our show was going
through Illinois in the latter part of
the season the weather turned cold,
and we hired the, privilege from a
farmer of keeping our elephants in
his barn over night The animals
had hardly been quartered there till
he and his son went in among them
to get out a wagon, q Chief picked
up the man in his trunk and threw.
him through halfinch board parti7
ton. Then he lifted the boy in his
trunk and playfully threw him up
into the hay4loft. You may swear
they didn't go near those elephants
again. Did you knewtthat an ele-
phant always respects drunken
MANI" =; rfg rorg .s4 ta i.
"Is that so2Y frg sfrgp.
eyes sir; IN 1856 we had an old
which we called Old Boil
var Well, sir, that rascal hated
Old John Robinson like poison, and
no one knew Why. He just acquired
a hate for his owner on general pFin7
cinles. If Old John came into the