The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
Facts Concerning Jay Gould.

and menagerie of that name, was pick
inc his teeth on the steps of hotel I
mite popular with showmen, a tall,
am. burned, baldheaded man, with pine
hurs in his clothes and stick OF sassa-
iras in his mouth, approached and said:
"Be you the wild animal man, mis-
ter?"
The proprietor of the "Douhle Nam
moth Mastodon Aggregation' admitted
that such was the fact.
"Then," proceeded the party from
the mountains, 81 think III get you to
make me an offer for large-sized
healthy California lion I've got"
"Good specimen, eh?" asked the Cir
Gus mar.
"Good9 Well, I should say so.
Measures e.cyen feet from the tip Of his
nose to the tip of his tail. Caught him
myself when cub. Just four years old
tomorrow"
"Hum good appetizer
"Appetite? Great Scott-appetite!
Well, / should smile that's just the
point-that's just why I'm parting with
JAY call him Jay Gould because he
takes everything in. If it wasn't for
his appetite and the queer little things it
makes him do wouldn't part with
Gould for a fortune"
"Savage, eh?''
swell, no; l don't know as should
call Jay savage, exactly-sorter nib
blish, though, he may be. Has akinaer
habit of craving up things, so to speak.
In fact, the neighbors-I live up at Blad-
der's Peak have gotten to be so fussy
and particular of late that | can't so
much as unchain J. &. for little fresh
air without their getting grumpy over
it,"
"There's no pleasing some people"
said the hippodromer.
II should say not. Now, f'rinstance,
bout three months after Jay got
to be as big as a boarding
house sofa, I came home one day
from q picnic and found he had
eaten up Aunt Maria, who had been LEFT
at home to mind the house-leastwist
she was nowhere to be found; and a
Jay Gould seemed sorter bulgy-like, ane
kept coughing up hairpins and false
teeth for a day or two, we kinder sus
picioned the whole thing"
"Maternal aunt?" inquired the show
man, thoughtfully.
EXACTLY. My wife took on dread
fully at first, and wanted me to shoe
Jaw right off. But l told her that h
probably suffered good deal as it was
and that as most likely he d catch rheu
matism and the like from the remain:
we'd better call it square.
"And she didP' ~ : 49,.
"Well, she kinder got reconciled afte
while, especially as Jay seemed fon
of playing with the children. One morn
ing soon after that my wife's mother
whole family lived with me, you sec
didn't come down to breakfast. As a
her false hair was hanging over a chai
back, and Could crawled out from undt
The bed licking his chops, and with h
tongue q good deal coated -mother-i'
law was always taking things for tt
liver complaint-we saw at once 1t W;
another visitation of Providence, an
that the heavy hand OF affection WI
again upon u.s."
Looked that way, didn't it?"
"Well, as you may suppose, the o.
.lsdy-that's my wife-pranced aroun
q good deal then, and got down IL
breechl loader right away. But just tht
arrived q gold medal from the S. r.
A. Society, awarded on account OF n
forbearance in the Aunt Maria bushes
and so I got her Gained down ait
awhile -
"Pscified her, ehp"
So eyes: I managed to arrange.
prieve for Jay, somehow. You see,
was always awful fond Of pets, and te
der-hearted, and all that, you und'
stand. l argued that the poor amin
didn't know that be was doing wrong
merciful man Is merciful to his pea
etc. That smoothed things over for
other month"
"What happened thenr
~ "Well. one day I sent Johnny,
vounoest bow. down to tho store for so
snoar. and he took Gould along
comnany. Now, whether It was
cause Jay was fond OF sugar OF ~
don't know, but he came nome alo
and a. soon as We noticed pecul
lind Of bulge on bis ribs, about az
a Johnny. we concluded that the dr.
.rcher had marked another Skidmor
INV nsmo is Skidmore-for his o.
The whole family took on like mad,
Mrs. Skid was about TO- shove the p
der keg under Jay Could ana to w.
off herself when pointed out tina
vonldn,t do to desecrate our offsprit
tomb in that way. So just had
hnr;al service read over the lion and
craze around his neck for thirty d
7. How does that strike your" !.
"Aftsr that you kept the AM
chained?"
"Well, no. The fact is set on,
oet ! chain several times, but one Il
IA another prevented, until one
~ week actually missed the old
herssN. I looked around for ne
conple Of DAYS, when somehow OF .
den I sorter intentioned where sne
I rave Gould about halt . pou,n
.emetic right away, but all We oould
q ont Of him was pair OF high he
shoes and q chest protector. 1t wa
IS lata-too late! We put the shoes
things in coffin, and had Jay lea
hind the hearse to the GENE
waved 70 have o much Of the C
present as possibls-don't You see!
had the animal sl decorated !,
flowers and things, Is 6ne . you pl
Toiks said Il WAS the touchingess
th.t ever took place il them 2:
and the bereaved husband 2
heavily. =. - ]. .,
{ "Don't wonder you want % co
beast., remarked The menagerie