Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-30
Selling Gut a Menagerie.

Bolivar was very sad elephant yesterday as
he stood under the large tent at Van Amburgh
& Co.'S winter quarters at Armenia. He glanced
wistfully from the dOuble-horned rhinoceros to
one r. r. Thompson, who stood upon a high
| circus wagon proclaiming Bolivar's virtues
Bolivar was sad because he thought he was
| about to be parted from his friend, the rhinoce-
| rOs. who himself was much depressed. The
Burmese COW was cycling enviously the double
| bumped Bactrlan camel. called by children and
poets 1.-THE ship Of the DESERT Two dromeda-
| ries which said a keeper in an explanatory
| tone, "they has but one hump whereas most
folks believes they has two, were hanging their
heads in decorous silence. The hyena laughed
his knocking, sardonic laugh at the Oryx and the
| hartebeest, and even went SO far as to ridicule
| the Hay animal.
pet of Vcn Amburgh 81 Co. They never piln-
ished him when he strOlled from his stall to the
| candy stand and consumed it's contents in the
absence OF the guileless vender. They merely
called out. =" johnson is coming" and then Boil
var hurried back to his stall. johnson has been
BOlivar's keeper, and his insinuating manners
have given him great influence over his child of
India. These five tons of eIephantine matter
were greatly admired yesterday. Ad. Fore
pau@h and his son Adde regarded them with
respect; Johnny Forepaugh, O'Brien's agent.
was lost in calculations, while w. W. Cole, strk-
Ing an attitude in which he resembled Edwin
Booth in I" Hamlet" muttered $40 buy or not
to buy" Jim Bailey. Dan. Shelby. Doc Thayer,
the ex-showman w. w. Stewart Doc Riley,
Sammy Booth, Oscar Hyatt. w. C.. Conn wiz,
gins. of Detroit; Lewis Sells, Kelch. Gaylard 4
fryer. Hutchinson, Fuqua, Barnum's horseman:
Martin, the RObbinses and Furznlan were there
while Hyatt Frost and o. J. Ferguson. who are
Van Amburgh Il Co., pervaded the tent.
Bolivar" said Mr. Thompson. from the wa
g1n, lis the largest elephant in this country.
Inc only elephant that's larger belongs to the
prlnce OF Wales and is at the London Zoo.
Bolivar VIII dance waltz, balance himself on a
bid for Bolivar, gentlemen,
rive thousand dollars" sang out Jake Reed.
Al. Forepaugh's buyer. Bailey went him sim,
better, and the bidding between the two con
paugh at S7.1OO. '" VIC
The double.horned rhinoceros gentlemen. -
called out Mr.. Thompson, weighs g. 500 pounds.
There's none like him. What's your bid GEN.
tlemen!" Again the bidding was between Fore
paugh and Bailey until the rhinoceros woo
Knocked down to the former at s2 .45O. Most
| OF the other animals were also bought nv Al
r0fepaugh, whose purchases aggregated sl7. 500.
me bids on the Burmese COW and the Zebra
v Were SO low that these were not sold, and they
degarued the proceedings with contempt The
dromedary brought 1926, the Bactrian camel
$625, and the hartebeest 600.
inen some OF the wagon cages and wardrobe
wagons were put up.
large number of horses were sold to farmers
| $50 to $257 F
-, All the animals except the oryx were left on
tne ground The shades of night had fallen,
"heh Two men emerged from the depot bearing
wooden Stat box. A horn moved violently to
ana ITO between two Of the Stats, and leg was
kicking Justify at the nearest carrier. A man
VINO walked alongside was poking his umbrella
into the box, and stirring 1t around as one stirs
soup iadie. rs that the oryx?" asked Cole.
And when he received an affirmative answer.
he again struck q Hamlet attitude and NUT
tered: "Alas, poor oryx!"
Van Ambhrgh Co. say that they were not
selling because they intend to retire, though
the contrary opinion was expressed by several
shOwmen. Van Amburgh's name has been on
the show bills for stxty-0ne years.