Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-22

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last wrinkle of his trunk yester-
day noon, when a throng of peo-
pie burst into his stable at Tenth
and Hudson streets, and prevent
ed his completion of the under
taking. George Conklin, the hon
king, who is to be the keeper of
the big beast, led the others. He
had seen the railroad car that was
to take the elephant to Coles
headquarters built in the Hobok-
en- yard Of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad,
and had come to the stable to
the removal Of the
huge brute. Among the others
who gathered around the elephant
was Mr.. J.D.Eva the treasurer
Of Coles circus.
How does jumbo compare
with this elephant Mr.. Evans
was asked.
well, 1 don't like to say said
he; but since you ask me, / will
say that Jumbo may be a little
taller, put is not SO popderous OF
presentable an animal as this
Jumbo is old and lean and rag,
ged.'
How old is the elephant:
somebody asked of Conklin.
HE may be SIXTY or seventy.
Eve years DID, the lion King re,
piled, 'but we never bother about
an elephants age, because We
know they will outlive their own
ers. We know that branded
elephants that have escaped
from captivity have been captured
again after a lapse of 600 or zoe
years, SO that the age of an ele.
plant does not concern us at
ALL
I'VE will oil this elephant up
and varnish him. said Mr.. Evans,
'and his skin will be black and
handsome. Then we will feed
him we'll and make him fat, SO
that you would hardly know him
in a few weeks from now. BY his
side there you see the frame work
for a pavilion and canopy for
twelve musicians, who will ride
on his back through all the cities
of the United States, and for the
twenty>four children who will
ride him round the ring under
the tent every day.
1t takes a gallon and a half of
meats foot oil or twelve pounds
of cocoanut butter to grease his
skim said the lion King, adding,
he is sixteen feet around the
belly, and we are going to bill
him twelve feet high, whereas the
most Jumbo can possibly be billed
is thirteen feet
When Reiche's men had loaded
their wagon with the ibexes and
gunacoes, which Mr.. Cole bought
at the elephant auction, the word
was given to start for the railroad
At that time there were two little
girls and one boy in sight out.
side the yard. Fred Knight, who
has had charge of the mammoth
since last July, ordered the side
of the house thrown open, and
untying one end. of the two-inch
hawser that ran from an iron
stake to the elephants left foot.
said, 'G'long! At that instant
there were fifteen little boys and
two little girls peering through
the fence. The enormous beast
trod behind the wagon load OF
animals down Hudson stree, and
the small boys and little girls
multiplied at every stride he made
Hoboken was shaken to its centre
The horses that did not run away
shifted and paved, elevated their
ears, and beloved Justify. A
iackasr in front of a coal cart
rear Sixth street, began to trem,
BILE when the elephant was al
Ninth street on another thorough,
fare. Horse cars stopped for no.
body, and hundreds of timid peo-
pie viewed the leviathan from
their roofs. Tho elephant was
taller than the biggest covered
express wagon, and a trifle lower
than the horse cars. The friends
of ex-Assemblymen Busch, who
is running for Mayor on the Dem
ocratic ticket, cautioned their cam
didnte against appearing on the
street during the afternoon. Be.
fore Fourth street was reached
there were 500 children and 200
adults keeping time to the head
of the elephant in the roadway
and on the sidewalks.
Two blocks futher on the smoke
and steam of twenty locomotives
and the rumble of many trains
startled the great beast. He ex-
tended his big ears and trumpeted.
Knight jabbed him in the head
and said, Come on Conklin
punctured his flank and said.
G'longr The elephant suddenly
turned right about, presenting
his tail to the railroad, and hump
ing himself like a mustang. The
men and women realized tie sig
nificance of his behavior, and
either fled or hid behind the big
trees in the gardens on one side
Of the street. All the small boys
in Hoboken were there but the