Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-19
THE GREAT ELEPHANT SWIM.

Barnum, the great Snowman, lives al
Bridgeport, Conn.,, and there keeps the
winter headquarters of the elephants and
other beasts which make up his mighty
menagerie. The other day he took notion
to give his elephants swim. So he
marched about twenty of them down to
the margin of the water of Long Island
Sound, this being his whole stock of ele-
phants with the exception of the gigantic
Jumbo. This Jumbo is very expensive
beast. half elephant and half mastodon;
and it was judged best not to let him run
the risk of catching cold, or of injur1ng
himself. So he staid at home while the
other elephants went off to play in the
water.
What sight it was! Ten thousand Con.
necticut people stood on the shore and ap-
plauded. The veteran Snowman himself
sat in pavilion and laughed like a school
boy as he watched the gambols of the
sportive beasts. They at once struck out
for water deep enough to cover them. They
played like kids, and the big ones tossed
the little ones around like puppies. They
performed all sorts Of gigantic gymnastic
feats. Two elephants would go for a
smaller one and duck him under the water
Then several of them would fill their
trunks with water and squirt it at each
other like playful children in the surf
Two of the largest elephants took notion
to swim out into the sound, as if they
meant to go to sea and return no more
But they were recalled by the voice OF
their keeper, which they promptly obeyed
For about two hours the Bridgeport peo-
pie enjoyed such Il beast show as had never
before been seen, either there OR anywhere
else. When called to come to the shore, the
beasts obeyed very reluctantly, perform
ing all sorts of capers. One muscular ele-
plant wound his trunk around one of the
posts supporting the platform which ex-
tends oul from the bathing pavilion over
the water of the sound. He was about to
pull this post up, the effect Of which would
have been to give large party of people
an unexpected bath. His keeper told him
to stop it. With the air of boy caught in
the act of stealing jam from his mothers
pantry, the beast let 60 of the post, tucked
his trunk under his left fore leg, and
ambled ashore.
The strength of an elephant is some
thing to be greatly admired for the JOY ii
brings with it. Streng h and Joy go hand
IN hand, and it is not natural for one to be
found without the other. Many an en-
feebled man has longed for the muscular
power Of an elephant, even though if he
had it, he might be at loss to know what
to do with as much surplus strength as il
would give him. In his native and unciv-
iiized state, the elephant is far more vigor-
Gus than in state of captivity. Civiliza-
ton, with all its blessings, brings also its
curses of enfeebling and debilitation, from
over-work and unwholesome and irregular
feeding, as well as from improper sleeping.
In civilized state, even elephants have to
be braced up with tonics.
When man is broken down either from
generalization or from any other cause, the
first and best thing to do with him is to
build him up so that he will be strong and
hearty again. He must be ironed out, not
with hat-irons, nor yet with letters of iron
nor yet with the sharp irons of tribulation
which enters into mems souls. He must
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