The true northerner., 1882-04-28
LAUGHING aYENAs.
ree MAN who AmputateN the Liens Leg
Tsmes Those AmiabIe Brutes.
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ree Man who Amputate~ the Liens Lee
Tsmes Those AmiabIe Brusss.
philadelphia Press.
Aspare, peculiarly shaped man was the
beast tanner, with limping gate and a
heavy cash in his cheek. One ear is
missing from his head and three fingers
from his left hand. One thing was
noticeable, and that was the determined
commanding expression in his eyes.
They were wreathed in the shaggiest
eyebrows and lashes of reddish hue,
and peered from the mans overhanging
brows like live Goals.
Zone winter, about fifteen years ago,
| seed mn advertisement in the paper
which said that man was wanted rs
would take care of and tame hyenas, APP
ply TO A. B., box "a, Herald office.
answers A. b.. and says III take that
job, yours truly, Y. H., box A. That
brought me together with certain show
man, as you knows as well as l do,
After arranging wot | was to get for the
business he takes me to the den, and
there were two of the unpleasantest as l
had ever seen in u show or anywhere
else They're little skittish.' says
the Snowman. You bet, says L 'how
they do larf' Well | got those hyenas
put into solitary confinement, and for
about two weeks | tried my hardest to
mash 'em. [ fed 'em. tickled 'em with
IA six-foot pole i'll the ribs, got hot irons
and burned the ends of their snouts, L
woke em up with pals of ice water In
the middle OF the night, just to show
'em my power, and the burned animals
l.. FL
waited me awful, and determined to try
conclusions with 'em, face TO face, III the
cage so armed myself with a thong
of leather with loaded handle, and one
fine morning L entered the lodging of
Hyena No. with pork chop for his
breakfast. He Immediately flew at me,
and hit him crack over the head,
which would have killed bullock. All
he does is to cruch in a corner Of the
cage for about two minutes, and larf as
if he'd break his sides, then he suddenly
jumps ut Inc and got his fangs in my
arm Just above my elbow. / hits away
at his carcass with all my force, and at
last he let go and skunk away to his cor
ner, which gave me u chance of getting
outside of the bars. [ was pretty badly
bitten, but | got the wound cauterized,
and the next day goes for my hyena
friend again, and with the same result
ON both sides; he nearly got his skull
broken, aud got another bite, TINS time
on the leg | was thinking as ] was eat
ing my dinner in front of the hyenas'
cages, day or two after, that l had bet
ter give up the business. j should like
TO make you larf on the other side of gour
,,f, Il A ,1
and up comes the two animals - the
front of their dens, and a stretching of
their jaws, they gave me a succession of
smiles which would have reused the
temper of an angel. l happened to have
u caster of red pepper on the table and
an idea struck me, L empties handful
OF the pepper III my hand, and walks up
to the burned skunk as bit my arm and
SHES it in his face and down his throat
Holy Moses, how he did jump round !!
He rolled aud wriggied and screwed
himself about like a bug on n needle
but he never uttered n sound. There
wasn't larf left in him. 1t was three
days before he smiled again, and then |
enters MS cage once more. He made
ready to spring. | gave him another
handful of pepper. | kept up that game
for over six weeks. and at the end of that
time my two hyenas were as tame as
rabbits, for put the other one through
the same treatment. All / had to do at
last was to enter their dens with a red
bottle in my hands; that was enough
A motion from my hand and they would
crouch in their corners as quiet and as
peaceful like as baby elephants. / after
ward taught those two animals to do all
sorts of tricks, and became so accus-
toned to their larfing that quite en-
joyed it. travelled good deal with the
show to which these animals belonged !;
they were called the only tame hyenas
in the world, and made the boss a lot Of
money. After staying with 'em two
years [ left for a place with another
Snowman as offered me more monev."