The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Ola Hyena Panther.
The other morning, while the urbar

The other morning, while the urbane
manager Of Woodward's Gardens was
smoking a.four-bit cigar. and medita-
lively listening to the mufilod walls of
q tomcat that had just been swallowed
alive by the anaconda, n tall, thin, scien.
tihc-looking man, with goatee and
blue glasses, entered the gate and re-
marked in an insinuating manner:
"Of course, you pass the scientific
fraternity?"
"Of course, we do not!" said the
Snowman, emphstically.
''''What. not the servants, not tho p,o-
.neers in tito great march of the mind
into the hltherland of the intimate be-
yond2" returned the professor, with
great surprise.
~ will not deceive you, saroastioally
replied the proprietor of the only sala-
mander; I'VE pass nothing but the
qnills on the fretful porcupines--l moan
tho press. You can't see the ost'idges
unless you come down and put up"
''Dear me, dear mel'' sighed the sol
entist, refiiectively. "To think that n
professor of cosmographic conohology
should be denied admittance to third
class Zoo Has the Skamgatibus been
fed YETI"
"Skam--which?" asked tho tiger
importer.
'Why, tho Skamgatibus; you've got
one. haven't your"
"fe-e.s-s; believe we've small
femals somewheres," said the grizzly's
friend, doubtfully.
Why, never know n tlrst.cla,s oil
lection to have less than two pairs" said
the professor, contemptuously; show
do your Azimuths stand this cold
weather, ehl"
"Azimuths?" asked the Napoleon ag-
gregator of curiosities; "whnt's themP"
Some kind Of bird-you don't moan
ostri- %
"Ostridges he hanged?' said the
successor of Darwin; "ostridges arc
nothing. I've shot more ostridges with
quail shot than you've got hairs on your
head. You don't actually mean to sit
there and tell me you haven't got a
single Azimuth to your baokp"
Don't believe + have," admitted the
alligator breeder, mortified; what are
they like?"
ooh they're of tho order spinalis,
about eight feet high. Fur peels off in
the spring, you know-the Siberian
species. I mean, 1 suppose you've
got ono of those Rectangular African
Flipgoohlies that reached New York the
other dny2"
"No,' said the much agitated show.
man; "here I've been keeping an agent
i'll New York on big salary to look out
for attractions and he doesn't catch on
to the first blamed thing, Spends all
our money on secondhand panthers
and kangaroos with the rheumatios. Ill
bounce him by telegraph"
Haven't even got Flipgoohly, eh?'
muscd the scientist, in tone of great
pity. "And shouldn't be surprised if
you didn't have Golden Crested Gus.
pidor in your whole show"
"Neither 1 haye-ne,Gner have" re-
piled the wretched promoter of pelioana
in tone OF great bitterness. 'Sposo
you just step in, sir, and look round;
mebbe there is SOU ething else you
could say"
"N-n-o, + guess not" said the tall
man. "It would hardly pay mo to
spend so much valuable scientific time
IN O fonrth-class show like this. MOI
even an Azimuth. ell? I should thinl
you'd be afraid OF being actually
mobbed some time. I'm sorry for you,
my good man; sorry for You. I've nc
doubt you mean we'll, but not soil
tary Skamgatibus-G Great ScottI'
Aud as the disciple OF Audubon passed
into saloon across the street anG
snapped a lead niokle for a glass o
beer the bar-keepor heard him chuckle
something to the effect that he had got
even on that old hyena puncher, ant
don't you forget it.