The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-07
JUMBO COMES TO TOWN.
4 Moonlight Strail with Herd
ofUther izIt plants i'm Fifth
Avenue.

were Waia5ng down ruin Avenue laat
4vp7iDu. nearly in front Of the Vanderbilt
paIare, The small boys who were swarm
lng around Jumbo approached 50 close &C.
the Dilals OF flesh which support him that
Scott, his keeper m0toned them away. A
biz policeman who had been standing on
the corner rushed il between Jumbo and
the boys, and howied:
"Shtand back Shtand back, tell yez J"
| Jumbo had been walking along very
quietly. trailing the end OF his trunk ID the
dust. When he heard the voice OF the po-
liceman he halted and reached for him with
hat prchensible member. AT that mo-
ment the policeman locked over his shoui-
der. 1t was but a momentary glance, ana
AS he passed from that point to tn" side
walk the tails of his coat made Il right All
ole with the body thereof. The police
man did not return and club the pacfy-
derm.
Jumbo and eighteen other elephants,
BIG and little, were takena at about 5o'clock
last evening from their special cars il 5iie
! ward at M0risania, whittier they had been
brought from Bridgeport in the forenoon.
The moonlight falling upon their backs as
: they stood hertIed together made them
| look like a bank Of dark clouds ltlumiEa-
| ted above by moomheams. They switched
! their trunks ilupatIently, and OCCASIONALLY )
emitted anGrts that sounded like the nlo"~
/ ing aD OF steam pipes in lower Broadway,
/ until AstIngale, who had charge OF the
herd. gave the word to begin the marcn Z"
! Madison Square Garden. Then they feii
/ into lire. with Chief for their leader.
/ Jumbo brought up the rear, and queen
and hr1 yearling offspring Bridgeport,
chained tarrtier, were just in front OF
! him. Men ran ahead te.warn drivers Of
| teams that the elephants would claim ne
right of way. The elephants shufl1eo
across Harlem Bridge, apparently with
out suspevtjng That they were not on solid
ground. They wheeled 0oI OF thlrd as"
euue by The first turn TO the right, ana ~
| TO Filth Avenue. Few teams were met on
| the way until Seventieth street was reac'i-
ed. There it was decided to turn through
| Sixty-spcond street into7 Madison avenu".
/ In that avenue the street cars were run
ming at frequent intervals, and the horses
seemed terrified by thn mammoth animals.
| Near FifCy-t.!irC street the elephants. ap-
| pareutlv annoyed ty the antics OF street
ear team. brgau tIHmpe1sn&, ahd nall Il
dozen OF tIe foremost made stampede.
| Their trumDeting and the shouts OF the
keepers as they rar after them made snch .
din as is not often heard by night III lnat
1 qmes neighborhood. Hundreds OF WIN
| ,lows were raised, and the stoops Of nous
! es were crowded, and persons tiocked to
| the corners from the side streets. The
elephants that had not joined in the stam-
petle were turned into side street. Jum-
! DO behaved we'll. His ouly breach OF de-
! cOrum was to emit q stupendous squeal
| that chilled the blood of the servant girls
who had tiocked 10 the sidewalks from
basement floors. The main body of ele-
I phants was wheeled into Madison avenue
again. and marched TO Fifty-fonrth street,
where they turned up to Fifth avenue
again. Those that had stampeded were
brought under control few streets furth-
er down, and were turned into Fitn ay-
enur to join the others.
1T wn,.. have taken but little to start
the ent:.e herd on the rampage" said
ArStingalI. ''and then it would have been
a lively night for New York"
On the way down Fifth avenue all the
teams that were met were turned into the
side streets by the men who ran ahead
and men in the rear Of the herd halted the
reams which came rafting up behind
Now and then hackman objected 10 be-
ing turned out OF his way.
elephants be- said one of them
s'I've got !. call just above here"
But when his horses began to prance hs
changed his mind and gave the herd the
right Of way. At Thirty-eighth street ths
elephants were, wheeled around into Mad
son avenue again. The further they
came down town the greater the number
of persons who fioeked to the street to SCI
them and the larger became the throns
that was following on the sidewalks
Amid the groups waiting on the corner
came from ladies ciinging to the arms o
: their escorts such greetings as:
| 'Ah! here's Jumbo ahead Isn't he
monster! But what's this coming? Whe
e-e-wr'
9 OF course said their escorts. ''Jun
J bo is the last one. The head one is Queen.
= 1t was just about two hours from tn
J time of starting When the herd turned il
: to the Fourth avenue entrance TO the Ga
: lien. The distance is not far from 81
: miles. Jumbo aud Queen, with her bah
elephant, Were put in pen by themseIve
4 Jumbo signallea his arrival by trumpetin
Z mild;y.
IT Mr. r. F. Hamilton, speaking for n
: Balnum, says that Jumbo has grown
r. l.llsigilt about nine inches. and in weight
u quarter ct ton, since he came to Amer
Ia ca. His t,,sks have grown about four il
ches. Scott has a photograph Of Juml
II Land himself, taken when Scott was tl
il taller He has no hope of regaining Il
i. advantage lin that respect which Jumi
id his held for some years. Jumbo is said