The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-03-07
He Broke Him Up.

The other morning, while the urbane
manager of Woodward's Gardens was
smoking a-four-bit cigar, and medita'
lively listening to the mullled walls OF 9
tomcat that had just been swallowed
alive by the big anaconda, tall, thin,
notwithstanding man, with a goatec
and blue glasses, entered the gate and
remarked in an insinuating manner:
"Of course, you pass the scientific
fraternity"
"Of course, we do notr' said tho
Snowman, hatically.
"What not the servants, not the pic
ncers in the great march OF the mind
into the hithcrland Of the infinite be.
yond?" returned the professor, with
great surprise.
81 will not deceive you" sarcastically
replied the proprietor of the only sala-
mander; I'VE pass nothing but the quilts
IN the fretful porcupines-I mean'the
ress. You can't see the ostridges un-
sss you come down and put up"
Dear me. dear met sighed the sci
mist, rclectively. 80 think that a
Professor of cosmographic conchology
should be denied admittance to a third
class 700! Has the Skangetibus been
fed yet?"
"Skam--- which," asked the tiger
importer.
"Nhy, the Skamgatibus; you've got
one, haven't you?'
"Ye.e-s.s: | believe we've q small
female somewheres, said the grizzly 5
friend, doubt'ully
~Nhy, / never knew a iirst-class col
lection H. have less than two pairs,
sad the professor. contemptuously;
show do your Azimaths stand this cold
weather, ehp'
"As imuths?" asked the Napoleon AZ
gregator Of curiosities; "what thcm?'
Some kind OF bird--you don't mean
ostri-p'
Ostrdges be hanged?" said the sue
cessor OF Darwin; "ostridgcs are moth.
ing. I've shot more ostridges with
quail shot than you've got hairs on your
head. You don I actually mean TO sit
there and tell me you haven't got q
single Azmuth to your back
"Don' believe | have" admitted the
alligator breeder, mortified; "what are
they like|'
"Oh' they're Of the order Spinals,
about eight feet high. Fur pcels of in
the spring, you know-tlio Siberian
species, mean. suppose you'v We got
one OF those Rectangular African Flip
goohies that reached New York the
other dayP"
"No, said the much agitated show
man; "here I've been keeping an agent
in New York on biz salary to look out
for attractions and he doesn't catch on
to the first blamed thing. Spends all
our money on second hand panthcra
and kangaroos with the rheumatics. I'll
bounce him by telegraphp'
Haven tevcn got Flipgoohly, chi"
unused the scientist, N Il tone OF great
pity. "And / shou dn't BE- surprised il
20 didn't have a Golden Crested Gus.
pidor in your whole show
Neither have --nciher | have, re-
piled the wretched promoter Of pelicans,
in a tone Of great bitterness. $ pose
you Just step in, sir, and look round
mebbe there $ something else you could
say "
"N.n o, | guess not sad the tall
man. 1T would hardly pay me to
spend so much valuable scientific time
in a fourth-class show Ike this. Not
even an Azimuth. ell? | should think
you'd be afraid of being actually
mobbed some time. I'm sorry for you,
my good man; sorry for you. I've no
doubt You mean well, but-not soil
iary Skamgatibus-Great Scottm
And as the disciple OF Audubon passed
into q saloon across the street aud
snapped lead nickel Tor Il glass OF
beer the barkeeper heard him chuck!e
something to the elect tlat h. had got
even on that old hyena puncher, and
don't you forget it. Dsrrict Uo,td, IN
Sdu frahciscO Post.