Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-03
THE DEATH OF JUMB0.


81 the 10th inst, hau "~'ctSio''"
.uch Il degree Of genuine regret ""
sides of tie Atlantic ocean Is WIS
never brinrC called forth by the oeiiise
# amy tnurtoolci creature 'ih' c'c,
40, mn il, fhjS world OF sorrow ana
-ufferinu to love and to he loved
surh a wonderful growing up, tiihl
Iumhn. that no sentiment save ilat
rrspectlui admiration was l'oSSipIe
connection with it. Jumbo was
without enemies. Ills grown
,.ra, awakened; the Jealous anger oi
.bogn above whose head he lowered,
his death is universally ihmehied.
r. - s,iL tn have been the biggest eic-
nLont in the world, standing nearly
we've feet high, and weighing SOME
above seven tons. Inc hooiii'!
If his character seems to have CORES
admirably with The SIZE OIL ms
and although for years The looi Oh
countless thousands OF children Ill tits
and in England, II Is hoi re-
corded that lac cVer cvinced tue light
oar disuosition To %tyrannlze, but was a'
all fines the patient slave as Wen us
H.. Ic-unwledned king, and was never
more happy than when Il "ohe.' VI
more excited Youngsters were hoiste'
M Gil his broad shoulders ana WIS
pernitted Ia give them a rue.
Poor Jumho's death was traS'c a'u
affecting. The Barhum circus iltu
been ewing an entertainment Nv o.
Thomas ON the evening oi september
IA and Jumbo had, rs usual, coii'loc'eu
himself in the most a."t
nraiseworlhy manucr. With the piauditS
of the pe6ple still ringing IN his pi"
ears. he was walking contcntediy GOWN
IN the railroad tram that was 10 carry
the cir.us ont of town, when IL special
train of ears drawn by II heavy loconio-
tive came laundering down upon MN.
The track upon which Jumbo was
walking was built on an eiheaiikiicii'
only sufficiently wide to accommodate
two tracks-the main track alt i slu-
inc. The circus train occupied the
eihi,,o There was not room for the
poor elephant to tand the
two tracks, aud on the other side escape
was cut oil by the steep emOai'kineht,
winch was nearly twelve feet high.
Jumbo, mt sight of the advancing loco
motive took n The fuil significance or ms
perilOus position, and throwing up MS
trunk, sounded IL long shrlii note OF
warning Ia the ''baby elephant" winch
wa ACCOMPANYING him, and theh SET
off at a brisk trot down the Track
ahead of the swiftly moving train. In
vain ihc engineer Wiistlcd Tor brakes
and tried TO check the progress oil MS
train: the grade was steep, and The
heavy cars pushed he locomotive ior-
ward. The baby elephant was struck
by the coW-catchcT OF the locomotive
and tossed TO one side with a broken
LEG, after which the rocking engine
bore down upon old Jumbo. Seeming
to realize that escape was iiiipossilie
the bic beast came 10 Sii!iu -Si!ii al
instant before the locomotive reached
him, and braccd himself for the COLI
SION. II was like tile coming together
oftwO freight trains. The
wa thrown from The embankmcnt aud
six cars were derailcd. Jumbo alone
held the track, bus the luckless giant
mad received Injuries from which he
died a few moments are Alter his
one shrek of despair when the engine
struck him, the poor beaS mace ne
moan, but lay quietly on his SHE, the
great mountain of flesh iieaving slowly
M and down until death came to his
relief.
IL is r~cportedtthat the news of JUN
hos death has %occasiOncd more interest
in London than the race between thu
Genesta and the Puritan. This Will De
understood when it is remembered thai
for nearly twenty years Jumbo wa
one OF the institutions OF London. Il'
had been sold when he was an inian
by some Arabs Ia the .LiI1in DIES run
tes in Paris, and when about three
wears of ACE was exchanged for SOM
other animals, and fell INTO the posses
sion of the geological Gardens in Lon
don, MIR. l.. +. Barnum purchased
him for $4,000 III March, 1882, where
upon IA furious and curious indignation
70 took possession OF ii considerable sec
ton OF the British public, even Tin
Prince of Wales sharing III the genera
public Indignation at he elephant
sale. Ii is said that it ost MIR. Btrnuli
nearly $50. 900 III addition To Jumbo
original cost to get him away +
London and land him on these shores
lie arrived III the Assyrian MonarcI
April 9, 1882. and at once became
great pet OF the American people.
The loss of Jumbo tn his owners !
said TO be equal TO the loss OF SlOU,Gu
in cash, but his loss Ia Mr.. Scott, VIII
for twenty years has been his Keeper
ana who during all this time has sici
on the sA.ne bed with the huge beast
and has treated him with the kihdncs
and attention that a father bcstoWs O
Il beloved child, can scarcely be reckon
ed in dollars and ccmtS Mr. scott
i~nconsoiablc, aud Will have the pro
found sympathy Ofail the children i
the United states. Whether Iunil'
may on may not be considered 10 hay
been Il Great eater depends upon hoy
YOU look al #. Ills daily rationS con
sisted usually of two hundred pound
of hay. two bushels of oats, Il barrel
potatoes, ten TO fifteen large lOaycS q
bread, aud lwo or three quarts
onions. together. of course, with fr,
qucut iuncllcnnS during the hours
exhibition upon cakes, gin9%crbrcad.a,
peanuts provided by his nulnerot
friends and admirers. lie was also ~
dictri to the beer habit, though not i'll
moderately, and III his early lie Is sal
10 have exhibited Il weakness it
WHISKY.
Mr.. Earnnm upon the anmoHmccmci
-. "a,,I"mnJ hin,snlf ,ccr..
FPio a. I,r rnnnrtnr. and smoke freely
liz o,.na, ins. lie observed ih
thonah FLO .i,,c. liniuo Of tho clio,
'nas not aIy,.rs nc,.nntihIo .t first y
Lo LnnTv !, wa. thrrn. and hence il
IT. n,,LI nat H.. di,turhn,
~, 49," yl,nIr lee wa. inclined TO !
~" ~ 49, ~ hlns.;my in Iii
~. MI. Intentions with REGARD