Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
ALLCAUsFDBYAL LITTLE MOUSE
ArOusing an Elephants Anger, which
Led to a Brave Dogs Death.


The performance at Holmes Museum,
on Fulton street, Brooklyn, the other
night, says the New York Times, was
over, the audience had departed and
I nothing broke the stiffness OF the place
but the hollow tread Of the night watch
man on his rounds and the irregular
breathing Of many animals. The three
legged dog, curled up in a corner OF his
apartment, INDUCED IN spasmodlc dreams
Of another leg. The sacred bull thought
complacently Of his hump and made no
t noise. The tailIess babboon gazed long
| ingly, but silently, on a neighboring mon
/ keys appendage, and the surly elephant
I allowed the end of his shifting trunk to
wander noiselessly over the floor in front
! OF him.
Suddenly, from around the corner of the
( box in which the sacred" mice are kept.
I there peeped a little white, inquisitfve
face. The face was surmOunted by little
pink ears, and indented with little pink
/ eyes. 1t was soon followed by little body
which by slow degrees appeared from
around the corner, and the little pink and
and white, timid, and frightened mouse
stood revealed. A slight noise startledit,
and with whisk of its little tail 1t disap-
peared. The fright over, back it came,
! slowly and timidly. and ventured a little
/ way out on the floor. Unfortunately il
wandered too near the lazy elephants
moving prObOscis. Creeping slowly along,
tue little animal suddenly encountered
this smiling trunk, and its little sense was
I all gone IN a trice. The little mouse was
so scared that il didn't know what to do,
but seeing the open nOstrlls in the ele-
plants trunk, it darted into one with the
rapidity Of lightning.
With a roar that shook the building and
drove ali thoughts of repOse from the
| minds OF the other animals, the elephant
/ threw his trunk high into the air and
waved it wildly to and fro, emitting all
the while the most terrific bellOWings.
1 The animals Immediately lost all presence
| OF mind, and the roaring, bowling and
! screaming became something terrific.
/ The uprO3r struck terror to the soul of the
! Waterman, who, with his big Newfound-
/ land assistant, were in another part of
! the building. Pictures of lOosened lions
| OF tnturiated tigers, and Of bloody and
/ lacerated limbs tlOated before his Mortified
imagination, but with the determination
/ OF martyr be whistled to his trusty dog
and marched boldly to the demoralized
museum. Finding at a glance nothing
! more formidable than an Infatuated but
| securely chained elephant to encounter,
/ the Waterman pursued his way with a
| more cheerful heart. But his dog, quicker
! than himself, was before him. The brave
| brute made rush for the elephant and
grabbed at one of his legs. just then the
I imprisoned mouse was dropped to the
floor, and scudded for its formerly de-
spised home and there rested, eminently
satisfied with the seeds of discOrd 1t had
sOWn.
But the elephant was not to be ap-
peased, and turned its attention to the
dog, which was industriOusly, but fruit
lessly. biting at the elephants legs. The
elephant caught him around the body
Nth its trunk and, after waving him
about for few seconds, slammed HIM
violently against the opposite wall.
Stunned for il moment, but undismayed,
Nero (the dOg) staggered about, and then
renewed his attempts to disable his big
antagonist, The latter was only too
willing to keep up the fray, and, to an
accompaniment OF ear-splitting yells.
bowls and rOars, il seized the dog, beat
him on the floor, and, when Nero was
anxious to call it quits and stop, calmly
stepped on him with both fore feet, anC
held him there. Nero screamed with
pain, the Waterman prodded the elephant
with the gOad. but it stubbOrnly held the
dog, bearing all the weight OF its inn
mense body heavily on his PROSTATE
form. The dogs cries grew weaker and
weaker, and the Watchman's prOds grew
harder and harder. The proprietor him.
self appeared upon the scene with red
hot poker, and prodded the obstinate am
mails legs with it.. The elephant gave up
the contest aud the dog was eXtricdted,
but he lay still as stone, and was dead.