The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-22
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once, Nos. 20 and ~ Fourteenth Street,
A BIG ELEPHANT STORY.
BOlIVaF'S Big BODY Coated with Cement by
Two Ladies' of His Race,

boliVar's Big Body Coated With Cement BY
Two Ladies' of His Race,
Philadelphia Record,
A mean scheme Of revenge was played
upon Bolivar, the lately arrived elephant
at tho Zoo, last Saturday, by Empress
and Jenny, the two female elephants,
Ever since Bolivar firsttook uphis quar-
tiers in the garden the two female ele-
plants have been extremely jealous OF
the attention he receives, and they have
evidently been planning some means TO
lower the big beasts dignity.
On Saturday afternoon there was q
fearful uproar In the elephant house,
and for q few moments the keeper feared
that one OF the brutes had become liber,
ated, Rushing to the cage where the
elephants are confined no found that all
three otthem were safe, but Bolivar pre-
serted most ridiculous and ~disreputa,
BILE appearance. He was standing alone
in the rear OF the cage, roarlngas loud as
possible, and was covered from his feet
to his backbone with cement, Empress
and Jenny were standing out OF his
reach Just commencing to give him an
other coat OF the brown, powdery plaster
when the keeper rescued him,
For some days past Workmen have
been engaged in ~enlarging the cage in
which the elephants are confined. They
have been repeatedly warned not to leave
any tools or anything else within reach
OF the brutes' trunks, On Saturday they
completed the brick wall which they
were building, and left their tools aud
barrels OF dry cement near the
wood partition.
Empress and Jenny have been most
Interested aaud vigilant spectators Of the
work, and We're especially interested in
the use Of the shovel and pick'ax. After
the workmen had gone on Saturday EN-
press and Jenny, placing their fore feet
on the iron bars OF the partition, reached
over with their trunks, and while EN-
press secured q shovel Jenny became
the ,possessor OF u pick.ax. They then
TO initiate the workmen, but Jenny,
mistaking the pick.ax for shovel, push.
cd 1t over the tloorand through the bars,
1t, Empress, thinking she had
the pick-ax, beat the shovel upon the
hoor and broke it. They then made an
other investigation, and found the head
OfoHe Of the cement barrels out, with
nearly o full barrel Of dry cement at their
disposal,
They cautiously climbed up on the
wood partition and, leaning over the
top, filled their trunks full OF the brown
sticky cement. Theythen walked around
heir giant male companion, who had
been a vigilant watcher OF their move
nents, and appeared to be in no way In.
crested in him. He, evidently satisfy.
himself that all was well, turned his
mead to eat, when In q moment the two
blew the cement all over him.
lie appeared dazed for a moment, but,
Ieeing his two companions again climb.
up the partition, be set up a most
1orrid cry. Empress and Jenny, Salts
led that they had succeeded in humilia.
ing their companion and rival, quickly
another coat over him, and then
filing their trunks with water poured 1t
him, giving him q sticky, muddy
most dirty appearance,
The keeper, who had been startled by
he roar, soo put q stop to the amuse-
nent Of the female elephants, but tho
iugaclous Empress picked up the broken
,art Of the shovel and poked it at Boil.
'ar's feet, adding to his torture. The
,rute, whose eyes had been filed by the
water and cement running OF his back,
cared and stamped about the cage in a
most threatening manner.
The keeper SOC cleaned him, but he
his supper, and kept a continu-
rus watch on his companions. The
,hains will be taken of OF him in q few
lays, and then the keepers look for him
o Square accounts"