Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-08-12
ADVENTURES o. 4 sssoNSss
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Snowman III nearly overv H. 80
country. aud has met with - se +
string Of odd adventures, from ~:
his ready wit seems always u M ~
treated him at the critical ms.s s 9 {
After half a century Of harsl wsst \ /
is still ION the road /" His 49,:
has varied form dioramas Il = -
and from lion tanner TO the & k;s:.;
of u performing dog. Here 4 ~
his circus anecdotes;
"a funny occurrences hannAr.a
night. One OF the best hossrs ]. 4 \
stud was in the ring, and when ~.
was finished and the horse 49, a
out by the groom. one Of The ciss.
caught hold Of his tail, pretend;s. !
pull him back, when the horsss n
came off This created quite ! ~.
ton in the house. The snd;.s.
thought it was a cruel thing. and wsss,
no doubt have caused disturtsss
had it not been explained Is nv
The horse had the misfortune = =
born with rat tail. and 10 ilnn,.s.
his appearance they had a fall X
made TO fix on him before Ia NJ /.
appear in the arena; the clown II
being aware of the counterfeit ~ "
was tricked. as well as the audiencs d
There is no trade which fIourishs !.
well upon dexterous advertisement
the trade OF the Snowman. I'M N.
Hare speedily recognized this; and z
quote one instance out OF many Il n
good use to which he applied tie ~
art OF advertising:
Il commenced for private MI
with Napoleon, the wizard dog. Vhi5
had done very we'll with the CHI
mas before, and to increase bis povs
larity he became lost. that il, 81 ~ s.
not to be seen. | advertised 100 tuis
cas- reward for the celebrated Nh
leon. the wizard dog, eulogizinr bIn
to the utmost Of my humble abili6s
finishing with, Any one restor;n
him to his heart broken master vouIl
receive the above reward, etc. ~
inundated with letters from all a.,
tiers, from people who had seen 1 ID
that answered the description. lhl
one from lady desiring to consI
me in my bereavement by wishing II
might be allowed to put her affecfius
in place of the beautiful Napoleon, d
his loving and broken hearted mass
etc.
Presently Mr.. Van Hare found biz
self on the west coast OF Africa q
deavoring to find a gorilla. I'll
noble animal was then practically VI
known in Europe, and be shevdy
imagined that the addition OF q ronlf
to his show would make its props
tors fortune. Sometimes food VI
scarce, and on one occasion there VI
nothing to eat but grilled monkey.
They looked very nice. / VI
hungry and faint; Iput all squeam.
thoughts aside and tucked into
couple OF legs with great gusto. \
had only had bit of salt ] thoug
what would have given if they &
been cooked like rabbits, without 4
knowing what they were, | shou
have thought them delicious.
A baby gorilla was at last caug
and taken to Europe, where. as
shall see, it was very great succl
indeed. But before Mr.. Van Hare
turned to Spain, whence he had sail'
he got into an awkward difficult
During his passage through the
minions of the king of the Fan COZ
try he became-by misunderstsI
ing, and, he is ungallant enough
insinuate, very much against his v
the accepted sutton of that monarc
sable daughter. He did not burn vi
ardor to marry a Fan princes, a
contrived, upon promising to rshu
in a years time. to get clear av
without his African bride.
THE king tried to persuade m
remain with him, and said he wo
find me plenty of hunting, which
thought must be very fond OF, |
ing come SO far across the big wat
he did not know wherein pur
to hunt; the white men must b
extraordinary tribe. | told him "
came back would stay and live !
him. The princess fretted very mu
and presented her royal highr
with the very last pocket handkercf
| had left to dry up her tears q
make herself happy till my return.
distributed numerous little presents
all from whom | had received .
kindness. After much shaking
hands. ETC.. took leave of his maze
and his two queens. and music
up courage to kiss the princ'
and she. poor, dear creature, cried
if her heart would break. / put 0
little hypocrisy, and struggled b
to shed a tear; but it was no use, 81
what was more unfortunate. had
a handkerchief to pretend to dry av
my tears.
AT Havana Mr.. Van Hare was &C
PEELED by the sudden death of tan
who performed daily with cagefu
hons to turn lion tanner himself
had never been at such close quart
with those beasts before; but a.
some very pardonable hesitation,
determined to get over his tren'
once and for all:
Il rushed in with the heart ola III
whip in hand. The animals were
once struck with awe. and croucf
into their usual corner. | felt at OF
l was their master. placed the hd
against the iron bars for them to L
through. The first came up with
growl. gave him a good cut with
whip, which he answered pre-
quickly by flying through the DO
like lightning, and the others follos
suit ] found | could do as III
with them. and put them throu
their performance, and backed out
the cage. "--Plliladelphia Telegraph
| Photographs by Telegraph.
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