Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-12-19

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tive effect that it Was decided to
kill him, and a number of sharp
shooters proceeded TO take target
practice upon the offender. After
they had fired IL shots into the
enormous body of the brute, the
latter lay down on beautiful bed
Of bcgonias and there was a slight
hope that he had lain down to die.
The hope was grouudless, as he
arose soon afterwards and began
pulling up the trees which orna
ment the place.
This exasperatcd the sharpshoot-
ers, and they proceeded to devote
the remainder of their leisure time
during the day to filling the destruc'
tive animal with bullets. They
fired ut his heart and ut his head.
They fired with long distance sights
and short distance sights, aud, after
"a bullets had been fired, the obdu-
rate animal gave up the ghost.
There were fears that before his
death he might take tho lives of
some of the estimable citizens of
Cincinnati, but with the exception
of killing one dog and damaging
the gardens greatly he remained in
a condition of innOcuous desuetude.
This seems to have been a very
vigorous and lively animal, and his
vitality was so expressive that until
his death no Cincinnati young man
expressed desire to "see the Gle
phant." A cat is supposed to have
nine lives, and donkey 80; but
the elephant is apparently possessed
of still larger number There ws'
young elephant which made il.
appearance about the year 1856
1t was strong, sturdy and vigorous
In that year it was pitted against
celebrated trick mule, and wa
: hammered by the latter's heels 81
badly that reports of the elephant
: death were circulated everywhere.
| Although badly bruised, how
} ever, the young elephant retired in
2 to solitude for short while, and il
1850 came jauntily up to the scratch
l The trick mule, on that memorable
t occasion, was no: in good fighting
, trim. Its fore and hind legs wer
strained and it was suffering inter
n naIly. The young elephant wor
the fight. Again in 1862 the ele
J.. plant won. 1t won in 1864, an
y the friends of the thrice dcfeate,
" animal began TO grow anxious les
c it should die under such roug
:, treatment; but after that the honor
5 grew more even. In 1863, ISL:
y 1875 and 1880 the elephant wor
n In the "off years" the smaller an
It NAL was more successful, and i
# 1884 it won a close victory.
r 1883 the mule was defeated, but
e month ago the elephant was s4dl
|. borne out of the ring in very use
II up condition. Some of the elephant
ii friends are disposed to feel that
is has Leen so badly injured that
e will need several years in which I
n recover, but it is more probable tn.
% in 1892 the same elephant, brande
d &c. o. r." on the right shoude
d will make his appearance, perhal
1t somewhat wiser, surely vigorol
III and combative. 1t has good bloc
c. i'll its veins, but was perhaps to
is overcontident in its laot attemp
ID Its vitality is not dlmished. 1t
Ii brighter, if less obstinate, than i
H. venerable opponent, and is alread
al prepared to learn what lessons
lc can from it's recent defeat; AMI
will make its appearance in ls'
re looking younger, stronger, wise
ID better and cleaner than ever
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