The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-04

Since tbs year Is. ny tlch he tnoysd
here, tie naae 81 BarnU y las ben a.
lively ,so-i-ted wsts a. i,cpo's IL
chose this place. be ssh, bec.4.- il ga
just he ~ oper distance from tae srs.t
metrof-csl, cfSsv York an! be hai aerer
seen mase daxhsTaI LEGATIONS than ~rrr
pom the borders fL5E Island >,urd.
III, :, ne,osIy 10 TIE CITY o. tIs aiop,Tos
mas grratlY eni-ared him % the feagl
and i Iap -rosta i, eLiefly sttr.hu.a-
ble TO Au II Furnished the mean, 1T
starting many Il III. lag tsct3Ii-s. lie
became convinced tha; I va, Z Ter Ia
make gits 4 p4bI.e n.tare dIti = h,s
lle line and 80 beside, IL, s,t> L.
schools, colleges. hospr:2.', - yat~
10 the Iii ,oTlcal AMI Scieal ii society
here h NE FER them 10 meet IN snc
Institute Of Science and History" costing
:l25, 900, about which t'av write YOU
more fully when il Is completed. A.
YOU viii II member from the new spspcrs,
nc died here less than year age, April
:, lS9I. At the age Of eIshtv>ore Yea, :.
leaving an estate OF : ON, 900, OF VI Ich
81 900 900 ~as persons y operty and
3,CCO, 900 les estate.
Saturday the 23rd Inst had the rare
privilege OF n visit 10 the ~ inter Quar-
ters' OF the 'Grea,est Show on Earth. 8"
The grounds and buildings cover ten
acres. the latter built of bsick and heated
TO the different temperatures required
bg steam pipes. From my great eurlosi-
t. aud numberlsss questions, | was
taken for q news paper correspondent
and given more liberty than ! sometimes
cared for. George Conhlng the hon
tanner, showed our party through his de>
partment and reilly seemed pleased TO
have Us visit them. but threw open the
doors of some Of the large wild beasts,
cages SO wide, | almost feared for my
safety. Some Of the most remSih al Die
ANIMALS | saw were the horned horse
from Africa, the ioex from the A ps, a
hippopotamus weighing over two tons
and very tall girstf-. Near them was a
cage Of kangaroos from Austrslla-thty
were very playful Indeed ;, ssReGA! " the
Young ones and would rest the weig1t 81
their enf ire bod,eson their huge, strong
tails aud play With their keeper. wlh
their feet in very graceful manner apd
seemed as domestic as cats The LIONS,
tigers, PARTNERS, hJehas, g., are always
Interesting; but wbat.iAcrcating unu SuAl
interest here now ia tkat !, a. liaues, has
recently given birth to Hour ydung cubs.
As they sometimes eat their youag, they
have to be carefully .sttended:ani mol
molested. You may imagine .uiyssurpr,se
when the keeper drove aeinipiher lion
in an adjoining cage. shut:ibg door be
tween, and went IN and ha1ded oat one
of the babies to me, to take fa my arms,
1t was pretty little thing. Of a.. li.ht
yellow color and closely resembling Q
puppy, only much larger. This ssne
lloness has three other cubs, one year
old, which are now about the size OF /
New toundland dog. Mr.. Barnum sal |
he had kept an occount of 1t and found
the gains by bi,ths exceeded the losses
by death every year $4,000. -.
Perhaps the greatest sagscItY | cav
! display ed anywheie among the animals
was in the tlephats' house; we arrived
Just as their trainers were putting them
through their DALI drill. They perfor lii
in large circle on the grou1d in the
! centre of their house, IN marches. single
and double file. &c, &C., with military
precision. Saw one ring bell, one play
| the hand organ, one roll barrel across
the circle with bis entire body kept on the
upper half, while two in the center dane
ed Oh small wooden blocks. Each knew
his own name and would come ont from
the line when called, After the perform
I auce is over, each one goes back to his
place nilhoat beng led and IL not tired
keeps on with his tricks Of standing on
his head dancing, &c, showing | think
! thereby their fondness for it The
superintendent told me one trouble the
| experienced ia getting trained elephants
and horses from across the Atlantic was
that they almost invariably had been
trained by Germans and hence could not
understand our language at first,
The Winter Qua: tcrs break UP about
the last Of March for their annual tour
through the cites OF the Union, their first
engagement being few weeks perform :
ance ct Madison Square Garden, New
I ork City, and viii not return TO Bridge
port before the late fall.
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