Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-08-12

IN ole cage. one OF tne Keepers tinne
In deal rabbit amongst them. ansl
two ot thorn. beins, very hungry, al
tackled il 81 once Attic same mo-
ment the other four fics at them AMI
IN one moment all the six were III an.
writling lump. Tha keeper fetched
me and | at once attempted 4 uncon
them. | succeeded bat hardly hal
done SO. when the fight began between
the first two. The larger oae threw
his tail round the small ouc : neck anil
squeezed it with such force against the
wall that il lost all power, then the
bigger snake got hold Of the rabbl,
AMI swallowed it, after which it
gradually loosenesl l,s hold Of the
smaller snake Then came revenge;
the small snake flew ut the big one,
which was rendered almost helpless ~
its huge meal, bit II IN the back,
coiled round anl round II. anG
squeezed it TIL II tcould hardl ybreathe.
although il screamed as had never
heard any living creature scream be-
fore. When | went to sec them next
morning they were ali rIght and per.
icctly good friends.
Il was once tlirnc,i out 7of bed ut
O'Clock IL he morning by one Of my
keepers, who came IN with the news
that the big kangaroo had jumped
six-foot fence into the next stable, in
which there was>a large hippotamu..
When ] came down tlcre was most
wonderful fight going on. The kan4a-
roo stood up to his belly in water,
whilst the hippolmtamus, with wide,
open jaws, snapped at him right and
left. However, the kangaroo managed
TO get in a good right anl left with
his front legs, and scratched the hip
popotnlnns III the face tremendously
When the hipopotamus came to close
quarters, the kangaroo jumped np,
| gave him n tremendous blow with his
| hind legs, and tn N managed to get on
| to dry land I caught the kangaroo
with a big net, and for all the fighting
| there wasn't very much harm done"
just as Mr. Hagenbcck finished talk
ne, the polar bear at>> our rear begun
| growing Mr. Hagenbcck went mp te
soothc and pet him 1fShen he said to
me: Il expect am pretty nearly the
only man in the world who can say
| that he ever cut tn" nalis ot Il
polar bear. It WAS this very beast,
and / Will tell YOU how it al happened
| The poor beast nails hal grown into
| It's foot, causing II q great deal Of pain.
! We tried to get the feet into II sling
and pull them through the bars. bu,
! this was very Troublesome. SO | got
| him into narrow cage which had an
| iron-bnrred front: this | turned up.
| side down SO TINT the bear hail +
stand on he bars of the cage; then
the cage was lifted W about four fee,
| above tho ground | went underncatt
!. with sharp palr ot plncll,r@, AMI ~
| be stood there with his toes pressee
through the bars | managed to pu1
]! the nails ont Tim | stood him II
water t. wash AMI cool his wounds,
and in q few DAYS he was all right.
'On another occasion royal Ben
gal tiger was suffering very much from
toothachc. 50 two Of nv men held him
by the collar and whilst one Of nv at.
tendants opened his mouth my brother r
in-law nnd took some pinchers AMI
pulled ont the teeth which had beer
| giving him 80 much pain. and which.
indeed, had grown 50 badly tha. they
hal hinderci him from biting his food
properly.
However, perhaps tho most terrible
adventure that ever hal occurred IN
Munich during the Centennial fete IL
| 1ssS. | was going IN a long process
sion with eight elephants, and The
streets were very crammcd Nov. i
CHANGED that We had II pass a great
big iron dragon which, bv sotne me-
chanical cou-rivans, began to spit :ire