St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-10-18

tion-master having refused to let them
travel unattended, and on the trip /
sold $500 worth more of our stock,
which pleased my father greatly, and
| was encouraged to continue in the
animal business. had to make up
my mind very rapidlyin emergencies.
Once had only half an hour lett me
to catch the night express to Crefeld,
where / bought up the whole men
agerie which had been offered by tel
egram for sale. But we found new
sources of supply too.
Casanova, the explorer, was en-
pIoyed by us to bring animals from
Africa. In 1865 he came back with
three fine elephants, several lions,
hyenas, leopards, antelopes, gazeles
and ostriches One Of the elephants
was intended for Berlin, but it was
not easy to get him away from the
Others. He walked, perhaps, for a
quarter o. a mile, when his comrades
commenced to trumpet, and there
upon the huge beast trotted back to
them at the railway station. Moth
ing could stop him; so we had to tie
him up there. | fetched the other
elephants out, and provided myself
with a quantity OF sugar and biscuits,
and enticed all three elephants safely
to the Geological Gardens, and after
the big one had been put comfortably
into his stable l led my t wo elephants
to the railway station and they ar
rived just in time to ca tch the night
train to Hamburg. The next day l
sold both of them to the London
dealer, Rice, and one Of the two he
disposed of to the Geological Gardens
in Regents Park. 1t was the one
known as Alice, Jumbo's wife"
1t appears that keen competition
existed among the various dealers to
obtain animals that were for sale.
The Frankfort collection was on offer,
and Hagenbeck made hazardous
journey thither, arriving on the day
Of the battle of Aschaffenburg, during
the Austrian war. Thousands of
troops were passing through the
town. He then went back to Cologne
and there saw his rival, Jamrach,
who was upon the same errand, but
could not get to his destination, as
no direct trains were then going to
Frankfort.
On another occasion a good deal of
trouble was caused to young Hagen
beck by troop Of elephants which
he was conveying by rail taking the
collie. To cure them he administered
gtog. Oae OF the beasts took too
much and began to play tricks with
his fellows. 1t was necessary to keep
him quiet, 50 his master gave him
another and a stronger dose OF ardent
spirits, with the result that the ele-
plant grew intoxicated, and he lay
down and slept for six hours without
a break.
One day Hagenbeck received news
Of the arrival of Casanova at Trieste
in a steamer which was placed in
quarantine. On shore another dealer
was waiting his chance to buy up the
whole stock which the hunter had
brought with him, but Hagenbeck
senior concluded a bargain while the
seller was still in the lazaretto, behind
iron bars. Scarcel y had the prices
been settled when the London COM
petitor offered an advance of 81 200
on the whole lot, at which profit a
resale was made. But the animals,
while in quarantine, had to be fed
during seven days, and as they in
Guided thirteen elephants the difficulty
in obtaining sufficient quantities of
food was very great, and the anxieties
of the position were rendered keener
by the sudden illness of the father of
the young animal dealer, which led
to hurried departure from the port.
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