The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-03-04

q wtll kaewu aui bsvs called forth mao,
p ordinations Of voadur. Bat TO see hn
4 Of elephants n.aroh 90! upoa the stage o
a theatre aud calmly proceed 10 pouul
drums, bslsUee themselves on oue leg soc
. riit blcJelsr, gives one no idea at all O
ii the extraordinary amount Of pstleat trair
, ius that hss been necessary 10 Luog then
to DO these thiass Just no. II 10 don,
bs puzzled msny aud Indeed. almost any
Que would be srestly intererestsl by Wis
. 1t to sn eIsph.pt school, says the Poll,
delphts Press.
Al ous OF these establishments rsSently
, opened, the slephAntins pupils nov nun
Der four, but as the ,choolmsster i sndssv
oriug to enlarge the school. there will
probably bs como ~aIitious suOu. TIE
school sessions are held nurning aud after
noon, With 40 inlsrmission for lunch, and
plins more opprssslysly than do these 1T
tie pscbydsrms, They are all babies .nd
thsir names respectively are Pinto, Mary,
Jennie aud Fanny. Tue smallest weighs
about 400 pounds, which is unusually
light wight fer an elephant; the toll
grown aulmsl Weighs as much as 10000
pounds.
The sohoolmsster is Albert Stsdltr, 81
animal trainer OF ten years experience.
tie was lately found conducting session
OF tbs school With whip 10 one hand and
q hall pound Of loaf sugar IN the other
la front Of the school master sat Pluto
and this young lady was actually sitting,
the seat being an inverted Tub. Her fore
feet and truck were beating the air 10
mate appeal to her teacher, who was pa
tienlly sni Isl oriousIy endeavorIng to 10
ducs the unruly trunk to curl it's prehsu
siIe terminus srouud handle Of a bell.
| Ten times the waving trunks wept the bell
TO the Il ,or aud each tim the whip out the
poor little beasts hIuks The eleventh
time the trunk carried the bell into the
sir aud the clspper rang.
few Jumps OF sugar we're thrust iulo
the mouth OF the elephant and tue ssgac
ious animal, quickly percsjvieR that be
tween the bell and the sugar there was
soms sub Ia eonuectlor, vas induced to
ring the implement second and third |
time Pinto wa kept at this one lesson
until it WAS Inns for the next class to be
called mp.
When Piuto retired, Jennie shrlll ID to
the front Tais elephant was the small
est of the quartst. In fact lhs Little AMI
NAL wis scarcely bigger than a large sized
dog. The rnner laid aside bis whip, re
mstkIDg that the baby was too young to
cssugsts, Sugar is the oaly mssns OF
persuasion used in JeGnies training at
present Her Lesson began With remsrk
able satie, Of gymnastic ieats, Jennie
stood on her head, balanced htrself on
one leg and ate Jumps Of sugar from the
trainers b lnds while standing rampant on
her hind legs.
Then the baby was put through the
most difficult OF all her tasks. 1t was the
language session st the elephant school,
The lesson was given to teach jennie to
talk. Questions were asked by the sch Dol
msstsr to which the appropriate answer
would bs yes or no 40 elephant, OF
course, cannot be expected to use srticu
ate speech, so the trainer explained that
the baby would reply by lifting and lower
ing it's forsiset The patience Of the I
trainer with this diminitlye specimen OF |
life was remarkable. Crouching
down. the schos master lifted the foot and {
lowered ii the requisite number Of times
after each question. ttroking the bsby's
trunk aud Administering copious doses OF 4
sugar. The i1fsnt proved = trsc able pu {
pl and before The lesson was over she had 7
made sn attempt to snswtr questions =
without the aid OF the teachers hands. I
II will req1irs many wesry hours OF IN q
sruction before the little aLimsI under I
stands and responds TO the teacher's voice /
Jennie is young yet only sixteen months e
old 10 fact the sw.ddling clotbes stage =
Of 40 elephants eIisteuce aud she has /
10 sll probability, plenty OF time before q
Der 10 which t. grow wise aud learned,
The remainder Of the school, consist h
log Of NJ ,ry aud Fannie, was taken 10 one v
class. The whip came into use again +
With this class, for tbs Trainer explained y
that Mary, who sttth der, rnd couse h
lueu.lg less ofa baby than Jennie, hos q .
,eputstIJn for being ugly It timss. he
,lass was called for the stndy Of the bioy t.
lie. The bicycles were big wooden ai I,
Firs, like small wagons aud the little AMI v
malls had 10 be uged with both whip and C
.ugar before they cCuld be induced to d
rust themselves 10 tins style Of locomO 81
100. First t1e two animals were pushed Il
Iloog by the scboolUsster aud his tsslst a
.nt A they felt ths msobilces move =,
he ssgsclOus babies grabbed tue Eldes to O
teadY themselves, ueessserlly touching =,
be pedals thst moved the whet IL. csuslug u
hem to rsSolve. Ia this way, explained
be teacher The elephants wosld gradual cI
' get to know shstuss tIpscted OF them,
I'd 90 the bicycle u Iug would progress II
rom the schoolstrl 10 the exhibition stage =
i peflo miuR elephant, llls b
The lsstou lasted Tor an u,uf sud vas ot