Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-26
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But tho Elephant Grew.
New York Herald:

The elephant ate all night,
The elephant ate all day;
Do what he would
To furnish him food,
The cry twas
Still more hay.
Nine. Yucca is n feminine rival OF San
dow. She joined the F~orepaugh d Sells
circus for the express purpose OF lifting
q 1,500-pound elephant, for which feat she
was to receive the sum of $50 a week. She
signed a contract to lift three-quarters of
a ton OF elephant by means of ropes and
tackle and leather bands. 1t was the ele-
plant that violated the agreement, and
now Nine. Yucca is about to bring suit for
breach of contract. She was dismissed
rom the employ Of the circus for failing
to lift the animal with the ease and aban-
don which she had previously manifested.
The circus is now making a tour of the
southern states. 1t was at Augusta, Ga,
n few days ago, that the last straw was
added TO the camel-like patience or the
athlete. Nine. Yucca says that her attor-
ney, George Robinson, accepted the en-
gagement with the understanding that
"Fitzhugh Lee" the elephant she was TO
lift, was a dwarf. Strong of arm is Nine.
Yucca. She bends iron bars n Ifts
horses. She was easy and confident in the
first days OF her engagement. 1t was a d.
verting sight to see the woman in spangles
and fleshings raise the elephant as If he
were an overgrown infant. Then eVll days
befell Nine. Yucca and her startling feat.
She was surprised TO see signs that her
strength was failing. She could hardly
dil6 ~ fN INST A'ANH -
and subsisted upon more inyigoratlng
food. She practiced more. Yet there
could be no denying the fact that she no
longer lifted that elephant with suflicient
ease. She went to physicians, who told
her that her fears Of physical deteriora-
tion were groundless. Sorrow hlled the
life Of Nine. Yucca.
At last there came n fateful day when
at her practice she was unable 10 iii
'Fitzhugh Lee from the ground. she
was wringing her hands in despair, when
her manager suggested that the elephant
pachyderm was ound TO tip the beam at
considerably more han the weight at
which he was supposed TO be lifted. Nine.
Yucca held up her hands in astonlsh-
ment.
hundred pounds more!'
Then the female Sandow demanded an
elephant or any animal that weighed LOW
pounds, be 1t gnu, buffalo or dromedary.
In all the menageries the circus managers
could find no creature of the required
weight. Then they insisted that the fem
hugh Lee" and must do II. Nine. Yucca
was highly indignant. She now says that
she was entrapped by circus guile. "FitZ-
hugh Lee" she now AYERS, was kept eX-
Ceedingly small by doses of whisky and to-
bacco. Under the genial influence of that
he forgot to grow.
Nine Yucca says that the circus folk,
desiring to eliminate her speciality from
the performance, declined to let her &c
into the arena EXCEPT in the company OF
''Fitzhugh Lee" Then the whisky and
tobacco were withdrawn. and the ele-
scented hay and everything possible of q
highly nutritious and fattening nature, sc
he spent his days in feasting. n grew
far beyond his contract limit.