The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-02-24


Children hsva little kuowlcdse OF ho'
c almost human the olephspt is, says %
Chicago Iimes- Herald Great uuwield
b ercstafe that be is, be Is capable Of e
most anything but speech aud hAs = seps
81 bumor that otllimes u laito lsnshsble
, tie delights 10 sood bath and sometime
siVcs bic Keeper considerable trouhl,
~hen taken TO e stream 10 dnnk by siul
tne slmost ont Of sight ani then rlsiug ~
Suddenly 10 ssptrt Of misot iei aud spout
los strear. Of wster on everybody with
10 reach.
Big As be is, he is timid beasL HE
line Of vision seems limited. aud be hates
to have sni ithius 10 bis path lbst be is uu
acquainted with.
40 elephants memory is something re
marksble, as was shown not long since by
u large feIlo~ on returning after a years
sbsence' to former quarters, He went
immediately TO remote corner. aud reach
log up bis great trunk he pulled down
several bags Of peanuts that he had BID
den away 10 The time Of plenty the preeed
ins year aud proceeded TO ENJOY them.
Bolivar Is su other big old elephant
that has an ugly temper, esused to some
extent by the tricks meB aud boys de
light IN playing, sueh us oonoesine
stumps OF cigars IN bsgs OF peanuts aud
other tricks that are not funny, but mean.
Still Bolivar hsd tender spot 10 him
as was shown when little kitten, chased
by dog, ran into the tent one morning.
aui ss she was holly pursued. skurried
up Bollyar's leg (tLinkiug, no doubt, II |
was a tree) and reached his broad back,
sat there ont OF reach OF her enemy. Bo !
iyar, wskened from . nap took 10 the situ |
a'lon ss far as the dog was concerned at
glance. and lifting him gave him = fling
that sent him bowling over by the door
through which he escaped Then Boil
var turned his attention 10 the kitten.
The long trunk swsyed around over bis
back and clasped the kitten. He held II
ont 10 frvnt Of him. Every hair on end
it hissed and spit aud fought with ali it's
might. Bolivar grayely considered 1t, sp
DarentlY N uCh amused at its defiant air;
hen turned the trunk around and set the
Kitten sale on his back again, where kitty
at up and RraveIy made her toilet, wash
NJ her face and smoothing out her tan
? led iur.
The next day Bolivar allowed the kitten
10 be brought down from it's perch apd be
ed st bis feet, where be iondled il with |
lis trunk and showed the lvelIest interest 4
D its psmbols. But in little while he I
,ut it up again. To say the kitten WAS (
perfectly at home is TO give but q faint
escriptIon OF its manners from that dsy v
u. for she ran races the length OF his O
rosd back, made whirlisig Of herself, u
hasipg her own tail on Bolivtr's head,
nd seemed to feel that 1t never could T
ave enough fan with hi. great ears. The r
'ay IL cls~ed AID bit the edges OF th se {
lighty fl pa, as though it thought they d
ave been rather dlecomposlng 10 Bolivar
at he bore it with unexpected patience, II
I'D from one OF the most dangerous be IL
,me one OF the most docile Of elephsnts 81
When the kitty was hungry and want
! to reach the ground 1t would go to the b
lge OF Bolivst's back and NEW. aud the j
rest trunk would come round at once Il
I'd lift il down. Some times it would
sy down and play hide and seek arouDd d
oivsr's big feet but st the fret ap "
roach Of danger il would sknrry up his Ii
z to the safe perch above, whence it
)uld peep over at the enemy. d,
But one day something happened to it ia
ID it lay stretched ont on Bollysr's back N
7 several hours and finally died.
As time went on and there was no
otion from it. Bolivar began to show
ns OF great unessiness. At last be
sched srouud aud took the kitten in -.
8 trunk AID put 1t down before him, to 90
sy around hIm as 1t had done go often :.
fore. !,
Presently be took 1t up and placed it on -,
8 back, thea seemed waiting ior the
sy to begin. ~
For long time Bolivar kept taking the
uen downsnd putting it upon bis back 10,
siu. |, was really pathetic 10 see the +.
ort- the great beast made TO awaken bis
tlr dead conn de, snd it took oil the In
nulty OF bis keeper TO slip the dead kit -,
] away T.. ON the elephant, and when be H.
md it gone be was frantic. -
They got another kitten. but Bolivar =.
uld have none Of H. and csme near kill
/, it before II could be removed. After
Is be grew sullen and ugly and had TO
We ou heavy chsius.