Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

SUCH a CARGO AS WAS CARRIED
az NoAh'S ARK.
How Bsrpura-s Animals Were Transported
10 EnSssnd--Entire Vessel Given Up 20
rhe-n-A cirSsc breaks Its Neck Eu
Eonfc--Eood Tor the Pour Footed.

rhe<n-A cirxee Breaks ITS Neck I'm
Eonfc--Eood Tor tho Pour Footed.
Probably no more extraordinary
,argO ever found it, war into the
Thames than that which occupied
every inch OF space on the ship Mas
sachuSetts as she felt her way through
the dense foS 20 Gravesend recently.
This vessel had been chartered by the
firm running what Is christcned the
greatest show on earth. 70 bring the
component parts OF that truthful,
moral and instructive entertainment
from It's homo in the United States -
this country. L. r. Ba~num. the ac-
knowlcdged. prince ~ showlncr. is
dead. but those who have followed h'm
have lost none OF the departed show
mans love OF BIG things.
The Massachusetts Is n vessel %
5000 tons measurement, but the ac-
commodatiOn afforded proved Insult
ficient and necessitated her decks be-
ing well-nigh rendered impossible by
the quantities Of baggage and impedi
ments dashed 20 them on every side.
When she LEFT New York there were
on board twensy-six elephants.
as horses. twenty-siX ponies.
thirty cages OF Wild beasts. fifty
led animals 90 various kinds AID 90
passengers. The voyage was. however.
not free from mishaps. and on arrival
she number Of passengers was dimin-
ished bv two. while four horses and
two monkeys had also joined the ma
lority. The tragedy which appeared
20 evoke the greatest regret on the
part Of the ships company was the
loss Of Daisy. one OK the three Ciraaes
known 20 be il captivity. This sal
event was due 20 the animal breaking
her neck One would think tina. the
neck OF a giraffe would take a deal 81
breaking but this one accomplished
the feat without assistance. beinr found
dead IA her stall one morning.
A tour Of the Massachusetts tween
decks involved al but an acrobatic
. feat The whole ship was lined with
rows 81 animals. and j; was necessary
f 20 squeeze down the narrow alleys he
tween them and literally rub noses
with them. IN order 20 inspect TIE mis-
+ cellaneous cargo. The fiercer animals.
including q gigantic hippopotamrs.
two very fine Polar bears. several
lions and tigers. an ass1rtmcu "a
monkeys. sea hons. seals. etc. wers
in huge cages, but the elephants
camels. goa.s. budAloes and horse.
we're simply teshered one next 20 tht
other, as in = stable. AID the elec. OF
the ~isitoR tas grotcsque In she ox
IRENE.
Among the most notable passen
gers 20 be seen were thetwo huge elc
plants. F-itz. vino weighs l.. 5Sf
pounds, being ESQ pounds more thar
Jumbo. Of kindly memory. and Man
DARN. v DO achieved the distinction @.
killing las keeper while In England
some years ago. The most noted AM
NAL. nov that the giraffe has found .
vatery grave. Is Johanna, spoken OF
as gorilla, bat actually chimpanzee
fine grown specimen q her race
This lady is very human II her ways
and cats with knife 81 fork. smoke.
and INDUCES IN ell the iu1uries o
civilization. She suffered good dea
duling the first few days Of Il,
voyage, but soon pulled round anl
now appears 10 be very 81 indeed.
is interesting u note that Johann.
kept her spirits up during Ler tril
across the ocean by dint Of consuming
two cases Of port vine, SEQ eggs an,
I've strings of bananas.
The catering necessary Tor 50 extern
sive 3 collection Of animals Is natrrali,
very complicated and the quantitie
shipped appear abnormal. ANON
other comestibies taken on board :
starting we're 1OC tons OF hay, -, 90
bushels Of oats, i've IONS Of bran. 30
pounds 81 beef. two toas OF carrots
! 1000 eabhages and I7ec pounds q is
for the bears and seals No less tina
ten tons Of straw were used for LITE
during .he voyage. London letter z
the Philadelphia Times.