The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-22
HAVE 4 MExAGERIE.
An oceIot the Principal Feature o.
the Firemen's show.

The hremen az No. engine house have
accumulated quite meuagerie. From
ono place and another they have secured
animals that Wild at FIRST and stunning
man as though thoroughly convinced no
was their natural enemy. have grown
tame and accustomed to the petting and
erdearments OF the frcmen.
Chief 10 interest to visitors TO the engine
house, is the ocelot a singularly hand
some and beautiful specimen Of the cat
tribe Christine IS the name Of the oce-
lot and she Is seek and graceful. Mark
ed like a leopard. the oscillations being
distinct and clear. she Is a thing Of beau
ty. When one ignorant Of the ocelot
and familiar with the leopard sees Chris
tine. the first thought Is that she is a
young specimen OF the latter animal
Christine however. has attained her
growth. being more than three years old.
She has been In Savannah three years.
having come from Ecuador from Mr.
Perry pvLeon. who was then consul for
the United States In that country. The
ocelof was addressed TO Augusta. hy Mr.
pcLeon. but she came TO the mayor OF
Savannah instead and Mr. DeLeon finally
decided 90 present the animal TO Foreman
Arthur Toshach Of Engine Company.
No 3.
Slight chance seemed 20 exist then OF
the ocelot bearing up under the removal
from her native Jungle 10 civilization. but.
the firemen administering carefully 10 her
wants. he soon began 70 improv a i wa
nos long before she had lost the poor
appearance she at FIRST presented This
gave place 20 the beautiful. graceful body.
with tawny spotted coat. that now
moves about with slow fluctuations IN les
cage
The ocelot S. larger than the largest
house cat. for which. by the way. she
entcrtains strong abomination. She
cannot tolerate one IN the vicinity OF her
cage ard the most belligercut cd Tom
viii sink away before the threat Of the
mien the oceiot assumes upon his putting
IN an appearance. even though iron bars
separate the two. This antipathy extends
TO dogs. which the ocelot cannot endure.
She once thrust her paws through the
opening 10 her cage. drew IN an iucau lous
black aud tan puppy and killed and ate
b..
Driver Bob Glass OF the chemical en-
gine has an important department OF the
menagerie. He owns the simians that
disport themselves about the rear yard.
There ore a monkey and two balloons.
I Tho monkey D. a smart rascal, and his
qranks furnish amusement for the fire.
I men.
a coon. very Wild AZ first. but now ;amei
TO the hands Of most Of the fremen.
though fierce as ever toward others he
! does not like. Is another Of the posses
sionT. while not far away two gray foxes
occupy a cage 10 themselves. In plat
beyond the sidewalk outside Is the aqua
rum. where turtles. terrapin and alllga-
tors live as benofciaries upon the bounty
% the hremen.
Little boys thing n great deal OF the
menagerie. and they often make additions
10 H. bringing In a turtle or a terrapin
and turning 90 into the pool. Occasionally
negro will bring in an alligator. but
those creatures do not lnger long about
the engine house Being rather nocturnal
and DESTROYS OF change OF scene they
wander afar In the night and often the
hremen miss one that was with them the
day before The alligators are found on
the islands and marshes Of this vicinity