The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-07-24
HE C0WED THE LION.
The OARt<Y eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.

The DARBY BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
L"ughable Manner In which the Big
and UGly Circus Animal Was Re-
turned 10 the Snowman After n
Railroad Smash IN.
Its queer how animals will act In a
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man Nov there wus tn Saberlee
wreck. Six ears wus In tn ditch an
half o tn shows dens wus under EN-
There ,wus one cage o monkeys mash
ed fiat that we knowed of, an n lot o.
tn other animals had took t tn, woods.
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
IN such like Nothln t. do any harm
cxceptln tn big lion, Monarch. His
lien Wus bottom up III little puddle o.
ditch water, with hole stove In 1t big
enough { LET out COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little AMI
mails.
We'll, 1t WIS all Off with maxim tn
'''''N ''''t 'As 81 We put UP III IutlS,
got tn cookhouse OUTFIT down on tn
ground, had breakfast nm started In G
dig tn stuff out o tn ditch. Tn rail
road company's wreekln crew come
along t help us, an we'd got purity we'll
under way when n tall black buck
darky come out q tn woods an stood
round rubberIn.
ttNnhbIN naII > ~
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
lier man, spoke t him, kind o kldded
him about bein handsome, or some such
gun. 1t wus Missouri an he wus real
black buck Didn't have ANYTHING t.
say back didn't say anything at ALL In
fact. fer awhile. Jes' shuflled round In
his eowhide boots from one foot L tn
other an grinned bashfulllke. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard |
lie kind o took courage
=" Did any o you gemmen losed gi- +
rafteY he says.
6iraffeF Mack says. No; we nev-
pr owned no such thing with this trick
WhyY
Well. boss, All done foun some.
hin up In NAH 'tato patch this mawn-
II, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
: you all
"Mack got Interested 'Wot does 1t
ook lilleT
Iawdy, boss. hits mos monstrous.
NeNah did see no sech ole thing befoh,
ah, Big eat yahmlnt. with yaller eyes,
IN hit done come a-snahlln an a-spittin
It me soon as ALI got cut o. bald.
Where Is itr says Mack.
oh. All eawt hit all rightly. Done
nut n rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
nah cabin
" Go mn git 1t an fetch It down here,
avs Mack Then tn wreekln crew got
tackle roun' another den, an we for
OF all about tn darky.
Maybe 1t wus 90 minutes, an maybe
wus half an hour when we heard n
oise over on tn road amongst tn trees
II noise kinder like niger drlvin n
iule or like somcthln beln driven. 1t
ONE nearer an louder an louder an
carer, Everybody stopped work an
@-tv11v,I, ter,, on,t
ut o. his car with his napkin hangin
Oun' his neck.
"'What Is thatr he pipes up in his
happy way. who is that out there?
10 mn see what that racket Is some o
GU boys Hurry up, now
Nobody paid any attention { him,
II tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
couple o minutes n cloud o dust
allied out from behind tn trees. When
/ got within II hundred yards o tn
rack. It cleared up Il bit an there WIS
hut big, black niger with II rope in
ne init an piece o fence rail In tn
ther. On tn other end o. tn rope WIS
Ionarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin. under
andcd cat animals that ever Travelled
With Il circus Monarch wus tn worst
n powerful fighter when he had any
ort o show. Sometimes we'd put our
ands on tn canvas cover o his cage
when he had T. run over tn train, an
here never wus Il time. day or night,
hat he hadn't slap ready fer you.
well, that darky WIS a-lammin
I'm with his chunk o fence an talltin
nule talk t. him wuss than anything
on ever saw in III south,
"Cm on long hcah you yaller
ycd devil, he wus sayln. 'Ah dom
now what you IS, but you ain goin
nahl ner spit at me, nohow. en- on
long thch, you big sassy vahmlnt, nm
With that he'd lam him with his piece
! fence an let drive with his cowhide
,oots
An you kin bet your life Monarch
yus a-comln. | never saw II critter 80
owed ms he wus. Why, when TINT Mig
ger brought him right in amongst us
here WIS nobody that took tn trouble
open up gangway, an | reckon any
,ouug one could n took him by tn
crum o. tn neck an turned him over
IN his back. He WIS Jest II great, over
,rown pet tomeat. with all tn fight an
neanness walloped out o him.
wed yanlked his den up on to IN
'oad bed with tn hole IN IA end
Jutted against II wagon. TIL door WIS
open, an when Monarch saw his happy
little home waitin there fer him he
Ierked tn rope out o tn darky's hand
an bottled inside It. He couldn't get
fur enough inside, either-went away
up In IN fur corner an tried Z hide.
shut tn door an spoke TO him
but Monarch wus tn worst whipped
eat animal you ever saw."-New York
Sun.
suppressfng Cruelty.
N tl.a1. II