Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-08-28

Bronx Park. They are worth $50
each.
The most superb beast now at the
farm is young Bengal tiger from
Sumatra. One may look at this cat
without fear. but it is much safer not
to touch. A good tiger is valued at
from $500 to $500 or more. according
to age, condition. etc The only lion
now on view at the Jersey City estab-
lishment is female. Lions cost $3.50
to $500. One of the most recent ar
rivals at the farm is a young polar
bear He was purchased from Thomas
w Lawson, of Boston. last month. It
was the intention of Mr.. Lawson to
make pet of this arctic creature,
but the bear did not seem inclined to
take kindly to this idea. and so he
became a thing of mercandise. Across
the way was fine specimen of hyena
They are by no means as pleasing in
type as are some other animals, and
yet they sell for $3.50 each Farther
along in an Enclosure there are four
camels. They were three months in
journeying from the point of ship
ment to destination. Their humps
fell away because of the hardships of
the voyage. and they all look poor
and very skinny. They are being we'll
fed now, however. and it will not be
long before their humps will be solid.
The tapir, from Malacca. was asleep
and had to be awakened to show his
fine points. He is a mild and inof-
fensive animal, with very thick
skin, out of which the Indians make
bucklers so hard as to resist the point
of an arrow. A German grysbok, in
his stall. amused himself by jumping
toward the door, through which the
visitors could look between cracks
To the right of his royal highness the
grysbok two llamas rested. fine
zebra came next. He was 20 days in
transport from India to this country
and touched German port on the
way. otherwise it would have taken
him still longer. When a customer is
found for him he will fetch at least
800. In scattered cages were some
wildcats. tiger cats and an East In
dian lynx. These vary in price from
$40 for wildcat to SIS for the lynx.
The bears that winter at the farm are
in Massachusetts for the summer.
They bring from $50 1875 each.
One of the resident herd of four elk
was a luale. He had magnificent ant
lers and was SCARED more than is the
average German student from the
duels and fights that he had been in.
A pair of elks costs $50. Many
examples of various sorts of deer are
dodgers at the farm. Australia has
sent some of her animals in the
amusing little kangaroos kept in the
playhouse" They jumped merrily
about, entirely care and sorrow free.
When you buy one of them you part
company with from $50 to SIS. which.
however. is reasonable. considering
everything.
Some of the snakes come very
much higher in price. and if you want
to buy 17-foot snake YOU must save
up until you have $3.50 before you
! can get it. Such a snake weighs 200
mounds. If you only want little g.
! foot snake, that YOU can have for SIS.
! Ii weighs about s pounds. Foxes cost
the same as the little e-foot snakes.
A caSsowary in fun color and quite
/ as good as the ones at the London
Zoological gardens is worth $50. II
they have none at the farm in stock
they can import one fo~ YOU II you
want them to. The ris'- OF shipment
is assumed by the purchaser in every
case. LarSe ni,-,herS of birds come
and go during the season at the wild
animal farm. Ts~t year more than
$4,000 cars~ies w handled. and 500
parrots was anothe item in the bust