Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-13

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Rev. Phillips Yeruer has at l.ss arrived
at St LoniS With his African pigmies to
be exhibited at the fair The apecimens
have been pictorially displayed Ia the
st. Louis papers and the members OF Mr.
Verper's adopsed family are attractiag
much attention.
The following lively account OF the
landing at New Orleaus is from the New
York Evening Posts editorial page:
when the eight African princes aud
Otaberga, the little sawstootbed cannibal
from the Congo, get to the st. Louis
fair, the lsorrotes and Batayans from
the other side of the world must look To
their laurels. Ii is as we'll, perhaps, to
give publicity agents of the exposition
the HUT, and to suggest that New Or
leans genius Is waiting to be 'signed.' A
few days ago the good steamship Glen
arm Head, many days out from Terne-
rife, landed at New Orleans. In some
inexplicable way writer on the Times
Democrat learned that there were Afri-
can pigmies, princes apa caunibuls
aboard, in charge of Prof. Prof. S. p.
Werner, who was on his way to ST. Louis.
Going down TO the landing, the chronicler
was introduced to Lumbanger, prince
vi tho 33ssttS;GsTT 33st tribe, 3 small chan. IL
years old, who wore, as an insignia of
rank, a black band about one arm. That
sable prince, in turn, presented Kalamma,
~, Baluba, and patriarch of the com
pany; Lotupa, Is, Badenja; Bombus-
hubba, IL, of the Baquoba Tribe; Lunne,
whose features resemble those of a
monkey aud Otaberga. Here we beg to
quote: 'Otaberga, the little cannibai, is
probably the most interesting of the lot.
He is a diminutive specimen of his tribe,
aged about II. His teeth are not much
larger than the teeth of the ordinary
American negro, but they have been filed
and are as sharp as needles. They look
like the teeth of coarse saw. II is not
known whether Otabcrga ever paitook
of human flesh, but there is n strong
probability he did If Otaberga does
not make sensation on the Pike with
those saw teeth and sinister suggestions
of savagery, we shall be bitterly disap-
pointed.
with the thoroughness Of good re-
porter, the New Orseaus writer collected
Il budget of interesting items concerning
the voyage and the professors experience
in the interior of Africa. When the
party was on view we are told that It's
members were dressed in summer style
What are we to understand by that? Are
they to be subjected to pants when they
strike Forest Park and the influence of
the board of lady managers? Only time
and the lgorrOtes can tell. At any rate,
they are not likely to have the same
dietary restrictions imposed Az the wild
Fihpinos have suffered since dog was cut
of the bill of fare. We learn that 'on
the trip the negroes were fed on the
same same food that was served the crew.
They seemed to thoroughly relish this,
despite tho fact that their diet in tho
Congo State had consisted of catcrpillars,
grassh"ppors, owls, parrots and mon.
keys. When the ship landed at the
wharf several cantaloupes were brought
aboard. These were served the negroes,
and they seemed to like them more than
anything else that had been given them
So far as wo have heard, mono of the
favorite foods enumerated as pleasing to
the palatcs of the Balabus and Baquobas
are on the ST. Louis humane soriety's
index txpurgatorius. But undoubtedly
Otaberga, the saw-toothCd will be kept
under observation. We do not believe
that there is any necessary connection
between the reporters 's note on tho pig
mics dietary and this bit of infol NATION
impaired 10y Prof Werner: While in the
Congo State he secured IL parrots of diff.
fcrent species, and three monkeys. One
of the latter is II ringtail and the other
two are small fellows. One of the par
rots died n route With this introduc-
ton, We shall expect the Jolly little
heather octet to make deep impression
on Mr. Francis's VISITORS