﻿ANECDOTE OF AN ELEPHANT. 



gotten to mention all the characteristics of the season. An ava- 

 lanche of snow, from the neighboring roof, slid off in a body upon 

 me, throwing me down and nearly covering me up. Several boys, 

 on their way to school, seeing me in danger, rushed forward, and 

 kindly assisted me up again. I was not injured, however, by my 

 adventure, though the repetition of such " sport" as the boys called 

 it, is not especially desired ! 



Anecdote of an Elephant. 



How offensive to dumb animals is tobacco ! A few years since, 

 at an exhibition of wild animals, &c., a man gave an elephant a piece 

 of tobacco. The elephant took it in his trunk, and opening his spa- 

 cious mouth, deposited the morsel on his tongue. He soon discovered 

 that it was vile, and spit it out. Some time after, during the sports 

 of the ring, the spectators moved around so that the tobacco man 

 was brought near the elephant he had insulted. With one blow of 

 his trunk the noble animal laid the man flat on the ground. After 

 he had picked himself up, he was comforted by the sympathy of the 

 spectators, expressed in, " Good enough for him ! " 



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