A few days ago, an elephant in the mena
gerie at Philadelphia, got into a rage and
nearly killed a Mr. Kelly, who was brush ng
his legs. He was finally hampered with
cords and chains and pricked into submis
sion; after which Herr Driesbach made the
monster lie down in the circle, when the
lieast-tamer mounted his back and made the
following speech:—
“Gentlemen—Unaccustomed a.- lam to
public speaking, I feel impelled to say that
this is the proudest day of my life. Nbipo
leon ami other great men have their monu
ments in skulls—l have mine in a conquered
living elephant.”
It is said, ami we have it from a source
entitled .o the highest respect, that since the
day the Astor House was completed ami
opened as a Hotel, Mr. Astor has never en
tered it. During the progress of its erection
he w as about ami in it daily, carefully noting
all that was going on, but the moment it was
completed his visits ceased. Since then, he
has never entered the Hotel, or any of the
stores underneath it.
For the Wisconsin Herald.
The Devil in the Penitentiary.
A serio-ludierous event took place in Il
linois some four years since, the telling of
which is not yet btirred by the statute of
limitations. In the counties opposite to St.
