Show AN OCEAN MENAGERIE row tu wild beau for bam bat I 1 I 1 two weeks at sm I 1 liew york AV erad thomas B uford naturalist and lion imer SQ cwb the deck of ri h e steamer ludgate hill as she g i d a d past the statue of L I 1 bi erty yesterday afternoon after a two I 1 I 1 t v beeks voyage from london 1 1 thomas was the sole custodian of soine twenty wild and dangerous ani I 1 mals which were shipped to this country for mr barnum to replace I 1 such missing members of his rie as were cremated at the recent fire I 1 at bridgeport 1 4 I 1 I 1 when a herald reporter clail ered tile s 1 ide of tile big floating monster I 1 down near buford was the most picturesque picture que object on board ile adre a jaud J t chack suit it helmet I 1 cop and an elpe 0 all a there was a far away look in his eyes such 1 As one naturally expect after fourteen days and night almost 1 vigil spent in me ieiri 1 t I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 14 L J f 1 1 41 the ant n cel cages on the main bockl A g t be rif WAS attested ax occasional roars the eating tiger from bengal and the lat bally lable bride who her fangs whenever she was spoken to A noble young occupied an adjacent cage and in close huxta juxta ale 0 n to him was a dea brorn k d tawn lioness interval 4 e et of subdued but bloodcurdling blood curdling howls scattered about the deck were boodon crates and boxes all contain ing of the animal kingdom 11 brewere baboon an coo therea sin a bulac e aal yal n zebra m ig b neck and ringed in white and black from his nose to the tip of his tall fleet and delicate gazelles from far olt africa ith liquid languorous eyes that deemed human coated 11 tinas 1 a table lands of lively I 1 from the far wash of aus czi gar i oe ft i h j ing sands of aldiva and A kl 1 i air buford confident lir asserted could give the african some able points As congo AlI these and more t cl did the livel man who acted as chaperone haqq to care for on the voyage oer o er buford who is employed by C harles Janil rach of st george don dealer in wild animals uni mals Is a 1 I edition of 1 circus igini wai ada his description of lioio ilia imas behaved on tile trip was interesting now ve see this bloody grigal tigor said buford pointing to the why he nearly chadd my arm over on jan 1 I 1 goes up to the bloomin duffer and an I 1 says to hi jemm 3 calls him jemmy 1 I ml wah yer a happy new year and at the same time I 1 puts my hand lit th tile bloody bars to feet his bi nose vell he up and ketchel me bo tha bloo mihl arm and lie rips the sleeve from me ilcken as neat as war he took a little akin from me arm at the same time then be glared at me ana he flung his full at the iron bars ilsa he broken them the ship his As it as I 1 understand in ari can mittle men on board for a ake the word that fie rot icelow and it wag all aloft r a little bile I 1 thinks me artful dodger was w still inthe doldrums from a heavy wind that was blowin at the time his ble woman over there con tinged buford pointing poi to tile tigers was a little better in bar ve h alvior of course female like site sulT ered more from sea sickness the weaker vessels us do I 1 was kept a busy bendin ten din on her when we first started but after a while she took to her rati ions as kindly as a soldier arter a hard ride like a good others she aint to be trusted too far I 1 then the sturdy lad went onto tell about his other treasures ilia lion and lioness were fair to as far as their behavior was concerned on the trip afloat of the time as they were located on the weather kide of the vessel abey stood a chance of getting drowned but by heavy waves washing in tito alert and vigilant thomas had the life pestered the chief by continually asking him for men to expedite the departure of the water through the scupper boler but the dog faced and a de inure young damsel ot the amne 9 cles were bufords sl baal favorites these intelligent an imal sare known respectively as billy and uly 11 and on the voyage over each evinced a decided partiality for boffi e and the hotter and stron sTr they got it tile better it the crew took turns in sharing their chleora ch leory u ith these specimens of une hu inanity and when tl ley e I 1 tiered a quaint of ahei r lown tile simple tar deliz ate d all bounds sailor 1 11 ded the male baboon ito 2 the larger achew from his plug of tobacco billy munched the wee d in silence for a minute or two while the tar stood grinning at t lie abels in phout a seconds barnin billy opened tile mouth and de u d the we of the a aman with toba juice ro trea and bid himself lit the straw at tile rear of his cage this yarn comes from buford the atil malo abent both christmas and new years at sea on christ mas day the lions and who usually receive welve abound of fresh meat eacia dallao had their allowance liberally increased by their kindhearted keeper ith a plentiful of chilled their goliday feed the weather was fair aunill jan a heavy wale set in tile vessel was then off ilia banks and the anxiety of captain brown and his on board the ludgate hill was heightened by the fact that one of the animals succeeded in loose and escaped tha fugitive n question as tile ta fr ho bei I 1 to the porcine family and Is n bloodthirsty unkei driven I 1 nto a corner after a u do the african hog was found it h ria bristles erect near the bridge and just its be was about to take an observation an american cattle man lassoed him thon buford took the animal by the hind legs and dragged him ig back to his stall all chesi animals were purchased in london by james A bailey barnum exception of the and the gazelle which were obtained by frarie thompson for the in cen aral park when made ast to the dock at prentices stores th brook I 1 n the flat to inquire about tile cond it ly on f the animals were tody 1 0 hyatt depre writing barnum bailey ivilyn the bland and placid buford informed them that his charges were all right and turned a hair the showmen were gladdened this Is not the only importation by means for Baro urns show reany icentry the great circus man received a of giraffes A rhino cerous a hir and aber wonderful won erful beasts tile giraffes are the only animals of the kind in this country few showmen can afford to purchase them owing to their dell cate constitutions blany other con sign ments are expected soon keeper buford slept aboard the lud last night and this morning fal will start with his pets for bridge |