Mercur Miner | 1905-09-13 | Page 2 | Elephants Had Fine Feed

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Elephants Had Fine Fsed. H Five elephants created nn extraordl H nary scene at tha goods station ot M Batlgnolles tho other day. They are H being kept at the station whllo qnar- H ters aro being got ready for them, but H managed to break loose from their H stables. At this time of )cr the sta- H tlon dispatches enormous consign- H ments ot fruit, which tho elephants H scanting at onco began to devour, H Cherries, peaches, apricots and straw B berries disappeared by tho hamperful H at n prodigious rate. Somo porters H sought to stop tho dessert, but the Hj elephants, using their trunks llko cud H gels, simply flogged them away nnd went on eating until they were lit U erally gorged with fruit. Then thoy H went back to their stables ot their H own accord. London Globo. H