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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Interesting Chapter on circus elephants. (search)

ircus" was an event to be remembered; when a gentleman in a suit of tights and spangles was an object of the warmest admiration; and when the man who controlled the huge elephant of the procession was looked upon with as much interest as a corps commander is now. We make the following extracts from the showman's account: Celebrated elephants. The first elephant ever brought to this country was a female called Betsey, familiarly known to the public as "Old Bet." She was shot near Alfred, in Maine, while traveling, by some rustic ruffians, out of sheer wantonness. The next one was also called Betsey, and by a singular coincidence she met her death in a similar manner near Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the latter case, some of the parties concerned in the outrage were discovered, and made to pay dearly for their amusement. Old Rom was one of the largest elephants ever brought to this country, and was of a different breed from any other that has been here, his tusks being but a

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