SHOCKING,AFFAIR.—A GIRL TORN BY A TIGER.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 205, 7 October 1859, Page 4

SHOCKING,AFFAIR.—A GIRL TORN BY A TIGER.

The huge male Bengal=tiger belonging to Van Amburgh's menagerie, now exhibiting at the circus in Philadelphia, on Saturday very dangerously wounded a. young .girl named Sarah B. Npble, aged about 15 . years,, just after the close of the rehearsal of;; Cinderella/ The young girl, accompanied by her "brother, had gained admis-. sion behind the scenes, and in spite of the . precautions taken to inhibit approach, to, the den of the animal, had contrived to ■ force her way behind the scenery which; S was placed in front of the cages.. Here [ she lifted the wooden doors which enclose the cages on all sides, and patted the 1 lion on the back. The " king of beasts'' ; disdained to touch her, but she lifted the! . doors of the tiger's cagei'and attempted . to pat the beast on his sleek skin, for' i no sooner had she'thrust her arm through > the bars than the tiger seized it with his ! , teeth, lacerating her face at the same time. [ Her screams created an intense excitement, L among the children—-who had been; re<- ■ hearsing Cinder ell a^r-as well as^every one [ else behind the curtain,,and the attaches •of the circus rushed to her aid. A pitch- ! fork was thrust into the tiger's mouth . and he was beaten'with a crow bar until . he let go his hold. • ' ;. Miss Noble was thockingly^injured. ! She was removed to the r ' fentisylvania . Hospital, arid in the evenirig it was neces- ; sary to amputate her arm—an operation '. which she bore with great firmness, and self-possession, only asking to be taken to her father's residence, in Callowhill-street, 1 near Tenth, as soon as possible. 1 At the evening performance the tfger was exhihited as usual.' Prof. Langworthy , entered the cage, and handled the ferocious beast just as coolly as usual.

[ Three Ways of Malting War. —A Greek Emperor was made prisoner by a Turkish 1 Sultan. The latter asked him how he expected to be treated during his captivity. The Emperor replied, "If you make war like a king, you will give me my freedom; , if like a merchant, you will sell me; if like a butcher you will slay me." The Sultan \ adopted the first alternative. A King's Proxy. —Bassompierre, the , French Ambassador to Spain, was relating ! to' Henry IV. the particulars of his entry' L into Madrid. " 1 was mounted," he said, " on the smallest mule in the world."—" Ah,' exclaimed the King, "What an amusing sighJvan ass upon a mule."— ■" Very good, • Sire," retorted Bassompierre, "J was your 1 Majesty's representative." ' They tell a good story of Hallam and Rogers. The poet said, " How do you do, > Hallam?" "Do what." ' "Why, how do ' you find yourself?" "I never loose myL self.'.' Well, how have you been ?" " Been, 1 where?" "Pshaw! how do you feel?" "Feel of me, arid see.* " Good morning, Hallam." "It's not'a good morning." ■ Rogers could say no more. < 'Polly being bantered one day by/some ' of her female friends in regard to her lover, who,had but one leg, she replied to .them • smartly, " Pooh! I wouldn't have*a man with two legs; -thy're. too .common," - I "I haven't anotheriword to «ay; wife—l .never' dispute' with fools."—No, husband, you, aje yerj* vm to a^ws with $Iwdou v

How to Grow Large Fruit.—-X correspon-. dent of the Gardener* sGazetle ir myi'. — "l have from' observation and a serious of trials-,' ascertained, that all sorts of fruit can be raised one-tEird larger than they usually are, and their! qualities much improved, by simply supporting the fruit in the following manner:—as soon as it is fully .developed,, it should not be allowed to !hang its weight upon its stalk, as the increasing weight strains the stalk, and in that way lessens the quantity of nutritious fluid flowing to the fruit. This may be ' obviated in some cases by laying the pear, apple, or whatever it may be, upon a branch, and, fixing, it with a piece of matting," to prevent its being moved by the wind; or by putting into a small net made for the purpose, at the time keeping the stalk in a horizontal position, when it can be done without twisting or bending it, as 1 the bending, either accidentally or by the' 1 weight of the fruit, is, in my opinion, most injurious to its growth,- for the pores of the woody stalk are strained on the one side of the head and compressed on the other; hence the vessels through which the requisite nourishment flows being thus partially shut up, the growth of the fruit is retarded in proportion to the straining and compresr sion of the stalk. The fixing of the fruit also prevents the risk of its falling off and getting damaged before it reaches maturity. I have grown dahlias on the same princi-, pie, and with similar success; and I have no doubt that the most of the flower blooms especially those which are weighty and inclining, can be grown much larger by the system referred to, and, in short, all sorts of vegetables, trees, &c." A Fashionable Parson. — Dr. Dodd had spent whole months with Mossop, the actor, who drilled him into reading the Litany with such witching emphasis, that women went miles only to hear him read tbe Litany. Mrs. Clive'had made him pay rather dearly in' dinners and suppers," and mulled claret and tarings, for instructing him in a pleasing delivery of the services for the solemnization of matrimony, the churching of women, and the private or public baptism of children. Palmer had taught him how to read a public notice from the pulpit with effect, and Woodward , had enlightened him as to the achievement I of distinctness with grace in enunciating the «Dearly beloved,' and in reading an epistle. For all this Will was indebted to the players at Drury Lane; but the neces- ' s'ary money was well laid out. It returned e^nt. per cent. Covent Garden was not backward in lending him a sort of fitness for his calling. The effect was seen on Ash Wednesday, when Will had to recite the i Commination sentences, and on any dayset aside for the proclaiming of the creed of 'Saint Anthfinasius. Then Will's audiences beat Barry's; and Barry had been his master. Week after week Will had attended Barry's house, No. 61, Hart-street,. Covent Garden, and there the two had gone" through the threats.and condemnations, till at last, Will seemed to have gained the silver tongue of his instructor, and congregations of some men and many niaids and matrons flocked to hear terrible penalties levelled at them in so exquisite a voice and method that even they who remembered' the • Fly, soft ideas' of Miss Brent in ' Artaxerxes,' thought Arne's public not to | be compared with Barry's. Nor was this all that Covent Garden did to make a graceful apostle of him. Smith, that most irresistible* of Valentines, addressed himself to Will's carriage, and in a very short time, particularly as the parson went every night to the play, and from the boxes, thronged with maccaronies, marked how the actor entered on and walked the stage, he produced such improvement, that half the women, and sometimes all of them, in Will's congregation, used to slowly and silently rise to watch his graceful movement from the vestry to the pulpit, or from the latter to within the rail of the « communion/ As this was always done to a few notes from the organ, the effect was complete; and when it was over, the silly women fell back in faint ecstasy, each looking in a die-away fashion at her neighbor, and the expression evidently implying all that is meant in a 'Did you ever?" There were others in' Will's Congregation who always circulated a soft and gentle * hush ?' musically and tenderly sibillated previous to his saying, * Let us pray !' For his unparalleled utterance of this and the last eight words of the Lord's Prayer, to each of which he seemed Ito give different emphasis and additional beauty, he was indebted to Shuter, at whose lodgings in Denzil-street, he took a good deal of instruction, and paid for a vast deal of liquor. I will say no more of his ecclesiastical studies, except with respect to his preaching, To Mossop, he owed much in this respect, but most to Mr. Serjeant Faucoeur, <a man who was al- • ways engaged in causes where a tremendous phillipic was required against immorality and uncleanliness, generally or particularly. To-call this Serjeant, however, simply a " beast" would be an insult to entire peastdom, where could be found only his superiors. His way and trick,, and thousand litfe telling fashions, were worth acquiring and improving on; and this was done by Will, who, in the pulpit, was held to be at once the most dignified and crushing adversary that Lucifer could possibly-encounter. That bad and brilliant angel,' however, goodnaturedly thought otherwise. He did not dispute the courtesy nor deny the truths, but he felt that fashionable Will was no enemy of ■ Gehenna.— Dr. J)orait's New Booh. Golden Rides pf., Life.-— -Never contradict a woman ■ when she is abusing her husband—never read your letters;'just before going to bed, as they may damage your, ,sleep—never 'aslc a favor of a man until he' 'has dined,^unless yon wish to1 get refused^-never enquire ' how '.'a .dish fi made, 1 asthe" .solution; of the mystery may' have the effeqt,6f spoiling your appe*