ELEPHANT'S GRIEF
Aa amazing instance of the memory, of elephants has been illustrated at St. Thomas, Ontario (reports Heater's Canadian correspondent). Among some elephants belonging to a circus which were being unloaded was Alice, aged 110. She was with Barnum's Circus, and was a .companion of Jumbo, the world-famous elephant, whose departure from the London Zoological Gardens about half a century ago caused a considerable sensation in England. Oa reaching the spot where Jumbo was killed by a train in September, 1895, Alice stopped, stamped, trumpeted! shrilly, and went down on her knees— starting the eight other elephants of the party on the rampage. It was only, with great difficulty that they ' were pacified, and Alice made repeated demonstrations of sorrow when she again had to cross tbe spot where Jumbo wag I killed.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 118, 14 November 1929, Page 7
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134ELEPHANT'S GRIEF Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 118, 14 November 1929, Page 7
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