Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1859 — A Bull Dog Attacking an Elephant-How He Came Out. [ARTICLE]

A Bull Dog Attacking an ElephantHow He Came Out.

The Petersburg (Va. 7 Express says: f‘An amusing incident occurred while Van Amburg’s menagerie was crossing the Apomattox, a short distance above the Pocahontas bridge, strikingly illustrative of the fact that the bull dog is the most courageous of all animal*, and will attack any creature, regardless of size. As the elephant entered the water^with his usual slow and cautious step, some individual in the crowd, prompted by a spirit of mischief, hied on a large bull, dog to attack the huge animal. “The dog ijnstantly obeyed, and, plunging into the water, seized hold of one of the hind legs of the elephant, on which the latter only switched him with his tail as he would brush off a fly, but not ridding himself of his assailant by such gentle means, and feeling sharp teeth at work upon his leg, he suddenly threw his snout around, and seizing the dog, held him un.l 'r the water until he was nearly drowned; then raising him high in the air, threw him at least, one hundred feet out.into the stream. Fully satisfied Wiith the punishment he had received, the dog made his way to the shore and beat a hasty retreat.