Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — The Liama and the Bridgeroom. [ARTICLE]

The Liama and the Bridgeroom.

Philadelphia North American. A few days ago a newly-married couple, after making a round of the Garden, stopped in front of the llama’s inclosure, and John began feeding it with ginger cake. The bride was continually exhorting John to “give the beautiful animal more.” The animal had eaten several cakes when it grew frightened at something, and, raising its head, hawed and sent the ginger cakes mashed into dough, square into John’s face. The bride almost fainted, but, recovering herself, ran up to the Headkeeper Byrne, who was standing near convulsed with laughter,, and in an excited tone of voice, with team in her eyes asked if it was poisonous. It took half an hour to convince her it was not. An amatuer photographer attempted to take a photograph of the animal, and was about to uncover the lens when a shower of oats fell over and around him, proceeding from the mouth of “the innocent-looking creature.”