Presented here is a short piece that was printed in the the August 17th, 1894 edition of the "Waterville Mail". It was likely a syndicated in multiple papers as well as it states it states the source as the "Detroit Free Press".
Source:
Prince & Wyman, "The Waterville Mail (Vol. 48, No. 12): August 17, 1894" (1894). The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine).
At The Circus
The elephant had eaten a quart of peanuts and laid the paper bag carefully up on his back before reaching around and banging the royal Bengal tiger's cage a whack or two with his trunk. The tiger happened to be on watch at the moment, and he gave the elephant a claw that
left a scratch on his trunk, four inches long.
left a scratch on his trunk, four inches long.
"There, take
that, you old pachyderm." he said viciously.
that, you old pachyderm." he said viciously.
"Thanks," replied the elephant softly, as he stuck his nose in a trough of water to assuage the smart.
"Don't mention it," grinned the tiger.
"Do you know what you put me in mind of?" inquired the elephant, as he winked the other eye.
"No, what?"
The elephant took his trunk out of the tank and reached it around cautiously.
"You put me in mind of turning the hose on somebody," he said with withering scorn, and he fired about a barrel of muddy water all over the royal Bengal tiger's beautiful tiger skin clothes. Detroit Free Press
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