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...Followers, of theatrical despatches for many weeks have been burrowing through masses of statistics and superlative, relative to this dramatic mastodon which was making its way from Europe under the direction of Max Reinhardt. To these reports there was a dual reaction: 1) natural curiosity; 2) the peculiarly American scepticism that demands a demonstration. Many spectators went to the theatre with imaginations keyed so high that they were almost bound to be disappointed...
Canada. Bones of a mastodon were excavated near Loudou, Ont., by Prof. A. D. Robertson, of Western University. The teeth are a foot long and 18 inches across, the tusks 8 feet long, the jawbone weighs 40 pounds. The animal is estimated to have weighed over 30 tons. Few complete mastodon skeletons have been found. This one may have lived before man inhabited the continent...
Cornell has purchased of P. T. Barnum the skeleton of the dead elephant whose head was presented to the college directly after the fire. It is proposed to make a comparative study of this skeleton with the bones of an extinct mastodon which were recently found in Western New York State...
BOSTON THEATRE. - Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels. Performance...
BOSTON THEATRE. - Haverley's Mastodon Minstrels. Performance...