Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

In one of the stored on Commercial wharf a lion lately received from Africa is kept in a cage. Yesterday, a small Irish boy, with his chip basket, wandered into the store, and in some way placed his basket against the bars of the cage. The lion, nothing loth to make a slight luncheon, seized the jacket of the little fellow, who being terribly frightened thereat set up a loud cry for help. Two men happened to be near at hand, took hold of the boy, and with a hearty pull, rescued him from the grasp of the lion, undamaged in person, though with the loss of a portion of his nether integuments. Luckily the boy’s jacket was large and unbuttoned, or he might not have escaped so easily.-Boston Traveler of Wednesday.