[Lancashire Stan]

The text says :-
"There is a burglarious elephant about just now which will put any of Mr Barnum's elephants to blush.
Monday he broke into some stores in Accrington, and stole some jam and onions, which he found highly delectable. Not content with this feat he broke out again yesterday in Chorley another lancashire town selecting groceries for his prey. He devoured a whole cheese, two boxes of biscuits and other goods. When the show reaches St. Helens, which is in the Lacashire circuit the elephant will, no doubt drop into Mr. Beecham's establishment and help himself to a few hundred boxes of pills to counteract the effects of his Chorley and Accrington feasts, which were rather a rich mixture"-- Pall Mall Gazette, October 18, 1889.