The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-04-12

About An hour before Narnu,n took his
leave Of our goodly city on Monday last.
a mysterious pIacard, ia English and French,
wss posted up on the street corners and
public places Of III. First Municipality, an.
nouncing that = strange animal OF the horss
kind, with = face like n child, aud \ large
revolving eve in the centre of his forehead,
after .hs most approved Cyc'ops fashion.
was on ex.,oition in = room At the corner
Of Exchange Alley aud st Louis street.
The announcement struck the eve Of the
Empsesario into extreme optical astonish.
ment and thercupou, he determined no. to
leave the city I'll the Cyclopan wonder Was
made manifest, not only 10 his visual, but
his mental ken. III ful6llment Of this de.
termination, the great curiosity caterer start.
ed with has,y strides towards ST. Louis
street During this perigrins'icn. strange
vision. Of Rocky Mountain ponies. clad in
wool to suit the e1igencies Ut the climate.
Of Ton, Thumbs ponies. miracles Of snsall.
ncss) aud OF all other ponies. that he had
ever seen or heard Of, danced through the
Barnun, brain. After revolving aud re.re
voiving. resolving and r-rsscl,;ne. the
conclusion was at length adopted that
the horse with the face Of child. aud
with the wild. rolling eye in the centre Of
his forehead, was the horse Of horses.
the curiosity Of cuyiosities, and the grcatest
Of vet discovered wonders in the animal re.
public. There could he no hunbog in the
h 'snimsl in question. fov even the Tiny SNOW
bill OF tho present proprietor declared that
hanbug in the premises WA impossible,
and that not only in the Anglo.SAxons but
the Franco tongue. Another psosf Of the
genuine pretenson IL :" Cyclops" was. that
he fra. Jaw the light Of day with HE single
eve on the verdant banks Of the Mississippi
There coald l.e no mistake about this b~ing
n horse. y living, moving, and wonderfully
keen sighted horse, when the wo-tongued
air Of truth in the show. bill. aud the Mis-.
sisaippisn birth Of the wonder were consti.
tuted. and moreover truth 10 stranger
than hctian.'
being twenty FIVE cents. Rssrum throw
down \ half dollar piece. and passsd ia
without waiting for the change, He vas
too eager 20 see the wassdsr 10 think of
cents, for dollars and Cyclnps werc in his
thought. Judge Of the surprise ofshs worlds
Empresaric, when Cyclops turned out 10
be The stuffed hide Of colt the skin Of
who.e head wss distorted into . horrible
ssmblanes Of human face. and the fore.
head dis6gursd with = large and glazing
eve Of giass. mos, villsinously green. The
Emp~ssario was sold. hsmbsgsed. excited.
maddsssd and forgetting for The moment
HE religioas tendencies, h. s~ors = good
r"und oath, that whoever humhugged him
the next time should b. rewarded with no
m~sssrsd vengeance. He had gone TO ~
. living wonder. and fosnd nothing bat The
stsifsd outlines Of = psl~y cheat. Il was
too much u h. endured By mortal patience!
and ~ the Eosessrio thought, when hs
rusled 10 the door and demanded the mon.
sy ~ hsd paid The door.kespss, Who
spoke nothing hss French. eosh not IN.
dsvstand ths demand. hut he ire Of Basusm.
who Was determined net 10 b cheated.
h,osxh, bin to bis seneca He lien odsrsd
him twenty Ave essts; bet no, Bss~s@s
mss. have he Aiy. TIE Frsneh@aa d.
msrsd Hs ksA no vigAs. ~ tAssGhs. 10
give hack th~ twssty. ~ es~ts. Which had
been rendered In NaaajAcsnes. Uut ~ had
to do il tkosgh--asd Rssnsm departed.
begging 10 N make no maze Of IL event.
bal 10 silnw ~ waves u l.sshs to rell thsis
ohlivicss esrsst ovss bic visit TO We stable
Of Cyclops -Piesysss
--.---~----------------------
Srocxs ASp MAratnoxv.--1hsrs d N
;ntersss u Tho re and fall Of seoehs which