New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-11
a Rich .soene in ! circus.

Some time since a scene occurred In q circus
performing at neighboring town, a few miles
distant, which, as they say about railroad accis
dents and steamboat explosions. sbeggars de-
scription.n Those of our readers who hare
attended the circus will recollect having seen
an amusing masquerade enacted in which the
only characters are the ring master and one OF
the performers; the latter making his appear
ance in ragged and uncouth apparel, and appar-
entity severely afflicted with ardent spirits, and
insisting upon the privilege of taking b ride.
The ring master demonstrates as the piece goes1
and insists upon the inebriated individual leav-
ing the ring, but finally compromises with him,
and he is allowed to mount and try his horse
nlanship. After playing the drunk = a while,
he suddenly throws of his rags, and is metamor-
phosed into an Indian padding his canoe. and
then to q king, ETC., until he goes throngha q
series of characters This much By way of ex-
PLANTATION; now to our tale, which. by the way,
is true in every particular.
b On the occasion referred to, the drunken man
appeared in the ring, and expressed O. desire
to ride. The ring master demonstrated, and
the two seemed likely to have q serious diff
Guilty. At this juneture the High Sheriff Of the
county, who was among the spectators, fearful
that the performance, in which he seemed in
tensely interested, was about to be interrupted,
and being yalorous and efficient officer.e ever
ready to throw himself into the breach when
peace was threatened, appeared in the ring, in
the discharge of what he conceived to be q sol
emn duty He laid his official hands upon the
intruder, as he, in his unsophisticated heart,
supposed the performer, and ia aignlhed but firm
language, ordered him to g yamose the ranch Z
To this the actor of course demurred, but the
Sheriff was not to be trifled with. He was dis
charging solemn duty, and that, too, with the
eyes of thousand or TWO Of his constituents
fastened upon him He was not the man to
finch under any circumstances, much less such
thnra
he laid violent hands upon the disturber of the
performance, with the view Of submitting him to
a summary ejectment. But, unfortunately. the
arm of the law, however yaliantly supported, is
not always the Strongest. Mr.. Sheriff was sur
prised that he should fail in handling drunken
man; but SO it was. The man was too much for
him, and again and again, as he renewed the
attack, he came to a horizontal position, with
saw.dust for pillow. During this time the
condition Of the large audience 4 can be better
imagined than described. We are told suchss
congnlsions Of laughter were never Witnessed
before The noise and din could have been
heard nearly as far as q powder house explosion
But our friend, the Sheriff, as ne before said,
was a determined man, and he resolved 10 try
the last expsdient Finding his raggedly clad
customer most too good wrestler, he turned to
the audience, and, by virtue Of his official fanc
ton, he at once commenced sunmoning posse
to his aid After he had enlisted shout dozen
aole- pouleu men, ana every tnlng WAS reauy lDE
an attack. the ring master stepped forward and
explained to him that his services would not be
required further; he had enacted his part adj
mirably, and at any future time he would not
hesitate to give him Encouragement; in short,
that the supposed intruder was bona-hde
actor, and the 6 drunk = was only put on
| Our friend, the Sheriff, was sold lock, stock
and barrel-and the suddenness with which he
| disappeared from the crowd was amusing The
balance of the performance WAS stale; the cream
had been taken, and left only the skim milk.
! After the performance was oser, the Sheriff
| sought out the ring master and offered him an
apology for interrnpting his performance, pro
testing that he did it with the best intentions.
and under total misapprehenaion Of the state
of the case, The ring-master assured the Sheriff
there was no harm done; that he had noticed
him (the Sheriff in the crowd, and had directed
the actor to get close to him; rightly Judging
that he was the only man green enough IN the
audience to bite at 80 stale a bait. 5
| Sir Bayle Roche was the dreil Of the Irish
/ House of Commons Sibthorp, but more
amusing than his English counterpart. Indig-
| nant at receiving small bottles from his wine
4 merchant, he took occasion to suggest to Par
lament that. by law, every quart bottle
should hold quart 4..5.5s..#..s s5s
! One of his invitations to an Irish nobleman
was amusingly equivocal: = hope, my lord.
if ever you come within q mile OF my houses
you'll stay there all night" ehe5
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