Butte record., 1855-01-27

iohgeu 10 tnat nero OF antiquity, UuN.
Earl of Warwick Among these were
his sword, shield, helmet, breast-p ate
walking-staff, and fitting pole, each of
enormous size; the horse-armor, nearly
large enough for an elephat; large
pot which would hold seventy gallons,
called g Guys Porridge Pot" his besh-
fork, the size Of farmers hay-f.rk :;
his lady's stirrup's, the rib ola mastodon.
which the porter preicncd belonged to
the great "Dnn Cow" which according
tradition, haunted a ditch near Coventry,
and after doing injury to many persons,
was slain by the valiant Guy. The
sword weigh 200 pounds, and the ar
NOR 400 pounds.
told the old porter that he was en-
titled to great credit for having concen-
trated more lies than had ever before
heard in so sm Il a compass. He smiled,
and evidently felt gratiGed BY the com
plimont
Il suppose l continued, that you
have told these marvellous stories so
often, tat you almost believe them
YOURSELF"
Utmost n' replied the porter, with a
grin of satisfaction that showed he was
cup to snuff" I'D had really earned
two sh llings.
Tho Warwick races" were then
coming off within half mile of the
vi i'lage. We therefore went down and
spent an hour with lhe multitude.
There was very little betting or ex-
element reg riding the races, and we
concluded to take tour through H.
"penny shows" the cans Of which lined
one side of the course for the distance
of "A quarter of a mile. On applying to
enter one van, which had a large pictori-
al sign Of giaatesses, white negroc, Al
bino girls, learned pig, big snakes, etc, :,
the keeper exclaimed, "Comc, Mister.
YOU is the man what hired Randall, the
giant, for Merika, and you shows Tom
Thumb now can you think Of paying
less than sixpence for going here -
The appeal was irresistible; so, salts
flying his demands, we entered
While in the showmen's vans seeking
for acquisitions to my Museum in Ameri.
ca, | was struck with the tall appear
ancc of couple of females, who exhb-
tied as the b" Canadian Giantesses, each
seven feet in height" Suspecting that
a cheat was hidden under their unfasion-
ably long dresses, which reached to the
floor, and thus rendered their feet in
visible, I attempted to solve the mystic
terry by raising foot Or two Of the su-
perauous. covering. The strapping young
lady, not relishing such liberties from
stranger, laid me fat upon the floor with
blow from her brawny hand. I was
on my feet again in lerably quick
time, but not until | had discovered that
she stood upon pedestal at least eight
cen inches high
Upon coming out of the van, a whole
bevy of showmen from that and the
neighboring vans surrounded me, and
began descanting on the merits and de-
merits of General Tom Thumb.
"Oh," says one, " knows two dwarfs
what is better ten times as Tom Thumb"
" Yes" says another, " there's no
use to talk about Tom Thumb while
Melia Patton is above ground"
Now, I've seen Tom Thumb ad-
ded third, "and he is a fine little
squad, but the only vantage he's got is
he can cAef SO we'll He CHATS like
mau but l can learn Dick Swift in two
months so that he can chaff Tom Thamb
crazy"
Never mind, !" added a fourth, "I've
got chap training what none on you
knows, what'll beat all the thumbs on
your grapplers -
( No he can't" exclaimed a fifth.
" for Tom Thumb has got the name,
and you all know the uame's everything.
Tom Thumb couldn't never shine, even
in my van long side of dozen dwarfs
| knows, if this Yankee hadn't bam-
boozlcd our Queen-God bless her-by
getting him afore her half a dozen
times"
Yes, yes-that's the ticket" ex-
claimed another " our Queen patronizes
everything foreign, and yet she wouldn'.
visit my beautiful wax-works to save
the crown of Hingland"
Your beautiful wax-works :" they
all exclaimed with hearty laugh.