Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-02
RICH SCENE IN A oIRCus.-

nefghboring town. whichs as they say
ahoutrrailroad accidents and q steamboat,
collisions. "beggars description, Those
Of our readers who have, attended the
circus will recollect having seen an anus.
ing masquerade enacted in which the on
ly Characters are the ring master and one
offthe. performers--the latter making his
appearance in ragged and uncouth appa-
rel and apparently severely afflicted with
ardent spirits, and Insisting upon the pri.
yilege OF taking ride: 'ia<f fits.T.,t, q. 'ai'
The ring master demonstrates (as tile
piece goes on and insists upon the ine-
briated Individual leaving the ring; but
finally compromises the matter with him.
and he is allowed to mount by his horse.
manEbip. es5It
after playing the drunk awhile. he
suddenly throws off his rags and is met
morphosed into an Indian padding his
canoe, and then TO King, &C.. until he
goes through series of characters. This
much by way OF explanations; now TO
our tale, which is true in every par
ticular.aEa z.frrsa.-r ...srrr- AN
On The occasion referred to, the drunk
en- man appeared in the ring. and ex>,
pressed desire to ride. The ring mas
ter demonstrated, and the Two seemed
likely TO have a serious difficulty. AT
this luneturs the high Sheritffof the
county, who was among the spectators.
fearful that the performance, in which
be seemed very deeply interested, was
about to be Interrupted, and being a
IalorOus and efficient officer, ever ready
to throw himself into the breach when
o.-HrrSe ID in Of,
ring. in discharge Of what he conceived
10 be his most solemn duty.
He laid his official hands upon the in-
truder, as he, in his unsophistIcated
heart, supposed the performer. and in
digniied but firm language ordered him
to'Vamose the rancho TO this The act
or, OF course. demurred. but tie sheriff
was not to be trif1ed with. He was dis
charging solemuoduty, and that, too.
with the eyes of a thousand or Two Of his
constituents fastened upon him. lie was
not The man to finch under any circum,
stances, much less such as these.
With becoming promptuess. therefore.
he laid violent hands upon the intruder.
with the view OF submitting him 10 a
summary ejectment. But unfortunately,
the arm OF the law, however valianIIy
supported is not always the strongest
MIR. Sheriff was surprised to find that he
should fall in handling drunken man ;
but so it was. -t
The man was too much for him, and
again and again as he renewed the at
tack. he came TO a horizontal position,
with saw dust for Lis pillow. During thio
time the condition OF The large audience
'eGn be better imagined than described.
We were told such commissions of laugh
ter were never Witnessed before. The
noise and din could be heard nearly as
far as a powder house explosion. But
our friend. the Sheriff, as we before said.
was discriminating man. and he resolv-
ed to try she last txpedient. .. .
Finding his ragged customer most too
good 4 wrestler, he turned to the audi,
snce. and. by virtue of his official func.
ton, he at once commenced summoning IA
posse to his aid. After he had enlisted
about dozen able bodied men. and ev>
cry thing was ready for the attack, the
ring master stepped forward and explain
ed to him that his services would not be
requi:ed further; he had enacted his part
admirably, and at any future time he
would not hesitate to give him a Ie-en-
gagement; 10 short, that the supposed
intruder was a bana fde actor, and that
the 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 off and left only the skim
milk. .,.
g.. After the performance was over, The
Sheriff sought Out the ring-master and
offered an apology for disturbing his per
formance, protesting that he did it with
the best intentions and under total
miGapprehension of the state of the
case. -.-- ~.
The ring>master assured the Sheriff
that there was no harm done; be had
noticed him he Sheriff) in the crowd
and had directed the actor to get close to
him. rightly judging that he was tho only
man green enough in the audience t.
bite az soFstale'a bait DIRK. Dem. a. Z
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hopes and honors with weak, shifting
ground tackle to his business ofv Iht