The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-05-31
A GOOD BuRLEsoUE.,
Dan. Riss ,sfore the Reoousruetion COMMITTEES

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Dan. Riss ssfore the RsOoustruetiou COMMITTEES
The Committee on Reconstruction
still persists in suppressing the most inn
portant testimony elected before it,
Dan Rice has recently been on q circus
tour through the lately rebellious States,
and has had opportunities such as are
afforded to few for observing the condi-
tion of the Southern people as to loyalty.
His testimony will be found to show the
true feeling that exists in the South
when the thin crust Of pretended loyalty
is melted away and true character is re.
vealed as under the exhilerating inhu-
ence Of msnsgerie, when man stands
In the presence of the untamed forces Of
nature, separated only therefrom by the
thin partition of an iron cage. Mr..
Rice being duly sworn, testified thus:
| Q.-You have sq unruly animal,
known as pet mule, with your circus,
have you not ?
Al have.
Q.-What are the idiosyncracies of
that beast?
Ale is much given to kicking.
| Q.-lt is almost impossible to ride
him, is it not?
Alt is. generally offer s25 to
any man who will ride him round the
ring
Q-On your late visit to the South,
did you receive any offers to ride that
mule?
Al did!
Q.-State what occurred on these oc.
casions !?
AIN Richmond, discharged Con-
federate soldier attempted to ride him,
but was Immediately thrown fat on his
back.
Q.-What did the Confederate sol.
der say to this?
Ale said the mule was . Id
Yankee cuss!
Odd any others make the attempt?
A.-Another of Lees veterans tried
to ride him and succeeded.
Q.-What did he say?
| Ale said, after he had 1ismouut-
ed, that if he'd had regiment O them
ere cavalry, he'd have whipped Kilpst.
rick all to smash ; and that in the next
war against the Yankees, he intended
to raise brigade of them.
Cross-eramined by Mr.. Stevens:
Q.-Is that he mule, or q she mule ,
Ats he mule.
Q.-You have monkeys in your show,
have you not?
Al have.
Q.-Have you ever heard any disloy.
al remarks in relation to those mon.
keys?
Al cant say that I have.
Q.-Have you ever heard anything
said in their presence?
A couple Of young ladies wero
one day standing in front of the cage,
and l heard one Of them say it looked
like Freedmen's Bureau.
, Q-How was the remark received?
Alt created much laughter.
Q.-Were there any personal sllu.
sions made ON that occasion?
{ A.-Some one in the crowd sail,
pointing to the ourang -outang, "Thats
i, Sumner.
E Odd that please the bystanIers ?
Avery much.
f Odd you ever hear any observa-
tions about the bears2
a Al heard it said once about q one
4 eyed bear that he looked like Ben. But
h Ter, and about a grizzly that it ought to
o be called Ben. Wade.
$ Q.-Were the points of resemblance
n stated?
n A.-They were not. The observs-
!. ton was made on the tout ensemble, with
!. special reference, perhaps, to the occu-
lar deformity in the case of the one
y eyed animal
Q.-Havc you side-shows with you,
D circus?
4 Al have.
Q.-Stats if you have ever heard dir
n loyal remarks in relation to them
Al believe 1 heard something
!. of the kind once about Daniel in the Ii
a on's den.
n Q.-State what it was.
e A young lady asked me Which
:. was Daniel and which was the lion.
Q.-What was your reply
Al told her it was easy to distin.
|. guish Daniel from the lion, as the for.
e mer wore swallow tail coat, and had J
a cotton umbrella under his arm.
y Q.-What did she say?
J A.-After looking into the cage, she
Q said, very spitefully, that Daniel looked
}, like mean Yankee, and she wished the
n lion would chaw him up. MACK.
nar- At 4 hotel table at Meridian.