The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-01-19
SCENE IN A CIRCUS. ?

7a A number of years 10 ago, fwifeiiooni
Michigan was new country, III Liy.hW
iIgston there lived a family by. the II
name of Clayton, and one by the namegsiF
of Perkins, 'aiso--as a great many 7
Others o 1 sial2nsJ Diih ih'iii siS'll''i''' -
g Pete Clayton was tall, fine-looking 8A
fellow, a noble specimen Of oursbaGk-o9qs
woods men standing six feet two iA his gof
stockings. -,
Pete had taken shine to Miss Sally EoEi
Perkins, and it was known in fact that bhh
they We're engaged, but the day whenoIot
the knot was 10 be tied had not uyetqihS
been diyulged. br. etotS oEt
In the month Of August, 1916, Junes 'l''
Circus came through their town for -
the first time, and in fact, it was the y -
first circus that had ever Cpassad that85m
way, and there were great many lIiW
people who had never seen one. When ,,,,.,
the important day arrived the town
filled to overflowing with q motleyIT
crowd, and ofcourse every fellow had no0
his girl. ,.rg 49,,
Now Pete wanted to get married.
the coming Chsistmas, but Sally
wanted to have it put off until the
coming spring. When the ticket At
wagon opened the tent was 1filledoiniasi 9h
| hurry. Pete and Sally had been leokiims1
| ing through a side show, and they
were late IN gettlnggn, the sperform-W
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They walked around the entire ring =.
/ trying to find a seat, and although
there were seats for two thousand TT
/ people, every one was filled. -9sDoH
q Never mind" said Sal I'D, just RI
as lief stand up."'f '''i' '''' '0i'l ,,,-
f Bnt the gallant Pete could not tfifik'i k'iii"
| of it, and said:fG49Tc9- "a Holisog ino s9aq
- -" Wait a mint. Illget you aGhair.H bns
and off he started started dlfe@ayi leaving Sal allan,a
Just at this moment the clown cameot.
/ in dressed in his usual costume, and, III
| dancing around tlie ring. stopped -
| riightin frontiofj SAL and begaIp-f to sioH
sing: eG'ot 20 2nibnGts 9ioY edi 1oiRG9H
4, Oh Sally am de gal fer me-
hoo This causedb Sal to blush, for she
/ thought that the oclownl was choking noii
at her, AS she stood near the ring sOfalIA
course she hid the views of those in, s,,rit
higher seats behind her, and as i,,i'i'' Is,
usual on such occacions, the clown o.
cracks jokes at the offenders until theyfF
take the hint and find a seat; but she, !,
said she had rather stand up. at tlfis "a ~
he commenced to crack his Jokes, afeioui
marking to the ringmaster :di tGdf bnBo1g
d There's res a gopd IGhanss o4oFaa me eoqs
~" & A chancellor 3ou?s a6iin4orso2 aoqu
"Y Yes, don't you see that gal has II
lost her beau, and She is looking at mo, -
/ know ;Paand turning three somer- ht4
4 saultso he stopped directly indi;ont oEaoD
4 Sal, and commenced TO sipg:l otslasbbis
s1i "Qh, sally is the gal for me . n no .da1D,l
izes would not have any other, -
And if Sally died tomorrow night,
- I'd marry sally's motfior. f;,r .,,-,
This, evidently meant for her, raised
SAILS dandeP5 and she burst out with: CO.
4 "a" HmIthe gal forsyery am ?I Mapry&rs
my mother, would yer oYoulovlived g3iu
spotted scum of the earth "a II myaar;)
fellow was here he'd WALTON yer. for.
that Ilwohldhf stay here another !,
minit-nor neither would any decent ieh
peoples" -.--a
; Saying which rushed out oftfea0 p
Il tent amid roars of laughter - hiCh DIG
DO The clown, assuming al coulieal.sat- VII
: titude remarked to the ring master Itsu
that his grandfather was a remarkable, =,
man !; so was ohis grandmother, too, o'
, but that gal beatball his forefathePs. l9ul
4 At this juncture Pete rushed iind 81
closely followed by Sal, and jumping !,
t into the ring, he squared off at the j
clown, and said: T'' I'll teach youDto bns
insult any female under my schargel2,1eA
and let fly at his opponent, and taking, -
6 him plump in the face, sent him to
p mother earth, at which he jumped iIp-Wl
Oh him and commenced kicking hinp329i
most unmercifully. Sally standing .9IB
on the outside of the ring clapped her
hands and sung out :tHgsib siIlINIA p
Thst's it Pete give him Jessie. syf
, and we'll be married Christmas sure.",rsv
!. AT this moment the ringmasfer and ~; 4
: three OF four others caught Pete and -
commenced to thrashihim, when Pete's 9nl
friends interfered and a general free %
: fight ensued, which completely. broke s5sj
N n circnc