Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-05

Little Peep-show did not cease 10 be
remembered in the town. and old GOody
Gracious was heard to say she felt sure he
would turn out genius but in course OF
time the current OF tradition ran thin and
weak, and he was almost forgotten. Among
u select few, however, it was still a fash
ION to refer in romantic vein to the look
in the child ; eyes and the tancles people
used to have about him at weddings and
births, and so on, and the lawyers proving
an abb, and all the rest Of it, But,
when you come to think of it, what is
fashion of that sort in a world in which
men and women come and 90, and chop
and change about, as they do in this
At last, across the hills that stood on
the eastern side of the town, were blown
rumors that Little Peep show, no more
cllld aud dong strange things atar of,
hade made peep shows which great many
people SAID showed you something better
than the Seven Wonders of the World
Inleed, the rumor ran that there were
people who would give anything to look
into one Of these new peep-shows, and
that the child with the morning star eyes
had become a famous man, very much
looked up to. Before all this had time to
| cool down, another rumOr ran all through
the valley, namely, that Little Peep-show,
as the folk now began once more to call
him, was going shortly to visit the town
with one of his shows Of something better
than the Seven Wonders of the World,
THIS led to great excitement, and for
while nearly every one was on tip toe for
the expected Snowman.
One day huge noise Of fife and drum
and cymbal and tambourine aroused the
towustolk from their usual work. The
shoemaker laid down his leather, the
baker his dough, the butcher his cleaver,
the housewife her broom, the blacksmith
his heavy hammer, to rush forth and see
what was the matter. A band of children
and scaramouches of various kinds came
rushing from the outskirts into the main
street, shouting % A new show new
show - And everybody who had any
care for seeing what the rumors had been
telling them of, made sure this was the
new peep-show of something better than
the Seven Wonders of the World, and you
may be certain they felt all the more sure
of this when, as the show drew near, they
found it was very fine affair Of the sort
1t was drawn by horses-l forget how
many the royal arms were painted on the
top, and the uniforms horn was very
large one. Patronized by the nobility
and gentry" said the schoolmaster, read
ing part of the inscription, " That must
be the show, for this is exactly what We
heard about our esteemed friend"
1t certainly was a very lively show
There was a monkey, and there was q
bear, and there was dancing-girl al
over spanges; there was a man who swal
lowed burning.tow and naked sword
Besides this, there was what you saw
when you looked through the glass cog
giles after you went up the steps; and
there was the music, and there was the
clown, who was always tumbling ovel
head and heels without hurting himself
and saying the drollest things.
That" exclaimed the blacksmith
"pust be our old friend. Goody Graciou.
always said he was genius"
"No, no. says the baker, "those ar,
not his features; it must he the one wht
is swallowing the sword
But how could he tell what the clown
features were, considering how clowns
paint their faces2