Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-02-25
Humorous.

FROM DANBuRY.-Blobkin was rich,
handsome and vain, he imagined all he
had to do was to look at some fair dame,
and she'd fall dead at his feet. Blob
kins attended the circus, and as he en-
tered the first tent he took a look at
the monkeys which bore family resem-
blance to his tribe, although the genuine
monkeys do not wear eyeglasses. Here
the species to which Blobkins belongs
differs somewhat from the usual tribe
exhibited. He was delighted with the
elephant and proposed to give Bailey
check on his "Pa" which Bailey mag
unanimously refused to accept. 1t took
him some time to visit all the cages and
satisfy his curiosity and thirst for natu-
raj history. Then entering the circus
he took back seat so that the young
man selling peanuts would not step on
him. He thought the entree a wonder
full sight, and as the twelve ladies and
gentlemen dashed around the ring the
sight was most bewildering to the pro-
missing Blobkins. When Geo. Donald
turned forward somersaults on his bare
back horse, Blobkins turned backward
one nearly off the seat, and when Clark,
the clown, pointed out the "handsomest
man" in the show, Blobkins hid his face
behind his hat for fear he would be the
object of the testers remarks, but
Clark was pointing the other way which
disappointed Blobkins. Frank Melville
and little Alexander pleased Mr.. Blob
kins, Esq.,, to such an extent that while
they were riding he was heard to "hi
hi" so frequently that the man who
feeds the lions told him to "dry up, or
he would chaw off his left ear" Blob
kins replied "What's the matter wid-ju?'
Clark remarked that zone fool at
time was sufficient and all that Bailey
paid for" When the Orrin brothers
fip-fapped into the ring and stood on
each others ears, eyebrows, and hung
by their lip, Blobkins thought that
some pumpkins, and resolved to try it
when he went home. Frank Robinson
turned himself inside out so easily that
Blobkins thought it no more to do than
to turn his undershirt, and he imagined
De Haven was a silly youth to run so
frantically from that ''little hoss, even
if he did come at him with his mouth
wide open, and suggested if De Haven
would hQJ sole the seat of his trowsers
with an armor of strong leather he
would be out of danger when the hoss
snapped at him in the rear. He offered
no suggestions for Melville when he
rode, but sat with his mouth and eyes
wide open in mute astonishment and
wondered what kind of plaster Melville
used to keep him on his horse, and
swore that Alexander had weights in
his feet so that he could stand on his
dads head and let the horse have his
own way. But when the elephant come
in and stood on his tail, and balanced
himself on the end of his trunk, Blob
kins thought he had enough of that
kind of fun for one day and made a
speedy exit from the canvas, upsetting
an old woman selling watermelon skins
on the sidewalk, stepped on ''kiuaIls"
narrative and plunged headlong into
passing street car and fell broad side in
the lap of fat Dutch woman returning
from market with three dozen eggs, two
mackerel, and a pound of beef-steak
Blobkins was satisfied. He had seen
Bailey's show, broken up a Dutch
clearinghouse, tore his pants, and was
ready to die.