Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-19
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The shows sfths Aesrspslis-Meral
demonstrating Virtue with
the Machine, etc.
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the big theatres and play actors, but not
much about the moral shows and lecters
Of which we have a smart chance here
in San Francisco. You see some they
don't like to 60 to the theatres, cause
they don't think it's highland 1t costs
q heap. too; so they so to the halls,
where we have instructive exhibitions Of
different kinds. or out to Woodlands
Garden whore there are wild animals
and thousands Of natural curiositiss.
Thinking you might like to hear about
these moral shows and other places
where we can see and contemplate the
works OF the Creator. I will write you a
few words about them. for this has been
y good Summer for people doing bus
insss in that line. First We had
The Bear boy.
As dreadful an object as one could wish
to look at. Poor thing! it was awfully
dsformed, but jumped about As pert as
could be. and seemed to enjoy hisself.
It took well with the public, and the
owner made money. as he deserved, for
1t was very instructive. Then we had
The Egyptian Mummy.
This was uglier than the Bear Boy,
but not 80 lively. This teached a good
moral lesson. too. for 1t was salted down
in Bible times, and might have been
some great Scripter character. Leastwise,
the owner, who il q pious man. said he
was about sure IL was some OF them we
read about in Scriptsr-might be the
Witch Of Endoro or Potiphar's wife-very
likely the latter. ~ the skull showed
amativeness largely developed. This
was very ~consoling. and. rs another evil
dsnce Of the truth OF the Bible. none Of
Us begrudged our five cents for seeing it.
Next am
The Man with she swelI.Legi
Or siphaniiasis. As the doctors called Il.
because his legs were covered with a
rough skin and bulged out like those Of
an elephant; each leg was a. big AZ the
mans body; 80. like the mummy. he
didn't get about very quick. But he
was a well meaning man, and came all
way from the Fiji Islands TO show his
self out Of gratitude for what the mis-
sionaries had done. He didn't awaken
so much religious feelsn as the mummy
did; but he drawed well, and took in q
good deal Of money, besides a good
many poor folks. About two weeks ago
A Man Called Mister sutro by Name,
From your parts, came down here and
gave US a nice show and o free lscter for
nothing. Mr.. Sutro's legs was all right,
but he had the .'swell.head"-snd he
had it pretty good. too. He lectsred on
q tunnel. or a d,UUoi, Us he called II, for
Mr.. Sutro speaks Dutch and American
both at the same time. He was funny;
he didn't say nothing about the tunnel,
but a great deal about the bad, wicked
men over your way. who, no said were
so addicted to stealing that they would
steal tho tunnels out Of the ground, II
the owners didn't watch them! He told
about one family in particular. by the
name Of Psnkring, who, according to
Mr.. Sutro's account. must be dreadful
bad people. While he was telling OF
these our sympathies was considerable
wrought on.
Then Mr.. Sutro took . little machine
out OF a bag and 1t was about as big as
the little Sunday school box into which
we used to put sense for the mission
aries. And then he said, in his droll
way, ''Now my ~frionts. i shows you lie
beautiful town OF Sutro before de houses
are pilt. so you can see de blaze better.
II will pc a very great city when 1t Is
combletsd. and I zells you some lots
sheep" Then the man what tended
the machine turned a crank and we seen
another pictsr. This" said Mr.. Su-
tro, ''my leedls ~frisnts, is q view OF dc
pig dunnel which l am running for de
purpose Of schtriking de Comstock Tote
at n great depth and drawing out de
.wather. I have not schtruck lie Tote
yet, put what peter Is l have de booklets
Of de English schtruck and drained dem
bretty well, too; 40 I guess, py-ant-py,
maybe, / schuts down work on de dun
mel altogedder."
In conclusion the show Mr.. Sutro er-
hibitsd and what he said was . couple
Of great curiosities--the inverted jack
ass, an animal with his head where the
tail ought To be and u man who professed
10 believe that the Sutro Tunnel would
some day be finished. and that 1t would
prove Of great advantage to the mines
when completed. This witless person,
who showed to great disadvantage be-
side his companion, had a stupid but
honest look, leading m TO believe that
he might really be sincere in entertain
ING opinions 80 singular and absurd.
The next day after Mr.. Sutro left We
were fortunate enough to have
The Bowie Constructor and she
black Dwarf
Another show with q ~lectsr. and 1t OPEN
ed in the vacant lot on Jackson street.
The snake was twenty feet long and
swallowed live rabbits and chickens de-
lichtfull lie had q long tale, but l did
not see any moral to II. The Dwarf
had a bunch ON his back and one eye
put out, besides several other attractive
features-'causs. the man said. his gran
mother sot down on him and squashed
him when he was a little boy. They
did midlin considering Mr. Hunt wasa
showing his
Little Girl with Four Legs
AT the same time-one on each side and
two in the middle. And here l have
something dredful to relate: While the
little girl was exhibition her moral beau
ties and a dancin a quadrille all by her
self and Mr.. Hunt, he was a lscterin on
the inscrutabls ways Of Providencs,
which he said could have made four legs
onto all OF US. only then 1t wouldn't DO
no show; yes, said Mr.. Hunt, who used
to be a circus preacher in Arkansas,
Providence can do anything Hes a
mind to-what's four legs to Him!
Didn't he make the csutipsde, with its
hundred feets Didn't he create the
thousand legged worm. when just then
in comes the police and Jerks Mr..
Hunt, and he didn't lectsr no more;
cause they said it was against the law,
and they fined him sixty dollars. which
Mr.. Hunt had to pay or be shut up in