The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-14
WHAT WILL BEECHER DO?


him, it is assumed that the result would dis
qualify him for preaching either in Brook
Ign or anywhere else. If thus found guilty
before his days Of strength are over, thu
question is anxiously asked, What will ht
do: and in answer numerous attempts have
suggest Journalism, but his experience O
Tilton's labors and vicissitudes would detel
him from that Some propose the bar but
he has not time now to master that protes
sion, proverbially exactlng and jealous
Some think he would succeed as a merchant
be content with the quiet labor the
incessant care and the uncertain
gains Of that vocation. Others pro-
pose that he should retire from excitement
to rural shades and quietude, and turn his
attention to agricultural pursuits. They say
that he will rejoice to gather where he has
planted, to reap where he has sown to pillow
In his own broad fields, and to see his live
stock increase, multiply and tatten around
him. They say that if he sits down under his
own vine and fl g tree there shall be none from
Plymouth Church to make him afraid, that he
will flourish there like true patriarch and
feast his eyes upon his growing crops, his
flocks and his herds. But this vocation will
not answer. man with Beechers mental
vigor, capacity and vitality will never find
contentment in bucolic enterprises. He
needs something that will give active exercise
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and room to handle himself. In the event
supposed he will naturally desire to travel
away from Brooklyn and to move from place
to place where new scenes and new faces will
cheer him continually and divert his thoughts
from his late brethren.
1t is difficult to find the pursuit required,
but it seems as if the Peripatetic Hippodrome
or Circus would about fill up the requisites.
Let us suppose him to have started forth with
"Beecher's Grand Geological and Equestrian
Combination and North American Circus,
with the customary blue, red and yellow pic
lures and posters at every village OF his route,
representing all manner of impossible ami
mails and impossible ats of the ring. Upon
arrival at an inland town Beecher would make
a speech to the assembled inhabitants equal
to any showmans harangue. His pay il
ions being spread, his cages opened, the
ring marked out, the suwdust scat
tered and the multitude admitted, he
would pass from beast to beast, delivering in
stentorian tones, and in pure English an elo-
quent " Lecture on Zoology illustrated by
r II
and Interesting to All Ages In this role his
musical voice oratorical manner and impress
sive style would produce singular and marked
effect. He would next appear in the dusty
circle in the cap, paint, motley and spangles
of the clown, in which part he would intro
duce his Mammoth and Unequalled Com
pany of Performers, whose Feats of Horse
manship and Agility will Astonish the
Beholder, making another neat and
appropriate speech which would change
suddenly to a Jig danced around the
center-pole, with the customary cracks Of the |
ring masters whip joined with the humping !
and Glowing Of the red-faced band. This
role would give wide scope to the wit and
buffoonery for which he has been noted from
his earliest years New Jokes and new tricks
would follow in quick succession, filling the
vast pavilion with prolonged plaudits and
laughter. While the horses We're stopped to
breathe, the clown, after the manner of Dan
Rice would make amusing speeches to the
audience on politics, temperance. literature
and morals.
tl,a tr,t I'a1
Clown Beecher would branch out into new
roles. lie would dance on stills, swing on
the trapeze, toss balls and daggers, balance
on ladders, walk on rolling barrels, and other
wise interest and astonish the multitude with
feats of agility AS the Hercules Of the com
pany, he would appear bearing upon his
shoulders half dozen lady performers. He
might even assume the role of the Man with
the Iron Jaw, and hold suspended from his
mouth porly actress.
His great inventive powers applied to the
show business, would soon produce a multi
tude of new and attractive features. until the
Beecher Combination became the most Won
derful and interesting exhibition in this or
any other country. The princely income
realized would enable the great Proprietor and
Manager to indulge in many acts Of charity
and benefcence and after few years of
starring over the continent, he could establish
in New York an enormous menagerie, circus
and theater, to be known by his name and
conducted under his supervision. In this
career he could, at last, be consoled by the
reflection that the damage done by him to the
cause of female morality had been partially
atoned for by the pleasure he had given to his
youthful countrymen
The nimble sixpence instead of the Sow
shilling is Ieightons success at 100 Canal street
Gentlemen furnishing their own goods can
have them made into shirts at Leightonse