The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-23
CHE 99aailg Arons.
BOB wHIPPLE's CIRCUS.
How q First-class Equestrian ExEibi-
ton was closed by the Civil
Rights Law.
From the New Orleans Republican.

From The New Orleans Republican.
so you have broken UP your circus;
how did that harpen?''
well, sir. all Of US boys had got leave
to have our circus in the yard We had
doorkeeper at the alley gate, and charged
two pins ticket, but we didn't allow no
deadheads; only if nurse broughta baby
! we didn't charge for the baby. All of
us was BACKED, some sung, some played
ON the bones, some were horses, and l was
clown" E- =
You must have made a nice clown
II did that; all the boys said was
bully. Then we had adog that could
stand on his hind feet and march like a
soldier, and he jumped through the hoop
too. The house-that is, the yard-was
crowded, and we stuck two papers of pins
every time. We got better and better,
plenty of growed up people came, and we
was making frst-rate season, you bet.
! why did you quit? Did you quarrel
among yourselvesY" .
| well, sir, I'll tell you. You know
Aunt Margaret? No, of course you don't
Well, she is big, fat colored woman, with
FIVE or six ragged, and dirty little children
She lives in a gallery room, and could look
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satisfied with gallery seat, leastwise her
children wasn't. They came around and
tried to get into the circus with the white
people, through the old bagging, you know,
we had on one side. Well, the doorkeeper
asked them ten pins; but that was only an
excuse, you know, and they didn't have any
ten pins, and so they had to 60 away. But
Aunt Margaret she heard all from the
gallery, and she came down in the greatest
rage. She says, What you mean, you
white trash, by 'fusin to let my chillun
into 20 show? I'm as good as you, and
dey is as good as you; aud de law is made
for dem as well as for you land you amt sc
pitched white yourselves, tor you has gone
and BACKED your face to ekalize yourself
| wit h a niger
I'VE said we WASH goin' to let no col
ored persons in without they paid up tel
pins at the door, Then Aunt Margaret
came down from the gallery and put he'
hands on her hips, just SO. She said, 'Look
a here, white boys, is you gwine to LEI
my chilluu in? I'm living here, l pays my
rent, an you is on my premissls, and In
, titled to see all dat comes into dis yard
: I'm on the free liss. lam, an desc chillur
is too. Now just want to know if the.
can come in on the free liss or no. l asl
you once We got mad and said W.
wouldn't allow no niggers, without the
r went up to the gallery Then she says,
ask you twice. One of the riders curse
her, and one of the horses threw an oy
ster shell at her head. She says, as
you three times, but she didn't wait for a
answer. She just run at the bagging tina
was propped up. She knocked over tn
box and scattered the pins. She stuc
her old woolly head through the papere
hoop that was just ready for the dog, an
in less than three minutes she had broke
up everything, and ruined our dressin
room and all our things. We pitche
into her of course, and her little darkey
The horses and riders and the clowl
and the dog barked and ran around, an
some sof the people helped shut ST
made bully fight, though we tore off
heap of her clothes, and she fell BAG
fighting and abusing US. and screamir
for the police and the soldiers, and h
children screamed too We didn't mes
to hurt them bad, you know, but we we
real mad, | tell you that. So she G
back on the gallery, and the children G
there too, and when we saw her comir
out with a bucket of slop, we fell baC
into the alley and there was sound iii
a thundergust. We never went back
fix up our tent.