The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-05

Eas comprised in his indicating the young
lady most deeply in love, showing, however,
apropensity to pause opposite q reerul!in
his curly appendage, which caused him te
"moye on until he neared q wrinkled widow
of soma sixty winters, where he made an
obstinate stand and, TO the wonder and de
LIGHT of the audience, the blushing creature
was declared publicly to be: the young lady
nose deeply in love" The next test of the
animals thaumaturgical powers was to select
with his nose which among the company
.tthe little boy rs steals is mother S treacls."
The MIC again seemed inclined to loitrc, until
his tender curly ~appendage was about to be
AGAIN screwed round by the exhibitor, when
he took n sharp turn and stood OPT site o
rural policeman of six feet W The show.
man. taking hold of one of the officers but.
tons, asked the pig il that was thel.itile hoy
who stole the treacle ?" simultaneously with
the u~tterance of the word treacle the pooi
brute received from the Snowman surropti.
tious kick which elected q reply that is con
strued into Eyes" to the great delight of the
audience.
The accomplished porker was then caution
ed ito be very careful with the answer TO the
next question-Tell the ladies hand gentle.
men, fearlessly, which is the biggest rogue
in the caravan 2"-the propounding of which
led to an attempt at retirement on the part OF
several of the foremost rank Of spectators.
The Snowman then turned his back to the
audience, and pretended 10 walk away but
on rattling some peas in his coat pocket, the
mig declined to leave the immediate vicinity
Of his master, who the reuPon declared him
self to be 1.-THE biggest rogue in the caravan,
afirmat on which nobody present seemed in.
clined to question
The pigs performance ut an end, a dingy
baize curtain in front of tho SMALL stnge
was withdrawn, and forth strutted the little
man whose dangling legs exhibited outside
the show had induced us to enter. The dwarf
was attired in a suit of tightly fitting, greasy,
~threadbare black, and sparrow-tailed coat,
knee-breeches black stockings, and buckle
shoes. The face was deeply lined, mouth
large, nose snub, head large, rounda and bald,
complexion sallow, feet and hands dispropor.
tionately large, nails extending fully half m
inch beyond the fingsr-tips. There were
rings in his ears, a festoon Of Abyssinian gold
across his vest, and n further display of inex.
pensive jewelry upon each OF his dirty hands.
He was introduced by the proprietor of the
show in these words:-"Neow Their mex parf
o. this ere hexybishun is Their hunfort'nnte
fereak hof nnckur which yer now see hafore
yer. This ere little genelmun was born hof
poor. but respectable parents, al Burneygum,
in Warwickshire, hon ther fifteenth day OF
December one nhousah' hate 'undered hand
thirty-four, an is now conseTkently thirty
nine ears o hage. He weighs ninety-on6
pounds fifteen an a arr hounc5s. He was
married at Westminster Habbey, hin theI
presence of several keround 'eads, an is theI
father hof n large faumerly. He enjise the
best of 'ealth mislnres thiity-two hinches
from the kerown OF his head 10 Their serolt
of his fut, an is allowed to he, without hex
ception, Their greatest wonder Of the age
The little genelman will neaw show his hex
teryornary agility by dancin' a serailor's 'orn
pipe, halter which we allows him the prilly
vige hof n gettin' what he can for hisself.
The dwarf now Etorped forward, and pre-
pared to display saltatory powers, to the in
spring strains OF the college hornpipe, pro.
duced by the Snowman from q set Of pandean
pipes.
The dwarfs days for tripping it on the
light fantastic toe" were evidently drawing
to a close, and in his IL sire Ia make up by
~grotesqueness what he wis deficient in grace,
he not only brought down the house" hui
himself also, upon the hard boards. He again
assumed an upright position, and the little
lndy of his choice came forward. c~urtseying
Ieveral times, and after seating herself COM
,ortably in n suitable-sized chair gave, in a
hin, wheeZy voice, with n most noticeable
lisp, the following account of herself =
" LAdith IN dentelmen, dentelmen an
adith, l am conthidered to be the thmnlleth
woman in the known world. I am thirty
lhix intheths in height. l meathares twenty
lntheths wound my waitht. Iweighth ninety
four poundth an am the mother of two thil-
iren. My eyethight it'll good, my limbth it'll
well-formed, an ladith an'dentlemen it makes
rewy little difTerenth TO me whether / 'tand or
nit" After showing practically the little
difference it did make, she said, Il with you
adith m Gentlemen a vewy goodnight, an
[ hope you will recommend me to your
aumerouth friendth, " which we subsequently
:ook a n opportunity of doing, while our
friend, the Snowman resumed his "Honly a
penny, honly a peuny. Iii, hi, hi. just agoin
70 begin. Honly n ny."-L0ndohi Illus
rated Sporting and Dramatic Ners.