The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-09
JIM'S CIRCUS.

Why, jim Peters, I'm just going
right in to tell mother" said Jim's lit
tie sister Mabel.
"What for?'' said Jim. .aa
"Circuses is such a awful wicked
thing replied Mabel "Men just stand
on their heads and ride horseback with
out sitting down; and it costs twenty
five cents, too"
Suppose if you got in without pay
ing anything it wouldn't be so wicked,
would it?" said Jim.
81 don't know; p'raps that is it, re-
piled Mabel; "only l thought it was the
horses with nothing on EN-, and the
monkeys and things
First" said Jim, 81 suppose we
shall have to choose President"
Are you sure circuses have Hest
dents?" said little boy who couldn' t
sound his p's.
"Of course" said Jim, and, as they
all voted for him, he was elected with
out much trouble.
"Well, we've got to have tent any,
way said Mabel, '''cause I saw it in
the picture-a great white tent that
looked like tremendous big umbrella
made out of sheets or something"
Many and varied were the plans sug-
gested for this tent, but the President
finally settled the matter by ordering
them all into the woodshed, where they
soon cleared away the chips and had
plenty of room for the performance.
s. tell you what, said Mabel" | will
be the whale and sit on this little wood
pile and bark"
NOW, see here, Mabel Peters: IN
President, and | don't want whale at
all; and if | did | wouldn't let him bark,
because whales don't bark
"What do they do, them" asked Ma
bel.
"They only upset boats with their
tails, said JIM.
"Then tell you what" said Mabel;
"you let Tommy Mace be the boat and
I'll upset him; see if | don't"
Mabel" said the President, sternly,
eff you don't stop talking at once, l
shall make you be audience; but |
don't believe she would have stopped
if the log on which she was sitting
hadn't rolled over and tumbled her up
so that she had to 90 into the house for
a clean apron.
81 suppose" said the President,
"the first thing to do now is to choose
a monkey. Has anyone here ever been
monkey before?' t
6 never have been one," said lit
tie fellow with cheeks as red as sunset,
"but L can soon learn, / guess. Is it
easy?"
"Why, all you have to do,n said the
President, g is to sort of run round"
Don't monkeys ever say anything?'
asked the red-cheeked boy. But the
President couldn't tell him. and so it
was decided that he should say I'm a
monkey, I'm a monkey once every
minute, to distinguish him from the
other animals.
"Well, if | can't be whale, f" said
Mabel, who had just returned, Pm
going to be polar bear, or l sha' MT
play Polar bears is nice and soft.
What do they do?'
"They don't do anything all day, but
Just sit on the ice and shiver," said the
President.
''Then l won't be him." said Mabel
"What is some real nice respectable
animal, that does nothing but eat candy
all the time? I'll be him."
land l! And l! And Ir' shouted al
the little girls, and about half the boys
1t was some time before the list of an
imals was complete, and don't believe
Barnum himself ever had such collec
ton in his life.
"Is there anyone here who can stand
on his head?" asked the President.
Two small boys, with very big heads
held up their hands. .,... ......
GAS the performance is about to be
GIN" said the President, "any ANNA
except the monkey who speaks wore
till he's spoken to will be put into thu
corner" ..
So the two little boys with the bis
heads came forward and tried to stanC
on 'em. They tumbled this way anG
that, and dug their fingers into the dirt
and kicked their toes so hard that the,
went completely over.
Il guess their heads amt fiat enough
on top,n said Mabel
"The next time that animal speak
without permission she will be severed,
punished" said the President.
Either the heads were too big for tn,
boys, or the boys too small for thu