The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-09
Notes by the Way.
Special for TIE NEWS.
ENrpOpTA Nov = 1870


Special for TIE NEWS. a
EAIPORIA, May ;, 1870
Saturdays sun mot the darkened one,
Democratic) .ushered in a momentous
day, at least in expectancy, and at com
paratively early hour the good people
from the country round about came flock
ing into the city until it appeared as If
the graves must even have surrendered
their dead, to account for the mass. JOY
GUS anticipation was depicted upon ey-
cry face. Infants in arms, boys and girls,
young men and maidens, and they who
were older and supposed TO be wiser,
.hrOngcd our streets, stores and residen-,
cos in holiday attire, and upon having
good time intent. The reason for all
this unwonted commotion, hustle, crowd
and jam, arose from the fact that Coles
Great Combination Circus, Menagerie,
Hippodrome and collection of wonders
was announced in The NEWS as in
tending to exhibit in Emporia at this
date, and as the time of their supposed
coming passed and the minutes few by
and heightened into hours and still no
show appeared, an air Of wildness, un-
certainty, doubt, foreboding, gloom and
despair seemed TO pervade that hitherto
exultant throng Life appeared to have
lost its zest, and to have become bur
den, and many of the religious minded
of those assembled drew what consola-
ton they could from the fact as stated
in the Good Book, that If those whom
the Lord loved he often chastened sorely,
they were certainly much loved people,
while TO others it seemed. that the ways
Of providenceha reached point which,
if past finding out and certainly inscru-
tible, were justly open to criticism.
However, the disappointment of the
people, which was fast tending to misan
throphy and scepticism, was not long
lived, and at about or near IL o'clock the
clouds cleared from the aggregate hr-
man brow, and shortly after l the pro-
cession appeared upon our streets and
passed through the town. Ii was NOV
ing spectacle, and had an immediate eff
feet upon the spectators whose feelings
were soon wrought up to camp-meeting
pitch. Your correspondent noticed
among the many upon the street the
portly forms of Bros. Pye and Lutz, who
seemed to enjoy the scene hugely.
We attended the performance in the
evening only, as we could not borrow
over fifty cents and obtained that of a
benevolent stranger, who evidently
thought he was casting his bread upon
the waters, and looked not for repay
ment after the manner of men. Never
theless, although hurt and justly offend
ed as we were by his manner, we did not
refuse the lone (gift he called it,, and
went to the show. The first fact we no.
tlced was the wonderfully accommodat-
ing disposition of the diseases incident
to this climate or locality, as we did not
miss anybody, and we believe the entire
medical profession were present. OF
the legal profession we cannot write
with certainty, as we saw no one, and
we accounted for their absence by the
fact that shows of this character tend to
reduce humanity to its proper level, and
each one seeing the beams in his neigh
bors's eye and the foibles of his charac-
ter, and perceiving also that his own are
revealed by the same crucible, a COM
promising spirit shows itself naturally
with which the legal fraternity are not
in sympathy, and which being also gall
and NORWOOD to them, in place of
bread and butter, they care not to wit
ness. The editors of our daily, moral
and semi religi0us organ were also pres
ent-one representing the church of the
Apostolic succession, and the other that
of free salvation. Their presence can only
accounted for by the doctrine of the weak
ness of the flesh as contrasted with the
Willingness of the spirit, and rather con-
fiicts lif we regard such entertainments
as naturally immoraD with the statement
often enumerated by our clergy, that we
are not tempted beyond our strength.
They doubtless had complimentaries.
Their contemporaries, the Ledger and
Greenbacker, were there also, but like
your reporter, for items only. The mem
bers of the &. of. H. lodge were on hand
as usual, but they had been specially in
dulged and absolved by their chaplain,
who is in his own person an ecclesiastical
courtof the highest jurisdiction and refers
as precedents for his action to the des-
cisions of Leo X and Innocent III
(through their envoy TetzeD who he said
were no more infallible than he is. The
performance was thrilling in the extreme,
especially the daring exhibition upon
trapeze by two lady members of the
troupe, whose wonderful and daring
feats were only surpassed by their exhi-
bitiOn of nerve and selfcontrol. This part
of the entertainment was peculiarly at
tractive to the audience, especially the
church going part, which, by the way,
was largely represented, and probably
for the first time. They were particul-
airy enthusiastic, and to judge by their
actions, their minds were being fast dis
abused as to the truth of the dogma, as
to the hardness of the way of the trans
gressor. One gentleman whose name l
know not, but WHO judge to have been
a Methodist by his enthusiasm, was com
pletely carried away, and made the OLD
tent ring with has shouts of approval
Take it all in all the performance was q
success, and the day will long be re
membered by our people, and IN aftel
years they will look back upon it a.
an oasis in the desert of life's pilgrim
age, and will regard it as one of the
choicest jewels in the casket of theil
memory. IT was great moral, show
Pshaw! church amt shucks to circus
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