The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-26
THE GENTLEMIN CLOWN.

Tho man who rode ut tho head of
tho circus procession yesterday morn
ing on the white horse was John Low
low, one or tho most noted clowns in
the country. He is Southern born
anu orell, and las q great many Der
sonar friends south of Mason and
DiXon's linc. The tNct that he was
once student ut tho University of
North Carolina Ia, we believe, gcner-
ally known. In tho absence Of tho
kobinson brothers no is boss of the
snow, and In this capacity reporter
met him yesterday Just before the pcr-
tornlnncc began. Flo is exceedingly
quiet and gcntlcmanly in his manners
but brim full ofhumor which OCCASION
ally lights up his face like sunbeam.
How did YOU get into this business.
anyhow? Mr.. Lowlow was asked.
Wei, you 500 there was five Of us
boys in SavaMnah-that's where was
born--and they couldn't do ANYTHING
with us. a last the old folks coli
cludcd to send us up to Chapel Hill
IN tho woods, but the woods couldn't
llold us. We ran away from tho Uni
vcrsity and walked ali the way from
the University to High Point, where
we took the train. Wo weren't going
awaywhrre in particular, ard when
we got down in South Carolina we
struck tho circus. concluded to
travel with them, but the rest couldn't
stand it. Estill, the present editor Of
tho Savannah Nesos, was ono of the
gang: Hc left us ut Charleston and
went home. lie is still tho editor and
I'm still in the show business. That
was in 1856.
Rough sort Of life, isn't it2
May be it is, but Pm used to it. We
got plenty of sleep and work about
four hours day. l got married up in
New YORK good many years ago and
my witc's people got after me to quit
snow business and 60 into something
more respectable. We'll. did. Ihad
saved up between 9l4 900 and $4,000
ana put 1t into tho merchants bust
ness. 1t took mo just year to get
away wit it all. thought had bet
ter 20 back to something l was used
to, and have been with tho show ever
since.
Yes, continued the clown, I like It,
OF course. Then, couldn't do better at
anything else. have q nice home in
Cleveland, Ohio, one of the prctticst
OF towns in the United States, and try
10 hvo like II gentleman when I'm
there. We arc generally on the road
about eight months in the year, and
they pay me $3.50 week and Nil OK.
pemscs. That's enough to 1.-Two on.
Don't your local hits sometimes gel
yon into trouble?
! very rarely. Once, out West, &
fellow ran into tho ring at mo with q
long knife. dropped on my knees
tms way (clasping his hands like q
man ~ praycr) and said, wouldn'
Eill fool, would you? The pcopl,
here would think you were tho biggcs
TOOL OF tho two. IIo looked down a
me II minute and then said, belicy,
you ore Il damn fool, and walked
away. Rnt don't have much of thu
sort ofthing. '"'' '''
But tho bands playing and mus
get ont OF these clothes. Come again
-Chorlotte Observer. -
Was It reason or only bruto in
Stincl! The engineer of tic train non
| N,onircai saw a large dog on the track
nc Was l"rN',g iuriouslv. The on
! E!n""r blew thr whistle ut him, but II,
Gu" not HIr. and cr0uching low. III
was struck by the locomotive, md i
! attracted the nltcntion of tho engineer
who stopped his train and went back
there lay the dead dog and a deoc
ch'd1, which had wandered upon TN,
track and gone to sleep. The dog hat
gwen his signal to stop tho train ant
had died at his post. b Ill "
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