Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-25


But lays aside his Hgion wild his Sunday panta-
loons!
I nebber Judge o. people dat 1 meets along de
By de places whar dey come fun an de houses
For de bantam chickens awful fond O. roostn'
An de turkey rbazzard sails above de eagle in de
Dey ketches little MINERS in de middle OBJ de
An you finds de smales possum up de bisses'
j. A. Macon, in Scribner's Magazine
FACTS CONCERNING JAY GOULD.
The other morning while Mr. Cole. the pro-
prietor OF the approaching circus and MENACE
rie OF that name, was picking his teeth on the
steps OF that excellent circus hotel, the Russ
House, a tall, sun burned, baldheaded man, with
pine burrs in his clothes and stick OF sassa-
fras IN his mouth. approached and said:
"Be you the wild animal man, miSter?"
The proprietor OF the 'Double Mammoth Mas
todon Aggreg CATION admitted that such was the
fact:
tains. 81 think I'll get you to make me an offer
for large sized California lion I've got"
GOOD specimen. eh?" asked the circus man.
GOOD? Well, | should say so. Measures
of his tail. Caught him myself when cub.
just four years old to -morrow."
"Hum-good appetizer
should smile-that just the point-that's just
why I'm parting with JAY call him Jay Gould
because he takes everything In. II it wasn't
for his appetite and the queer little thiagS 1t
makes him DO, 1 wouldn't part with Gould for a
fortune"
Savage, eh?"
"Well, no; don't know as should call Jay
savage, exactly-sorter nibblish, though, he
may be. Has q kinder habit of gnawing up
things, SO to speak. In fact, the neighbors-I
live up at Bladder's Peak-have gotten TO be so
n a. Too mr.
as unchain j. G. for a little fresh air without
their getting grumpey about 1T"
There's no pleasing some people," said the
II should say not. Now, frinstance. bout
three months after Jay got to be as big as
boarding house sofa, came home one day from
picnic and found ne han eaten up Aunt Maria,
who had been left at home to mind the house.
leastWfse she was nowhere to be found; and as
Jay Gould seemed sorter bulgy-Iike. and kept
coughing up hairplns and false teeth for day
or TWO, we kinder suspicioned the whole
thing"
maternal aunt?" inquired the Snowman,
Exactly. My wife took OF dreadfully at first.
and wanted me to shoot Jay right OF. But
told her thai he had probably suffered good
deal as 1t was and that as most likely he'd catch
rheumatism and things from the remainsy wed
better can 1t square"
while, especially as Jay seemed fond OF playing
with the children. One morning soon after that
my Wifes mother-whoie family lived with me,
you see-dtdn't come down to breakfast As
all her false hair was hanging over a chair
back, and Gould craWled out from under the
bed licking his chops, and with his tongue q
taking things for the liver complaint,-we saw
at once 1t was another visitation of Providence
and that the heavy hand Of afniction was again
upon u.s."
LOOKED that way, didn't it7"
"Well as you may suppose. the old lady
that's my wife-pranced around good deal
the S. p c. A society, awarded on account OF
my forbearance in the Aunt Maria business.
ana 30 got her Gained down after awhile"
Eyes; managed to arrange q reprieve for
Jay somehow. You see. was always awful
fond OF pets. and tender hearted, and all that
you understand: argued that the poor animal
didn't know that he was doing wrong merc
full man is merciful to his beast, &c. That
sm e%Sae 1 things ever for another month"
"Well. one day sent Johnny. our youngest
boy. down to the store for some sugar. and he
took Gould along for company Now. whether
1t was because Jay was fond of sugar or not, |
don't know. but he came home alone, and soon
as we noticed peculiar kind OF bulge on his
IDS, ABOUT as big as Johnny. we concluded
Skidmo1e-my name is Skidmore-for his
own. The whole family took on like MAD
and Mrs. Skid. was about to shove the
herself when pointed out that it wouldn't do
to desecrate our ofrspring's tomb In that way
SO just had the burial service read over the
lion and tied Grape around his neck for thirty
days. How does that strike your"
AFTER that you kept the animal chained?~
wen. no: The fact is l set out to get
chain several times, but one thing and another
prevented, until one day last week / actually
missed the old lady herself. looked around
for her couple Of days, when somehow OF a
gave Gould about half pound OF emetio right
away, but all we could get out of him WAS
pair of high heeled shoes and chest protector
fb, %ss TOO latetoo late We put the shoes ana
hearse to the cemetery. Wanted to have as
Mucn OF the corpse present as p0esible-dOnt
you see? we had the animal all decorated with
mowers ana things. as me as you please
Folks said 1t was the touchingest thing that
ever u0ok place In them parts" and the be-
reaved husband sighed heavily.
Don't wonder you want to sell the beast. -
remarked the menagerie man, after q pause.
We'll. sorter do and I sorter don't" said
ma; Skdmore; a6stractedly. There's 80 many
seems kinder IKE parting with ones family
Durying lot as 1t were. On the other hand.
though, now that the old lady is gone. sorter
his usefulness, 80 to speak. SO suppose lust
have this box hauled around to your SHOW
after the performance this afternoon, and zee
we can't strike bargain"
All right, " said the manager. "I'm going
up salt Lake way after awhile, and perhaps
can G WoIk nim on for big money to some of the
.'rhere's mint OF money In him as family
pet said the other earnestly, and after striving
Inc CIRCUS proprietor for season deadhead the
Wldower shOuldeled his umbrella and drIfted
sadly down street-Sdn francisco Post
IHCENDIARIsM IN MARsRILLHa-There IA stfn
great excitement throughout Italy over the
Marseiues riots. There we're anti-French de-
monstrations at Palermo on Wednesday and
arrests were made at Naples. while fghting be-
sWeen Frencnmen and Italians took place at |
Nancy ana other towns In France. Placarjs
were posted In AarseilleS on Sunday DECLARING
that the factories where Italians are em
pioyed would be burned. and the threat has |
oeen carried out In the case of two OH miils
and factory. the loss being 81, zoo. 600 The
Italian radicals demand war
Boston paper tells the Incredible story that |
40 ~! eDeent minded man from Salem, Mas, left |
ms MIAMI son In the Eastern railroad deDot In /
Boston, and did not miss him until he reached |
nome ana Was asked what he "had done with
Inat precious darling." He took the train back.
curious story Is told In Berlin. horse. |
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