Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-23

A Circus Romance-The Fat Girl aud til
Living Skeleton.
Texas snlnss.
al want Il bundle of old papers
"What do YOU want them for?'
"Wcll, YOU see, after we get through
reading them, we feed them TO the only
Egyptian Boyallpus. to clear his voice,
besides the patent medicine advertise
ments in the papers purify his system
and prevent him from contracting the
chills, and other malarial attractions
you have down here in Texas"
You seem to be- connected with the
circu,?"
Yes, travel with the circus. How
did you come to find it out? Whogavc
me away?"
Just guessed it,
"Wcll, You must come around and
see our curiositics. You may not have
the curiosity To see them, but we have
the curiosity to show
"To what curositicS do you rcfcr?'
1--WE have got II living skeleton who
is thinner than the defense in the star
l'Nl' NdNt' llt IN N' Illlu tlldl Ni'll WI
We're in Georgia he frequently received
an immense popular applause, being
mistaken for Alex. Stephens Then we
have got II fat girl who kicks the beam
at j73 pounds. mean, iiguratively
speaking. OF course, She couldn't,
kick up ut all, and She wouldn' do ii if
she could, for she is very shy and re-
firing, owing, suppose, to her having
Travelled with Il circus That brings
out all the latent modcsty there is in Il
person.
"How long have you been travelling
with circuS?'
Not very long, but don't you put
any of these statistics in Texas Siit-
ingS. She is very Musical, but Of
course she cant get close enough TO u
piano to play on ii, so she has to sit of
and strike the keys with Il couple Of
rroquct malcls lis wonderful, won
dcrfulm
She must be quite contrast TO the
living skeleton >
"She is, but the funniest part of it is
that he began to pay her attentions,
and finally he fell in love with hel. and
offered her his hand skeleton hand;
and told her he would stand between her
and the storms OF adversely. Just
think of it-shc AS big rs one Of these
water tanks you see ON the railroad,
,and he Onl y weighing G3 pounds when
he has got an Ovcrcoal on. But he was
dead in earnest. He told her that if
she would be his She wouldnoyer regret
it; that he never knew what love was
until he saw her.
"llow did she take it?'
"Shc Just laughed at him. The idea
was so comical that itput her in good
humor, and She laughed and grew fat.
The more she laughed, the tattcr she
got, and the circus has increased her
wages, as she laughed l1j pounds 10
her weight IN few weeks.
GLOW did the living skeleton take
itP'
Poor fellow, il nearly killed him.
He fell off one pound and u hall in two
weeks. That : not aS big II falling of
as that Of the republican vote Of Ohio,
but it is right smart for man only
weighing about SIXTY pounds, aftrra
square meal. He has never smile |
since that day when, ON his attempting
to cncirclc her waist with his anatomi-
cal right arm, she threatened TO sit
down ON him
"Thcy are thrown Il great deaf to-
gcthcr travelling ON the cars.
II should say they were thrown To-
gcthcr u great deal on these Texas rail-
roads, but they were thrown more to-
grlhcr yesterday, about fifteen miles
from Austin, than they have ever been
before. They were in the same ear
with lot of other cmiosites. and there
was Il break down ON the train
..Nn n,,,u , snosh.ur Thrir ro,.
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